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Nicole and Ron | Columbus Engagement

The Jacobus Duo — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:25:33 +0000

When I first got the email from Nicole we instantly had a connection. You see, Nicole is a dear friend of a dear Jacobus bride! Nic was a bridesmaid in the wedding we shot for Brittney and Nick last year! Nicole was very determined to have us as her photographers and I couldn’t be more excited to shoot her and Ron’s wedding!

We met downtown and started aroundBuggyworks. Then we decided to just take a walk and pop into places wherever I saw good light! Well, that seemed to be all over that day! We had so much fun talking about wedding stuff and favorite TV shows and just really getting to know Ron and Nicole more on a personal level. Im so in love with their wedding date 11-11-11!! How cool to have that as your anniversary!!

Seriously? I just love this image:

Happy wind!

Happy Tuesday Y’all!! Make sure to submit your pictures for the chocolate contest below!!!!!

Engagement contest winner!!

The Jacobus Duo — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:52:49 +0000

WOW! What a success and a blessing this contest was! Im so excited to announce the winner!

STACY AND NOAH!!

We will be emailing you two shortly to set up ordering your free 16×20 print!!

Franklin Park Conservatory | Family

The Jacobus Duo — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:56:52 +0000

The day of the Rovai shoot we were expected to receive 2 inches of snow. Being that we were shooting a family with two little twin boys we opted to shoot at the Franklin Park Conservatory downtown Columbus, Ohio. There are so many fun options here and so many different climates! I loved working with this family! Colton and Nolan, age 2 1/2, were so good!! Kids can be difficult to work with sometimes and I was so proud of these two. They were so much fun and gave great hugs and kisses )

Meet the Rovai’s:

They love each other:

Meet Colton:

Meet Nolan:

They’re twins with two very different personalities:

They could have played all day in that puddle:

And finally…a little Josh and Emily time:

Nicole and Brian | Married!

The Jacobus Duo — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:59:50 +0000

It was meant to be. Im a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. Nothing by coincidence. That’s how I feel about my relationship with Nicole and Brian. As we instantly connected at the very first meeting I knew I was going to have so much fun with these two. With both of them being super laid back and extremely in love I knew I was going to have the couple of a lifetime.

9-25-10. I woke up differently that morning. I woke up with a skip in my step, smile on my face and the energy of an energizer bunny. I KNEW it was going to be a good day I could just feel it. I spent my morning praying, pumping myself full of inspiration and plain oatmeal. I was ready. Ready to photograph the wedding of Brian Heminger and Nicole Monaco!

***Warning*** I dont normally post this many photos on my blog but I couldnt resist just this one time.

Right before she walked down the aisle:

Jareds shot that Im completely in love with:

Some of the most awesome bridal party peeps ever!

The girls have their own club. The finger puppet club!

I edited this one with one of my new action recipes. I call it Woot Tastic. What do you think???

Crazy summer!

The Jacobus Duo — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:02:29 +0000

I woke up this morning refreshed. The kind of refreshed where you pop out of bed with a skip in your step and a smile on your face. It was a refreshing alternative to the past couple of days. The last few days Ive been dredding the thought of getting out of bed. I just wanted to curl up in a ball, turn off my phone, grab the ear plugs and beauty mask and just sleep. This, obvioulsy, was not an option. My mind was racing of blogs, emails to return, phone calls to make, fashion shows, family time, puppy time, albums…the list goes on and on. I decided its time to get myself more organized and try a new routine. This is applied today. I have a lot of blog posts that will be happening over the course of this week and next. On top of 5 new shoots this week which will be added to the blog post roll.

Here is what you can expect to see soon!

Karin and Marc | Married!

