We’re Benni and Carol, Italy elopement photographers and planners, and two Italian sisters working across Italy.
We plan and photograph elopements and intimate weddings across Italy. Our photography journey began in 2014, and today we have more than 100 elopements behind us.
Our photography and planning packages start from €7,600 for most of Italy, and from €7,000 in the Western Italian Alps.
Who We Are: Benni & Carol
We’re sisters, born and raised in Italy. Our hometown is a couple of hours from the Italian Alps, on the border between Italy and France, and we spent our childhood summers in the family’s mountain house: long walks through the valleys, cycling around our small village, and sleeping in tents in the fields to watch the August shooting stars. It’s still our refuge in the holiday months, and now we share it with our children.
Our photography journey started in London in 2014. We began as destination wedding photographers, but our love of the outdoors led us to specialise in elopements and intimate
weddings. Today we travel all across Italy, planning and photographing elopements and intimate weddings. Hiking, skiing and rock climbing are still our biggest passions, and they shape our photography style, which is built around nature and the outdoors.
What We Do: Elopement Photography & Planning in Italy
We plan and photograph elopements and intimate weddings across Italy.
Because we do both, you will always work with the same two people from the first stages of planning through to your wedding day. Planning is part of every package, and we make sure to understand your vision so we can suggest the best solution for your exciting elopement in Italy. We can also suggest some less popular and more ‘off the beaten path’ destinations that will make your adventure even more epic.
We research locations with you, build a timeline around the best light, and support you with either a symbolic ceremony or the legal process for a civil one.
With our all-inclusive packages, your celebrant, hair and makeup artist, bouquet and boutonniere are also included, all provided by our network of trusted local suppliers.
Planning a small wedding with family and friends rather than an elopement? See our guide to small weddings in Italy. We also photograph vow renewals and couple sessions.
SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS AND ECO-FRIENDLY ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHERS & PLANNERS
BASED IN ITALY
We couldn’t really claim to be outdoor lovers if we didn’t deeply care about the impact that our lives and our business have on the environment.
Now that we are both mothers of two wonderful children, we have realised even more how important it is to raise awareness on sustainability and environmental issues. With this intention we are constantly moving towards a more consistent eco-friendly way of living and towards a ethical way of working in the wedding industry, which is undoubtedly, very wasteful.
In 2021 we founded the “Benni Carol’s Eco-Network”, a network of like minded sustainable wedding providers, eager to share their knowledge to help couples have an eco-friendly and sustainable wedding. Thanks to the help of several providers based all over Europe, we have created a constant-growing pool of resources with the aim of supporting everyone wishing to plan their day in a more socially conscious way.
On a personal level, we are big recycling advocates, we try to minimise our use of plastic, our meat consumption (Carol is a vegetarian) or the purchase of unnecessary items. Shopping from locally sourced retailers as well as eating exclusively seasonal fruit and veggies, coupled with buying second hand, reusable, washable, recyclable and recycled items are part of the steps of our eco-path. Most importantly, we teach our children daily to respect and protect our planet.
Clearly, far from being 100% green, but surely 100% committed to improving everywhere we can.
Benni Carol Photography’s eco-ethical commitment:
– We are proudly part of the Ethical Influencers community, which collectively works towards a more ethical world.
– We have agreed to the Ethical Move pledges, and we promote ethical transparency towards both pricing and marketing practices.
– We are part of the Green Union Directory, which features eco-friendly and ethical suppliers of the wedding industry and creates inspiration for weddings at a lower environmental impact.
– We try to work mainly with suppliers that share our same ethos to minimise as much as possible our impact on the environment.
