middle eastern wedding

Night of the Henna for Eman at the Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon

We photographed an exciting Night of the Henna event at the exquisite Nines Hotel in downtown Portland. The bride, Eman, is the daughter of famous designer Fiona Cibani, so every detail was creatively designed and executed. The night was filled with many interesting nuances ranging from live gold fish in the table center pieces to the exotic Middle Eastern belly dance by Astryd Farah deMichel.  …

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Vanessa and Ozgur Wedding Pictures – Sneak Peek

Portland Wedding Photographer - August 30, 2008

Here are couple quick ones from Vanessa and Ozgur’s Turkish style wedding at Timberline Lodge. David, Vanessa’s father, walked her down the aisle with Mt. Hood as the backdrop.  Vanessa speaks Turkish quite fluently and was leading the belly dances on the dance floor while Ozgur did a great job dancing to Michael Jackson. More pictures coming soon when we finish editing the whole wedding.

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Basak and Cem’s Wedding (Associate Coverage) at Arista Ballroom

Portland Wedding Photographer - August 21, 2008

Basak and Cem had a fun Turkish wedding at the Arista Ballroom! There was a lot of halay – or – Turkish line dancing, and great energy. Check out the photos! Arista Ballroom is a beautiful location as well and was a perfect fit for this fun wedding! (You can see the full set of photos here – you can get the password from Basak …

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