The Jacobus Duo — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:16:51 +0000

I just love Karin and Marc. Their sweet, kind and soft personalities are refreshing to come across when working with Brides and Grooms. I arrived at The Lofts hotel down town Columbus, where the girl were polishing up and getting ready. I arrived in time to photograph the last touch ups in the getting ready process. Karin’s make up artist, Anji Long from Skin Abstracts, did the most amazing job Ive ever seen. Not to mention her OWN makeup was super flawless after such a long days work! I highly recommend her! From the hotel we made our way to the church in Clintonville! The ceremony was absolutely beautiful and sweet. We had so much fun traveling into downtown Worthington to shoot some portraits! The sun was bright and the weather was very warm! Karin and Marc did such a wonderful job all through out the day and I didn’t see ONE thing that went off schedule. That’s rare.

Jared actually had his own wedding to shoot this day as well. He was off with Heather and Alex (blog post soon to come). Trevor Loken was my second shooter for the day and he did a great job. Check out his website!

Dress : Alan Ray Bridal

Flowers by Cuas of Columbus

Love this moment! Ceremony was held at Maple Grove United Methodist

We started shooting around The Worthington Inn

Worthington Hills Country Club is one of my favorite places to shoot a reception.

Lauren and Bryan | Married Part 1

The Jacobus Duo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:56:26 +0000

It was a scorching hot day. Muggy day. A day where you don’t want to smell your dog after he’d been hit by a skunk. Well, the day we met Lauren and Bryan was THAT day. Our meeting took place on the back patio of our porch. The lemonade was poured and the hummus was ready to be devoured. My dog, only two nights before, had been sprayed by a skunk-worst night of my life. The beautiful couple came in, had a beverage with us and no one ate the hummus but me. You see, I was on a Greek food kick. I ate Gyros 3 times a week at the little hole in the wall up the road while our house was being constructed. Anyways, we got chatting with this devine couple and learned from watching them and their actions that they were truly in love. I couldn’t count how many time I’d catch Bryan just watching Lauren with a giant smile. Or when Lauren was playfully tease with Bryan. It something called love, and they had it!

When we shot their engagements it was such an awesome time to get to know the two. Bryan was just recovering from a collapsed lung! Poor guy! I tried to be careful with my crazy scenarios after that.

Lauren and Bryan are not only building and constructing a relationship together, but building and reconstructing their first home together. From experience, renovating your first home with your newlywed is a great way of building up a relationship. You’ve got excitement, joy, decisions to make TOGETHER, frustration, trial runs, errors, reconstructions, failures and success. But getting through all this will make your stronger, lover deeper, and appreciate harder.

Okay so enough deep lovey dovey, I just had to get it out because, well, that’s me! Poor Jared right?!? Any who, you might be wondering why this post says PART 1! Well, to better explain it…its in 2 parts! This is what happens when you get me shooting a BEAUTIFUL outdoor wedding, irresistible light, a Bride and Groom willing to do ANYTHING for pictures, details GALORE and a fan-freakin-tastic bridal party who laughs at my jokes. Seriously, they laughed at me, or should I say with me! Doesn’t matter, I made them laugh.

I bring to you….Sassy Girl and G-Clue Part Uno:

Kathy, who Lauren bought her dress off of also did her flowers! Very nice!

See!! He laughed at me! I really am funny!

The ceremony took place at the Rattlesnake Ridge Golf Club in Sunbury, Ohio

Umm…didnt I mention before how Bryan just ADORES Lauren??

Sexy bridal party, eh?

G-Clue!!

**Tiger Growl!!!!**

Lauren bought her beautiful gown from Trumpington Bridal in Westerville!

Allison Feamster did a WONDERFUL job on Laurens make-up

The signature Jacobus Photo shots…

What a dapper gentleman..

I know. Its juicy stuff right? Be on the look out for part 2! Coming soon!

Want to inquire about having The Jacobus Duo shoot YOUR wedding? Email us at Contact@jacobusphoto.com

Jaaci and Matt | Wedding!

