Category: Venice

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Venetian bridges: the “top” ones

A couple in wedding attire stands on a small bridge in a charming, rustic urban setting. Captured by their photographer, the scene features weathered buildings with faded plaster and a blue sky above as they share an intimate moment.
couple standing on Ponte degli Scalzi during a honymoon photo shooting in Venice
The Barefoot Bridge (Ponte degli Scalzi) is the first bridge you meet when reaching Venice by train. It offers a great view on the Canal Grande.

As a matter of fact Venice is made up of islands and bridges: about 435 bridges link 121 islands.

The first bridge you meet while approaching Venice is the so called “Ponte della libertà (Freedome Bridge)” linking Venice to the mainland and the city of Mestre.  It hosts the railway lines and a motorway. Continue reading “Venetian bridges: the “top” ones”

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A romantic photo walk with a married couple: Love is not Time’s fool

This 5-year-long Russian couple treated themselves with a photo walk in Venice and I had the chance to shoot very romantic photographs.

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments

Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an

ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken”

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Wells in Venetian squares: nice ‘accessories’ for photo shootings

A couple in black and gold medieval costumes poses with masks in front of a canal, creating a striking portrait. The scene, perfect for a wedding shoot, features colorful historic buildings and bare trees, hinting at a winter or early spring setting.
couple sitting on a well in Venice during steampunk photo reportage
This couple hired me for shooting a steampunk story in Venice and they had a photo portrait shot with a well on the background.

 

There are at least 600 wells in Venice: most of them can be seen in the middle of the squares while others are inside courtyards or gardens. The former were mostly public wells (even if they were often built thanks to the ‘sponsorship’ of rich families), the latter were private ones.

 

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Shooting a steampunk love story in Venice: a photo walk in fantasy outfits

couple photo portrait for a steampunk story staged in Venice
This Russian couple hired me as a portrait photographer to stage a steampunk story in Venice: they wore outfits combining Victorian-style garments with technological accessories.

Have you ever heard of steampunk fiction? It is a literary genre that flourished in the mid 20th century and includes works by H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld, and China Miéville. Steampunk stories combine a strong fascination with steam-powered technologies, backgrounds typical of the 19th British and American industrialized societies and futuristic traits. Continue reading “Shooting a steampunk love story in Venice: a photo walk in fantasy outfits”