Stefano Lunardi

Carinthia, Austria

Reportage wedding photography from Villach and Udine

No. 569 · Autumn 2026

A couple kissing in a boat beneath the Rialto Bridge in Venice, in black and white, Stefano Lunardi

Welcome

Welcome to Stefano Lunardi

Stefano Lunardi is a former magazine photojournalist who now photographs weddings, working from Villach in Austrian Carinthia and from Udine and Treviso in north-east Italy. He covers weddings across Austria and Italy and travels for destination weddings, with a reportage approach, few poses and a careful eye for light, in colour and in black and white.

Stefano Lunardi spent many years as a photojournalist for Italian and international magazines, among them Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore and Bell'Europa, and also shot fashion and advertising work for agencies. He moved to weddings because he did not want to spend six months a year away from his children, and he says he has now photographed weddings for more than thirteen years, out of twenty-five behind the camera. In 2011 he opened a studio in Cervignano del Friuli for portraits and wedding reportage.

My clients are the centre stage of my photography. I create with an open heart dedicated exclusively to them.Stefano Lunardi

About

Stefano Lunardi

His approach comes straight from that newspaper training: tell the story in pictures and catch the decisive moment. He keeps posed pictures to a minimum and looks instead for humour, emotion and expression in people's faces, and he works in both colour and black and white, with strong light and shadow.

On the day he stays with the couple from the preparations to the party. He photographs the ceremony as discreetly as he can, then suggests a short portrait session for the two of them that keeps them away from their guests only briefly, and makes sure the family and group photographs are covered.

The bride and two guests sharing cigars and laughter in a wood-panelled room, Stefano Lunardi

Services

What is on offer

5 services.

The newlyweds walking back down a white aisle through their guests in a garden ceremony, Stefano Lunardi

Service

Wedding photography

Full-day coverage from preparations to the party
Discreet reportage of the ceremony
Short couple portrait session after the ceremony

Signing the register at a church wedding, light flaring across the altar, Stefano Lunardi

Service

Wedding films

Wedding films, filmed alongside the photography

The groom placing the ring during a church ceremony, guests looking on, in black and white, Stefano Lunardi

Service

Albums and prints

Individually designed printed albums
GIOTTO fine art prints box
Photo printing

The groom holding the wedding rings in their box, Stefano Lunardi

How it works

Step by step

1
Enquiry
Send a message through his website, email or call his Austrian or Italian number. He aims to reply within 48 hours.
2
Planning
A pre-wedding consultation and, where it helps, a visit to the venue. Couples living abroad can plan everything with him by email and chat.
3
The wedding day
Coverage from the preparations through the ceremony, a short couple session, group photographs and the party, with a second photographer when the wedding needs...
4
The edit
He edits the pictures in colour and in black and white and returns only his strongest frames, a point couples pick out in their...