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Jillian and Desi’s Rooftop Wedding

Jillian and Desi had a Turkish themed rooftop wedding at the On Deck Sports Bar in Portland on a beautiful summer day. I had the pleasure of photographing their Istanbul engagement pictures. Their wedding planner Mandi of Champagne Events helped them with some beautiful details and thanks to her, everything ran beautifully. They also had a great idea - instead of wedding cake, serve baklava! Of course, I knew where best Baklava in Portland was, so I steered them to 7 Hills Turkish Food Cart on 48th and Division (check it out!).

The flowers  were by Floral Designs by Alicia, who is very talented as well. The wedding favors were Nazar Boncugu, or Turkish Evil Eyes, beautiful glass pieces that help ward off evil! The DJ was one of the top DJ’s in Portland: http://www.djalicious.com

You can see the full set of  pictures here. Please ask for the password from the couple.

Portland Rooftop Wedding

She has a strictly no boys policy!

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Vanessa and Ozgur’s Wedding at Timberline Lodge

Ozgur and Vanessa met at a snowboarding trip and they got married at Timberline Lodge. How perfect! Ozgur’s family came all the way from Turkey to attend this beautiful reception with some Turkish wedding touches. The ceremony featured mixing of the sands - originally the sand was going to be coming in from Turkish beach but due to some customs mishap, they used beautifully colored sand instead. They passed bags of Turkish candy (similar to akide sekeri) as their wedding favors and attached a “nazar boncugu” (evil eye), a traditional Turkish symbol.

Mt. Hood was a gorgeous backdrop to their wedding ceremony. For their romantic shots, I also used the other side of the mountain as a backdrop, using the forests and the reflection lake, and also Mt. Bachelor.

Enjoy!

Nazar boncugu with Akide Sekeri

nazar boncugu with akide sekeri

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