Planning guides·8 min
An Italian wedding day timeline, built backwards from sunset
A template Italian wedding day timeline built on real sunset times for Lake Como and Florence, with buffers for boats, speeches and the music curfew.
October 2026
The journal · Notes from behind the lens
Fieldnotes.
Practical guides, behind-the-lens stories, and editorial notes on what makes a wedding photograph endure. Updated monthly.
Destination guides·9 min
Getting married in Florence: ceremony rooms, villas, traffic and heat
Getting married in Florence: the Comune's ceremony rooms and fees, religious options, hillside villas, ZTL car permits, summer heat and quiet portrait hours.
October 2026
Behind the lens·7 min
Photographing darker skin tones at a wedding: Italian light, honest editing and what to ask
Photographing darker skin tones at a wedding in Italy: exposure, midday sun, reception light, edits that keep undertones true, and what to ask a photographer.
October 2026
Behind the lens·8 min
Jewish wedding photography: tisch to hora, with a sunset timeline
Jewish wedding photography, moment by moment: tisch, bedeken, ketubah, chuppah, yichud and hora, where to stand, and a sunset timeline for Italy.
October 2026
Planning guides·10 min
Planning a Nigerian wedding in Italy: guests, aso ebi, traditions and timing
A Nigerian wedding in Italy, planned in the right order: Schengen visas for guests, aso ebi, the trad, venue capacity, music curfews and coverage.
October 2026
Planning guides·10 min
Planning a Jewish wedding in Italy: chuppah, ketubah, kosher catering and the legal side
A Jewish wedding in Italy, at Lake Como or in Tuscany: the legal side, dates to avoid, finding a rabbi, kosher catering, chuppah timing and the ketubah.
October 2026
Planning guides·10 min
How to get married in Italy as a foreigner: civil, religious or symbolic?
Civil, Catholic, other religious or symbolic: how to get married in Italy as a foreigner, the papers by nationality, and how each route shapes the day.
October 2026
Destination guides·2 min
How to plan a wedding photographed at Villa del Balbianello
A practical guide to one of the most photographed venues in the world — what light to chase, what hours to book, and which boat company to hire for the transit.
May 2026
Planning guides·2 min
What to actually look for in a wedding photographer
Forget star ratings. Here are the four signals I'd look for if I were picking the person to document the most expensive 14 hours of my life.
April 2026
Behind the lens·2 min
Why fog and rain are the best weather for photography
Every wedding photographer secretly hopes for overcast. Here's why, with examples from a foggy morning at Lake Como and a thunderstorm in Budapest.
March 2026
Style notes·2 min
Editorial vs traditional wedding photography — the actual difference
Both styles produce good photographs. They just produce different photographs, for different people, on different days. Here's how to know which one fits you.
February 2026
Destination guides·2 min
Five Budapest venues that photograph beautifully (and one to avoid)
Budapest is having a moment as a destination-wedding city. Here are the venues I'd actually recommend, and why the most-Instagrammed one isn't on the list.
January 2026
Behind the lens·2 min
What I actually pack for a destination wedding
Two cameras, four lenses, two flashes I rarely use, and the one thing nobody tells you to bring. A photographer's loadout.
December 2025