Wedding photographers in Galway

—What makes wedding photography different from other photography genres?

—That there is multiple genre within wedding photography; You will be likely shooting landscapes photography, food photography, still life, portrait, photojournalist photography and many more.

—Do you shoot wedding photos only?

—Nope! I do and love portrait photography, live music photography, street photography and reportage too. I'm lately getting into landscape photography as well.
A specialisation just in a single field would be boring for me and a limitation for my creativity.

—Where would you prefer to live?

—I like the place where I currently live (Galway City) but I'd like to try to live in the south of The Neederlands, or among the Dolomites Mountains, Italy, where my place of birth is (Belluno).

—Do you like travelling?

—I love travelling! I would go somewhere different every weekend if i could.
Anyway this job is allowing me to travel quite enough; sometimes other countries, sometimes other counties.

—What person in your life is your muse & source of inspiration?

—My ex teacher Guido Lettieri still inspires me a lot! Speaking about wedding photography I love the neat style of Nordica photography and I like Daniele Muratore too.

—What are the key elements that make a photo attractive?

—That's personal I think; when I'm observing a picture, I'm always seeking an emotion, a story, I love to see either harmony or tension.

—What moment in your life you treat as the most significant one?

—When I moved from Italy to Ireland in 2014. I left most of my past life behind me and I literally leapt into something totally unknown.

—When are you totally satisfied with the results of your work?

—I am rarely fully satisfied, even when I reckon my work it'd well done, I always find something I can still improve.

—How did you start working in the wedding photography field?

—I have started as assistant of Guido Lettieri; he asked to me if I was interested to work as second photographer while I was attending an advanced photography course held by him.

—What is there in your work that brings you joy?

—The fact that I can create something, I can think, I can be creative and I can tell stories trough the lens.

—What devices that you own you regret you bought and why?

—I regret when I sold the Sony rx100 compact camera but I actually replaced with an amazing Olympus OMD-EM5 .

—Is there anything in your work that you don't like or even hate?

—I hate when people underestimate this profession and think that it's all about pressing the shutter button.

—What is success to you? How can one measure it?

—Success for me is to transform my passion in my job and to be free from boundaries of a traditional career.

—How do you deal with criticism?

—Even if they might hurt it's a golden chance to improve as a photographer and as a person, too.

—Imagine that you can travel back in time. What would you do differently?

—I would have started much earlier, I would have leapt out of my comfort zone much earlier.

—When travelling, what do you usually take with you & why?

—A book, at least one camera and one lens, my inseparable Ipod ( with me since 2007) :D

—How do you improve your photography skills?

—Reading/watching monographic books, workshops, internet articles and practicing often.

—Cats or dogs?

—I am a cat person, but I don't dislike dogs at all.

—Can you specify whom would you love to shoot?

—Eddie Vedder would be on top of my list :)

—If you have a chance to shoot a movie, what genre will you choose?

—A road trip movie, definitely! :)

—Who would you choose to try taking photos with?

—Martin Parr