Castello di Titignano wedding photographer
An Italian wedding day at the Castello di Titignano
So with a lot of the weddings that I have the pleasure of photographing, the couples tend to come to me through referrals. Recommendations and referrals are the foundation of my wedding photography business, this for me is how I want to grow my business; steadily and organically. Marcus & Sophie’s Italian wedding was no different. I first met Marcus and Sofia at their friend’s wedding which I was photographing up in North Yorkshire the previous year. After seeing the wedding photographs from the wedding, and a few emails later, I was all booked in for their 4-day Italian wedding!
The venue was the impressive Castello di Titignano, which is a small castle perched atop a hill in Umbria surrounded by medieval outbuildings. The spectacular location reminded me of the Yorkshire Dales a little bit, but the Italian version! Sofia’s family home was only a 20-minute car journey away so it was perfectly placed for everyone involved.
The day of the wedding was a Friday and the day before the wedding guests had been kept busy with activities such as football, yoga, and pool games. It goes without saying that the food kept on coming throughout the day, fresh bread, salads… the colours and textures were just a joy to see and eat! Fresh, authentic, Italian food… Belisimo!
The wedding ceremony
The wedding ceremony was beautiful. It took place outside between a small clearing of evergreens and pine trees at around 4pm (it’s a tad cooler in the late afternoon). Sofia looked amazing as she walked down the aisle holding on to her proud Dads arm beaming with joy and excitement. With some heartfelt personal readings from Sofia’s sister and best friend, Marcus & Sofia was married! Yay!
From the clearing in the wooded area, guests moved over to the courtyard for reception drinks and nibbles. Here a local live band began knocking out the Italian classics (Kings of Leon esque style) and the wedding was in full swing.
As well as having a strong family theme to this wedding, a lot of Sofia & Marcus’ friends got involved in some way, be that singing with the live band or DJing later at the house party (which took place in the castles underground vaults – how flipping cool)! Everyone seemed to want to help make this a day to remember, talking of which I forgot to mention that Marcus’s Mum created all the wedding floristry from scratch that morning with a little help from Marcus’s brother’s girlfriend!
This wedding had it all, family, friends, great food and some crazy dad dancing towards the end. I sometimes have to remind myself of how lucky I am to do a job that I love dearly and how rare it is to feel so passionate about something you can do all year round! I’m eternally grateful that I get to experience the sheer joyfulness that a wedding day brings.
Marcus & Sophie, thank you so much for bringing me along to capture your Italian masterpiece of a wedding! Your wedding seemed to be all about food, drink, and family, then more food, then even more food – it just kept coming! If that’s the Italian way, then sign me up! Looking for an Umbria wedding photographer, hit my contact page below.
Awesome story telling images, love the craziness on the dance floor
Thanks Paul… Yeah, this lot came to party!…
Completely stunning Mark 👊
Thanks, Sarah, really appreciate your kind words
Such a lovely set Mark, love your edits and that first landscape image – stunning!
Hey, thanks Marek. Yeah, It was worth getting up at the crack of dawn for that photo…
Great story telling Mark – looks like everyone had a blast!
Thank you, Albert. Yeah, the party at the end was epic!..
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VENUE!! This is a cracking set of images. Awesome job dude!
Hey, thank you. The venue was amazing, hoping to take the girls there for a short break soon…
Wow, what an incredible set of images. I bet you were amazed turning up at that venue! Stunning.
Thanks, Gary. Yeah, it’s a beautiful venue for sure, can’t wait to go back in August (fingers crossed):-)
I am keeping everything crossed we will be back to work really soon!
Me too!…Although, on a positive note I’m getting more blogging done 😉
Boooom Awesome work !!!!
Thanks, amigo!… 🙂
Ace story telling and great consistency throughout. Well done.
Thanks, Dan
What a fabulous wedding and venue, beautifully captured.
Hey, thanks Anna 🙂
Lovely stuff, start to finish. Smashed it!
Hey!..thanks James 🙂
Looks like it was such a fab day and your photos are ace
Thanks, Maria 🙂
I love how dynamically you captured the light here, and so important on those blazing days of a destination wedding. Top work!
Thanks, Joab, yeah the light can be so harsh out there, but sometimes it just adds to the overall feel to the photos.:-)
Absolutely beautiful story ! Fantastic images.
Hey, thanks Janina for your kind words 🙂
Woah! What a set of images, the use of light is perfect.
Hey, thanks Nathan 🙂
Amazing work Mark, seriously well done on capturing such a fun story from start to finish! Brilliant.
Hey Rahul, thank you so much for your kind comments, much appreciated…:-)