Trust your wedding planner when selecting your photographer...

Barbara Perotti Casagrande

I have learnt a lot from our Photographers and I have the deepest respect my wedding  photographers, however when we recommend a photographer it is because they are able to produce the images we think will best reflect the style of the bride and groom.

While the final product is the most important aspect in our decisions when we recommend photographers there are many other aspects that we take in to consideration. We select photographers who are professional, great to work with and understand what is expected of them.  We have worked with many different photographers over the years and have now weeded out the ones who don't fit in to our high expectations and have selected the ones we know produce amazing photographs, who connect with the couple and their guests and are professional but fun to work with.

Edoardo Agresti

Recently a photographer told me  that ''working with a wedding planner is amazing, they are like gold to be connected to. You know you are going to be working with a professional and in a great team.''

As bride and grooms trust their wedding planner 100%,when they receive a list of photographers or videographers they know they are getting the best of the crop. It is as simple as that. Our referral is a very strong referral, it is almost as strong as your best friend saying I used them and loved them they were great!

We always ask for a copy of the dvd of photos, so we can see the final results and make sure that the quality of photographs are perfect. That way we make sure the photographer delivers what they promise to deliver and what was expected of them.

We also only recommend photographers who we respect and return this respect, after all we work as a team and no one wants to work with people who are not team players. Our brides and grooms know when we recommend someone it is because they are the best in every aspect.

Neil Walker

When we recommend photographers we give our couples all the information so they can make a decision of the photographer who's work they like the best. They are advised to check out the photographers web site and blog, get  feel for them and if possible meet them. We understand when you are getting married in Italy the idea of finding a wedding photographer is overwhelming, which is why we have composed a list of the best photographers.  We work with photographers all over Italy, the UK, Ireland and the USA, selecting the right photographers to recommend for your wedding day inside your budget.

sim canetty-clarke

Once the photographer has been contracted we work very closely with them on the run up to the wedding day. As with all of our suppliers we send out a time line and arrange to meet in the weeks before the wedding to go over the game plan either in person or in that wonderful world of Skype. With photographers we talk about what the bride and groom have in their minds, if there is time to go to a location for a photo shoot before going to the venue for cocktails. We try and keep the photo shoot as short as possible after all it is the couples wedding day and they don't want to hang out with the photographer and the wedding planner, they want to be with their friends and family!

Carlo Carletti 

Occasionally we meet photographers that the clients have contracted independently, when it is someone who's work we admire and who's personality and professionalism is to our high standards, we make sure to keep in touch with them and are happy to recommend them to future bride and grooms. 

Occasionally we come across photographers who don't meet the standard, whose behaviour is not professional and can put a black cloud over the couples most important day. Those cowboys are the ones we make sure to never work with again. After all we don't work on commission or place mark ups on prices so for us we have only two invested interests in who the client engages as their wedding photographer.... Beautiful photos which show the couple and all our hard work in the best light possible and a happy respectful and professional working environment.

Alfonso Longobardi

Place your trust in your wedding planner and they will make sure you get the best service providers!

Jesse and Erik Wedding in Orvieto

 We love working with  Edorado Agresti and his team (captured above by Kelly Hayes , with our lovely hairdresser from London and the bride to be Jesse from the USA.) His photos are stunning and so it is with pleasure I am posting Edoardos interview and photos from ISPWP on Jesse and Erik's wedding in Orvieto.

Client Names: Erik and Jesse
Wedding Date: September 19th, 2009

Ceremony Location: The Old Theatre in Orvieto, Teatro Mancinelli, Orvieto, Italy

Reception Location: A private villa close to Orvieto

Wedding Photographer: Edoardo Agresti, Florence Wedding Photographer

Wedding Description

I took photos at this wedding last September. The couple did not ever realise when I was shooting. My style is photojournalistic and you can see it through my images. No poses – just some formal pictures with friends and parents if the couple want – but candid and spontaneous shots.

There were 30 guests at the wedding which gave it a real intimate atmosphere. They rented 10 old cars, FIAT 500s, in different colours and they drove by themselves. It was funny because these people were used to driving cars with automatic transmissions and it’s not so easy to drive with a manual stick shift, especially on an old car!!!!

For the ceremony location, they chose the old theater of Orvieto (we are in Italy about 2 hours from Florence and 1 hour from Rome), that is located in the center of the town. They got in married in a civil ceremony celebrated by the mayor of the town.


At the beginning it was a bit of a rainy day. As a photojournalistic style photographer I used the rain to catch nice moments with coloured umbrellas, and also as we were walking in the narrow street of Orvieto with guests, parents and friends. In the main square, just in front of the cathedral, they had parked the old 500s. Great pictures.


The weather turned beautiful with a fantastic light. We arrived at the private villa where I continued to shot in a candid way, in the garden, at blue time, with the fantastic effect of the balloons flying in the dark sky.


They did not have any first dance, instead they just enjoyed listening to relaxing music and drinking a good limoncello.


Wedding Photography by Edoardo Agresti
Florence wedding photographer, ISPWP Member


website: Studio Crea
email: info@edoardoagresti.it
phone: +39 055541337

Beautiful light on the bride’s wedding dress. 

The bride starts to get ready and a bridesmaid prepares a Prosecco.

One of the bridesmaids in a room of the villa.

The bride puts on her dress helped by her mother and friends.

Bride and bridesmaids arrive in the center of Orvieto with a red old Fiat 500. It’s very cool now in Italy to drive this old car!!!!

With her father at the entrance of the wedding room where the groom is waiting.

During the civil ceremony in a decorated room at the third floor of the theater.

A curious portrait from the balcony of the old theater.

Out of the theater, a rainy day, and people with umbrellas look to the bride and groom.

Drinking a Prosecco, walking towards the cars in the main square.

Just the umbrella is coloured!!!!

The FIAT 500s are ready to leave, having been parked in front of the main cathedral.

The bride in the car is waiting to leave.

The groom is driving, I’m in the front seat and… it was a bit of a scary trip to the villa!!

The bride in front of the villa.

Beautiful cloudy sky. Infrared technique shot!!!!!

Running to catch the bouquet!!!!

The table with nice flowers and candles.

The “blue time” with the balloons. Fantastic effect!!!!

Speeches, toasts, during the dinner.

We would like to thank Edoardo and Marco for all their hard work and for sharing their thoughts on Jesse and Erik's wedding in Italy.

We always enjoy working with you and can not recommend you highly enough!



Elegant and Timeless Wedding Photography in Italy

You have chosen to get married in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Your wedding in Italy will be a unique, unforgettable, amazing experience. At The Italian Wedding Planner, we believe your wedding photographs should be as unique, unforgettable and as amazing as your wedding day and that is why we would like to showcase some of  Alfonso Longobardi work.

Alfonso and his team capture the beauty, the fun, the emotion and the tiny details of your day to create a natural, flattering, creative representation of your wedding in Italy. Their bespoke style blends reportage - capturing spontaneous moments in time - with elements of creative, fun photography, portraiture, fine art and fashion. They spend time getting to know you, your style, your personality and your wishes, to create a photography service that is unique to you.

 Alfonso Longobardi not only present themselves smartly on your wedding day and offer a non invasive photographic service on the day, but they also offer thoughtful and skilled editing. Alfonso fine tunes  his beautiful photographs of your nuptials in to breathtaking mementos of your wedding in Italy.

The above is a very small selection  of photographs, for more examples of Alfonso Longobardi's work please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/italianweddingphotographers_alfonsolongobardi/

or

http://www.alfonsolongobardi.com/#