Photo journalism is the photography at the service of the news.
A marriage is definitely a news that deserves to be put in the foreground, at least in the personal and family context of the couple who marries.

A wedding photo reportage is a story telling through photography, a collection of all those moments experienced by the spouses and guests in a day, during a preparation, a ceremony, a party… capturing images in their most complete and broadest genuineness.

It’s a task far from easy because catching moments never offers a second chance, you can not repeat or arrange the subjects better in the frame. A wedding reportage needs a strong team of professionals who know how to work together, who are able to move discreetly among the guests and who have the watchful eye to capture beautiful moments.

It happens very often that the photographer have to catch very fast actions, such as the launch of the bride’s bouquet, or the rice in front of the churchyard or the sudden bright and moved eyes of a guest. The scene can not be repeated. The protagonists cannot repeat the pose.
Shooting in that way, it’s very easy to lose forever precious moments.

Fortunately it happens more rarely that a couple entrust the photo narration of his marriage to a friend or to a cousin and this is because we don’t like any more the traditional photo album with the classic ritual boring portraits…
The difference between a professional and a friend will be always evident.
Not giving importance to the photos of our wedding is a error that sooner or later you always regret.

A growing number of couples are looking for a wedding reportage as an alternative to the classic photo shooting, and this choice reflects the new way of communication, that is much more spontaneous and simple, with more importance to emotions rather than appearances. This does not mean that you want to give up the traditional white dress, the veil and the groom eagerly waiting at the altar. At the same time we want to see and show and share our intimate feelings.

Here we are: the photographs become more smiling, the bride is beautiful even with that rebellious curl that has slipped down from the hairstyle and the groom is much more relaxed with the tie just loosened and that bright smile while laughing with friends.
Now we can appreciate the love of a father who entrusts his daughter to that man. We see it in the gesture of his hand that caresses the face of the bride, in that look that speaks without words.
These are the photographs that are taken in a marriage reportage and that, indeed, become its protagonists.

To shoot a wedding reportage it is not enough to know the photo technique, but is essential to have a heart, to understand the personality of the couple and capture their being with ease almost “disappearing in front of the subject “, as in a quote of the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Telling an event in few hours, without the possibility of making mistakes, is always a new challenge. The reportage photographer lives with a touch of adrenaline, the emotion of getting involved, animated by the undisputed passion for photography.

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When we imagine our wedding day we want it to be like a unique and unrepeatable dream.

Sometimes it is not enough to be surrounded by the embrace of our loved ones and friends: it is essential that everything, really everything is perfect; the location, the dress, the photographer, the flowers, and most of all the place, the location where to celebrate it!

The reasons that push the Destination Wedding to Italy are many. Here we are to try to clarify something more about it telling you about one of our international wedding in Rome.

Our beautiful couple decided to move from Istanbul to Rome for their wedding.
Fascinated by the seventeenth-century atmosphere of Villa Aurelia on the Gianicolo hill, they said YES with an outdoor civil ceremony, and embarked on a new path of life in the shadow of the eternal city.
Villa Aurelia has often changed its name over the centuries, depending on the owner who lived there, but has always managed to maintain its historical unchanged identity both in the architectural structure of the building and in the splendor of his gardens.

Above all Villa Aurelia, generously offers to all guests a breathtaking view over the rooftops, over the domes and over the monuments of the Eternal city of Rome.
We of FocaleWedding team we have not even resisted to this charm.

We start our journey almost like the fairytale incipit of “Once upon a time …”, and then the journey begins. Let the gates open:

And immediately the air you breathe seems to have stopped in time.

We arrived in the huge rooms on the Villa that recall moods of ancient times. Then the team of professional hairstylists and make-up artists start working taking care of all details.

The backstage of the wedding dress tells about those moments of hard waiting before the ceremony.
Some images may appear not so important, but they bring back sensations and perfumes.
The veil lying between the chairs seems to dance with the wind (the Ponentino wind of Rome).

The light that enters from the large windows, seems playing with the golden stucco walls.

It does not matter how long you expected this day: everything is told, silently, in a wedding photo reportage.

Outside the guests are waiting, in their refined dresses with colorful, fluffy and elegant fabrics, surrounded by the high hedge of the Italian garden and refreshed by the ancient fountain. They are all ready for them: the newlyweds!

Bride and groom arrive happy. To promise each other.

And immediately the party begins. The dinner set up outdoors. The music. A marriage is an explosive and contagious joy. As professional phptgraphers and videomaker, our mission is to freeze emotions forever.

We are sure that she will always remember the words of her husband and this shot will bring back forevere the energy of that evening.

