Category: Corey Talks

  • On Coronavirus / Covid19

    On Coronavirus / Covid19

    What a year. It seems like a million years ago when I photographed my last wedding where the above photo was taken in North Canton – but it was barely over a month ago on February 22nd.  My birthday is on the 21st and my husband and I keep saying that my birthday seems to…

  • The Questions You SHOULD Be Asking Your Wedding Photographer

    The Questions You SHOULD Be Asking Your Wedding Photographer

    Last night I was browsing Pinterest and saw this graphic  with questions to ask your wedding photographer pop up in my feed and started getting really angry.  I saw it was from Buzzfeed sourced from Wedding Party App that was written by a planner (photo credit to Ciara Richardson) and I got a little bit more rage-y.…

  • How to Spot a Fauxtographer

    How to Spot a Fauxtographer

    What is a fauxtographer?  It’s a photographer that misrepresents themselves to clients appearing like they are a trustworthy business when their galleries are made up entirely of images that are not their own works or they are vastly misrepresenting their experience and capabilities. For the past two years I have been running a website called…

  • Wedding & Portrait Photo Locations in Northeast Ohio

    Wedding & Portrait Photo Locations in Northeast Ohio

    In the past I’ve blogged about photo locations that I’ve been to (or heard about!) in Northeast Ohio (including Cleveland, Akron, Canton and beyond) that was a wall-of-text with a lot of links to prior blogs I’d done in said locations so my clients (and others) could get a feel for how the place photographs.…

  • 5 Things I Wish I Could Tell You During the Wedding Ceremony

    Recently I had a bride that really loves photography email me asking me if I had any tips to give her to make sure that her ceremony pictures were perfect.  It was an interesting question because I would never, ever, ever insert myself into a ceremony but sometimes I do wish I could!  It was…

  • Why You Should Step Away From Pinterest

    Image courtesy of Quinn Miller Oh Pinterest.  What a love/hate relationship that I have with you.  I LOVE you for everything that I use you for (food and inspiration) but I hate what you’ve done to wedding photography and I’m not talking about photo credits either (let’s save that for another day shall we?).  I’m…

  • Corey Talks • Why You Should Have an Unplugged Wedding

    Corey Talks • Why You Should Have an Unplugged Wedding

    In the past I’ve blogged about being a photo friendly guest and also about guest photographers but I felt that this needed to be expanded upon a bit more… and of course I have some images to show to support why I think it’s best when the guests put their cameras down. Last year one of my friends got…