The ADORABLE Master "A"

This past weekend I took a journey north to take some pictures of a very happy three year old, Master A. He was a total cutie and loved his trains, Hulk, sloths and his parents too. Just a complete sweetie pie and his family was wonderful as well. Here are a few of my favorite shots!









Thanks for a wonderful shoot! You guys were great!

Operation Bubble Lights

Welcome to Operation Bubble Lights!!!

Although Christmas may not quite be my thing, something has held onto me with a death grip since childhood - BUBBLE LIGHTS. Some of you may be guffawing and going "holy crap I remember those!" and most of you, especially anyone from my generation are going "huh?". Let me introduce you to my obsession so you can spread the love and maybe even get the t-shirt.



From the wiki for Bubble Light:

A bubble light is a decorative device consisting of a liquid-filled vial that is heated and lighted by an incandescent light bulb. Because of the liquid's low boiling point, the modest heat generated by the lamp causes the liquid to boil and bubble up from the vial's base. The liquid is almost always methylene chloride, but some early bubble lights used a lightweight oil. The light from the lamp illuminates the bubbles from underneath, causing them to shine.

Bubble lights for Christmas decoration were introduced to the US in 1946 by NOMA, one of the largest American manufacturers of Christmas lights. were also used in operating accessories for Lionel and American Flyer model trains (in the case of American Flyer as bubblng oil wells), and they were also used in a larger form as decoration for Wurlitzer jukeboxes.

As Christmas lights, bubble lights were very popular during the 1950s and 1960s, and into the 1970s, before miniature "fairy" lights became popular. The original design used a miniature screw base (E-10), such as those used on C-6 cone Christmas lamps. These early designs were nominally designed to operate with 8 on one string, in series, at 15 volts each. However, they were often packaged with a nine-socket string to extend the life of the bulbs. Bubble lights could also be purchased individually for use in an already-owned light string. Modern incarnations either use candelabra base (E-11) 120-volt bulbs, or push-in "midget" size miniature bulbs (most commonly ten 12-volt bulbs wired in series). Bubble lights were being manufactured by the Telsen Electric Company Ltd(1935), in Manchester, England, possibly as early as the late 1940s.

Did you feel the new wrinkle grow in your brain? I hope so, because bubble lights are worth the effort. In the coming days I'll be posting more oddities from my Christmas Tree as I dig them out of the vault. If it's 50's, it's probably on my tree somewhere. FYI I was born in the 70's!

Crappy Christmas!

I'll be the first to tell you that Christmas isn't my thing. I don't want to go into the sordid details but I've had a lot of tragedy happen on or around Christmas and it's the one holiday that I honestly could do without. It doesn't mean that I don't adore decorating in my tacky ways though (I am obsessed with bubble lights!). I had an assignment for one of my photo classes and I couldn't help it, this idea came to me and I had to do it.



I have a serious streak of dark humor and I found this funny. So I went and made a card out of it too.



The inside reads "Hope your holidays aren't crappy!" I am amused by it. I think some people will get a kick out of it. Here's hoping!

I do take nice pictures too... I promise.



That is a picture of my grandmother's ornament (she painted her own) with lights around it. As the season gets closer and my Charlie Brown Christmas Tree comes out, I'll be posting more. I may not love the holiday but I am all about the gaudy decorations!

BRING ON THE BUBBLE LIGHTS!

Covered Bridges

A few years ago, an ex of mine shared his love for covered bridges with me. Our relationship didn't last, but my newfound love for covered bridges did. I don't know what it is about them to be honest, but they draw me in. My guess would be it has something to do with my love for history. Here in Ohio, we don't quite have the rich history that I love to dive into when I'm out of town in let's say Boston or New Orleans where history just is everywhere. Here in Ohio (at least my neck of the woods) you have to search it out.

My dream is to do a "Fearless Bridal" or "Trash the Dress" session near one. Heck, I'd even be willing to be the model to just experience it. Someday... someday!


Everett Road Covered Bridge


Church Hill Covered Bridge


Teegarden Covered Bridge


Mechanicsville Road Covered Bridge


Doyle Road Covered Bridge (my maiden last name, I went there just to see this!)


Harpersfield Covered Bridge - Summer


Harpersfield Covered Bridge - Fall (other side)


Benetka Road Covered Bridge

Cat Can Do!

This isn't photography related, but anyone with a cat will get a laugh out of this! Happy Monday!

Welcome to Paradise!

This is a shot I recently reworked in black and white for a silly online photo contest. I really did love the color shot but it does work well in black and white too. It also could be my obsessive love with the beach creeping into that judgement too. Regardless, with the temps (finally) starting to fall here in Ohio, it's nice to look back and rework some summer images.

Anna & Adam 9.29.07

This is my first professional wedding shoot. Anna and Adam were such a wonderful couple. They were so in love and their intimate wedding showcased that love exceptionally well.

Location: Bride's parents garden in Kent, Ohio
Officiant: Harold Walker
Florist: Bride (she ordered wholesale flowers and designed them herself)
Caterer: Chef en Route
Cake: West Side Bakery
Hair/Makeup: Color by Numbers
Ceremony Music: Bagpiper
DJ: Greg Zorn

Wine & Vine Tour

Last Saturday, I met up with the Exposure Cleveland Flickr Group and we did a modified version of the Ohio Wine & Vine Tour. The wines were delicious and the photo ops were quite unique! I missed the tour in the vineyards at Harpersfield and sadly Ohio's infamous weather kicked in at the end and we were unable to go outside too much more. However there were costumes galore and many things to eat and drink. I highly reccomend this tour to any tourists or Ohioans. It was a great time!

Some of my favorite pictures from the day:


Pizza at Ferrante Winery & Ristorante. It's literally the best pizza I've ever had.


Harpersfield Covered Bridge. You will find that I love Covered Bridges.


Tasting cups at Old Mill Winery.


Lake Erie as seen from Geneva-on-the-Lake, it was fierce!

Welcome!

Hello! My name is Corey (I am a girl!) and I'm behind Corey Ann Photography!

This poor blog has had a few starts and stops. I had one here, then decided to go with WordPress instead. When I switched website hosts, Word Press was rendered defunct and I came back here. However here had all broken links to images that don't exist anymore! I have deleted them all and am starting new.

I am new to the professional side of photography so things may be jumbled at the beginning. I don't have a set logo yet. I'm still working on that. My website is somewhat done but not really. I still can't login to my FTP and no one seems to know how to answer emails at my host. My blog is quite boring for the moment until I get things ironed out (logo, website, server). Sorry about that! I promise, stark white is so not me. I'm afraid of stark white! So things are still up in the air. However I do have a blog now, unrelated to servers, so hopefully things will start flowing smoother.

I plan on posting current work as it comes in as well as filling in with oldies but goodies as I stumble along. If you are a photographer and would like to be linked, email me and let me know (or comment). I love reading blogs. Just don't tell my boss. Oh wait, I am the boss!

I look forward to sharing my work with you and getting to know anyone that finds their way here!