[dropcap]L[\/dropcap]et me start right off and tell you that ever since I became a wedding photographer,\u00a0 I have admired so many Lake Como Wedding Photographers over the years.\u00a0 Lake Como Wedding Photographers really have it easy (although I am sure they work hard)!\u00a0 As with all Italy Wedding Photography it’s almost impossible to go wrong in terms of “getting great shots”, as all of the landscape is just breathtaking!\u00a0 Well, after 8 years of being a full time Wedding Photographer I finally got my chance to go to Italy and actually become one of the very talented Lake Como Wedding Photographers that I once admired, and for me this was just unreal, and I hope the start of many more trips to Italy in the future for Wedding Photography \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Let me give you a little back story here.. Earlier this year I received a “DM” on Instagram from a future bride (who lives here in Miami) and fell in love with some of my styled shots with an airplane.\u00a0 A specific session that she saw on my blog<\/a> really caught her eye, and wanted to do something along these lines.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because her husband is a commercial pilot and fly’s the big A320’s that you and I travel in all the time.\u00a0 [perfectpullquote align=”left” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]She had told me, that out of all the Wedding Photographers that she was looking at, none of them had my style and production value in the shots.[\/perfectpullquote]<\/p>\n I was flattered, and replied with pricing.\u00a0 I then learned that the wedding would not be taking place here in Miami, but over in Lake Como, Italy!\u00a0 She had told me that she was already shopping for photographers over in Italy, and I knew not to get my hopes up.\u00a0 So, we proceeded with the styled shoot anyway, and at the very least I knew this would be a great time.. and I personally am a HUGE aviation fan, and also know how to fly small jets (informal training of course)\u00a0 You can check out their session, and the behind the scenes video here.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0After this session, they were blown away.. not only with the images, but with myself and my team.\u00a0 They did not want to take any chances in Italy, and we worked together to make sure I was there on their special day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n YESSSSS!<\/p>\n One of the things that I don’t think many Lake Como Wedding Photographers likely understand, is that many of the weddings that happen over there are destinations for the bride and groom, and when this is the case.. the real world relationship they have with their photographer is absolutely the most important thing of all.<\/p>\n [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]It’s a common mistake to think (as a bride looking for vendors) that just because your getting married in a far away destination, that you need to find vendors over there as well.\u00a0 Let me explain this..[\/perfectpullquote]<\/p>\n Lake Como Wedding Photographers, like I said in my opening sentence have it easy.\u00a0 Just like I do here in Miami.\u00a0 For the most part we live where we live, and shoot locally 95% of the time.\u00a0 This means that you know the area, and have (should have) a massive portfolio of images from all around your area.\u00a0 Makes sense.\u00a0 The problem \/ challenge is that as a creative professional (and this is where I am going to say things that some may not like, but it’s true) is that, understandably going to the same places over, and over, and over<\/em>, and over<\/em> again year after year starts to well… (what do you think)?\u00a0 Get’s “old”.\u00a0 \u00a0The other challenge, is that client expectations are generally based on the past work that we have done in a specific location, or venue (repeating the same old thing).\u00a0 Now, there is nothing wrong with any of this.. (its the way it is), but please.. let’s be real honest here and realistic.. there is NO comparison to the amount of motivation, energy, and pure passion that I am going to have with an adventure like this (going to Italy and shooting something totally new) vs. the guy or gal that lives there, and has done this a million times already.\u00a0 Sorry Lake Como Wedding Photographers.. this is just true!\u00a0 Listen, the second I got the contract for this wedding I started planning, and dreaming BIG!\u00a0 I even flew into Italy a full WEEK before the wedding, just to scout out new locations, and ideas!\u00a0 I came into this wedding with such a sense of adventure, that it just steam rolls anything anyone else there locally could have done.\u00a0 I was on a mission, and this was so great for my clients.\u00a0 I saw all of the locations for the wedding in advance, I went during the same times of day, and I knew *exactly* what was going to work and what was not.\u00a0 This way, I had a solid game plan and it made everything so easy on the wedding day.\u00a0 In fact, it was so smooth that you would have thought I had been there many times before \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 \u00a0So, if your also planning a destination wedding.. please consider this fact regardless of who you hire, because regardless of the fact that I am a photographer what I am saying is 100% true!<\/p>\n UPDATE:\u00a0 I am also happy to report.. that just a few weeks ago when we got back from Italy, I booked another destination wedding for June of 2019.\u00a0 This time we will be going to Paris & London for a week and shooting an amazing wedding over there!!!\u00a0 So excited!\u00a0 Stay tuned for that one!\u00a0 OMG!<\/p>\n Now, in addition to photography we also did a bit of video on this trip.\u00a0 I did both a travel “vlog” which takes you behind the scenes just as if you were with us (which is so helpful for anyone wanting to see what really goes on, and all the details)\u00a0 I generally do this with all my destination weddings, and you can see a ton more on my channel. However what was different, is that I also did some video for the client of the ceremony, and some of the details (see below).<\/p>\n First, here is a 60-second preview<\/strong> of the full trip video.\u00a0 If you like what you see here, be sure to check out the second video below for the full thing!<\/p>\n