This is another wedding photo featuring the couples hands: I think hands and not only sensual but also very very expressive: a clenched fist is a sign of tension and anger, the hands of this couple, as they face each other are telling us just how comfortable and happy they are in one another’s company, actively listening to one another as they pronounce their wedding vows. Not too close but close enough to understand there is no separation of personal space: the body language of our hands is beautiful…

This wedding photo was taken in Tuscany – The Bride and Groom sitting as their wedding drew closer to the moment when they would be called upon to promise unlimited love and devotion to one another – look at their hands and how he is telling her “I love you now and I will always be there for you …”

The devil is in the details of things and this photo offers so much insight on how this couple was actually feeling during their wedding in Italy.

She fixes her veil just before leaving the residence, dressed in a long snow-white dress, “hiding” behind an impenetrable veil which will cast a shadow of mystery and curiosity during the entire wedding. I stille recall the look of wonder when the mystery bride arrived at the church as she left the Rolls Royce with her dad at her arm and walked up the Aisle…

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He kisses her hand as she admires him …  a black and white photo taken on a beautiful day for a perfect wedding in Italy.

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Emilie & Ian | Wedding at Gargonza Castle

Emily and Ian got married at Castello di Gargonza, a beautiful walled village set on a hill dominating the Valdichiana (Chiana valley) half road between Arezzo and Siena. In the long history of the estate, the most illustrious guest has been Dante Alighieri in 1302, as the historian Leonardo Bruni recounts in his ‘Vita di Dante’ and as cited on the memorial plaque at the entrance to the Castle. With its intimate and welcoming atmosphere Gargonza castle provided the ideal setting for this beautiful wedding. The ceremony was set in the garden, the decorations were simple and beautiful with white and pink rose petals scattered along the isle and chinese lanterns hanging from the trees. There was a nice breeze in the shade of the trees which was so relieving in those hot summer days. The ceremony was intimate and touching, and was followed by an aperitif in the garden and dinner reception at the ‘La Torre di Gargonza’ restaurant.

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Felice & Peter | Wedding at Podere Finerri, The Lazy Olive

How you met - We met on a school trip to Rome, when we were 17. We didnt know each other before, but got to know each other on the trip. So high school love. SInce then we had a passopn for Italy and went back together many times for holidays. I (Felice) also studied in Milano for 6 months, during my masters.

The proposal - This was about a year before the wedding in Indonesia, on the island of Lombok. I was quite surprised, always wanted to marry but thought that Peter didnt want to. Until that day, and at first I didnt believe him, thought he was joking, I started laughing at him and took another sip of my wine. Then he asked again and said it was real and showed a ring…I still didnt believe him and told him not to fool with me and that the ring was fake. Then I looked up and saw his face and believed it was real by the look on his face. A real big surprise! And of course I said yes.

Why Italy and Podere Finerri / The Lazy Olive for your wedding - We already knew from the first moment we wanted to get married in Italy. Because we met there, love the country, people, the food and the good weather.(;)) We started to explore some locations in a weekend about a year before the wedding, most agriturismo’s. We got Podere Finerri/ The Lazy Oilve  via a friend, and the moment we got there, even already on the cool road to get there….we knew this was it, it’s so cool! the road, the view, the house…and of course the owners. We met Daniela and there was a click, so we confirmed immediately. We cancelled the other visits that we had planned for that weekend, because it couldnt get any better than Lazy Olive.

The wedding day - In the morning we were really disappointed, it had been sunny and 30 degrees all week long. We stayed there that week with closest friends and family and spent all days at the pool. But that morning it was grey and little rainy, and I cried and Peter was stressed….but after a few hours of dressing up, hairdresser etc, we went to Chiusure, a little village with abou a 100 inhabitants. We got married in a cool small church. The moment I walked in with my dad was very special to me, one of our friends played “dancing in the moonlight”on the piano and Peter and I had not seen each other before that morning. After the church ceremony, the weather had really changed and the moment the doors of the church opened, we saw the rain….we forgot about the bad weather in the meantime, cause we were enjoying the day and the ceremony so much, but now we were worried, because we had ice creams planned at the viewpoint at Chiusure. When we walked out of the church, the nice lady of the caffe came with a good solution and was so kind to give us all their big Umbrella’s/Parasols from their terrace, and off we went, to the viewpoint all of us under the big parasols, quite funny… At the viewpoint we had the Italian icecreams and peter and I took some pics with you in the old village. After that we left towards Lazy Olive. We took some nice and Crazy pics also on the way, we enjoyed running together also the pics in the fields close to Lazy Olive are nice. Then we arrived at Lazy Olive, ans at that moment the sun begun to shine again, it was crzay and perfect timing. We had some drinks and snacks and took some pictures with friends and family and beatiful pics at the pool with the amazing sunset. Good news was that we could eat outside and the table looked stunning. After the speeches of our parents we went for a great meal. In between we took a break and with all guests we lighted the Chinese Lanterns, quite cool in the middle of nature. After the dinner we had a great party until 4 at night, not really planned, but we couldnt stop and everyone was enjoying it.

What’s the thing that some said or did that touched you most - The Speeches that we wrote for each other, in the church during the ceremony, we didn’t know what we had written for each other and it was very emotional. As well the speeches from our parents, it was really sweet of them.

Your dress - Hard to choose in the beginning, I wanted a short one, because I’m not that tall and the weather would be too warm for a long dress, and I chose one. But then I came back on that decision, cause you marry only once and maybe the short one was not ‘wedding’ enough and too simple. So I saw this one of Linea Raffaelli in a magazine and liked it immediately, short & long in 1. So I could be the real bride during the day and walk in the church with my long dress, and later at night undo the long sleeve and party on with my short dress, which was much more convenient for dancing. It was the most perfect dress.

Decor & color scheme – We liked to have it quite natural, so white and purple flowers and natural and vintage decoration, not too much. Thats why we also choose the coloured wooden chairs at the table instead of the real wedding ones.

Your love song – Euphoria from Loreen. This was our opening dance….we practised a few times at home and it was really cool to do on our wedding day, as it was a popular song, everyone was singing and clapping so it was not too formal. It’s still on the radio a lot, and friends keep smsing when it is on, that they think of us and our wedding in Tuscany.

Where did you go on your honeymoon – To Africa, Mauritius and Seychelles, so the romantic islands. We could really relax there and relive the day, we snorkelled and dived a lot, swam with 100 dolphins at sea which was amazing, visited many islands by boat and chilled a lot at the beach or pool with a book and glass of wine.

What’s Love for you – we thought of this for a long time, but it is undescribable….

Here is a selection of photos of this stunning wedding in Florence. The couple was from England, actually the bride was of Italian origins and the groom was British, he was a designer, so style and elegance were definitely not missing in all the details of this event!  We met the bride at the Savoy Hotel in Florence where she was getting ready then we moved on to the city center of Florence for the wedding ceremony. It was a religious wedding ceremony at the beautiful baroque church of Santi Michele e Gaetano. The reception was at Villa di Maiano, located on the green hills surrounding Florence between Fiesole and Settignano, definitely one of the most remarkable villas in this area. The dinner reception took place in the beautiful garden with a panoramic terrace overlooking Florence, then the fireworks with Florence by night in the back ground were absolutely breathtaking. The first dance was inside the villa in one of its antique aristocratic lounges. Beautiful event organized by  Wedding Italy, and lovely couple. A joy for the eyes, for the spirit and for the photographers!