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.
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.
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. Couples choose an editing direction with the studio, from soft and luminous to warm, Portra-toned colour, grainy black and white or darker evening light.
“I believe the best wedding photographs happen when people stop performing and start living the day.”
Max Esposito, founder
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. Selected film coverage is included in the Max Signature collections and can be added to others.
The 2027 collections come in two lines. Max Signature collections put Max personally behind the camera, from an elopement to a three-day Heritage weekend. Studio Team collections are photographed by associate photographers chosen and guided by the studio and edited in its style. Wedding films, made by the studio's cinema team, are quoted separately, and a content creator can add short vertical clips on the day.
Their weddings run from Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como and Villa La Selva in Tuscany to Villa Aurelia, Villa Miani and Villa Valentini Bonaparte, Castello di Rosciano near Perugia and Tenuta San Masseo in Assisi. Couples receive their photographs in a private online gallery, in high resolution and ready to print, and albums, parent albums and fine art prints can be ordered. The studio likes to hand photographs over in person in Arezzo, or by video call for couples abroad.
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.
Decide whether you want Max personally (Max Signature) or the studio team (Studio Team), and whether to add film, a second photographer, drone, content or a wedding film. Travel is set out in the final proposal.
The date is confirmed with a signed contract and a deposit. Two or three video calls before the wedding plan the timeline, the family groups and the portrait session.
Optional, from €1,200, in Florence, Rome, Venice, Tuscany or another chosen place, as a chance to get used to the camera.
Reportage coverage from the preparations to the dancing, a short couple portrait session, and family groups as planned, with film alongside digital where the collection includes it.
A sneak peek a few days after the wedding, then the edited photographs in a private online gallery: about 8 to 10 weeks on Studio Essential, and usually around four months for a full edit. Albums and prints are designed with you afterwards.
Light & Dreams
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... Sofia & Max were truly the best to work with throughout our whole wedding experience. Their work has life, color and such a unique artistic take as they get to know their couple so that they can capture our personalities, happiness & love in every frame.
Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy; weddings across Tuscany, Rome, Umbria and Venice. No street address published
The 2027 collections, VAT included, start at €3,200 for up to 6 hours with an associate photographer (Studio Essential). Max Signature collections, with Max himself, start at €5,900 for an elopement and €6,900 for a full wedding day. Travel and wedding films are quoted separately.
Only if you book a Max Signature collection. Studio Team collections are photographed by associate photographers selected and guided by the studio and edited in its style.
It depends on the collection: about 300 or more for a Max Signature elopement, 400 or more for Studio Essential, and around 1,000 or more for the three-day Heritage collection.
A sneak peek arrives a few days after the wedding. Final delivery usually takes around four months, and the Studio Essential collection quotes about 8 to 10 weeks. Photographs come in high resolution, ready to print, without logos.
Yes. Selected 35mm film coverage is included in the Max Signature collections and can be added to others from €900. Their main film stock is Kodak Portra 400.
Yes, through the studio's own cinema service, quoted separately. Video can only be booked together with photography.
They are usually booked 6 to 9 months ahead. A date is confirmed with a signed contract and a deposit.
They are based in Tuscany and travel throughout Italy, including Rome, Umbria, Lake Como, the Amalfi Coast, Venice, Puglia, Cinque Terre and Sicily, and they have photographed weddings in London. Travel costs are quoted in the proposal.
Your message goes straight to Massimiliano, with your date, guests and the kind of wedding you have in mind.
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