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Wedding in Venice – NH Collection Grand Hotel Palazzo Dei Dogi

Federica and Luca are a beautiful couple from Milan, who had to get married in Venice in June 2020. Unfortunately due to the covid-19 they were forced to move like many couples the date of their wedding in Venice from June to September. Their wedding was full of fantastic emotions, and this despite the covid, despite the restrictions, despite the masks…Yes, because the masks cover our smiles, but fortunately do not cover all the emotions that our eyes and our looks always transmit…In the end, life always goes on and finds its own way, despite the difficulties…Luca and Federica have chosen as the location for their preparations the Locanda Del Ghetto, in Campo del Ghetto Nuovo. A lbeautiful and quiet area of Venice. Luca and Federica prepared themselves with the help of close family members, as well as their beautiful baby girl Eleonora.  After the dressing of the bride and groom, the water taxi arrived to take Luca to Palazzo Cavalli first, and then Federica, there were all the friends and relatives waiting for them with anticipation, happy to see the bride’s dress, a beautiful dress by Emozioni Sposa 🙂 Federica reached Luca who was waiting for her very nervously, embracing her father. The civil ceremony at Palazzo Cavalli was very intense, with emotional speeches and beautiful words that the couple exchanged, and finally after declaring them husband and wife, Federica and Luca could kiss and hug each other!  The emotion in the room was so great for everyone, because this had been a long-awaited moment by the couple but also by their loved ones! After the ritual photos on the balcony of Palazzo Cavalli, where you can admire a unique view of the Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge, the guests reached the location chosen by the couple for the wedding reception, the beautiful NH Collection Venezia Grand Hotel Palazzo Dei Dogi. With Luca and Federica, we embarked on the cab booked and we touched many wonderful points of Venice for the portrait photographs of the bride and groom, a wonderful Venice this year, with few tourists and therefore more intimate 🙂 Of course we could not miss a stop at the wonderful and unique Basilica S. Maria Della Salute. After the portraits Luca and Federica reached the guests, who were anxiously waiting for the rice throwing in the hotel, since it was not possible to do it in front of Palazzo Cavalli just after the wedding ceremony. A wonderful moment, full of joy and emotions too! both for the bride and groom and for the guests who enjoyed shooting flower petals, paper, confetti and rice! After the reception buffet served at the table, the bride and groom and their guests continued the evening with the beautiful candlelight dinner. The evening ended with the cutting of the bride and groom’s cake, and with Luca dedicating their song to Federica, Oh! Darling by The Beatles playing the guitar and singing! 🙂 Congratulations dear Federica and Luca newlyweds and thank you for the emotions you gave me on your wedding day! it was a huge pleasure for me to be your wedding reportage photographer in Venice!

Civil Ceremony: Palazzo Cavalli

Location: NH Collection Venezia Grand Hotel Pala Dei Dogi

Bride Dress: Emozioni Sposa

Groom Dress : Boggi Milano

Bride Shoes : Levantesi

Wedding in Venice – NH Collection Grand Hotel Palazzo Dei Dogi
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Romantic Couple Portraits in Venice at Christmas

Elsa and Angel are  my dear Miami clients and friends whom I met for the first time in Venice on the occasion of the Renewal of the Wedding Vows which they organized in April 2016 in this beautiful city. Even with them, immediately, a beautiful relationship was born and They became great friends over the years. I then reviewed them in February 2018 on the occasion of the famous Venice Carnival (HERE the post on my blog of that photo shoot) and then also at Christmas this year, to celebrate a special birthday of Elsa! Elsa celebrated her birthday on December 31st and I on January 1st and so this year we decided to toast together with these important moments in life! Just to celebrate this special birthday, Elsa and Angel wanted a new couple photo shoot in Venice, this time more intimate and romantic than the previous ones … Needless to say, Venice is always spectacular, but during Christmas it has an almost magical atmosphere , the day of the photo shoot even more because the city was surrounded by a thick fog, really surreal! With Elsa and Angel we walked in the small streets full of lights, ate a very good ice cream (the really mild temperature of this winter allowed it ..), We stopped to observe the gondolas that take tourists around the canals, and then We went to make a nice toast in Piazza San Marco! We shared some beautiful moments, many hugs and smiles! and these are the things I love most about my job! Thanks my friends for everything !! Hope to see you soon in Miami as I promised !

