Superman! Columbus Wedding Photography

Marisa and Greg. Married.

GORG!

This is Marisa’s best guy friend.  They’ve been doing this pose even before Marisa was ever engaged.  Love it.The first look with her father.

Going to the chapel…

 

Hands down (and hands together) this is the prettiest church in Columbus.  Liberty Presbyterian in Powell.  It’s barn sanctuary is just stunning!

Immediately following the ceremony, Marisa and Greg were hidden from guests in this little corner right off of the sanctuary where they shared their first moments as husband and wife.

Surprise, Greg!  Marisa has a special getaway ride just for you!My wedding fave…

We headed to Olde Worthington for bridal party photos.  We found this really cool ivy wall and just then… DOWNPOUR.  Noooooo!  Man-of-honor, Troy to the rescue!

Marisa, thank you SO very much for keeping your cool during the storm.  I know you did tons of photo scouting and had some really cool locations in mind that we weren’t able to go to once it started raining.  The rain can definitely put a damper on the day, but you never stopped smiling and you didn’t let it affect you at all.  Mmmmwwahh for that beautiful attitude!

So we headed back to the hotel and found some shelter.  

The Bentley… really cool!  The rings on the Bentley.. even cooler.  But the raindrops on the Bentley with the rings… so storytelling!  Great shot, Ana!

Greg, the entire day, everyone was telling you that Marisa was a perfect catch.  As said by your best man soon after he met Marisa, “Greg, don’t mess this one up.”  I can tell by the way that she holds you that she feels YOU were the perfect catch.  Bravo, Marisa, bravo.

The doors opened to the ballroom.  I gasped.  Beautiful uplighting, clean colors, lines, flowers, chairs.  Just breathtaking!

Any wedding with its own hashtag is sure to be fun.  Especially checking out all the photos post wedding via the hashtag.  #yitsisweddingisdabomb

(Ana, you are rockin’ my socks with these fabulous detail shots!  Get it, girl!)

The father/daughter and mother/son dance…  SO VERY EMOTIONAL.  Just look…

Not a dry eye in the house.

We see LOTS of things on the dance floor.  But we’ve never seen this… (the girl in the background, hilarious! This was serious stuff!)

And then Superman came flying in…

Barn sanctuary.. check.  Bentley.. check.   SUPER HERO…CHECK!

The party was REALLY, REALLY FUN!

And the 12 piece syndicate wedding REALLY set the tone.  This dude sang “Ice, Ice, Baby” slow motion style.  It was hilarious.And just to top off the evening…

Behind the scenes with Crystal Jo Foto.  Yeah, because we ARE FUNNNNNNN!

To view the AWESOME video slideshow, click HERE.

To view ALL 600+ wedding photos when they are ready, click HERE.

 

Their creative team:

Photographer  Crystal Jo Foto

Reception and Ceremony Site  The Liberty Presbyterian and The NorthPointe Hotel and Conference Center

Video
Columbus wedding videos

Caterer
The Northpointe

Cake
Sarah from The End Dessert Company

Flowers
Flowers on Orchard Lane

DJ/Band
Jack Garrett and The Syndicate

Ceremony Music
My childhood friend Amie Fankhauser and Liberty Presbyterian pianist Steve Banks

Hair and Make up
Hair Ashlynn from Lennonheads in Worthington did the bride’s hair and The Spa at River Ridge provided services to the bridal party and family
Makeup from Cheek by Lindsay

Wedding Planner
Just me! Northpointe event coordinator: Bryan Wright and Vanessa Warnock
Liberty Presbyterian wedding coordinator: Brittany O’Neil

Invitations
Invitation by David’s Bridal

Jewelry
Denig Jewelry in Worthington and Andrews Jewelers for the groom’s ring

Rehearsal dinner
Brio at Polaris

Wedding gown designer
Ramona Kaveza from La Jeune Mariee

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Their songs….

processional Canon in D – Pachelbel
Bridal Chorus – Wagner
recessional – Wedding March, Mendelssohn
grand entrance – Let’s get married by Jagged Edge
first dance – At last by Etta James
cake cutting – Music by the band
father/daughter – I loved her first by Heartland
mother/son – You look wonderful tonight by Eric Clapton
last dance – We can’t remember!

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Fun Questions to answer…

What was the most memorable moment of your day?
Bride-  seeing Greg for the first time when I was walking down the aisle and when we were pronounced husband and wife!
Groom- Getting a first look at Marisa walking down the aisle after her successfully hiding every detail for over a year!

What was your favorite detail?
Bride-Old, New, borrowed, blue:
Lace from my mother’s wedding dress that wrapped my bouquet, my dress, Greg’s Nani’s pearls that I wore as a bracelet, a hanky that was my great grandmothers and a blue ribbon to tie the bracelet.
Groom- The 1961 Bentley getaway car!

Any advice for future bride/grooms?
Bride- Take time to research vendors. I absolutely loved everyone that we chose to work with. Everyone was so talented and professional! I was able to enjoy our special day because I trusted them completely! Also, take a deep breath and just enjoy this time…it goes by so fast!
Groom- Leave room in your budget! There are a lot of little things that add up at the end. Also, give yourself at least one day before leaving for your honeymoon.

If you could do it all over, would you change anything?
The only thing we would change would be to have the party last longer.

Where did you go on your honeymoon?
Maui and Kauai…gorgeous!

How was your experience with Crystal Jo Foto?

In one word, Amazing! It is hard to put into words how comfortable we felt to have Crystal Jo and Anna there to photograph our wedding day. The day went by so fast that it was hard to cherish each moment. We feel very lucky that we had Crystal Jo and Ana there to capture the day. We heard about Crystal Jo foto through several of Greg’s high school friends and after looking at her work we knew we wanted to work with her also. Crystal Jo and her assistant, Ana, are incredibly talented and have so much energy. Our wedding band even referred to them as the “Photo ninjas” because they do whatever it takes to get the perfect shot! We can’t thank them enough and look forward to reliving our wedding day through their photographs!