We really loved photographing this wedding, and discovering a few more great locations to add to our best of Muskoka list!

Congratulations & Thanks to Karen & Ross and their families for being so warm and welcoming and the bridal party for making the photos so awesome! We hope you all enjoy these images.

Cheers

Erika & Ryan

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•  This was my first trip to Kelley’s Island!  I’ve always meant to go but never have made it over when I’m in Port Clinton for the week.  I am going to have to return someday because the island is so charming!

•  This day may go down as one of the scariest days in my life.  We kept debating on the session as the weather was not the greatest but in the end the day was dry and while it was a tad windy we decided to go for it.  Well.  Little did I know that Lake Erie was a mess.  The waves were insane.  I don’t live on the lake but I do see it a fair bit and this is the craziest waves I’ve ever seen on the lake – they were ocean sized!!!  Which made for a very scary ferry ride.  I don’t scare easily but I was pretty much petrified on the ride over.  The waves were coming up over the sides of the boat and the nose kept diving down and water would spill over the front.  Keep in mind the front of the boat was a good 6 feet or so high at least.  I had one hand on the door handle and was madly texting my husband with the other telling him that I loved him in case I went down.  Yeah, a bit of a flair for the dramatic but I’m telling you – that was a ride to remember.  Thank goodness I don’t get seasick.  I was tempted to kiss the ground when I got to the island

•  Once I stopped shaking I hopped in the car with Rebecca and Rick and we headed off for a super fun engagement session.  We started off at the cliffs where they got engaged on the north end of the island… which were getting POUNDED by waves so we had to adjust the original idea a bit.  We then headed off for the winery – which land was owned by Rick’s family for years – where we ran into past bridesmaid Jessica who works there.  How ironic is that!?  We then took a spin around the island and took more pictures in various photographic locations before I headed back to the ferry to go home.

•  I was very happy to find out that the waves had calmed down for my boat ride back and I got to see a really glorious sunset en route.  Oh and the rain started just after we ended our session!

Due to the crazy winds and waves we couldn’t get a picture of them out on the cliffs they got engaged at without them getting soaked so we had to settle for a picture a few feet in.  This is also the same location that Rick’s parents got engaged – awwww right?

This house, on the ground of the winery, is where Rick’s Grandfather lived.  Isn’t it cute?  They are currently renovating it to make it into condos!

One of the exterior walls of the house had some ivy growing on it and some great light in the location = portrait time!

The light was fantastic here so I took advantage of it while I had it!

Across the street from Rick’s family’s house was this field of goldenrod.  They were great sports and were willing to go climbing in for some pictures.

I’m glad they did because these are some of my favorite images from the session!

This picket fence on their property was too cute not to use!

Here we are downtown… can’t tell can you?

One thing Rebecca really wanted was a silhouette shot and she was worried that because of the overcast icky day we wouldn’t be able to get one in.  Luckily there was a smidgen of sky and while it wasn’t quite sunset, it was still colorful enough to use!

Look for these guys to return next July!

"Corey Ann is a Wedding and Portrait Photographer in Northeast Ohio. Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country. You can read the original blog post here Engaged | Rick and Rebecca | Kelleys Island."

•  Talk about lucky – we picked the week right before Irene hit the coast.  While it wasn’t very publicized Irene did a decent amount of damage to the Outer Banks, especially with flooding.  Much of Hatteras Island is still rebuilding and you still cannot access the island by bridge.

•  The week of our trip coincided with our 4th anniversary of our wedding – which took place in Corolla and Duck!  The night of our anniversary we all went to dinner where our rehearsal dinner was and then had champagne with the gang on the beach where we were married!  Awwww right?  Such a fun night!

•  We took a day and went down to Ocracoke Island - one of my favorite places in the world (we were there in 2009).  Many of those with us had never been down there and we had rented a huge SUV so we crammed everyone in and went down with my brother in law Dale behind us (he ended up coming down mid week and stayed just south of us in Kill Devil Hills).  We had a great time and had so many laughs.

•  I’ve been going to the Outer Banks almost every year since I was 6 so it’s rare to find things I haven’t done before but I finally did get to do one thing - a dolphin cruise!  It was a great time!

•  My favorite day of the week was our last day on the beach.  Spent the morning/afternoon by the pool reading.  Took a nap in our hammock under the deck and spent the late afternoon on the beach with a book watching dolphins jump just off shore.  Stressful day huh???

Our first day in Duck was the only day we had bad weather, a few storms went through but we were left with this wonderful rainbow!

We also had a pretty spectacular sunset, this is from our rooftop deck.

The Kitty Hawk Fishing Pier is now owned by the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk.  We visited my brother in law who was staying there for the week, really nice place!

This is the “Bridge to Nowhere” on Hatteras Island in North Carolina.  It was built when a hurricane opened two small inlets here in 1933 but it was rendered useless after another hurricane closed it a few years later.  Ironically the inlet that Irene opened isn’t far from here.

View from the old location of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse to the new location.

Such a gorgeous lighthouse, I’m glad they saved it.  I’ve yet to climb this sucker, someday I will!

Ocracoke Lighthouse

These sand dunes were destroyed just over a week later by Hurricane Irene.

My brother in law Dale and his girlfriend Kelly walking the beach.

One of the best places to see the sunset is atop Jockey’s Ridge in Nags Head.  This image was shot as we drove by at about 65 MPH.

Dolphins!

Sunset from our cruise, not the best but better than nothing!

All of the crew I was vacationing with!

I finally get in a picture!

"Corey Ann is a Wedding and Portrait Photographer in Northeast Ohio. Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country. You can read the original blog post here Travel | Outer Banks of North Carolina."

Another One on One workshop portrait session.  This time featuring the photographer who came to the last One on One where we did the previous portrait session.  Erin Woolsey is a local wedding photographer as well and I am so glad she and Brad drove back over to Mckinney for a shoot.  Good times..  Thanks you two!

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