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Kristy + Gordon | Louisville Wedding Photographer | Owl Creek
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welcome to my new blogsite!
Hi! I am Jules Wiegand. I love Jesus and Photography (in that order:). Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy browsing through my life and photography. I live in Louisville, but i would love to do your destination wedding or event or mission trip.. so, please fly me somewhere!
I am excited to celebrate your life moments with you – whether that be your engagement, wedding, senior pictures, family or baby pictures – love the babies:) i pretty much love it all!! ha.. that’s a lot of love going on. Now i feel like singing – it’s good for you that i don’t have audio on this blog!!
Lots of fun stuff on this blog! You can vote on your favorite photos and check out my latest shoot in the sneak peek section. Also – check out the galleries for more samples of my work. Feel free to follow me and receive my updates -and comments are pretty much my favorite – so, don’t deny a girl her joy!! It’s the little things :)
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Kristy and Gordon have known each other since college and their relationship has been steadily growing since. They started as friends, yet Gordon hoped for more. He slowly and patiently pursued her and eventually this friendship grew to deep affection until they both realized that there was no other choice. As a friend of the bride, it’s been quite wonderful to watch her change from a logical and thoughtful consideration of Gordon to those silly flutterpated giddy feelings that we could see whenever she talked about Gordon. I loved seeing her fall in love. And I’ve always been a Gordon fan from beginning! He has just pursued her and loved her enough to give her the freedom to grow in affection towards him over time. Their love story has been a beautiful journey and I was so honored to photograph this special moment for them. Here are some of my favorites of the day – taken at St. Matthews Baptist Church, Southern Seminary and Owl Creek Country Club.
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John and Stephanie won a free wedding package at the Empire State Building through The Knot on February 14! Since most of her Louisville friends missed out on her wedding day, she decided to have a wedding celebration in Louisville. I was happy to be their photographer and celebrate their marriage with them. Here are a few of my favorites from Stephanie and John’s wedding celebration. Vote on your favorites :)
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You are about to get a little insight into who I am through seeing this wedding since it is my family that I am photographing. I was blessed enough to be the photographer at my cousin’s wedding and I must say that I got teared up editing the photos. Yes, I am a softie especially when it comes to my family. The craziness is very much genetic.. it starts at an early age and never leaves. haha. You will also see that my family is not all reserved or introverted – I know you are not surprised. It’s true and yes, it can be loud. But I love it. This wedding was so amazing, I have never seen such a united reception. I will explain more later – but there was definitely a feel of warmth and connectedness and community which is not at all strange since that is how my family is all the time. Yet, it was wonderful to see that extended to friends and the whole wedding guest list. I will say that Ryan’s family was just like my family in their interactions and humor. Amy did good.. because you don’t just marry a man – you marry a family. Fortunately for her, they are just absolutely wonderful and crazy like us. And they are completely in love.
35 votes // vote as favoriteWe started out the day where Amy grew up in Ryland Heights. My cousin had 9 bridesmaids.. yep, 9. She is such an easy person to love.. her personality is attractive, so I not at all surprised to see her have so many friends. Although, half the bridal party consisted of her sisters. Big family, big bridal party and yes, a big reception. It was a very full and fun day. Her sister Ella who is a professional hair and makeup artist (also available to do weddings in Northern Ky and Cincinnati )- did an amazing job on her hair.
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19 votes // vote as favoriteThe cross was especially important as it was my grandmothers who passed a few years back. We all were very close to her. Amy held this cross as she took her vows with Ryan. The other jewelry belong to her other grandmother who also passed several years ago. I love all these sentimental pieces at a wedding!!
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20 votes // vote as favoriteThe reception was held at the Covington Madison Center in downtown Covington, Ky in the Grand Ballroom. Thanks to Casey Mackie, my second photographer for getting some of these detail shots.
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Emely has been in my life for about 10 years now. I was privileged enough to mentor her while she was in college. She holds a very special place in my heart, so I was completely honored when she asked me to be her wedding photographer. Emely has a beautiful heart. I wasn’t really convinced that any guy was good enough for her until I met Stephen. Those two together, just make sense. Here is one of my favorites, but just to warn you there are a lot of favorites.
83 votes // vote as favoriteEmely spent the weekend at Natural Bridge State Park with her closest friends before the wedding. They rented a beautiful cabin overlooking Red River Gorge where they leisurely enjoyed getting ready and spending intimate time together. The outdoor setting was gorgeous.
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76 votes // vote as favoriteIn fact, Emely is so comfortable with me, I had to tell her to put some clothes on so that I could take some pictures of her getting ready -lol. She is such a joy to me. We had so much fun just sitting around laughing and talking about her life and her man.
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52 votes // vote as favoriteHer Dad cried from the moment he saw her until the Father- Daughter dance. So sweet!!
