LAKE COMO WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
LAKE COMO WEDDINGS
TAKING PICTURES TOGETHER IN ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGENIC PLACES IN THE WORLD
Two thousand years of art and traditions
Are you planning to come to Lake Como to celebrate your love? Then you have chosen well.
I began working in weddings as a local photographer in 1994, when I opened my first studio in the old town of Como.
Lake Como is one of the most celebrated lakes in Italy. It lies in Lombardy, wrapped in beautiful countryside and rich in culture and history.
Today it is a lively place, drawing visitors from Italy and from all over the world, and yet it keeps its calm, unhurried way of life: around Como there are mostly small towns, and one of the sounds you will hear most often is simply silence.
What is the secret of this place?
Long before the Roman Empire, the villages around Lake Como were already important places of trade, where cultures, goods and ideas met and mingled. Today it is somewhere to experience at least once in a lifetime.
Leaf through its history and you will find the Roman nobility of the 1st century coming here to immerse themselves in its poetic atmosphere: Pliny the Younger, born in Como, built two villas on its shores. Later, writers, poets and painters captured the lake and spread its fame.
One of the great chapters in the story of Lake Como is a book of sketches by the painter William Turner. On his journey to Italy in 1819, in the footsteps of the Grand Tour, he filled a sketchbook that has come down to us as the Como and Venice sketchbook. Look at his paintings, at the heart of Romanticism, where light and atmosphere become pure feeling, and you will understand why Lake Como was such an unforgettable experience, and such an inspiration, for him.
From painting to photography, and then to cinema.
Painters can capture their own version of reality. But what about capturing reality itself?
The answer, too, was born here. In October 1833, William Henry Fox Talbot, a young English scientist, was on his honeymoon on Lake Como with his bride, Constance. Sitting by the water, he tried to sketch the view with a camera lucida, a prism that lays the landscape over the paper so that the hand can trace it. But the moment his eye left the prism, the pencil lost its way: on the page there remained only a few uncertain lines, a poor shadow of the beauty in front of him.
We can imagine his frustration – and his longing. The light on the water, the mountains turning blue at dusk, the face of the woman he had just married: all of it was passing, and none of it would stay. It was there, by the lake, that he began to wonder whether those fleeting images could be made to imprint themselves, durably, on paper – whether light itself could be made to draw.
That question became photography. Every picture of a wedding on Lake Como still carries a little of that wish: to keep a day that cannot be stopped. Photography, after all, was born of a honeymoon on this lake.
To this day, Lake Como is a favourite location for films large and small. James Bond came here in Casino Royale; Padmé and Anakin married on its shores – though in their story it was the planet Naboo; and, more recently, Jennifer Aniston chased the culprit along the lakeside road in Murder Mystery, with a gleaming Ferrari racing through the bends.
THE VALUE OF SPECIALISATION
DISCOVER LAKE COMO WITH ME
Local photographer since 1994
As a wedding photographer, I know all this beauty – and the hidden stories that time has covered over. I have lived and worked here for many years, so I know the places, the timing and the subjects intimately.
Lake Como is not just its famous villas and resorts. There is so much more to experience, and everyone can find their own piece of the story, their own feeling. To find the right places, you need a local photographer who can choose the perfect spots for your time and your needs.
You have come to become part of the lake’s new stories. When I photograph you, you take home more than beautiful pictures: an unforgettable experience.
As so often in life, there are many things we overlook. I am here to show you magnificent, breathtaking views – not only of the lake, but of how it has grown, of the people who live here and of everything that makes it what it is today. Does that sound good to you?
With years of experience behind me, I approach every photoshoot afresh.
It takes real attention to each couple, to their wishes and their needs. You have decided to celebrate your bond with the person you love; I am here to take care of the memory you will carry home.
Your photoshoot can capture the best day of your life – your wedding on Lake Como – and I will be there for every special moment.
There should be no surprises and nothing to distract you from enjoying your day. This is why I talk a great deal with my clients about the results they hope for. Under my direction we can create stunning, polished frames, yet nothing is forced on you: if you prefer the classic wedding photojournalism style, there is no artificial posing to steal precious time. No pressure from me – only care, and a sense of what is right and needed.
There are different ways to tell the story of a wedding. I can plan a full-day photographic itinerary around Lake Como, or you can have me as your photographer at a single venue, with both the wedding ceremony and the wedding reception in the same place. The choice is yours.
On this website and in my Instagram feed you will find many approaches and different solutions. It always starts with you and your wishes.
I am local, and I know where to take the best pictures: in the most beautiful, unspoilt, unexpected historical places, with an itinerary planned around the best timing.
We can move between locations on the finest vintage wooden taxi boats, a hallmark of Lake Como.
