Last Summer when Briauna reached out to me about photographing her and Yashar's wedding at Buxton School in Williamstown, MA, where she's an alum, I was very excited. I had been shooting the graduations and alumni events at the private boarding high school for years and the campus is beautiful, as well as the creative and inclusive vibe among the students and faculty.

When I met up with them at the rehearsal dinner I was struck by what my wife called Briauna's classic beauty, and Yashar had a thoughtful gentleness about him. Their ceremony was in the Persian wedding tradition that centers around the beautiful and symbolic Sofreh Aghd (ceremony spread) with items like mirrors, candles, and sugar cones for sweetness, along with sharing honey with pinky fingers, burning wild rue (Esfand) for purification, and incorporating poetry as well as holy texts.

Their love for each other and their friends and family was a joy to capture, and I wish them many years of happiness to come! Congrats!