Venetian Baroque Masquerade Wedding Insporation, Venice, Italy Fine Art Wedding Photography

Our Venetian elopement editorial, featuring real life married couple Irina and Roberto, was inspired by the romance of the floating city itself.  The city is famous for its gondolas, canals, Casanova and of course Masquerade Balls.  We were inspired by the Baroque paintings that covered the Hall of Music in the Ca’Sagredo Hotel and carried the palette through the shoot with black and gold as our dominant colors with deep pops of red.  Venice is famous for their glasswork and lace, which are made on the islands of Murano and Burano right off of Venice’s shore and the black lace Claire Pettibone dress set the tone for the dark romance of the day, which was echoed in the lace runner on the ballroom table.  Written Word Calligraphy created an invitation suite featuring a folded invitation that opened like a letter and hearkened back to Casanova’s love letters that he would write to his lovers while imprisoned in the city.  A single red rose bud was placed on the four guest’s plates next to the love letter-like menu along with a miniature mask much like the one the bride wore during portraits.  We imagined the couple would enjoy a romantic and intimate meal followed by a masquerade ball of music and dancing and then a gondola ride through the canals of Venice.  Featured in the current issue of Magnolia Rouge Magazine