Wedding Northern Michigan St. Mary Cathedral
This Gaylord Michigan Wedding was truly a family and friends party. From the moment I met this couple I knew that their wedding was going to be full of love and laughter. They just had this aura around them that said “fun.”
Cody and Jenna are both from the Gaylord, Michigan area. If you know anything about the Gaylord area, there are not a lot of options for wedding locations. They knew that there wedding ceremony would take place at St. Mary Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan. They had a lot of guests and they decide on Charlton Township Hall in Johannesburg for the wedding reception.
I met Jenna in the morning at La Dolce Vita Salon in Petoskey, Michigan where she gets her hair done.
After the salon, Jenna came to the ceremony early and prepared with her girls in the bridal room. Cody showed up with enough time to get in his tuxedo prior to the guests arriving. He sported a camo suspenders under his vest. Cody loves to hunt and fish and this was his little accent to the day.
Gaylord Michigan Wedding
The Wedding flowers by Flowers by Josie.
One funny moment came when the bride and groom were announced and they started walking out. Jenna had stashed her father’s credit card in her dressed and she pulled it out and handed it to her father saying, “I won’t be needing that anymore.” I captured this wonderful image with her father holding the credit card up in the air and everyone laughing.
One thing I didn’t know was that Jenna was deftly afraid of grasshoppers. Yes, you read that right.:-) They are vicious. We didn’t see many grasshoppers in the field, but what we had a lot of were preying mantises. It was like a preying mantis party! She was great and didn’t even pass out.
We received a hot tip about a sunflower farm just outside of town. When we got there, it was awesome! We captured some wonderful shots. I could have stayed there all day with them but we couldn’t. Did I mention that they hired the Boyne Bus, and the party was on.
We made a stop by the Sparr Mall to replenish drinks and get some photo ops. Cody grew up just down the road and this spot was his stomping grounds. At this point the bus was rocking.
Before heading into the wedding reception the guys had a special shot they wanted, all of them shooting beers. Click!
Here are a few more from the evening. This first image the bride and groom came into the wedding reception and passed where I was shooting. I turned around to capture this image of the groom doing the splits on the dance floor. This was unannounced to everyone.:-)
First dance Northern Michigan wedding
Bride and groom’s last made with wine corks
The wedding theme was wines. The wedding colors were green and pink. The bride and groom’s first dance was to “Love your love the most” by Eric Church.
Thank you to Jenna and Cody for trusting me with your day. If you would like to see more images from Jenna and Cody’s wedding head over to http://www.printsbypaul.com/Weddings/Jenna-Cody-Wedding/Gaylord-Michigan-Wedding-Photo
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Gaylord Michigan Professional Wedding vendors:
Wedding Ceremony St. Mary Cathedral Wedding Reception Charlton Township Hall Wedding Flowers Flowers by Josie Wedding Cake Piece of Cake Wedding Transportation Boyne Bus Wedding Salon La Dolce Vita Wedding DJ Celebration DJ Wedding Photographer Paul Retherford Wedding Photography
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