Planning & Tips

Nobody arrives good at being photographed. Why the first ten minutes are always the worst, what to do with your hands, where to look, and how to stand as a couple without looking like two ID photos.

Colour against ochre Roman walls and Venetian brick, fabric that survives coastal wind, shoes that survive cobbles and Positano's stairs, and the church rules nobody warns you about.

The hour after sunrise, the twenty minutes after sunset, and the months in between: how Italian light behaves city by city, from Roman July to Venetian fog, with sunrise times for both solstices.