Beatrice Contrini

American-German wedding at the Tegernsee

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:46:09 +0000

There could hardly have been a better start into the wedding season 2012. I particularly love international weddings and Steffi & Mickey’s wedding was one of a kind. The first chapter of this American-German love story actually had been written at the Oktoberfest, cute presents on the tables of the guest reminding thereof. My photographic reportage started during Steffi’s preparation. The bride’s maids, as well as family and friends (of course only girls permitted) just had a great time! As the pictures tell, the bride looked stunning in her gorgeous “self designed” gown. Mickey decided to walk to the church with “the guys”, leaving the classic car (which was a surprise for the bride) to Steffi.

The wedding took place at picturesque settings at the “Protestant Church in Bad Wiessee” and reception at the “Terrassenhof “at the Tegernsee. Two of the many highlights were definitely a video collection of very sweet wishes sent over by American friends and family that didn´t manage to travel to Germany and the first dance that started calm and romantic and turned into a rock-and-roll performance. I wish you guys an amazing time on your honey moon!

Fotoshooting in Landshut

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:44:23 +0000

Marina und Philipp hatte ich vor ein paar Jahren auf der Hochzeit von Micha und Reini kennengelernt. Genau wie ihre Freunde, haben sie sich ein verrücktes Porträt-Shooting ein paar Wochen nach ihrer Hochzeit gewünscht. Nachdem sie ihr Hochzeitsoutfit nochmal angezogen haben und die tolle Make-up Artistin und Hairstylistin Catharina Borgo verschiedenste traumhafte Frisuren für Marina ausprobiert hat (der Haarschmuck und die Accessoires sind auch ihre Kreation), sind wir 4 Stunden um Landshut herum unterwegs gewesen.
Nicht jeder hat die Idee ein Shooting nach der Hochzeit machen zu lassen, aber dadurch, dass man den geeigneten Tag ganz spontan festlegen kann und schon mal gutes Wetter garantiert ist, eine andere Umgebung als die Hochzeitslocation gewählt werden kann und man keinen Zeitdruck hat, ist das Ergebnis eigentlich immer fantastisch. Am Ende des Tages ist das Brautpaar sogar wie es sich für ein “Trash the Dress”-shooting gehört ins kühle Nass gesprungen!

The most beautiful baby!

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:51 +0000

I am such a proud aunt!

Il più bel regalo di Natale

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:42:33 +0000

Quest’anno è stato un Natale speciale, non solo perchè dopo qualche anno l’abbiamo festeggiato di nuovo in famiglia, ma anche perchè è nata la mia nipotina, la bimba più bella che abbia mai visto… Benvenuta Anita!

Hochzeit am Mondsee

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:40 +0000

The wedding season 2011 has come to an end and there was hardly a better way to conclude it than with an amazing scottish wedding at Hotel Schloss at Mondsee. I must admit that I had a lot of fun, not only because the bride and groom are such a lovely couple, but also because they have so many nice friends/and fun rugby colleagues. Even the weather adapted perfectly to Scottish standards and it rained almost all day long ! Regardless we managed to shoot a lovely portrait session outside, visiting the Christmas market and picking some gorgeous locations in the castle.
In the evening I was lucky to witness some real Scottish dancing, which is a great way of socializing.

Hope you enjoy my last blog-post for 2011 and thanks for dropping by so regularly!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2012!

Hochzeit am Mondsee

Babyfotos mit Gitarre

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:18:04 +0000

Published again in Braut & Bräutigam Magazine

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:14:45 +0000

This time the magazine published some pictures of an engagement shooting I did in Salzburg (see post below). You might remember Ting and Ruxian from their wedding pictures. I love this cute couple and we had a lot of fun exploring Salzburg and finding the nicest locations – kind of felt like some Chinese and Italian tourists

Matrimonio veneto

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:48:00 +0000

Come promesso vi mostro le foto dello splendido matrimonio veneto. Chiara e Fabio si sono sposati nell’antichissima chiesa di San Girolamo del XIII secolo a Mestre e hanno festeggiato in una splendida villa veneta. Amo i matrimoni italiani per i luoghi d’arte, il cibo spettacolare e l’atmosfera spontanea e pazza. Tanti auguri a questa coppia davvero speciale per il loro futuro insieme.

Fabio con il fratello e i cugini in una foto 100% “Italian style”!

Another winning image at the WPJA’s contest

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:18:26 +0000

For the second time one of my pictures has been awarded by the WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association). The blog-post commenting on this beautiful Italian wedding is coming soon!

Wedding in Klosterkirche Birnau

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:43:01 +0000

This wedding season has been particularly interesting and special, as I was fortunate to have been hired to photograph several weddings with international couples. One example is the mixed wedding of Marie and Tobias. Marie is Japanese-American and Tobias is German and they live together in Boston. When Marie saw the beautiful Klosterkirche in Birnau she fell in love with it right away and they decided to get married there. I was very happy to have the opportunity to take pictures there, because normally it is not allowed to do any photography inside this special building. Apart from the church the wedding was full of highlights starting with the beautiful bride, the harmony between the bridal couple, the amazing dresses and shoes and something that is rare to find in Europe – 6 brides maids and 6 ushers!