Black and White Wedding in Umbria Pt 1

For a change of perspective with this blog I have decided to just feature some of the black and white images from this wedding in Umbria.

The wedding was at the town hall in the stunning Umbrian hilltop town of Montefalco

and the bride and her half of the wedding party prepared themselves in the luxurious Palazzo Bontadosi Hotel overlooking the piazza and the town hall.

This wedding party was made up of a bride and her family from New Zealand and a groom and his from England. It was a great combination for a fun and relaxed wedding in Italy!

One of the main reasons I love the black and white images from this wedding are the combination of the fashion and the location, together they look timeless and the black and white images add to that feeling for me.

The guests gathered in the main piazza whilst the bride stayed out of sight until they were all in the town hall.

And now it was time for her to make her entrance!

The town hall dates back to the thirteenth century and is the perfect setting for a timeless wedding.

The ceremony itself was meaningful and personal, the brides brother actually performed the translation for the service.

And then after the exchange of rings it was time to lead the guests back into the main piazza for aperitif and to savour the location.

This was a large wedding especially considering how far all these guests had traveled to be there so after the ceremony was a great time for the families to meet and get to know each other.

Then while the guests mingled and enjoyed a glass of wine we took the opportunity to get a few shots of just the bride and groom together.

The story of this wedding continues in part two of this blog.

Black and White Wedding in Umbria Pt 2

We managed to get these lovely informal shots in just a few minutes as we used the little streets and alleyways of Montefalco to maximum effect.

The centre of Montefalco is at the summit of the hill and all these streets offer fantastic photo opportunities whether you are photographing a wedding or just taking in the view.

But then if you're really lucky someone will conveniently leave an old Fiat 500 as a prop just to really make the picture unique! 

After a few minutes with the bride and groom it was time to get those group shots.

And in the relaxed style of this Umbrian wedding the group shots gave us some fantastic relaxed shots.

Still leaving a little time in between for the bride and groom to have for themselves.

Once we were finished with the aperitifs in Montefalco it was time to make our way to the reception party.

The reception was set up in between the olive groves and grape vines of a local winery.

Which always makes for some great props and back drops.

It's the perfect place for a party as Montefalco is famous for its Sangrantino wine.

It really was a pleasure to photograph this wedding, the relaxed atmosphere created by the bride and groom made for some of my favorite wedding photographs this summer.

It was clear from the guests reaction too that they had a great time in this unique part of Italy. Umbria is a great location for a wedding, not dissimilar to my own home region of Abruzzo, very traditional and welcoming.

The party carried on well into the night as the guests ate and drank under a canopy of grape vines, what more could you want!

As a footnote I'd like to make one exception to this black and white wedding photography blog, one photograph in colour! I couldn't resist including this one as only colour can really do justice to this beautiful scenery! 

JHales Fototografia is an English Wedding Photographer in Italy.