RANGEFINDER'S 30 RISING STARS OF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY 2016

It's very hard to describe the emotions we felt on the moment we received Libby's email who said we were nominated as 30 RISING STARS OF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY in 2016 by Rangefinder Magazine.

We always have been huge fans of this amazing magazine, we really love it, and we enjoy every time having a look on it. We admire the great work from talented photographers they usually share.

Some of our friends and collegues have been nominated in the past years and we cannot believe they really choose us between the 30 names.

This is one of the biggest goals we could achieve in our young career and it's the strongest inspiration and incentive to do it better every time.

We are so grateful and we cannot thank enough all our couples who made this possible, all the people we have met during our adventure, who has always supported us and believe in what we were doing but biggest thank goes to Rangefinder Magazine and all the judges for gave us this great opportunity.

And of course we want so say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to all the colleagues that made the list with us, you are so talented and a big inspiration for us! Can't wait to meet you in person (or "again" to whom is already friend)!!

Here below our 30 images selected for the nomenee as RANGEFINDER'S 30 RISING STARS OF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY 2016.

And now go to celebrate with a huge double-cheese pizza!!!

COMO LAKE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY | VILLA DEL BALBIANELLO - LISA +TONY - PART 1

This was one of the most crazy and funny engagement session we have ever had.

Imagine to plan an elegant portraits shoot in a very gorgeous villa in Como Lake at the beginning of October.

A great chance to photograph something different from the engagements we have shooted in the past.

But the rain was not in our plan. The weather forecast didn't give us any hope but Lisa and Tony were very determinated.

They flew from NYC only for the weekend to have it, so no chances to change their plan.

They wanted to have some shoots on the lake and other more in the city of Milan (we will show you more later in the week), so we spent 2 days together.

On the first day , we were on the Como Lake and we decided to take the ferry to go to Lenno where Villa del Balbianello is.

Once we arrived at the ferry station a really creazy stormrain with lightning and strong wind started, but nothing stopped us.

We arrived at Lenno but there were no shuttles for the villa because the wind, so we decided to have a walk to go there. Pouring rain during our walk there.

Once at the Villa she changed her clothes with a great dress. Rain and wind finally stopped so we could have the session. Lucky at the end!!!

SANTORINI WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - VEE + MIKE

What a crazy couple they are!!!

They decided to go to Santorini for their magic destination wedding just a couple of weeks before their big day.

We got in touch with Julia and Evita from Santorini Glam Weddings and in a couple of days we had the flight booked for that wonderful island.

Imagine a great venue (Aenaon Villas) where Vee and Mike got ready and they had the ceremony .

An amazing villa with breathtaking view of the entire vulcanic island.

The sun was shining, a breeze was refeshing us and totally silence and peaceful were surrounding us.

The reception was set with a great view of the bay and Vee and Mike told their vows looking the magnificence.

We are so grateful to have been there, we have discovered a new part of our (my - Laura) loved Greece and we are so excited to come back because that island has really a lot more to give.

ITALY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - STYLISH WEDDING IN MILAN | CHIARA + LEONARDO

Since the first skype call with chiara and leonardo we knew it would be great.

They already had everything planned very carefully and they told us they wanted to have us capturing the day as more natural as we could.

you know, is a common request but we were very excited to shoot their wedding.

We were sure ther outfits were great, working both of them in fashion industry and when we saw lonardo's suit we totally felt in love with it.

A texan bow-tie with a stylish red jacket and of course a perfect beard shape, his style really matched with Chiara's, a simply amazing,boho style dess from the Italian stylist Alberta Ferretti.

Everything was planned to be in the town of Milan, but they would love to have the portrait session in a wilder situation so we decided together to shoot it in the countryside just outside the city.

The reception venue (a famous restaurant from an italian chef- Carlo e Camilla in segheria) was stunning, it looked like a typical industrial warehouse from NYC, every detail was perfect, the lights were amazing and everything gave us a lot of different inspirations to shoot more portraits and dances, and of course everything was not possibile without chiara and leonardo's craziness!!