REAL CALIFORNIA WEDDING: ISABELLA & RAFFIE

Welcome back to the beautiful wedding of Isabella & Raffie.  Their wedding is filled with elegance….beauty…..and so much love from family and friends.  Their wedding story was captured by the oh-so-sweet and talented Shanni Weilvert of What Shani SawShanni’s work is ALWAYS so ‘picture perfect’….let’s check out all the magic from Isabella & Raffie’s special day…Enjoy!

Shanni shares a little info with us……’Raffie and Isa come from a very diverse cultural background- she moved to America from Venezula 5 years ago, Raffie is Armenian and they met in a Persian church:)  Despite being from different cultures, all three cultures value family, friends, and dancing more than any culture I’ve seen before.  Venezulan culture forbids brides and grooms from seeing each other before the wedding and they had a night ceremony so it made portraits a little tricky, but all they cared about was dancing and having a good time!  I just love when couples focus on what they find important- not what is ‘typical’ or ‘expected’.  It was one crazy dance party!!!’

The bridesmaids dresses are GORGEOUS…don’t you just love the color!

The proud father…check out the big smile!

And now we have a the lovely wedding film sent over by Thomas O’Hara of Aqua Vivus Productions.

 

Raffie + Isabella from Thomas O’Hara on Vimeo.

Shanni, thanks so much for stopping by today….guys make sure you head over to Shanni’s site  and a huge thank you to Thomas from Aqua Vivus Productions…..make certain you check out Aqua Vivus Productions’s site to see more gorgeous films…be prepared to stay awhile, there’s so many beatiful ones to see!

And to Isabella & Raffie, we wish you a lifetime of happiness and joy!