peaceful selimiye

i love it when green meets blue.. and marmaris is just like that.. and selimiye brings the peacefulness that you seek through out the year. i was in marmaris at the beginning of this month to shoot a beloved wedding and just before that i had the chance to enjoy every bit of this small village.. little hotels, great restaurants with delicious food and amazing sea that you cannot get enough off! luckily my friend ozan and his lovely family are running this beautiful small, cozy hydas pension with great hospitality and amazing breakfast in the mornings, under the olive tree! so if you are looking for some quality time to relax, enjoy a book or two, stay within the nature; i highly suggest you to visit wonderful selimiye!   oh and the best time to visit is definitely september and early october! sun warms you up more than enough and the water is not cold at all =) i took these photos at a very early right after sunrise walk.. it was just great to see how nature was waking up to a new day!  i hope you all enjoy the photos like i enjoyed taking them! 

white and green beautiful intimate istanbul summer wedding

eda has been my friend since our bilkent university days.. she has always been creative and i have always liked her food blog ( which i believe you should all check: geraldine cooks ) and all the crafts she has been doing and this time she did all the crafting and the wedding gifts for her big day! there was an emotional moment during the day where eda wore her mother's wedding gown at the hotel and her mom wore eda's grandma's dress which she wore at her daughter's wedding years ago. such a memorable moment to have for a bride in her wedding.  

the wedding was at küçükçiftlik park, known as concert and festival venue at the very center of istanbul. flowers were from lovely kanukte flowers, delicious catering was from nono gourmet; eda herself did the delicious  wedding favors: sea salt with rosemary and lemon.  the festival like ambiance was just getting you into having so much fun! oh i just love these intimate, personalized, stylish weddings! 

so beautiful eda got married to her love başar in this past august with family and close friends! they were gorgeous together! can't be happier for them! i wish them a life time happiness and many more! 

here is the video of this wonderful wedding by marelat, if you would like to see more of it!

beautiful autumn..

i have always loved autumn.. how nature brings out it's bright colors out, how it is somehow peaceful. even the rain has it's way of calm you down. it is somehow melancholic and tranquil at the same time. wind blows, rain falls, sun shines, leaves falls.. you just want to be still. enjoy the silence of the nature, you will empty your head and just be still.. at least just for a moment.. because you will feel the fall in you..

photos were taken at casa lavanda hotel, istanbul - stalu hotel, yesilyurt - and urza, istanbul during my maternity and wedding sessions in this september.. 

that's me!

so finally i was in front of the camera! beside my lovely photographer friend carina in belgium (yea how often can i go there to have photos taken?), i made my darling talented friend yasemin to take my photos! i was finally dressed in color put some make up (a pro one  please!!) on and posed for a good cause! hopefully i will soon relive the reason here too. fingers crossed! well let me tell you something, posing under hot hot sunny weather is tough! and i am so aware of it and i do feel the pain all my summer brides are going through! but the end result is always great despite all the sweat! so these are also some head shots for my future couples to get to know me while going through my portfolio! oh yea this is basically me with make up! ^_^ 

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lovely french-turkish summer wedding in bodrum

ayperi and olivier got married in beautiful bodrum. venue was sianji wellbeing resort gardens of babylon with beautiful nature! they live in paris and the guests were from all over the world! which i like the most! having a diversity in a wedding is just so much fun! different cultures getting to gather offers so many different varieties which makes me very happy in terms of photography!  the wedding organization was done by istisnai projeler bodrum, with ayperi's own contributions and as end products cute details were everywhere! i enjoyed every bit of their wedding! i hope you can feel their energy through photos too! 

and we had a beach session after the wedding too.. this time it was in izmir, çesme..

lovely spring engagement session

serkan has been my friend for so long that i cannot even remember when was the first time we have ever talked. now i am witnessing his happiest moments in his life. he found his dream girl and now building his life with this gorgeous bride of his. i cannot be happier for him! seeing them happy together melts my heart! i cannot wait for their wedding next spring! gonna be a very special one just like them <3