Lara & Richard

Lovely couple from South Africa in Florence for a surprise proposal

Saanyia & Delali

Surprise Proposal in Florence

Nice walking in Venice

Afroditi & George, a lovely couple from Greek 🇬🇷. We have spent a very nice walk on the streets of Venice.

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Rediscovering a place

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We know that doing the same things over and over again is creating a routine. For work this often helps us. We save time and effort. For creative work, however, leaning on the guaranteed outcome of a routine can be quite dangerous. It may work for a while, but we know that our clients trust their moments to someone who - besides good photos - will guide them through some paths a little different from common sense, always looking for a beautiful, pleasant result that reflects the feelings involved in that occasion.

As we work in many cities, I often don't know anything about the place where I'm travelling to photograph. I end up studying and researching as much as possible about the city and its points of interest.

But when it comes to a big city in Italy, like Milan, Venice, Rome or Florence, we tend to think we already know almost everything. To do a 30 minute, 1 or 2 hour photo session it helps a lot, but we can't always have the same photos and the same poses in the portfolio. We need to create something different in those same places and whenever possible get to know new ones.

I've been researching more about Venice, a city that is so requested for photos. And I've realized that there's still a lot to see. And even though most of the clients will ask for photos in front of the Basilica of San Marco, besides the different angles that we can create there, it's always nice to include in the photo shoot a different place from the path through which everyone passes and come back with photos in the suitcase much more dynamic and creative.

In August we already have some photo shootings scheduled for Venice, and I can't wait to explore new perspectives in this enchanting city.

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Pre Wedding of Manoela and Gabriel, from Brazil

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Soon it will be Manoela and Gabriel's wedding day, a young couple from Brazil living in Italy. This week we had the opportunity to record this beautiful pre-wedding session in Venice.

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Venice for fun!

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It's no secret that Venice has carried a magical atmosphere for centuries. The scenic is part of Venetian culture, with Carnival, the masks and the most famous Film Festival in Italy.

It was in this fun atmosphere that I met Sherry. She came from Phoenix, USA, where she lives, to get to know Italy and wanted to record this moment with a photo shoot in Venice.

She was travelling alone. It is always an honor to collaborate with someone to portray their image in a city far from their home country.

It rained a little that day, but we did a beautiful and fun photo shoot.

Yesterday the New York-Venice route was resumed with Delta Airlines. We hope it will be the return of those dear American travellers.

Big family at Lake Como

Tomorrow I will return to one of Italy's most enchanting destinations: Lake Como. Surrounded by mountains and valleys, its shore stretches to dozens of towns from where you can explore the most varied views of the lake.

At the last photo shoot there I was with a lovely and large family of North Americans. Was it easy to photograph a couple with 4 small children? Definitely not lol. But I can say we had a great time and the family loved it!

Pregnancy Session at Lake Como

When I lived in brazil, I used to photograph many pregnancy shootings. Here in Italy the requests for pregnancy photos are slowly appearing and this gives a balance in the work with tourists and weddings. It's so nice to talk to people with these plans to grow the family, value this time together for portraits that will mark such an important moment in their lives.

Spending this time with Ana Carla's family was special, because it was a family of Brazilians, and we could remember and share memories and stories about Brazil.

They chose the city of Como with its splendid lake for this lovely pregnancy shooting.