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Sara and Dan’s Northern Virginia Persian Wedding – Part Two!

As promised, here is Sara and Dan's second ceremony, which follows their first ceremony that I blogged about last week! This is my second time to attend a Persian ceremony, also known as the Aghd, in which the couple sits in front of a traditional Persian Sofreh. The word sofreh means “spread” like a table or food spread, and appears in many Persian celebrations. The sofreh contains elements which are believed and hoped to be in the couples marriage. This link is incredibly detailed and even has pictures of what everything is that's involved in a Sofreh Aghd, so if you want to learn more, click on! However, you should look below to see some wonderful pictures from the whole ceremony. I loved photographing this, and I thought Sara's aunt (who made the sofreh) did an incredible job making it for the happy couple! I hope you enjoy the photos below! I'm also including some great photos from the couples dance, in which they transitioned from a traditional dance into a choreographed little number which was hilarious! Sara shared a video from that dance as well which can be viewed here. Enjoy everyone!

Honey is consumed immediately following the ceremony, and the couple feed it to one another to ensure sweetness in their life together:

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Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Sara and Dan’s Northern Virginia Wedding – Part One!

It's time for Sara and Dan's big day on the blog! Sara and Dan were married recently in Northern Virginia, and what's so unique about their wedding day is they had not one, but two ceremonies! This sneak peek is dedicated to their first church ceremony in Falls Church, Virginia, and the second sneak peek will be for their Persian ceremony in Vienna, Virginia! Hurray! Sara found out about me through a friend of a friend, and I was very excited to work with her! I met up with her and learned more about the two ceremonies, and it just sounded like it was going to be an exciting day. I didn't meet Dan until the wedding day, but you just knew who he was as soon as he entered the church! He has so much positive energy and genuinely cares so much about Sara and their two families...and it really, really showed! Sara looked stunning when she arrived in her vintage rolls royce, and the church ceremony was beautiful. What I really felt with Sara, Dan and their guests, was this huge sense of togetherness. Everyone knew each other straight off the bat. I didn't think one person there was unfamiliar with another, and I just really loved that.

I can't wait to post more of Sara and Dan's big day, but for now, please enjoy the photos below and stay tune for more! Thanks everyone!

Love,

Lisa

Monica and Ali's Northern Virginia Persian Wedding!

Well, I'm a photo editing machine these days, but I wanted to get these up from this past weekend!  I was fortunate enough to photograph Monica and Ali's wedding this past weekend, and they had two ceremonies: one Catholic and one Persian!  Both were gorgeous and each had moments that I enjoyed capturing.  However, since the Persian ceremony was totally new to me, I was fascinated by it, and wanted to share these photographs!  Please enjoy these below! m&a_persian_ceremony_1

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Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa