Iran meets Victoria, Ellahae & Ahmad, 10th Aug, Victoria.

chrisboar — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:07:17 +0000

My first ever Persian (Iranian) Wedding, with Ellahae & Ahmad being married in the Italian gardens at the very impressive Hatley Castle, Victoria.

After the normal civil ceremony the traditional Persian wedding ceremony took place which I think deserves a bit more explanation. It involved giving each other a finger of honey, lots of nice food and lots of hilarity. Given everything happened in their native tongue I had no idea what was being said, but I got some of the guests to explain it to me afterwards.

Basically the bride is given 3 chances to not marry her man. !

It goes something like this (I’m paraphrasing here) :-

“Will you marry this man?”

….”hmmmm, let me think about it, I’ve got to do my hair tonight”

“Will you marry this man?”

….”Hmmm, don’t know, there’s something on TV I want to watch tonight”

“Will you marry this man?”

…..”Oh I suppose so”

After the fun shoot it was a drive north to their reception at Arbutus Ridge Golf Club.

Anyway, comments most welcome below and keep an eye on my clients page for the rest of their images

Alida & Gary – 19th Jan, Sidney

chrisboar — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:18:43 +0000

A trip ‘down south’ to Sidney and Victoria for a whirlwind loop to several locations for Alida & Gary’s wedding. Starting off at the Sidney Pier Hotel, and then onto a local church for the ceremony. The weather was ‘variable’ shall we say, so a quick shoot by the water in Sidney, and then down to spectacular location of Hatley Castle (of X-men fame!) where it stopped raining just long enough for a great location shoot. And finally back up to Glenn Meadows Golf Club for a ‘tropical’ themed reception.

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Iran meets Victoria, Ellahae & Ahmad, 10th Aug, Victoria.

Alida & Gary – 19th Jan, Sidney