Fourteen Guests, One Love: A Villa Corsini Wedding in Tuscany
Fourteen guests, the Tuscan countryside, and a celebration years in the making. Kathryn and Kevin’s intimate wedding at Villa Corsini a Mezzomonte brought their closest family and friends together near Florence for a day filled with personal moments, beautiful surroundings, and a few surprises.
As their wedding photographer at Villa Corsini, my approach was to give equal attention to the people and the setting: the anticipation before their first look, the reactions during the speeches, and the gardens and frescoed rooms that framed their celebration.
From a Shared History to a Destination Wedding in Tuscany
Kathryn and Kevin have been together since 2010, before their college years, and became engaged in 2019. They had always imagined a small destination wedding, with time to enjoy the company of the people closest to them.
A trip to Italy in 2019 gave them the opportunity to explore wedding venues. When the pandemic interrupted their plans, they decided to wait until they could move forward with the celebration they wanted.
Their family and close friends gathered at Villa Corsini, with all fourteen guests travelling from the United States to celebrate alongside them. The wedding brought a small circle of familiar faces together in the beautiful surroundings of the Tuscan countryside.
Purple, pink and ivory flowers bring a vivid note to Kathryn’s bridal portraits at Villa Corsini. A bouquet study and a smiling portrait open the story of an intimate wedding in Tuscany, photographed by Gabriele Fani.
Hands in his pockets and a broad smile on his face, Kevin pauses in the gardens before the ceremony. This black-and-white groom candid portrait reflects Gabriele Fani’s approach as a wedding photographer in Tuscany: attentive to character, expression and the moment at hand.
Kevin stands with two family members beside the stone gates of Villa Corsini. Their relaxed expressions give this black-and-white portrait the familiar warmth that runs through Kathryn and Kevin’s intimate wedding in Tuscany.
Kevin and two groomsmen walk across the gravel terrace, framed by statues and the distant hills. An informal scene from a destination wedding in Tuscany, where time with family becomes part of the photographic story.
A First Look and Garden Ceremony at Villa Corsini
Before the ceremony, Kathryn and Kevin shared a first look in the villa’s gardens. With stone statues beside them and the countryside stretching into the distance, they had a moment together before joining their guests.
Kathryn wore an off-the-shoulder gown, carrying a bouquet in shades of purple, pink, and white. Kevin’s deep green tuxedo complemented the garden setting.
Their ceremony took place in the Southern Italian Garden, where two floral arrangements framed the space between the statues. A few rows of chairs kept everyone close, while the open view across the hills gave the ceremony a sense of space.
The photographs follow both perspectives: wide views of the garden and the smaller gestures unfolding within it, from joined hands to the smiles as the couple walked back down the aisle.
A hand on his shoulder, a turn, and the first sight of one another in wedding attire. This paired sequence follows Kathryn and Kevin’s first look at Villa Corsini, with the Tuscan landscape opening beyond the garden wall.
Kathryn and Kevin face one another beside clipped hedges, terracotta pots and a weathered garden statue. Working as their wedding photographer at Villa Corsini, Gabriele Fani gives the couple and the surrounding Tuscan landscape room within the same frame.
Kevin stands between two floral arrangements in the Southern Italian Garden at Villa Corsini. His deep green tuxedo echoes the landscape beyond the statues, bringing a personal touch to this intimate wedding near Florence.
The fountain, geometric hedges and ceremony chairs sit within a sweeping view of the Tuscan countryside. An establishing photograph from an intimate wedding at Villa Corsini, placing the celebration within the landscape the couple chose.
A few rows of chairs face flowers, stone statues and the open countryside at Villa Corsini. The ceremony setting holds the spirit of an intimate wedding in Tuscany: everyone close enough to share the same moment, with a generous and evocative view beyond.
Kathryn makes her way through Villa Corsini’s Italian garden, her bouquet a small burst of colour among lemon trees and clipped hedges. The hillside beyond gives this bridal entrance a sense of place within the story of an intimate wedding in Tuscany, photographed by Gabriele Fani.
Beyond the water-lily fountain, Kevin waits between the garden statues as Kathryn approaches and their guests stand to welcome her. This wide view of an intimate wedding at Villa Corsini holds the gathering within a landscape of vineyards, cypress trees and Tuscan hills.
Kevin watches Kathryn approach, surrounded by the family and close friends who travelled from the United States to celebrate with them. Framed by garden statues, flowers and vineyard rows, the moment brings the personal heart of their destination wedding in Tuscany into focus.
Seen from above, Kathryn and Kevin’s ceremony gathers their closest people into a small garden overlooking olive groves and rolling hills. A destination wedding in Tuscany told through both the intimacy of the gathering and the scale of its surroundings.
Kathryn and Kevin kiss as their guests applaud in the Southern Italian Garden. Flowers, statues and the Tuscan hills frame a fleeting celebration, captured through Gabriele Fani’s documentary wedding photography in Tuscany.
