They came from completely different worlds:
Mays is from Iran, Emmanuel is from Rome. They had both moved to England to study, and everything moved quickly from there.
The years that followed were full of learning, shared dreams, and then long-distance love — until Emmanuel reached the point where waiting didn’t make sense anymore. He proposed. Mays said yes right away, and the most exciting part began: planning their wedding.
Why they chose Málaga
Málaga wasn’t a random choice. They wanted the sea, warmth, and that south Mediterranean atmosphere — but most importantly, a place where both families could realistically come together.
And they did: 80 guests arrived to celebrate with them, including Mays’s mother, her brothers and sisters, her closest relatives, and Emmanuel’s entire Italian family. The mix of cultures, languages, and personalities made everything feel incredibly alive and real.
The wedding day: multiple locations and constant movement
The couple stayed at a villa, while parents and guests were in different hotels about 10–20 minutes’ drive from each other. So the day naturally involved a lot of moving between locations: part of the story happened at the villa, and the rest unfolded by the sea. Our team traveled from Barcelona, and from the beginning we knew this wasn’t just about pretty footage — it was about gently weaving everything into a story that feels exactly like the day actually felt.
Morning at the villa
We began at the villa: the bride’s morning, small details, emotions, and conversations with her parents — the quiet moments that often seem simple in real time, but later become the most valuable. No rushing “for the shot” — just real life, beautifully captured.
A sunset ceremony by the sea
Later, we headed to the ceremony — an open-air space with a breathtaking sea view. Everything happened at sunset, in soft golden light, and it looked unreal. The floral design was striking, but never overwhelming — it fit the location and the mood perfectly.
Our wedding coverage approach:
two cameras and a drone so nothing gets missed
To make the ceremony feel complete and cinematic, we filmed it from multiple perspectives:
- two videographers (two cameras) — one capturing wide, the flow and atmosphere, the other focused on emotions, reactions, and details;
- a drone during the ceremony, to show the scale of the setting, the sea, and the sunset from above — those shots instantly create a sense of place and give the film more depth;
- at the same time, our photographer captured everything with a balance of authentic moments and refined portraits.
Having a team of a photographer and two videographers for this wedding was about calm confidence — when the timeline is full and the locations change, you want to know the most important moments are safely captured.
Couple session and the evening celebration
After the ceremony, we took a short couple session by the water — relaxed, natural, no pressure. Just the two of them, in that newly-married happiness. We created warm portraits and cinematic video scenes that later became some of the most emotional parts of their film.Then the celebration truly began: the cocktail hour, hugs, dancing, dinner with countless toasts and congratulations, a dramatic cake-cutting moment, and of course their first dance — the kind of moment where the entire room feels like it holds its breath for a few seconds.
Why we recommend a team of at least three
When a wedding day includes multiple locations (even if they’re only 10–20 minutes apart), time always moves faster than expected: travel, equipment, parallel preparations for the bride and groom. That’s why we typically recommend at least three professionals.
For this wedding, the team included one photographer and two videographers, which allowed us to capture the day in a deeper way: more emotions, more angles, more of the “in-between” moments that make the story feel real. And when there are even more moving parts, we often recommend a four-person team, so one part can stay with the groom while the other stays with the bride. In the end, Emmanuel and Mays’s story became exactly what it was in real life: warm, genuine, deeply family-centered — and beautifully cinematic. From rainy London to a sunset in Málaga by the sea.
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