These are words Elsa and Angel wrote to me about the images:

Thank you Valeria for the amazing photo shoot you did it celebrating my 60th birthday in Venice. I have no words to express our gratitude to you because even though you were on vacation on that specific week, you traveled to Venice to make me happy. We have worked together doing excellent photography for the last 4 years, but I can tell you this is the best album, so beautiful, delicate, full of passion and love.I give thank God because you are in our lives and because you are our lovely Italian friend.
Elsie & Angel your Miami friends

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Romantic Couple Portraits in Venice at Christmas
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Winter Czhec Wedding Venice Pre Covid19

Jan and Andrea arrived from the Czech Republic with their little girl in Venice to celebrate their wedding in a very intimate way! I must say that Venice is always wonderful, but in winter it is even more magical, often shrouded in fog and with few tourists! After getting ready and dressed at the Hotel Carlton On the Grand Canal, Jan and Andrea and their daughter reached Palazzo Cavalli by taxi, where they were expected to celebrate the ceremony. After both having smoked their last unmarried cigarette :)) Jan and Andrea reached the main room of this splendid 16th century building … greeted by the celebrating official. Their ceremony was very beautiful and exciting, truly intimate and made special by the presence of their beautiful daughter, who brought them the wedding rings and with whom they shared this very important moment! After the usual photos on the balcony of Palazzo Cavalli from which you can admire all the wonder of the Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge, we went by taxi first to the Salute Church and then we reached the Island of San Giorgio where everyone wanted to do portraits with Carnival masks! For lunch, the family chose one of the historic places in Venice, Poste Vecie Restaurant, a very romantic and intimate restaurant in the Fish Market area. I really wish the new family all the best that life can bring them! This wedding was celebrated just in time before the outbreak of the pandemic from Covid -19 in Italy and in the rest of Europe and World, which then led to the lockdown of the whole of Italy and the world. Who would have imagined that in a few days a terrible event like this  would change the world and our lives forever. : ((and with which we still have to live with today for many time..

Winter Czhec Wedding Venice Pre Covid19
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Intimate Luxury Ceremony Venice Lucie and James

Lucie and James are a beautiful and young English couple, who decided to crown their dream of love in the fantastic and unique city of Venice! … .. Needless to say, from the first moment I fell in love with them !! 🙂 they are really a special couple, very united …. Living and sharing them as a reportage photographer of their wedding in Venice, allowed me to know them very well! Lucie and James wanted to celebrate their intimate ceremony in the suite of one of the most beautiful hotels in Venice, the Baglioni Hotel Luna! in fact, from the San Giorgio Terrace Suite you can admire one of the most beautiful views of the Island of San Giorgio. Lucie and James’s preparation also took place in this beautiful Suite. Lucie, made up by Make Up Artist Stefania Bon, was of an enchanting beauty! The dress of the Kler Atelier, a Tailor’s Atelier in the Czech Republic, and the jewel shoes by Renè Caovilla, chosen by the bride, have made Lucie a real princess! 🙂 After the beautiful and exciting wedding, Lucie and James wanted to visit some of the most beautiful places in Venice, the Church of  Salute and the Island of San Giorgio, by taxi for couple portraits. For their first toast as husband and wife, they organized for this intimate wedding, a wedding cocktail in the suite of the Hotel Sina Centurion Palace, with typically Italian canapés and a bottle of Krug Gran Cuveè. Even the Sina Centurion Palace is a hotel that offers an incredible view of the Grand Canal, and being there at sunset is priceless! Venice is tinged with gold with its unique sunset colors! 🙂 The bride and groom then wanted to reach the Island of San Giorgio, to admire the sunset setting over Piazza San Marco … needless to say, even from here you can enjoy an incredible view! Lucie and James ended their wedding day with an intimate candlelit dinner at Palazzo Contarini Della Porta di Ferro, a unique and special environment to end their beautiful day!

Concept and Planning:  Wedding Fields

Wedding Ceremony:  Baglioni Hotel Luna

Wedding Cocktail: Sina Centurion Palace

Wedding Dinner: Palazzo Contarini della Porta di Ferro 

Styling:  Stefania Bon Make Up Artist

Flowers:  La Dogaressa Flowers

Wedding Dress:   Svatební eshop

Bridal Shoes: Renè Caovilla

Wedding Cake: Pasticceria Marchini Time

Catering: Venice Banqueting

Wedding Mask:  Atelier Flavia

Stationery: kreativnimatka.cz

Rings:  Gioiellerie Stevanato

Venitian Taxi Boat: Mirkovce

Violin: Alessio Del Zotto

 

Intimate Luxury Ceremony Venice Lucie and James
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Intimate Wedding Chioggia and Pellestrina