The Jacobus Duo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:49:58 +0000

I woke up different that morning. I was refreshed. Energized. Excited. FEARLESS! It was the morning after I had just written my epic post about getting over some of my fears. I was ready to take on anything. Jared and I prepared our minds and reached deep down into our creative thinking. I surrounded myself with some of my favorite artists, turned on my energizing techno and began sipping away at the largest coffee mug ever. We gathered our gear up the night before so everything was ready to toss into our car at the last second. Jaaci and Matt’s wedding took place in Defiance, Ohio which was about 2 hours and 45 minutes away from our little home. I was excited to to be able to spend a nice long car ride with Jared with nothing to bother us-except maybe the officer who pulled us over for speeding, but that’s neither here nor there. I thought about how I want to be different. In my business and my personal life. I came up with some pretty awesome stuff and I’m super excited to be applying it starting this week! But, that’s a whole other blog post. I met Jaaci through her sister Tori! I shot their family pictures last fall and what an adorable family!

We arrived at St. Pauls United Methodist Church, saw we had some extra time and decided to grab a quick bite to eat at Subway! I couldn’t have asked for a better day to be shooting. The sun was out with warm soothing heat that brushed across your face and Vitamin D was hittin’ ya where ya needed it! I loved everything about this day and Ive been very excited to get these pictures up for a sneak peek!

All images were processed using Sassy Pants!

I took this picture on our way home from Jaaci and Matt’s wedding and wrote this blog about it.

Ashleigh Ignelzi | Sports Reporter and MUA!

The Jacobus Duo — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:19:51 +0000

When I first met Ashleigh on March 20th 2010 I knew right away we’d be great friends. She was like coming in contact with a great bottle of champagne. Bubbly, Sparkly and Elegant. Ashleigh was doing the makeup of one of my brides, Tara. We chatted it up about some makeup tips, sports and her background. Ashleigh is an avid sports lover and a pretty darn good sports reported. She has a pretty sweet blog, The Foxy Frenzy, where she does lots of weekly updates! If you love sports, you reaalllly need to check her out!!

Ash and I contacted each other a month later when Ashleigh really wanted to get some updated head shots! I was beyond thrilled to work with her again and I knew right away her pre-camera experience would a breeze to work with! “I just trigger my inner-Beyonce” said Ashleigh. And let me tell ya, this girl knows how to WORK IT!

Ashleigh’s Bio:

” A native of Columbus, Ashleigh graduated from Otterbein College and started her career with the Ohio News Network as a host and reporter on the Average Joe Sports Show. Currently, Ashleigh works as a remoter reporter for ESPN the Magazine, she covers professional sports in Ohio , including the Cleveland Cavaliers, the NFL, MLB. This season Ashleigh joined the Columbus Crew as their online video host. In addition to her work with ESPN the Magazine and the Columbus Crew, Ashleigh serves as an online video reporter with ColumbusWired.net, where she provides coverage of the Columbus Blue Jackets, professional golf, and Ohio State football.
In addition to her reporting Ashleigh, has a love for cosmetics on top of years of experience in makeup artistry for special events and more importantly wedding makeup. Although the combination of a makeup loving, sports reporter is a rare one, it has presented Ashleigh with many wonderful opportunities to display her skills on the wives of very talented athletes.
One would guess a sports crazed, sports reporter would have an inner tomboy? Certainly, not the case. Ashleigh claims to have the World’s largest nail polish collection!
For enquires about Ashleigh and her work please contact her at ashleigh.ignelzi@gmail.com”

Brittany and Tony | Married

The Jacobus Duo — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:52:52 +0000

When Jared and I walked into Panera to meet Brittany and her Mother for the first time I got really excited. I saw Brittany standing there with a beverage in her hand and I knew right away she was my next bride. He personality shined through skin and her Mother was as sweet as could be. We had a fun filled meeting with me, like normal, spilling over my excitement, tipping over my drink and shifting the table. I was a complete mess haha! To top it off when we were leaving I had placed my drink on the roof of my car and drove off. We then passed Brittany and her Mom as they are laughing and waving. Yes, I AM that dorky!! And yes, my clients love me for that…so I hear

Megan and Robert | Wedding

The Jacobus Duo — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:57:20 +0000

Where do I even begin. We’ll start with 1. I had originally had over 100 photos starred to post on the blog and trying to condense was a night mare. 2. I love Megan and Robert to DEATH! 3. They had a super sweet bridal party who actually somewhat laughed with me…or at me. I couldn’t tell. But either way, they were LAUGHING! In all seriousness though, I really enjoyed arriving to Megan and Roberts wedding. Megan greeted me with open arms and a HUGE smile on her face. We chit chatted a little before putting on her dress and then we got started. Megan was what I like to call, the most coolest laid back bride ever. Pictures were a priority to them so they were will to do whatever I asked them to do. Well, maybe not ANYTHING but for the most part haha!

