While in Tuscany, Italy this past October for the amazing Jose Villa workshop, we had the oppurtunity to do several shoots with some gorgeous, fabulous models!! So many people worked so hard on this shoot, including:
Coordination- Jose Villa
Hair + Makeup- Mar of Team Hair & Makeup
Styling- Matthew Johns
Models- Giordano + Geogria
Location- La Selva Giardina del Belvedere
Here are a few of my favorite shots from the shoot:
Beautiful, Laura! You should make BIG canvas prints of them!!
I want to go there so bad! The pictures are beautiful.
Makes me want to go buy a plane ticket right now! These are awesome! :)
Love it as always your work is so gorgeous. So many should be prints or canvases in your studio or home
Outrageous. This post is going to be held responsible for my spontaneous travels into Venice. The third is so… moody. I love it. Plus, the last of St. Marks square is magnificent. Yep, I’m packing my bags :)
i love that vantage point from the rialto bridge – it’s quintessential venice!
Pleeease contact me when you are in Europe next time. I’ll jump in a plane and we’ll have a great photography daytrip!
We totally got lost and we were trying to follow the sun back to where we needed to be until it got so dark we had to ask for directions! What a great city!
Great images Laura. I love the diptych’s and mixed use of B&W and color! The shot with the bird flying in it may be my favorite!
Your composition on the city shots rockkkkk. I didn’t realize how much orange there is in the Venice buildings but I love it!
A preview of an image I shot at the Jose Villa workshop in Tuscany, Italy:
WOW, the light is amazing in this photo, LOVE IT :)
Beautiful, Laura! I want to change my wedding locale now! :)
Merry Christmas!
I’m loving this image. This lighting makes it just perfect and I wish I was there!
My version of heaven. Soft light, Tuscan background, love.love.love.
I am sure that workshop was AMAZING! Can’t wait to see more!
My beautiful friend, Stacy, modeled for me while we attended a photography workshop in Tuscany, Italy. Stacy was recently married in Guatemala and thought it would be fun to use her dress again in while in Italy. She hauled the dress all the way over from Indiana! We woke up at the crack of dawn (or at least we tried) on our last morning (after a dangerously late night the previous night), just to capture a few images. You can’t tell from the photos, but it was seriously freezing the morning of the shoot! I was bundled up in every piece of clothing I could possibly layer on, but Stacy handled it like a pro!
Thanks my wonderful friend!
LOVE it! So I want to print a huge one of the veil in that morning italy haze… so awesome to have SUCH good photographer friend! :)
That door is killer! The lighting was beautiful, take me next time, okay? :)
You guys were so brave to get up that early! Such beautiful light, beautiful location and beautiful bride! Great job Laura! Awesome styling Stacy!
I’m a friend of Stacy’s and these are absolutely gorgeous! She’s so beautiful, isn’t she? The red hair is amazing!
WOW! So worth getting up early!
What a fun and beautiful session!! Love that you guys made the effort to get up early and take on the cold for beautiful photos.
LOVE the one of her holding our her veil! And, of course I love anything you do with doors.
Meet the beautiful Aussie pair, Renee + Chris! I met R+C at the Jose Villa workshop I attended in Tuscany, Italy. R+C are clients of Jose’s and were married a few short days after their engagement shoot at the amazing La Selva Villa in the Tuscan hills. I only got to shoot with R+C for a few minutes, but they are a lovely couple and I wish them all the best. For the record, I am super, super jealous that Jose and Joel shot their wedding!
OMG!!! Laura! We absolutely adore these images – thank you so much :) My mind is already ticking over with what we can do with them xx
They are STUNNING together! You nailed these exposures, and the colours are just perfect. Very warm!
Love it! So warm so crisp yet so soft! Love the details shots of the leaves and branches too as it really tells the story!
LOVE these! They look gorgeous and I adore your processing!
Laura, these are just lovely, my daughter and new son in law.I don’t get too see photos of Renee much as she is always the one taking the photos. Hard to pick a favourite, they are just lovely.
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Melissa Schollaert - Beautiful! Wish we were there again right now! :)
Glenda - Ahhhh bellissimo!
Mandy Jill - The couple is too gorgeous for words. You WORKED that shoot. The depth of color is just phenomenal…so rich, vibrant and bright. Fabulous job!!
Sean - I’m sure it’s your great style as well, but these two have such an awesome.. vibe in this series. They just rock, the images feel fantastic & fun! Brilliant!
s h e r r y - Gawwwwd. The light is AMAZING. The light is FABULOUS. I can’t stop looking at these. (Oh, not to mention attending a workshop with Jose AND Gene?!)
YAZYJO - Beautiful couple, light and colors!! Just awesome :)
kristen wood - These are YUMMY!
Amanda - I agree! The lighting is to die for in these photos and the couple definitely seem to have a real connection. They are a real couple, right? If not, they really know how to work it!
BRITTANI & GIO | NELSON, NEVADA » laura ivanova photography | MINNEAPOLIS WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER + DESTINATION WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - [...] at the Jose Villa/Gene Higa workshop in Tuscany, Italy. You can see some of the photos here & here. Gio flew all the way from Italy for WPPI and graciously modeled for us. Lots of people contributed [...]