I said that I would be fast with this other post since I’m talking about these two special people that crossed my way. Felt blessed after all my thoughts if my style would be accepted here in Israel to have this couple as my first one. I can be blessed or frustrated with what is about to come… But the other ones that I’ve been photographing and the ones that are coming now, on August I’m more than excited and happy :-)

Who knows me good, know how hyperactive I am and how I can get even more on wedding days. So imagine myself shooting in a new country, new culture, new locations and many different way to celebrate a wedding, No sleeping! Here in Israel, weddings work so different than in Brasil. From closing the deal, making of, ceremony, party, food, gifts and outfits. And yes, you can see people wearing havaianas, shorts and outfits that you can wear to go to the beach. It’s all about of celebrating with lotsss of people ( they can say that a small wedding have around 300 people) and don’t think main actors here are the grooms, who gets in a pedestal is the food, it’s all about the food, and after food a bit more of food, then drinks and lots of dancing and then, food again! Here, most of the weddings can happen from Sunday - yes, I photographed a wedding on a Monday - to Thursday since Shabbat starts on Friday till Saturday when the first star show up on the sky.

Lihi and Oran aren’t religious, they are far from that. So the wedding happened on a Friday afternoon in The Negev Desert, South of Israel in a special place, few cute and charming cabins built by the lovely owner in the middle of nowhere somewhere of the Desert. Everything from this wedding was made by the grooms, family and friends. From the invitation to decorating the place and the main thing from an Israeli wedding, the food! They called the event as social wedding since they asked for the guests bring a special food made by themselves and not money or gift - here they are used to give money for the grooms. So, Lihi told me that it was really important to document the food.So I did not only document, I tried the food and it was one of the best meals that I had here in Israel, a country that food is something else.

The vibe of the wedding was amazing and I can’t forget to tell that never saw so many cute kids together in one place! Besides that the whole family from the father’s groom was from Brasil, soooo I spoke lots of portuguese, ah how’s good to speak our mother language. Beautiful ceremony full of emotional speeches, sprightly dance floor, a surprise from friends and family ( they made a band to sing and play for them ) and to tie up they released chinese balloons to the sky.