Her dress had pockets….How cool is that??

Work it mama!!

Roberto you look stunning with your flowers!

Megan was willing to lay in the grass in her dress…BEFORE the ceremony! I took good care of her though

I totally cracked a joke here…I think…

Beautiful couple…Beautiful first dance )

Personalized water bottles…totally rad!

I do realize this is probable to sweetest, yummiest, most delicious ring shot you’ve ever seen…

Anne and Jeff | Wedding

The Jacobus Duo — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:34:58 +0000

Anne and Jeff were so wonderful to get to know. Their both laid back personalities and fun friends made the day go by so fast. We enjoyed meeting their family and cant wait to work with them again in the future. Anne and Jeff’s wedding took place at the Ohio State house in Columbus Ohio. The ceremony was beautifully decorated and the reception, held just a few steps away, was decorated so very elegant. Later on in the reception Brutus the Buckeye made an appearance and dance with everyone for about an hour. What a cool surprise if you’re a Buckeye fan!

Holly and Ryan | Engaged

The Jacobus Duo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:47:22 +0000

We parked the car. Gathered up the equiptment and headed towards our meeting spot. I saw Holly by their car waving at me from a distance. I was super excited about their engagement shoot because getting to see their personalities at Rachel and Stephens wedding we were just going to feed off of each others dork energy! And so we did. We began the session laughing and joking and carrying on. We started off in Goodale park for some pretty classic shots. Then we made our way to the Short North area where we stopped and window shopped, grabbed a couple cupcakes, and then later a few beers. I loved working with Holly and Ryan and cant WAIT for their November 6th wedding this year!

Their first date was at Betty’s right there in the Short North:

Geyse and Chris | Wedding

The Jacobus Duo — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:08:43 +0000

I met with my friend and favorite florist in Columbus, Tara, from Bella Couture Events. She started describing this wedding that she had coming up the first weekend in June and it just happened to be the same wedding we had! Geyse’s details were beyond describable. Actually, when you try to describe them you do them no justice. Tara did a WONDERFUL job pulling everything together and she comes highly recommended from the Jacobus Duo.

We walked into the room where Chris and Geyse were patiently yet nervously waiting. Rather than Geyse’s girlfriends helping her prepare herself for the day, Chris prepared her. And she prepped him. It was the coolest most unique thing I have ever experienced. What a sweet moment when she helped him into his Blues and he helped her step into her dress and zip it up. I love experiencing new things and this definitely topped the list of new and cool things I recommend doing for a wedding.

When I originally was selecting photos for their blog post I ended up with 118 “blog worthy” shots. I looked at the number in awe and started stressing out. How am I ever going to reduce this down to 10-15?? Well, I think I tried my best but I still feel like I’m being stingy in not showing you the full 118. If you would like to see more, their wedding slideshow is at the end.

Bella Couture Events came up with this superb design:

Im being modest by saying Geyse and Chris’s centerpieces were 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide!

Heather and Alex | Engaged

The Jacobus Duo — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:21:27 +0000

We pulled into Schiller Park parking lot and I scanned the black top looking for my Bride and Groom. Alex being the big guy that he is was easy to spot. We pulled into the space next to them, got out and exchanged hugs and hello’s. I was really excited for this engagement shoot because Jared was taking full control. He did a wonderful job as the pictures below show. After the engagement session we stopped in a local eating place and had dinner. It was such a wonderful time getting to know these two and I cant wait to hang out again at the local Greek hole in the wall!