Meeting new people that love each other as much as Jeremy and Gisyeni do, is always a pleasure for me. In the short time I spent with this couple, I found them to be friendly, down to earth, funny and adventurous... personality characteristics that I think make for lasting relationships. So naturally, when they asked me to be their wedding photographer, I couldn't have been more pleased. And since we had so much fun together during their engagement session, I had a good feeling I was going to enjoy photographing their wedding day. Sure enough when I arrived on Saturday September 26th at the beautiful estate in Julian where they were going to get married, I found a wedding backdrop like I've never seen before. Family and friends had come together to help cook, set-up and orchestrate all the wedding details. The wedding took place in the late afternoon on a large outside patio, where chairs were set up facing a platform that overlooked an unobstructed view of the horizon and the surrounding mountains of Julian. When the ceremony started, the sun was shining along with a cool breeze, which helped make it the perfect wedding day.

Bride and groom (Gisenyi and Jeremy) enjoying the Julian, California sunset on their wedding day.

Macro photo of the diamond and platinum wedding rings photographed on the leaves of a manzanita tree

Bride\'s mother holding her daughter\'s hand just before the wedding ceremony

I just love this photo of Gisenyi and her mother. These are the kinds of photos I strive to capture throughout any wedding day. Special moments in time that will pass away, only to be remembered through photographs later. And since I have a daughter myself, I can appreciate how happy Gisenyi's mother must be to see her daughter so beautiful and full of joy on her wedding day.

A portrait of Gisenyi in her wedding dress and veil just before the wedding ceremony at a private residence in Julian, California

Bridesmaids standing in line holding flower bouquets at the ceremony while wedding officiant goes through bride and grooms vows

The groom saying his vows to the bride in front of wedding officiant

Wedding party group portrait of the bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen, and flower girls

The bride\'s first dance with her father

Bride serving vanilla ice cream and Julian apple pie to the guests at the wedding reception

Bride and groom looking into each others eyes after the sun sets on their wedding day

I want to thank Jeremy and Gisenyi for giving me the opportunity to photograph their wedding day. I wish you both all the best in the future with your marriage and hope you two will live a long and happy life together.

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