49 votes // vote as favoriteEmely’s Mom was so involved in putting this wedding together, she even helped make these flower bouquets rock.
54 votes // vote as favoriteHowever, because Emely’s mom was so involved in putting the wedding together, Em had to wait til her Mom was ready before she could put her dress on. She had been asking for hours when it would be time. She was so excited, so when the moment finally arrived- she was overcome with laughter.
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53 votes // vote as favoriteEmely chose a beautiful destination for her outdoor wedding that completely suited her personality. We went to Hoedown Island at Natural Bridge State Park and the fall leaves made a perfect setting for her ceremony.
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50 votes // vote as favoriteI love Emely.. what an honor to be there with you on this day!! Blessings and Prayers for a rich marriage to you both.
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In Louisville, Kentucky you never know what the weather will be from one day to the next. The day before this Louisville Wedding, we had cold weather and rain. The wedding day itself was beautiful and we were able to get some beautiful outdoor photos before the ceremony. Amanda and Gabe were just giddy in love and I just loved taking pictures of them and celebrating their wedding with them and all their friends.
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I have known Shannon for about 6 years now. In fact, she is part of a particular group of friends we call the BG’s. There are 7 of us and in the last six years, we have gone on vacations together, had many sleep overs and interesting birthday celebrations. She is part of a group of friends who are near and dear to me, so I was very honored to photograph such a special day in her life. When I first met Nathan, I was convinced he was perfect for her. Though they had only known each other a little while, they were so comfortable and natural with one another – you would have thought they had been dating for years. Here are some of my favorites of the day.
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Here it is, Louisville: my favorite wedding and engagement photos of 2010. Believe me, choosing my favorite photographs was not an easy undertaking!! Looking back at all the weddings and people I have met, I feel incredibly blessed to get to know so many awesome couples. To be included and invited into their lives on such a special day, is truly an honor and I am so thankful for each of them. I felt a little nostalgic looking back through all the wedding photos that sometimes I would get a little lost in remembering some of the funny moments and tear jerking moments as well. So, here it goes! Vote on your favorites too, the couple just may get a prize!!!
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What is it called when you take a beautiful bride and surround her with poinsettias and greenery right around Christmas? It’s a winter wedding with a wonderful Christmas theme.! Everything was just beautiful – from the candles, the Christmas tree and ornament decorations, the poinsettias, the Christmas lights and of course the bride :). I traveled from Louisville to Cincinnati to hang with the couple for a few days. I really enjoyed getting to know them and their friends – seriously, a lot of fun and an amazing couple!! In fact, I had some difficulty narrowing down the wedding and reception photos – with so many great dancing pictures it was hard to choose. This Cincinnati crew sure knows how to make a wedding fun!! Here are some of my favorite photos from the wedding and reception. Please feel free to vote on your favorites and to leave some comment love.
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You may remember Kristina and Robert from their engagement photography session in September. I had so much fun being their photographer that we just instantly became friends. A little over two years since they first met and now they are married!!! This was one of the most traveled weddings that I have other done with four different destinations around Louisville. We started in New Albany at the Sheraton, went to the Falls of the Ohio, then to Louisville at the Presbyterian Seminary Caldwell Chapel near Garden Court and then Jeffersonville, Indiana to have the reception at 300 Spring Street. Now that’s a destination wedding!! haha. Their wedding was beautiful and so was Kristina. I think I was just as taken aback as her family when I saw her for the first time in her mermaid style wedding dress – she was stunning!!! Robert was so blown away seeing her the first time – he just kept holding her hand. I love this picture because it shows the warmth of their wedding.
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62 votes // vote as favoriteTheir whole wedding had a warmth to it which I believe shows in their wedding photography. The day started out at the Sheraton Riverside in New Albany (across the river from Louisville) where the bridal party stayed the night before. Kristina wrote Robert a letter while everyone was putting together the final touches to look gorgeous for her fall wedding.
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63 votes // vote as favoriteIt was such a beautiful day with the fall colors and the warm weather, I just had to take the bridal party to the beach at the Falls of the Ohio for their outdoor wedding photos. The bridal party was so much fun and so willing to do a little extra to get some stunning and amazing photographs for Kristina and Robert’s special day (even if it meant climbing rocks). haha
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62 votes // vote as favoriteThen off to Caldwell Chapel in Louisville at the Presbyterian Seminary where the ceremony was to take place.
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I love to customize photography packages for my brides. Deidra was one of those brides who had specific needs and wanted to know if I could work with her. Deidra had a beautiful small wedding at the Marriott in Louisville with just her family in attendance. I loved working with her and the Marriott was wonderful as well. She also had a fabulous wedding planner – Joanna from Essential Designs. The whole night was just wonderful and this couple was deliriously in love. Here are a few from this intimate wedding
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