Saint Weddings · Questions
Questions, answered
Everything couples ask before commissioning the atelier, from booking windows to printing rights. If your question is not here, the commission sheet is one page away.
How far in advance should we book?
Most couples commission us nine to eighteen months before the date. We accept a limited number of weddings each season and summer Saturdays go first. If your date is closer than that, write anyway. Calendars have gaps and elopements are nimble.
Do you travel? What does it cost?
Yes, constantly. Flights and stays anywhere in Europe are arranged by the atelier and quoted transparently in one number before you sign. No mileage tables, no surprise invoices afterwards.
When do we see the photographs?
A cinematic preview of selected frames reaches you within 48 hours of the wedding. The complete hand edited archive follows within six weeks. Artebooks are designed, proofed with you, and delivered within three months.
How many photographs will we receive?
It depends on the edition and the day, but never fewer than 400 hand edited photographs for a full wedding, and usually well over 800 with two photographers. We edit by story, not by quota, and we never pad an archive.
Do you pose people?
Very little. We direct when direction helps, ten minutes of portraits at the right light, and we disappear for the rest. The archive should look like your wedding felt, not like a catalogue shoot that interrupted it.
What is an artebook?
A fine art album pressed on cotton paper, bound by hand, made to outlive its owners. We design every spread, you approve every page, and nothing leaves the atelier until it is worth keeping forever.
Do you film as well?
Yes. Edition II and Edition III include a cinematic film cut from the day's real sound and rhythm. Films are delivered alongside the photographic archive.
Can we get the photos in colour and black and white?
Every frame is delivered in its intended grade, and the frames that live best in black and white are delivered both ways. You never lose a version you love.
Who owns the photographs? Can we print them?
You receive a full personal printing licence for every delivered photograph. Print them, gift them, enlarge them. The atelier keeps authorship and a copy of your archive in cold storage, so a lost drive never means a lost wedding.
Do you photograph weddings outside Italy and France?
Yes. The atelier follows its couples anywhere. Recent seasons have crossed nine countries, from Adriatic coastlines to northern capitals. Distance is a logistics question, never an obstacle.
What happens if a photographer is ill on the day?
It has not happened yet, and there is a plan for it anyway. The atelier maintains a small circle of trusted colleagues who shoot in a compatible style, and your coverage is guaranteed in the contract.
How do we book a date?
Write through the commission sheet or directly by email. We answer within one working day, hold your date for two weeks while we talk, and confirm it with a signed agreement and a retainer.
Still curious? Ask us directly.
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