The Barn at Crescent Lake is forty lakefront acres twenty minutes outside Tampa, and the lake is the entire argument for booking it. Labif Filmhouse has filmed there, in Odessa.
The Barn at Crescent Lake sits on 9612 Crescent Drive in Odessa, on forty acres of lakefront in Pasco County — close enough to Tampa to be convenient, far enough out that nothing modern appears in frame.
How it actually films
Water to the west means the property gives you a real sunset rather than a sky that simply dims. A lake reflects, so the last half hour produces light coming from two directions at once — direct from the sun and bounced off the surface — and that bounce is the softest fill available anywhere on the property.
Away from the water, forty acres of open Pasco County is bright and flat at midday. The barn and the treeline are the only shade, so a summer timeline has to be built around them.
What to protect in the timeline
- Ceremony or portraits facing the lake at the end of the day. Everything else is secondary.
- A July wedding needs an afternoon storm plan. This is inland Pasco in summer.
- One wide from across the water, if access allows. It is the frame that shows the property.
Bayly + Joshua
Filmed at The Barn at Crescent Lake in Odessa in July 2021. Their film is below.
Filmed at Barn At Crescent Lake. See more of our Tampa wedding videography.