Wedding Photography That Includes the Landscape
Before the wedding, Kathryn and Kevin described what mattered to them about their photographs. They wanted natural moments captured with an artistic eye, alongside portraits that included the beauty of their surroundings.
That preference shaped their wedding photography at Villa Corsini. The garden portraits leave room for the landscape, while photographs inside the villa place the couple among the frescoes, tall windows, and architectural details.
Alongside these portraits, the documentary photographs follow the connections between people: laughter among friends, family gathered around the couple, and reactions that could never be arranged in advance.
Kathryn and Kevin stand together between the garden statues, surrounded by flowers in shades of purple, pink and white. A portrait from their intimate wedding at Villa Corsini, balancing the couple’s presence with the beauty of the setting.
With their arms around one another, Kathryn and Kevin turn towards the countryside beyond the garden wall. This wedding portrait at Villa Corsini follows their wish for photographs that make the landscape part of their story.
Kevin dips Kathryn into a kiss between the flowers and statues of Villa Corsini. A playful portrait from their intimate wedding in Tuscany, with her gown sweeping across the gravel and the hills stretching behind them.
A kiss among the flowers, with a weathered statue rising above the garden wall. This closer portrait from Kathryn and Kevin’s destination wedding near Florence keeps the Tuscan setting present while drawing attention to the couple’s embrace.
Kathryn leans into Kevin as they stand beside the garden flowers, beneath a stone statue. In black and white, this Villa Corsini wedding portrait brings their expressions, the folds of her gown and the textures of the garden into focus.
Leaning beside the stone balustrade, Kathryn and Kevin turn towards one another beneath a garden statue. A black-and-white portrait from their intimate wedding at Villa Corsini, where the architecture gives shape to a simple exchange of glances.
Bouquet in hand, Kathryn walks across the gravel as her gown moves around her. This black-and-white candid bridal portrait captures the sense of movement Gabriele Fani looks for as a wedding photographer in Tuscany.
An Intimate Reception in the Frescoed Gallery
Inside the Gallery, one long table brought everyone together for dinner. Candlelight, suspended chandeliers, and small floral arrangements accompanied the richly decorated walls and ceiling.
The scale of the room gave the reception a striking setting, while the shared table kept the gathering personal. Speeches from Kathryn’s sister and Kevin’s best friend became moments of laughter, affectionate reactions, and raised glasses.
These exchanges are an essential part of the photographic story, preserving the people who made the journey alongside the details of the celebration.
One long table glows beneath suspended chandeliers in Villa Corsini’s frescoed Gallery. Candles and small floral arrangements create a welcoming setting for an intimate wedding reception in Tuscany, with every guest gathered at the same table.
The length of the Gallery unfolds beside a single table set for Kathryn, Kevin and their fourteen guests. A wide view of their Villa Corsini wedding reception places the intimate dinner within the villa’s richly frescoed architecture.
Candlelight, purple stationery and small arrangements of pink and violet flowers bring colour to the wedding table. These paired detail photographs follow the thoughtful reception design of an intimate destination wedding at Villa Corsini.
Suspended chandeliers draw the eye along a table of candles and flowers, beneath the Gallery’s painted ceiling. A reception detail from Gabriele Fani’s work as a wedding photographer at Villa Corsini, where light and architecture become part of the celebration.
Cake, Fireworks, and a Surprise After Dark
The evening continued outside with the cake cutting and a surprise Kathryn and Kevin had planned for their guests: fireworks over the gardens.
The photographs shift from the warm interiors of the Gallery to bright trails against the night sky, closing the story with the couple together beneath the fireworks.
Fireworks rise into the night above the formal gardens as Kathryn and Kevin stand together below. A sweeping final scene from their intimate wedding at Villa Corsini, revealing the surprise they had planned for their guests.
Kathryn and Kevin kiss with champagne glasses in hand as golden fireworks fill the frame behind them. Their destination wedding in Tuscany closes with a portrait full of light, movement and the excitement of the evening’s surprise.
Your Wedding Photographer in Tuscany
If you’re looking for a wedding photographer in Tuscany for an intimate celebration or a destination wedding near Florence, I would love to hear what you’re planning.
My approach combines documentary wedding photography with portraits that make room for the landscape and architecture you have chosen. Get in touch to tell me about your wedding at Villa Corsini and check availability for your date.
I’m a specialised Tuscany Wedding and Portrait Photographer based in Florence but operating in Italy and worldwide.
I focus for capturing real, authentic and genuine emotion. I love to capture happy people, their stories, their adventures and I can’t thank them enough when they hires me for this honour and privilege.
When someone books me and order my services, they are inviting me to live and share some of their most intimate and important memories. It is an incredible honor and privilege to be trusted like this, not only to share in the memories but also to have the great opportunity to document them as well.
I really enjoy getting to know my clients and their needs and desires so that I can tell their story through my eyes. I am a storyteller with a mix of portrait, candid and reportage photography style and I love to capture life in all its beauty.
