Category: Venice

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An informal photo walk in Venice: exploring, shopping, playing

Venice offers thousands nice photo settings even in its less common areas, which might be used as background for beautiful couple photo portraits

When I am hired as a professional photographer for couple portraits in Venice, I usually propose my clients an informal photo walking tour in Venice. This gives them the chance to explore the city’s thousands alleys along small channels, its numerous bridges and hidden arcades, getting to know Venetian people’s daily life.

Exploring fruit markets might add flavour to a couple photo shooting in Venice

Olga and Dimitry, a young Russian couple, accepted the challenge and enjoyed their photo walking session in Venice very much: while heading for Ponte di Rialto and San Marco Square, we stopped in many less famous areas, exploring fruit and vegetables markets, visiting shops of postcards and Venetian traditional masks, and posing for a romantic kiss on a hidden bridge.

Russian couple visiting a masks shop during their photo walking tour in Venice
Visiting traditional masks shops might also be part of a couple photo portrait in Venice

In order to get more dynamic and original shots of this young and nice couple I even had them jump or play-act a bit. Indeed, it was a very pleasant and exciting photo walking session for the couple and the photographer as well!

Olga and Dimitry jumping during their informal photo walk in Venice
To get more dynamic and original photos I also had the couple jump during their photo walking tour in Venice
Olga and Dimitry play-acting during their couple photo portrait in Venice
Olga and Dimitry helped me shooting funny couple portraits by play-acting a bit.

For further examples of photo portraits in Venice see my website.

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Photo Portraits in Venice: Shooting from Above

Shooting from above is a nice way to make wedding photo portraits more dynamic

In order to offer my clients original shots when they hire me as a photographer for wedding, honeymoon or couple portrait photo services in Venice, I often enjoy changing the perspective of my shots.

As already said in other posts, this might happen by chance thanks to the clients’ ideas, like the day a young Russian couple wanted to continue their informal photo shooting on a gondola.

In other cases I have to use all my creativity to find new ways to make the shots in some way different from the postcards’ ones and able to be appreciated by the clients.

young couple shot from above in Venice

One way I found out is shooting from above. This gives the picture a new perspective and allows me to focus on the subjects’ faces and expressions which in most cases show surprise and amusement.

This means I have to climb on the most wired structures to gain some height: stairs, bridges, buildings and even trees!

When I work as a portrait photographer in Venice I have my secret spots where climbing is not that difficult…just come to Venice and I will show them to you.

For further suggestions on Venice’s most interesting shooting settings see my e-book.

For some examples of photo portraits in Venice see my website.

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PHOTO PORTRAITS IN VENICE: RAIN AS AN ALLY RATHER THAN AN ENEMY

The mirroring effect in the puddles along the alleys might help the photographer to get nice photo portraits in Venice

In most cases, no matter where you are going to shoot your photo portraits, sun and fine weather are strategic allies to get beautiful shots.

This is of course true as for Venice. Sunny weather can help professional portrait photographers getting great shots making the most of light or focusing, for instance, on water and sunset.

Nevertheless, I experienced several cases where rainy days were also useful to get original and impressive shots. For instance, rainy days offer the photographer the chance to make the most of the rain puddles’ mirroring effect.

Beside, rainy weather adds a touch of romanticism to the city, which it is especially helpful for a couple portrait photographer hired for wedding and honeymoon photo services.

Rain might add special charme to a photo potrait in Venice

 For other examples of couple photo portraits in Venice see my website.

For further suggestions on Venice’s most interesting shooting settings see my ebook.

 

Rain adds to Venice’s romantic atmosphere
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PHOTO PORTRAITS IN VENICE: PLANTS AS KEY ELEMENTS

In springtime some blossoming flowers might add a colorful touch to couple photo shotings.

Venice is not that much a “green city”. Apart from the big public park “Giardini di Sant’Elena” in the Castello district, its green areas are mostly closed in private courtyards. Therefore, it is not easy to see green spots in the city.

Nevertheless, plants, flowers and trees are not completely absent and they might be used as interesting elements when shooting photo portraits in Venice.

Green elements might work as original frames in photo portraits in Venice

For instance, when I am hired as a photographer for wedding, engagement and honeymoon services, I often enjoy letting the couples playing with some of these green elements which add a touch of color and natural feeling to the shots.

Green elements are rare but useful elements in photo services in Venice

In springtime I also have the chance to shoot  a couple next to blooming flowers  which, needless to say, add to the photo portrait’s romantic flavor. My favorite ally in this challenge is the wisteria: Venice has many secret corners where you can see wisteria trees “pouring” down their lilac flowers like colorful bunch of grapes….just come to Venice for a photo portrait and I will show them to you!

 

For other examples of couple photo portraits in Venice see my website.

For further suggestions on Venice’s most interesting shooting settings see my ebook.