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Victoria reading to Ryan on the balustraded terrace of Villa del Balbianello, Lake Como, with the statue and the mountains behind, Light & Dreams

Light & Dreams

Tuscany, Italy

Editorial wedding photography and film from Tuscany

No. 574 · Autumn 2026

Victoria and Ryan on a boat heading out across Lake Como at dusk, the mountains folding away behind them, Light & Dreams
Welcome

Welcome to Light & Dreams

Light & Dreams is a wedding photography and cinema studio based in Tuscany, founded and led by Massimiliano Esposito, known as Max, who photographs weddings across Italy from Tuscany, Umbria and Rome to Lake Como and the Amalfi Coast. The work mixes documentary reportage with editorial portraits, shot on digital alongside 35mm film, and the studio describes its way of working as calm, discreet and with very little interference.

Light & Dreams is a wedding photography and cinema studio in Arezzo, Tuscany, founded and led by Massimiliano Esposito, who goes by Max. Max Esposito leads the studio, which has photographed weddings for more than fifteen years.

I believe the best wedding photographs happen when people stop performing and start living the day.Max Esposito, founder
In black and white: the couple on a wooden launch, Villa del Balbianello on its headland behind, Lake Como, Light & Dreams
About

Light & Dreams

The approach is a mix of reportage and portraiture. The studio documents the day as it happens and keeps out of the way, then sets aside a short, relaxed portrait session for the couple; bride, groom and couple portraits are the work it is proudest of. Max's own line is that the best wedding photographs happen when people stop performing and start living the day.

Film is part of the work rather than a filter. Selected weddings are photographed on 35mm alongside digital, mainly with a Canon EOS-3 and Kodak Portra 400; the rolls go to a professional lab for development and come back to the studio, where each negative is scanned and colour-corrected by hand.

Jason dips Nikita for a kiss beside the dinner tables, Country Relais Le Capanne, Volterra, Light & Dreams
Location

Getting there

Airport
Florence, 56 km straight line distance
Airport
Pisa, 112 km straight line distance
Station
Firenze Santa Maria Novella, 51 km straight line distance
Tara and Antonio exchanging rings at their church ceremony in Rome, before the celebration at Villa Miani, Light & Dreams
Services

What is on offer

5 services.

Victoria on the boat, the lake behind her, Lake Como, Light & Dreams
Service

Wedding photography

  • Max Signature collections, with Max as lead photographer, from 6
  • Studio Team collections, photographed by associate photographers in the studio's
  • Elopements, intimate weddings and multi-day destination weekends
Victoria laughing as she gets ready on the morning of her Lake Como elopement, Light & Dreams
Service

Film photography

  • 35mm and medium-format film coverage alongside digital
  • Negatives developed by a professional C-41 lab and scanned in
From above: the garden ceremony at Villa La Selva, Tuscany, cypresses and the hills beyond, Light & Dreams
Service

Wedding films and content

  • Wedding films by the studio's cinema team, quoted separately and
  • Content creator coverage with edited vertical reels
Cold sparks and the cake cutting at night, Tara and Antonio at Villa Miani, Rome, Light & Dreams
How it works

Step by step

  1. 1

    First enquiry

    Email [email protected] or use the enquiry form with the date, destination, venue if chosen, guest numbers and the feeling you want from the pictures.

  2. 2

    Choose a collection

    Decide whether you want Max personally (Max Signature) or the studio team (Studio Team), and whether to add film, a second photographer, drone, content...

  3. 3

    Contract and planning calls

    The date is confirmed with a signed contract and a deposit. Two or three video calls before the wedding plan the timeline, the family...

  4. 4

    Engagement session

    Optional, from €1,200, in Florence, Rome, Venice, Tuscany or another chosen place, as a chance to get used to the camera.

Yunna and Nick exchanging vows at Villa La Selva, Tuscany, in black and white, Light & Dreams
From above: Villa Valentini Bonaparte with the dinner tables laid either side of the garden, Light & Dreams
Anastasia and Marco in black and white at their wedding at Tenuta San Masseo, Assisi, Umbria, Light & Dreams
Yunna and Nick laughing into the setting sun at Villa La Selva, Tuscany, Light & Dreams
Nikita in a quiet bridal portrait, Country Relais Le Capanne, Volterra, Tuscany, Light & Dreams
Flavia walks down the aisle with her father at Villa Pocci, Light & Dreams
Guests raising napkins at the long dinner table on the terrace at Villa La Selva, Tuscany, Light & Dreams
The bride and friends on the dance floor under the lights at Villa Aurelia, Rome, Light & Dreams
John dips Cristina under the flower arch at Villa Miani, Rome, with the dome of St Peter's behind, Light & Dreams
In black and white: the couple at the cake under the castle walls at night, Castello di Rosciano, Umbria, Light & Dreams
A luxury wedding photographer

Light & Dreams

The garden ceremony at Villa Aurelia, Rome, framed between white flowers and the guests, Light & Dreams
The pink facade and double staircase of Villa Valentini Bonaparte, with the couple on the balcony, Light & Dreams
The candlelit dinner table under the brick vaults of Castello di Rosciano, Umbria, Light & Dreams

Prices on enquiry.

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