WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

Sposi percorrono il chiostro della Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio, fotografia di matrimonio di Nino Lombardo

 

WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO SPECIALIZE AS A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER?

Photographing happy people in a happy day, who could not be satisfied! I started my career as a boy apprentice with a wedding photographer in Sicily and over the years I wanted to personalize my style! I opened my photography studio in 1997 and 2001 I created my first website www.ninolombardo.it. The meeting with some great photographers was a creative and constructive dialogue to continue my career as a wedding photographer.

Sembra quasi un dipinto romantico dell sposa con il suo makeup artist Orazio Tomarchio, foto per matrimoni in Sicilia di Nino Lombardo

 

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, RITUALS AND ALSO DESTINATION WEDDINGS, HOW DID YOU START ENTERING THIS SECTOR?

I have been invited to become a member of important international wedding associations that recognize me as one of the best photographers in the world. When an engaged couple books from abroad they are sure to contact a high quality professional. Many of my shots have been rewarded and I have also received global recognition from WPJA Wedding PhotoJournalist Association as TOP 100 photographer in the world!

Magnifica veduta da Villa Sonia con la sposa, foto bianco e nero per matrimonio di Nino Lombardo

 

WE KNOW THAT YOU WORKED IN A WEDDING IN INDIA, WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE?

I love to photograph different cultures and customs in new contexts. A wedding photographer in India is certainly excited about all the traditions that are strictly respected. I have also photographed weddings with different rituals, such as the ritual of sand, the different colors come together during their promises! Photos in a mixed Persian-European wedding in Cernobbio on Lake Como, a beautiful table with many Persians’traditions and the European rite.

 

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WORKING IN A WEDDING IN ITALY AND IN A DESTINATION WEDDING?

When photographing weddings of different origins with different uses and customs, the primary differences are known in the approach with the day. When I photograph an Italian wedding there is often a lot of tension and emotion especially at the bride’s home. In the destination weddings there is more festive air and joy since the wedding photos during the morning preparations, the day begins with a party.

 

IN ADDITION TO PHOTOS, YOU ALSO MAKE VIDEOS, DO YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE BOTH SERVICES WHEN ORGANIZING A WEDDING?

Photos and Movies are two independent choices. I always say that I love moving images as much as I love photographs! Yes, I think both services are important.

Una sposa elegante riflessa in un antico specchio, foto per matrimoni di Nino Lombardo

 

DO YOU WORK ALONE OR DO YOU HAVE ASSISTANTS?

I love working alone; but a wedding lasts several hours and the assistants become essential.

Viva gli sposi! Fotografia di Nino Lombardo per matrimonio in Sicilia Nino Lombardo

 

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO A COUPLE WHO HAVE TO CHOOSE THEIR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER?

A photographer for Marriage? Book Nino Lombardo, he is very good! … joking aside … I always recommend choosing the photographer who with his photographic style is closer to the tastes of the couple, do not choose a portraitist if you like wedding photojournalism. Often the spouses focus on if there are beautiful couples and beautiful landscapes in the photographs; but the thing that escapes and that is more important is the style and the high quality of the image to Sicily luxury wedding photographer .

AN EXCITING MOMENT DURING THE WEDDING THAT YOU LOVE TO CAPTURE WITH YOUR SHOTS:

The exciting moments in a wedding are during the preparations and during the ceremony, I could say the whole first part of the photographic story up to the promises with the exchange of wedding rings. A particular moment of the wedding that I love to photograph is the groom’s gaze when the bride enters and approaches the altar, here also happens a few tears and I like to tell the emotions and contrasts, tears and joy on such an important day as that of marriage.

HOW DO YOU RELATE WITH THE SPOUSES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE FOREIGNERS?

You can get married in Trapani, in my city; but live in another country Milan, Amsterdam, London, New York … or from Ireland, from Canada, from Brazil, from Holland you can make a destination wedding in Sicily to Taormina, Cefalù, Modica, Scopello, Erice, Agrigento … and choose me as a luxury destination wedding photographer.

I have all the necessary means to be contacted and always reply in a short time to those who want my services, my site ninolombardo.it and my facebook page nino lombardo photographer are always updated, then there is the email, social media , the skype call. I am also a member of international associations that guarantee my professionalism and the quality of my work. I am also available outside my Sicily, I have photographed weddings in Lombardy on Lake Como, in Milan, in Pavia... In Piedmont in San Giulio on Lake Orta, in Reggio nell’Emilia, in Chieti, in Camogli and, as already told in New Delhi.

Sposi passeggiano ai giardini di Taormina, foto per matrimonio di Nino Lombardo

 

HOW LONG BEFORE SHOULD THE COUPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU?

To contact a photographer for a wedding on a summer Saturday it is best to contact me at least a year before... But there is that it contacts me 2 or 3 months before the big day. In reality there is no set time.

After reading this interesting interview, we’re sure you have now a more clearer idea about how to choose your Sicily luxury wedding photographer. Besides, you can know more about Nino and his work on his website www.ninolombardo.it or contact him at info@ninolombardo.it.

Thank you very much Nino for your time!

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