Rustic chic styled shoot at Villa Garibalda

With beautiful soft lights and colours and an early Italian summer, our styled shoot would like to show you a hidden gem, an undisclosed spot in Northern Italy. 

As destination wedding photographers, we at L&V Photography are quite used to travel in and around Italy and Europe to the most particular and renown locations and venues: but we know the talents and the beauty we also have next to our doorsteps. Lombardy is not just busy and bustling cities like Milan, with its industrial and frenetic life: the countryside can leave you speechless. 

This could represents a new perspective of what our hills could offer for your wedding day or elopement. 

Our countryside is just as beautiful as other sweet Italian hills that you are used to admire in so many wedding blogs. Still having those “Tuscan Vibes” that in general Italian countryside can really offer.

So here we are, we gathered an amazing group of creative vendors in this beautiful villa up in the hills between Lombardy and Piedmont, near Tortona, just roughly 70 kilometers form Milano and its airports. 

Ourselves and the rest of this amazing team of creative vendors wanted to tell a story, reflecting the romantic vibes that Villa Garibalda gifted us with. 

The project was inspired by the soft tones, the beautiful garden, the gorgeous details for an “al fresco wedding”. But also, thanks to that beautiful conservatory and the flourishing rose garden patio: those pretty details allowed us to have a traditional english touch to the shooting. Not only, the beautiful hills and countryside we were surrounded by inspired all of us: this rustic-chic styled shoot was held at the beginning of June, when early summer is at its best in Italy.

The light and the stunning landscape put accent on the charm of the bride and her dress by “Le Spose di Andrea”: Andrea choose his very romantic dress Biancospino, that we complemented with the always so oh-stunning sparkly shoes by Anniel. If you’re looking for something particular but extremely versatile for any style of dress, have a look at their beautiful shoes!

Her hair and make up were elegantly done by Lina Pagano: we choose a natural style, to highlight her beauty in such an enchanting and delicate way.

The rings, so quirky and stylish but still very romantic with a vintage touch, were by Golden Age Lab  one of our favourite craftsman in Italy: Luca creates stunning pieces, not only as wedding bands but also gorgeous engagement rings. Definitely worth a visit to his website too!

As for the flowers, the lovely design was made by La Fioreria: they opted for a composition of "Blow of cream” Peonies, Tulips, Muscari, Lisianthus, Rose “Mundial", Poppy bulbs Eucalyptus leaves and we all absolutely adored it. 

Hello Sunshine Party Wedding Planner set up the beautiful sweet table and as you can see the design and display is just gorgeous! And talking about sweets...we got a sweet tooth thanks to Didi’s Cake who provided us with the cake, macarons, donuts and all the other bonbons. The sweet design was, as you can see, an important part of the shooting, as we could have many details in light blue. So lovely and...delicious! 

Photography: Leti | L&V Photography

Venue: Villa Garibalda

Wedding planner: Hello sunshine party

Floral design: La fioreria

Bridal dress: Le spose di Andrea

Make up and hairstyle: Lina Pagano

Rings: My Golden Age

Cake design: Didi’s cake

Shoes: Anniel

Model: Lavinia Restano

Melissa - Portraits

When Melissa contacted us for a portrait session on film we were super happy! She's an amazing American film photographer in love with Italy, and we spent a great afternoon with her. Camogli was in our mind since the beginning of our conversation as a possible location. The pastel colored houses, the sea, the little church…everything screams Italy! We were lucky enough to have a little sunshine before sunset, then epic clouds and finally rain. Nothing that gelato and cappuccino can't fix.

Shot with Contax 645 | Kodak Portra 400 & Kodak Portra 800 | Developed and Scanned by Carmencita Film Lab & Nikon D700.

Find Melissa and her amazing work on her website!

Lucia

"It's through personal work we move forward as artists and it's essential to bring your personal work back into your commercial endeavours to not go stagnant [...] the joy of taking photos is burning inside me, the flame brighter than ever" - Jonas Peterson

È un periodo intenso, questo, per ogni fotografo di matrimonio. Le agende si infittiscono, aumentano gli incontri, di persona o su Skype, si organizzano le trasferte, si definiscono dettagli. Il nostro lavoro è anche questo, ma non ci piace lasciare che l'organizzazione concreta prenda il sopravvento sulla passione che ci anima, sullo studio, su esperimenti e tentativi che ci portano ad essere fotografe migliori. Come sostiene Jonas Peterson, uno dei fotografi che seguiamo, e da cui ci lasciamo ispirare, per migliorarsi, è necessario custodire gelosamente uno spazio per il lavoro personale, che ravviva la fiamma della passione fotografica con nuovi linguaggi e mezzi espressivi.

Era da tempo che cercavamo una modella con i capelli rossi e un senso particolare dello style. Lucia è tutto questo, e Camogli, con i suoi colori, è stata lo sfondo perfetto per un anticipo d'estate. In attesa dello sviluppo delle pellicole scattate con la nostra Contax 645, vi lasciamo con le foto digitali (tutto scattato con Nikon D700, 50mm F/1.4, 85mm f/1.8, 85mm f/1.4, 35mm f/2, 24-70 f/2.8).

Allegra e Beatrice

Un pomeriggio di dicembre, due cugine e amiche che vivono lontane. Chi ha detto che l'inverno non ha colori?