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Nashville Wedding for Jeremy & Joy!

Liesl — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:44:27 +0000

Jeremy: God will raise up. God will set free.

Joy: Jubilation. Jewel or delight.

Joy & Jeremy: Delightfully uplifting one another in joyous love.

Joy & Jeremy wed in August in Nashville, TN. I was so thrilled when they hired me to shoot their wedding because I have known Joy since I was very young, and it also continued the awesome tradition of me photographing weddings for her family. I photographed her brother’s wedding in 2010 and her sister’s wedding just a handful of months’ before Joy’s!

Here is her brother’s wedding:

Josh & Maryanne

And here is her sisters!

Jamie & Ryan

Ceremony site: Church of The Redeemer

Portrait location: The Parthenon & Shelby Street Bridge

Reception: Amerigo

Cake: Publix

Bob & Joanna’s Lima, NY Wedding

Liesl — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:20:18 +0000

Bob & Joanna hired me to photograph their wedding all the way out in the little village of Lima, NY at the Elim Gospel Church.

When I used to live in Rochester, NY Bob was my photo assistant, and I was so happy when he emailed and asked if he could hire me to fly out and shoot his wedding!

Enjoy their story in photos, and if you want to see more you can view all my favorites on their facebook album!

Thank you for having me come out to shoot your wedding, love you both!

Liesl Diesel

Bob was so confident and calm

I love how he is looking at her in this shot!

I know this looks set up, but their wedding party really did gather around and cheer like this, it was awesome!

sweet little bridesmaids bouquet

I loved the lively colors!

The man who owned this property was so nice to let us use it, such a cool old abandoned bridge!

Joanna, under the bridge.

The straight face!

what a beautiful couple!

But they can't hold that straight face for long, who can!

Not only did I love the colors they chose, but the decor was really fun. The vases at the tables were pink antique ball canning jars!

The sun was really pounding that day, which mean, of course, AWESOME SHADOWS!!!

The cake was shaded in a cute little gazebo!

And there was colorful candy all over the place. pretty much like heaven, I think . . .

Saris, Parties, & Automobiles!

Liesl — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:41:32 +0000

Saris, Parties, & Automobiles!

This was the apparent theme at Urvita & Shital’s reception at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare.

Urvita, along with all the lovely ladies, changed into their beautiful evening Saris.

Their family, along with all their guests, enjoyed food and dance at this outrageous party.

The groom, along with his speechless bride, received as a wedding gift, a new automobile!

No, not ONE automobile, one EACH. I felt like I was photographing the Oprah show!

If anyone deserves such a generous gift it is these two. It is so clear how much their family loves and supports them.

Room, including flowers, linens, lighting and mandap by Ravi’s Mandaps.

Music by DJ Sachin

Cake – The Baking Institute

Wedding Coordinator – Oliveaire

Sari – Taj Sari Palace

Ravi works her magic on this room!

The tones were romantic and clean

The cake was perfectly designed to go with the room's decor

Made by The Baking Institute

The detail was simple and intricate

simple and elegant flowers designed by Ravi

intricate ice sculpture

LOVE place card holders

Shital & Urvita!

Urvita does a spin to wow the crowd!

The ceiling lights reminded me of a butterfly :) symbolic as they start a new life!

Shital respected his wife despite many people calling out for a kiss!

This is right before they find out they each have a brand new car!

Shital tries to regain composure as Urvita hugs her father!

And the party begins!

and the dance floor is PACKED!

DJ Sachin has a great light set up!

View all my previous posts from their love story!

Engagement Party

Engagement Portrait Session

First Look

Baraat

Ceremony and Vidaai

Wedding Portrait Session

Liesl Diesel

MacGregor Downs Wedding, Cary NC

Liesl — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:17:50 +0000

Congratulations to Kim & Caleb!

We had quite a surprise storm during their wedding, but of course the sun broke through and made some amazing light for everyone to enjoy!

Thank you for choosing me to photograph your wedding!

Liesl Diesel

Venue - McGreggor Downs

Cake – Sweet Memories

Tent – Classic Party Rentals

Shot for Shane Snider, one of the coolest dudes on the planet.

Wedding of the Day Strikes Again! Shahzeen & Prem at the Chicago Cultural Center

Liesl — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:10:06 +0000

Wedding of The Day Strikes Again!

Shahzeen & Prem were married at the Downtown Islamic Center in Chicago, with the reception at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Once again The Wedding Channel has featured my clients for their wedding of the day!

View Shahzeen’s Mendi

View their Nikkah at the Downtown Islamic Center in Chicago

View their Lakeside portrait session

View their downtown Chicago portraits

View their urban graffiti wedding portraits

View their reception preparation

View their gorgeous wedding reception at Chicago Cultural Center

Love you both, you deserve the best and I am glad you found it in each other!

Liesl Diesel

Stephanie & Jonathan, North Carolina Museum of History

Liesl — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:06:15 +0000

Stephanie & Jonathan were married in Raleigh, NC at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

I really enjoyed the art and architecture of the Universalist Fellowship, and of course that was topped off with a gorgeous reception at the North Carolina Museum of History!

Ceremony – Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh

Reception – NC Museum of History

Flowers – Catering Works

Cake – Catering Works

Food – Cafe Luna

Centerpieces – Table of Contents

Linens – CE Rental

Music – Mitch Woodword of Bunn DJ Company

lights in the ceremony room.

the design of the meeting room was very natural and open, and the windows have a beautiful view of the woods.

precious!

I love how happy Stephanie's father looks!

Stephanie blushes from emotion! so sweet!!

Stephanie smiles during Jonathan's vows

But she cannot keep it together when she gives her own!

sealed!

sparkle power!

north carolina museum of history

I shot a few from the balcony for the first dance, I loved the shadows I could create with my off camera light from up there!

I love their faces here! so playful!

Such a great party! Thanks for choosing me Steph & Jonathan!

Courtney & Chris: Another Wedding of The Day for Wedding Channel by Liesl Diesel Photo!

Liesl — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:17:38 +0000

Congratulations to Courtney & Chris for being featured by The Wedding Channel by The Knot as Wedding of The Day!

Courtney & Chris with their beautiful dog!

Courtney & Chris were married on Hilton Head Island last fall at a beautiful intimate ceremony at a private mansion.

Click the badge to view their featured images!

Click here to see my blog post from their wedding

Click here to see all my favorites on facebook

Mansion by Island Getaways

A Floral Affair

Cake by Signey’s Bakery

Linens by Classic Party Rentals

Food by Downtown Catering

Other clients of mine that have recently been featured are:

Samir & Dharna

Tyler & Rachel

congrats!

Liesl Diesel

Nikki & Pete’s Debordieu Club Wedding

Liesl — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:51:10 +0000

Peter & Nicole were married on May 20, 2011 at the Debordieu Club in the Debordieu Colony, Georgetown, SC.

Wedding planner: Elizabeth from Grand Occassions

What an awesome event this was, it was clearly a very tight knit group of people who love Pete & Nikki. If it’s possible to have too much fun at a wedding, I think most of their guests accomplished this!