Happiness on the face of the bride’s friends is shared. The joy of these moments is at the top and can not be artificially created but only captured in one click.

“A wedding phot reportage is a story, it’s not just a photograph“

A complicity of lights.

Wedding Planner: Laura Tucceri @ Noblesse Oblige.

Photo: Focale Wedding staff in Rome.

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It is an important choice because it drastically reduces the number of guests. In fact, not all guests will be willing to move to the other side of the world to attend your wedding, but if you like an intimate and confidential ceremony in your wedding day the Destination Wedding is the ideal solution.

Italy sees the trend in the Destination Wedding sector in absolute ascent. The reasons for this growth are many.
History and beauty: Italy is a single large open-air museum that turns into the ideal scenario for a wedding reportage. Who does not want Ponte Vecchio as a wedding witness in Florence or the Colosseum in Rome?
Charm and enchanting places: the enchantment of places that bring you back in time giving us unique views, the magnificence of our many cities and medieval villages, the undisputed green of bucolic landscapes respond perfectly to the magic you want to give to your wedding day.
Romance. The list of the romantic Italian cities par excellence would be very long: most of the Italian cities are romantic. Some for the grandeur of their monuments, others for breathtaking views and others, small and intimate, for that fairytale atmosphere that makes you dream.
And finally another decisive aspect in choosing Italy as destination wedding is the quality of food and wine production: Italian excellence in cooking is recognized all over the world, and enjoy it in the native place, enriches the same dish with a further charm, almost one could perceive the millennial tradition that lies behind every preparation.
Every single element would be, in itself, a more than valid reason for choosing Italy, but when all these elements come together, they become an irresistible call and ideal frame for a love story.

If you have made your decision to get married abroad, one of the most important aspects is to choose a local Wedding Planner that can take care of the bureaucratic and organizational details for you. Very important is also entrusting the success of your marriage to the eye attentive and discreet of specialized wedding event photographers that knows how to tell and grasp everything you are experiencing.

The choice of the photographer in a Destination Wedding is even more strategic because freezing your emotions is not a simple matter of technique: the photographer need to be empathetic with the spouses, get to know each other, understand your expectations and desires…
We at Focale Wedding (click here fot more informations) have gained extensive experience in weddings with foreign spouses because we know perfectly English, French and Spanish.
After a first contact via email of presentations, we can also proceed via Skype for a deeper cognitive phase, where it becomes easier to understand the wishes of the spouses, the mood they have chosen and the expectations and desires that they live. Choosing the photographer who will talk about you is an important moment because it means entrusting to others the story of a fundamental day for your life as a couple and we are convinced that listening is a key element for the success of a wedding report.
Being in front of a camera and try to be a model for one day is not easy for anyone, unless you are a professional actor. Being photographed is first and foremost a conquest of trust: that day you must not think of anything else but enjoy your big day and we at Focale Wedding know it well and we just want to turn your wedding into a dream.

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“romance, dreams and the wild feeling of everlasting love“…

As scenery of this fashion story, Gabriele Fogli chose Sorrento, not far from Naples in Italy. The location of this shooting day was the luxurious Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria in Sorrento, Italy. The hotel sits atop a cliff above the shining waters of the Gulf of Naples, with Mount Vesuvius rising proudly in the distance. The Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria is famous for its terrace and breath-taking views, it’s positively enthralling and a great backdrop for enchanting bridal fashion editorial shooting.
The bride is draped in Enzo Miccio dresses. Enzo Miccio is a great italian wedding planner and event planner, set designer, stylist and wedding stylist, he works with excellence in the sector of luxury weddings. For Enzo, it was his first experience as a stylist and set designer working on stage on a real fashion shooting. He worked very well on every shot offering all his support and all his great professionalism to make every scene flawless, exciting as they should, evocative like a dream. The end result is a photo project accurate and refined as if it were an advertising shoot rather than a fashion editorial.The fashion bride, Madeline @ Monster Milano with porcelain fragility, waits anxiously for her love. Her hair is styled in waves, swept back in a crown of flowers –almost nymph-like. Makeup was designed by Sandra Lovisco to be flawless and natural, with light rosy and peach accents and alabaster skin. Lips are full and glossy like ripe plums.

All the photos of the shooting are publicated also on Strictly Weddings

Click the button below to enjoy our fashion video directed, filmed and edited by Tommaso Preziosi:

Shooting credits:

Production: Focale
Photographer: Gabriel Fogli
Styling, set design: Enzo Miccio
Film maker: Tommaso Preziosi
Hair& Makeup: Sandra Lovisco
Model: Madeline @ Monster
Location: Grand Hotel Vittoria Sorrento
Photo Assistant: Giorgio Attanasio and Mario Barbieri

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