…and I couldn’t be happier! Not only because this is my beautiful sister Celeste we are talking about, but because she is marrying a sweet, generous, kind, and not to mention, handsome guy (that would be Joe). I took some photos for them back in December, 2007, when I was home in California for Christmas. Celeste and Joe had only been together a few months, but they already knew they had something special (and so did I). They sent the photos I took back home to his family along with a letter introducing Celeste. You see Joe’s family lives in Goa, India, and he doesn’t get to see them very often. I felt it was a beautiful gesture, and a true indication of things to come. Here we are, almost exactly 2 years later, and the happy couple is engaged. I am honored to be photographing the wedding taking place this Sunday in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains of California at my parents home. A Merry Christmas indeed! Stay tuned
Here is favorite photo from their December 2007 shoot (for any interested photographers out there, this was when I first started. For this shot I used my rebel and 50mm 1.8).

by Jessica Otwell
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