Story
Pre-Wedding Cruise
Place
FOLEGANDROS
Couple
MARIA & MARTIN
Location
KATERGO BEACH
ABOUT
A wedding cruise in Folegandros for Maria and Martin, from the port to Katergo cove, with portraits on the rock islet and underwater dome shots. Photography and film by arChive Visual Storytellers.
The CRUISE
The boat left from Folegandros port and sailed to Katergo, dropping the group at the cove for the day. We aimed to take the first group photos before boarding and continued with candid portraits of the couple and their families on the way over.
At Katergo, atmospheric portraits were shot against the cove's dark rock backdrop, and we continued with the couple standing together on the rock islet at the centre of the bay. A cairn built from pebbles on the beach became its own foreground, framing the couple on either side of it.
Our approach
Katergo's rock made for a natural set on its own, a dark, impressive stone dominating the centre of the cove. We did several split-level shots through the underwater dome that showed the couple half above and half below the surface, the clearest way to give a sense of what the cove actually looks like from the water. The pebble cairn on the beach gave a smaller, quieter frame for a couple portrait, a deliberate contrast to the scale of the rock islet and the cliffs around it.
Related work
The wedding story from this commission is available at Folegandros Wedding, Maria & Martin, with the film at Wedding Film Folegandros. For our work with cruise days across the Greek islands, visit Wedding Cruise Photography Greek Islands.
Spetses wedding cruise | A wedding cruise in Spetses for Fay and George, from Posidonio around the island to Agia Paraskevi, with stops at Xilokeriza and Piscines. As wedding photographers working across the Greek islands, we cover cruise days as part of the wider commission, from quiet swimming stops to a full afternoon of food, drinks and play. arChive Visual Storytellers photographs and films destination weddings across Greece and worldwide.