On request, I can bring in other members of my team to help with wedding planning, guiding or styling. Everything is designed so that you can enjoy the full, immersive experience of a wedding photoshoot on Lake Como.
What I present here is my work on Lake Como, the place I know best. I do not pretend to be able to do everything, everywhere: I can offer you the finest photography and the best experience because I focus on the places I know in depth.
I find the constant creative process, the study and the need to grow fascinating.
It is easy to stick to a simple plan and copy what others do. I believe in the harder way: building my own method, so that I am completely sure of what I can do. I know what is possible here, and what is not.
If you would like to know more about my services, simply write to me using the form below and tell me a little about yourselves.
Are you going to celebrate your love story on Lake Como?
I look forward to meeting you!
INVESTMENT GUIDE
Elopement
Elopement, with any exchange of vows, blessing or wedding ceremony (‘the two of you’) — full day, €1,970
I am at your disposal for up to ten consecutive hours, guided throughout by my direction — from six to ten hours, as you prefer.
An emotional narrative sequence of 300 or more post-produced images — skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
We will even reach some spots still ‘secret’ to my colleagues.
Images delivered straight to your email within ten days.
Priority delivery within 48 hours, subject to availability: €970
Elopement, with any exchange of vows, blessing or wedding ceremony (‘the two of you’) — half day, €1,570
Up to five consecutive hours of availability, with my direction throughout — from one to five hours, as you prefer.
200 or more post-produced images, with the same retouching and the same care.
Images delivered straight to your email within ten days.
Priority delivery within 48 hours, subject to availability: €970
Elopement, with any exchange of vows, blessing or wedding ceremony (‘the two of you’), two photographers — full day, €2,970
I am at your disposal, together with a second photographer, for up to ten consecutive hours, guided throughout by my direction — from six to ten hours, as you prefer.
An emotional narrative sequence of 400 or more post-produced images, told from two points of view — skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
Images delivered straight to your email within ten days.
Priority delivery within 48 hours, subject to availability: €970
Elopement, with any exchange of vows, blessing or wedding ceremony (‘the two of you’), two photographers — half day, €2,470
Up to five consecutive hours of availability, with a second photographer and my direction throughout — from one to five hours, as you prefer.
300 or more post-produced images, told from two points of view, with the same retouching and the same care.
Images delivered straight to your email within ten days.
Priority delivery within 48 hours, subject to availability: €970
NB An elopement is, by its very nature, an escape for two: no guests and no friends travelling with you – just the two of you, your promise and the lake, with all the freedom and intimacy that only a true elopement can give. Do you need witnesses for the ceremony? They can be found here, on the spot – more than once, I have been both photographer and witness. Would you rather share the journey with your own friends as your witnesses? Then ‘the four of you’, below, has been designed precisely for you.
Everything about elopements – what they are, and how we can plan yours – is in my dedicated article: Lake Como Elopement Photographer.
The four of you
For couples who would rather not leave their dearest friends at home: your witnesses travel with you, stand beside you at the ceremony and become part of the story in some of the images.
Ceremony with Your Witnesses (‘the four of you’) — full day, €2,470
Up to ten consecutive hours of availability, with my direction throughout.
300 or more post-produced images — skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
Some ‘secret’ spots of the lake are part of the itinerary here as well.
Images delivered straight to your email within ten days after the Big Day.
Priority delivery within three days, subject to availability: €970
Ceremony with Your Witnesses (‘the four of you’) — half day, €1,970
Up to five consecutive hours of availability, with my direction throughout.
200 or more post-produced images — skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
Images delivered straight to your email within ten days after the Big Day.
Priority delivery within three days, subject to availability: €970
Weddings
Intimate weddings (from five up to twelve guests) — €2,570
Up to ten hours of continuous narrative photography, a minimum of 300 post-produced images — skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
Extra hours on request: €200 each.
Images delivered straight to your email within three months after the Big Day.
Priority delivery within one week, subject to availability: €970
Small weddings (from thirteen up to thirty guests) — €2,970
Up to ten hours of continuous narrative photography, a minimum of 400 post-produced images — skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
Extra hours on request: €200 each.
Images delivered straight to your email within three months after the Big Day.
Priority delivery within one week, subject to availability: €970
Weddings with over thirty guests — €3,470
Up to ten hours of continuous narrative photography, a minimum of 500 post-produced images — and two photographers. Skin colour correction and retouching included, along with the softening of creases in clothing.
Extra hours on request: €300 each.
Images delivered straight to your email within three months after the Big Day.
Priority delivery within one week, subject to availability: €970
Confirmation deposit
50% of the total amount, as set out in the contract.
You can even have your photoshoot in an ancient village founded by the Celts, along the remains of a Roman road from the age of Julius Caesar, founder of Novum Comum.