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Weddings in Poland and Italy

Every wedding has its own story. Here I tell a few of them, from beginning to end.

  1. Convento San Panfilo · Spoltore

    Kinga & Mateusz

    Kinga and Mateusz started celebrating the day before the wedding, with a pizza party for those closest to them in Spoltore, Abruzzo. The next day there was a first look in the garden of Convento San Panfilo, and in the evening a candlelit dinner in the cloisters.

    A bride in a cream dress sits on a canopy bed writing a letter
    A couple kiss on a green velvet sofa set on the grass, the bride seated on the groom's lap
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  2. Tuscany · Italy

    Karolina & Dawid

    Three days in Tuscany with Karolina and Dawid: an engagement session, the wedding day and a day-after shoot.

    White shoes and a tulle veil on the book "Ville Toscane", a gold ring on its cover
    A bride in a white dress with a small parasol walks along the edge of a pool under a cloudy sky
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  3. Fattoria Mansi Bernardini · Tuscany

    Marysia & Maciej

    June and heat at Fattoria Mansi Bernardini in Tuscany. Marysia and Maciej wanted a simple, intimate wedding, so we set up the ceremony at 17:00 among the olive trees. No decorations, just a white cloth on one of the branches and a violin.

    Black and white photo: Marysia spins among olive trees, the ribbons from her sleeves flying around her
    Maciej dips Marysia and kisses her in the olive grove, the sun shining through the branches
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  4. Podere l'Aione · Tuscany

    Klaudia & Sławek

    September in Tuscany. Sławek began the day with coffee on the terrace, then came a first look with a view of the hills. The civil ceremony took place at sunset, with a violin, followed by an aperitivo by the orange truck. Klaudia and Sławek planned everything with their wedding planner Dominika, and I did not direct any of it.

    The bride in a long veil feeds the groom in a brown suit, an orange vehicle behind them
    Sławek holds Klaudia from behind with his cheek against her head, she holds a colourful bouquet, the sun setting behind them
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  5. Masseria Mavùgliola · Puglia

    Silvia & Marco

    This is a styled wedding: a whole day, from getting ready to the last dance, planned just for the camera. I photographed it at Masseria Mavùgliola in Apulia, a red-and-white villa among olive trees and palms.

    Portrait of a bride in a white dress and pearl-beaded gloves, hands at her cheek, a warm interior behind her
    The bride in a short white dress with feathers dances with the groom on a stone floor at night, guests behind them
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  6. Lipowy Dwór · Wieluń

    Julia & Rafał

    Julia's gown waited in the wardrobe for five years, because the pandemic moved the date twice. The wedding finally took place in the open-air church at Lipowy Dwór in Wieluń. Rain cut the Mass short, and then came coloured flares and golden hour under a pergola.

    Gold ring with a small stone at the bottom of a ribbed glass, bubbles around it
    The bride in a lace dress and the groom in a black suit walk hand in hand along a white path between flowers, pink smoke behind them
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Before you write

Questions about wedding coverage that come up after reading the stories.

Karolina and Dawid walking hand in hand over a Tuscan hill at sunset
Does a wedding in Italy look the same as one in Poland?

No. The aperitivo, dinner and party often happen in separate places, so the day changes location several times. It is more of a celebration than a wild party.

When does the couple's portrait session happen at an Italian wedding?

During the aperitivo, at sunset.

What happens after the ceremony at an Italian wedding?

After the ceremony the guests move to the aperitivo, and during it or just after it I take the couple for a short portrait session. At Kinga and Mateusz's wedding at Convento San Panfilo in Spoltore the aperitivo in the garden lasted about an hour, and at Klaudia and Sławek's in Tuscany the guests gathered at an orange truck.