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A lovely Orthodox wedding and a lovely photo walk in Venice

An overhead shot captures a couple kissing tenderly, perfect for a wedding album. The woman, in her white dress and blonde hair, embraces the man in his dark suit tightly—a moment the photographer beautifully immortalizes.
Russian couple marrying in an Orthodox Church in Venice
A young Russian couple hired me to shoot their Orthodox wedding ceremony in Venice

I was lately hired by a young lovely Russian couple to shoot their Orthodox wedding in Venice. The ceremony took place in San Zan Degolà Church, one of the few Orthodox churches in Venice which I already had the chance to portray during a former wedding photo service.

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Bridges in Venice: with or without love padlocks?

A bride and groom stand close together, smiling at each other in a portrait. The bride is in a white strapless dress, and the groom is in a dark suit and tie. They hold small keys as their photographer captures the moment against a backdrop of a building beneath a blue sky.
Russian couple throwing padlock keys in the channel during a wedding photo service in Venice
A young Russian couple lately hired me as their wedding photographer. Once the Orthodox ceremony was over, I shot some photographs of the couple walking in Venice and locking a padlock on a bridge.

A recent trend all over Europe has couples affixing padlocks on bridges as a symbol for their ever-lasting love. In Italy this habit was influenced by Federico Moccia’s novel “I want you” which has two young lovers fixing a padlock on the Milvio Bridge in Rome and throwing the key in the Tiber.

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