{"id":1020,"date":"2010-04-10T20:41:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T00:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2011-09-07T20:26:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T00:26:15","slug":"engaged-christen-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/animals\/engaged-christen-ben","title":{"rendered":"Engaged: Christen &#038; Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally Christen and Ben wanted their engagement session at the West Side Market in Cleveland but changed their minds this week (I think the gorgeous weather we&#8217;ve had may have something to do with it?) and opted to go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemetzoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Metroparks Zoo<\/a> today instead. \u00a0When it started SNOWING yesterday, I began to worry a bit how the shoot would go and hope that the sun warmed everything up quickly. \u00a0I shouldn&#8217;t have worried because in typical Ohio style, the weather was absolutely gorgeous today and the sun was quite warm as well as very bright which made shooting a bit more interesting!<\/p>\n<p>Christen and Ben are members of the zoo so they knew what areas they wanted to go to and we wandered the zoo stopping wherever I went &#8220;oooo!&#8221; \u00a0You may notice one small thing in this session&#8230; there aren&#8217;t any animals!!! \u00a0While the zoo has some really awesome animals, it&#8217;s not quite where you can cuddle up next to them. \u00a0We instead opted to use the beautiful landscaping around the zoo to incorporate their love for this place into the imagery. \u00a0There is also that pesky fence and cage thing for animals that makes getting pics with them a wee bit more difficult!<\/p>\n<p>It was such a pleasure working with you guys today!!!! \u00a0 Can&#8217;t wait to see you again in July!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-1.jpg\" alt=\"engagement session in greenhouse at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just a little cuddlin&#8217; in the Greenhouse \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-2.jpg\" alt=\"engagement session near greenhouse at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know that they were both wondering why I had them sit there but maybe now my craziness makes a bit more sense. I loved the light here!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-3.jpg\" alt=\"posing in willow tree during engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love Weeping Willows. \u00a0If I could, I would have a backyard full of them. \u00a0They are so pretty and perfect for pictures!! \u00a0I also love the random geese beneath the tree! \u00a0Oh&#8230; which means I lied. \u00a0There are animals in some of their pictures!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-4.jpg\" alt=\"engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-5.jpg\" alt=\"sitting on a bench under a blooming tree during engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ahhh flowering trees! \u00a0My sinuses may not be as thrilled as I am but LOVE LOVE LOVE them. \u00a0And THEM in the picture. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-6.jpg\" alt=\"black and white engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I don&#8217;t pose much&#8230; and this is why. \u00a0 The look of love is more genuine without me forcing it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-7.jpg\" alt=\"kissing by grass during engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This savannah grass was pretty much awesome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So are they!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-8.jpg\" alt=\"posing in grass engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can&#8217;t decide if this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-9.jpg\" alt=\"smiling with grass background engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or this one is my favorite from the day. \u00a0I love EVERYTHING about these shots. \u00a0Look at Christen&#8217;s eyes! \u00a0You&#8217;re beautiful my dear \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-10.jpg\" alt=\"waterfall at the rainforest during engagement session at cleveland zoo\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Confession: I haven&#8217;t been to the Cleveland Zoo since I was 14 in 1995. \u00a0A lot has changed since then, namely being the Rainforest. \u00a0Back when I was there, butterflies flew around and it was so awesome. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t know that they had changed that area to the greenhouse (where there were no butterflies) and I found that there really aren&#8217;t a lot of neat photo locations inside the Rainforest. \u00a0Lots of really cool critters though!!! \u00a0We did a few spots inside but I have to say that the grounds are definitely where it is at. \u00a0We still had to get one shot with the waterfall because it&#8217;s just cool!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/cbe2-11.jpg\" alt=\"primate at the cleveland zoo\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was telling them earlier about how it&#8217;s strange but animals seem to really react to the camera shutter sound. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure that they believed me but it was proven when I was compelled to take a shot of this guy (some sort of primate). \u00a0As soon as he heard the shutter he jumped closer to the camera and was staring me down. \u00a0Mind you, there are kids screaming and hollering yet he singled out the camera click. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure if he liked it or not, but it&#8217;s always interesting to see their reactions to the sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally Christen and Ben wanted their engagement session at the West Side Market in Cleveland but changed their minds this week (I think the gorgeous weather we&#8217;ve had may have something to do with it?) and opted to go to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo today instead. \u00a0When it started SNOWING yesterday, I began to worry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,20],"tags":[689,690,688,1783,192],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-engagement","tag-cleveland-metroparks-zoo","tag-cleveland-ohio-photographer","tag-cleveland-zoo","tag-engagement","tag-engagement-session"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Engaged: Christen &amp; 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