Adela and Jiri, are 2 young boys arrived in Italy from Czech Republic with their dog Nela, to celebrate their wedding in a very intimate way in Chioggia and Pellestrina Island. They made the choice of not having any guests, only their dog! 🙂 to enjoy this moment in the utmost intimacy! As you know, there are people who love weddings with a large number of guests, but there are also people who love get married alone without guests! The ceremony was held at Palazzo Carlo Goldoni in Chioggia, a truly beautiful location, right in the historic center! Chioggia, like Venice, has a special charm! The barges, the famous and historic Vigo bridge, the arcades … After the beautiful ceremony Adela Jiri and Nela reached the typical bragozzo by foot, which took them to the beautiful island of Pellestrina! Even Pellestrina, the fishermen’s island, in this season has a special charm , not full of tourists as in summer, the small island offered us ideas for a nice walk and portraits before leaving the couple at their wedding dinner  in the famous Celeste fish restaurant! 🙂 This restaurant has the particularity of having a panoramic terrace on the water where to eat and also where to admire the famous red Pellestrina sunsets! Good life Adela Jiri and Nela! 🙂 It was great to share this day with you and your wonderful Nela!

Intimate Wedding Chioggia and Pellestrina
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A Luxury Intimate Wedding In Venice – Silver Yacht

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN VENICE

Richard and Deneme got married at the beginning of June in the wonderful city of Venice, with a few close friends. Richard and Deneme are a wonderful couple who come from Great Britain, they love each other very much and all their love is seen in every look and every gesture, but above all in their eyes. The ceremony held at Palazzo Cavalli was very moving,  wedding moment was a much desired moment for them. Surrounded by a few close friends, Richard and Deneme, after the usual photos on the wonderful balcony overlooking the Rialto Bridge, they embarked on the luxurious Silver Yacht vintage boat reserved exclusively for guests, where the romantic reception was organized . After many toasts, the spouses with their dear friends, left on board the ship to discover the wonders of the Venice lagoon. A few shots to the wonderful Island of San Giorgio of course could not miss! I  hope to have captured with my photographs of reportage all the great emotions of their marriage!

Wedding Planner : Angel Lion

Yacht : Silver Yacht

A Luxury Intimate Wedding In Venice – Silver Yacht
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Family Portrait Session in Venice

Venice is a wonderful city, much visited by tourists from all over the world. Many times we come to Venice to celebrate special occasions, wedding anniversaries, a birthday or just to visit it. A birthday was the occasion that brought this american family to this beautiful city. In fact, before returning to the United States, this beautiful family decided to have a different memory,  a photo shoot of portraits with their children. What better way to remember this moment forever? A photograph has the power to revive so many shared emotions forever. Here are some of the photos that I did, and of course, could not miss a beautiful gondola ride, Venice admired by its calm canals at sunset is wonderful !

Family Portrait Session in Venice
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Venice Family Portraits Photographer Winter Shooting

WINTER FAMILY PORTRAITS IN VENICE

Making portraits to someone who is a photographer too is never easy but it often happens like in this case with this beautiful American family, came from New York to Venice for a Christmas Holiday, to spend some fantastic hours in this wonderful city. Since their last photos were of many years before, when the guys were still children, they took advantage to make new family portraits. The mother is a New York photographer, here you can look at her website Shawn Kahal Photography. A very nice and smiling family, not afraid of the low temperature of december (perhaps because in New York they have much colder winter). We walked around Venice, descovering wonderful corners, even if in this city each corner is incredibile! They left me a beautiful memory and they are waiting for me in New York to photograph another of the most beautiful cities in the world!

Venice Family Portraits Photographer Winter Shooting
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Wedding Proposal in Venice – Louis and Dulce

Louis arrived from the United States to Venice to ask his beloved Dulce to become his wife. A proposal organized by the excellent staff of Brilliant Wedding Venice. During a gondola ride, Dulce saw a poster with their giant photograph drop in, where he could read Louis’s beautiful words: “Dulce on this special day I want you to be mine forever, will you be mine forever ? “ The emotion of the girl was a lot, of course she said yes! 🙂 so Louis could conclude the romantic moment by putting his engagement ring on her finger between the applause of the people who were celebrating with the couple this special moment! Then we continued to visit Piazza San Marco full of tourists and its most beautiful areas. Here you can see some photos of the marriage proposal I made !

Wedding Proposal in Venice – Louis and Dulce
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John and Beatriz from USA to Venice for a Surprise Wedding Proposal

John flew from the USA to ask his beloved Beatriz to become his wife with the help of the talented Brilliant Wedding Venice staff. The location chosen for the wedding proposal is the marvelous city of Venice, so romantic and characteristic! During a normal gondola ride, Beatriz saw the banner drop with their photograph and the proposal! The girl’s reaction was fantastic! Incredulity, emotion, joy! Even  John’s parents who were on the bridge of Ponte Della Canonica, have celebrated the two lovers. With John and Beatriz we then walked to Venice, in the beautiful Piazza San Marco. Here you can see some of the portraits I’ve done to the couple !

John and Beatriz from USA to Venice for a Surprise Wedding Proposal
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