Top 5 Reasons to Elope in Rome

I saw in the eyes of the couple an uncompromising happiness. In 11 years of experience in documenting destination weddings, the elopement wedding has always left us very strong, truer emotions. Organizing a traditional destination wedding always brings with it a lot of anxiety. If you want to strip away the pressure, anxiety, and obligation about having a traditional wedding, the elopement wedding is the best option.

By eloping, the couple, commit their lives to each other and celebrate their love in an uninhibited way that made the most sense for them.

For a lot of couples, the main reason they chose to elope was because they wanted the opportunity to really focus on intimate, intentional moments during their wedding day, and they didn't feel that a more traditional wedding would afford them those moments.

Starting your own life together with an adventure can be considered a pure and cathartic experience, the journey becomes a symbol of a path to the future that you decide to live next to the other. The journey becomes a fundamental part of the marriage experience, so choosing the right destination becomes a fundamental choice.

We have documented elopement weddings on a mountain in the Dolomites, on a hill in Tuscany, on a cliff in Normandy, on a rooftop in Paris, in Venice, Berlin, Hong Kong. But today we want to talk about the Top 5 reasons to elope in Rome.

Breathtaking Wedding in Sicily

Last year we were lucky enough to tell the love story of Katie and Lev. I’m talking about luck because meeting them made us better people, gave us incredible experiences (I’m talking about sunsets over the Parisian rooftop that you can see here). Katie and Lev celebrated their Breathtaking Wedding Sicily, on the incredible Island of Favignana, a place made of cliffs, crystal clear sea, old abandoned lighthouses and white tuff caves.

Katie and Lev exchanged promises surrounded by family and friends (come from all over the world) under a magnificent evergreen tree.

"As soon as We saw the tree we barely held back the tears, it was like a sign to us, we were in the right place with special people. (you know, our logo is an evergreen tree and our name is evergreen film)."

BOHO WEDDING IN ITALY

Let’s take a step back to the past year when we documented a fascinating Boho wedding in a little town close to Milan, Bergamo Alta. The New York based couple, chose this city to celebrate the wedding as Gaia, the bride, was born here. We could not be happier to tell you about this adventure, made up of wild nature and baroque architecture.

This is why this Boho wedding from New York to Milan is so fascinating, because we experied the wild nature of the Acquafraggia falls the day before their wedding, driving a few hours, singing old italian songs and laughing a lot. This is an indelible memory for us.

Gaia, the bride, she is one of the most fascinating people we have ever met, her elegance, her long (very long) brown hair, her magnetic eyes: we fell in love with her at first sight. She is an italian interior designer co founder of Northerners Collective.

Dom, the groom, he is a kind guy, creative, full of vitality. He is an excellent cook (this is the blog), he has Italian origins as well as Gaia, but he never lived in Italy. Funny thing: he can’t pronounce his Italian surname well!

Gaia and Dom are a very close-knit couple, you can tell by the looks they exchange. They have a great complicity. They are the mantles of nature, good food, and design, so we immediately agreed.

If you want to dream you have to take a look of the video below, because theyr boho wedding was pure energy. The wedding location, Palazzo Moroni, is a Museum, the result of a donation by Count Antonio Moroni of one of the most evocative historical buildings in Bergamo, along with an invaluable artistic, cultural, and environmental heritage that it houses.

We really hope to visit this place again, soon!

BOHO WEDDING IN ITALY

 Couple shooting Acquafraggia

 

Wedding Dress Bride: Rue de Seine

White Pre Wedding Dress: Cult Gaia

Groom Suit 1: Suitsupply

Groom Suit 2: Lanieri Official

Bnqueting: Love Banqueting

Location: Palazzo Moroni

 

An Elegant Wedding in Tuscany

Immersed in the unique colors of a Tuscany Sunset, Ersilia and Lucio shared the excitement of joining in marriage, with their friends and family. This elegant wedding in Tuscany took place in a wonderful Tuscany venue surrounded by hills, a very intimate and suggestive scenario.

Lucio and Ersilia are two architects of Italian origins but they live in New York. What better choice if not Tuscany to celebrate their Italian style wedding?

This elegant wedding in Tuscany felt like an old movie, just incredible and perfect, the relaxed atmosphere of a serene summer day.

ELOPEMENT WEDDING IN LA BADIA ORVIETO ITALY

ELOPEMENT WEDDING IN LA BADIA ORVIETO ITALY

It was late summer when Amanda and Adam asked us to document their elopement wedding in La Badia Orvieto Italy the following autumn.

We are totally in Love with this place, an Old Abbey immersed in the scenario of the green Umbrian countryside, a dream wedding destination in Italy.

La Badia Orvieto Italy, was futured on multiple famouse wedding blogs as one of the best location in the world for destination weddings, and for is one of the best place to elope in Italy.

Adam and Amanda elopement wedding in La Badia Orvieto Italy was pure magic.

Elopement wedding in La Badia Orvieto

 

It was a warm day of autumn, we were surrounded by warm colours of the ancient stones and yellow and orange leaves.

The light made its way between the windows and the trees, making us fall in love with every hidden corner of La Badia.

It was love at first sight with Adam and Amanda. They have always dreamed to elope in Italy, and it was exciting to be part of that dream and to be able to tell about it.

Amanda and Adam exchanged their promises in the ruins of the old abbey. It was exciting and it was hard to hold back the tears.

We love to capture real emotions, and small intimate weddings and elopement weddings are the perfect weddings to document.

Take a look, this is the film of Amanda and Adam elopement wedding in La Badia Orvieto Italy

 

DESTINATION WEDDING&ELOPEMENT COUPLE SESSION GIVEAWAY

April 2018

DESTINATION WEDDING&ELOPEMENT COUPLE SESSION GIVEAWAY

Excited to announce our DESTINATION WEDDING&ELOPEMENT COUPLE SESSION GIVEAWAY
Are you adventures lovers like us? Are you planning your destination elopement in a dream place and would you like it to be an epic tale? We are on the same wavelength, so keep reading and discover the crazy gift we have in mind for you.
DESTINATION WEDDING&ELOPEMENT COUPLE SESSION GIVEAWAY in one of the places listed below! Book our service for your wedding day we will give away extra days for couple sessions shooting, according with the locations listed below.

 

SAFARI WEDDING

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ARE YOU ADVENTUROUS?

Looking for a Safari wedding that will change your life forever? This is our first special give away. You book us for the wedding day, we give you two more days of shooting. There’s nothing quite like the light as the sun goes down in Africa. A Safari wedding is a unique experience that offers you the chance to plan your perfect day surrounded by the untamed beauty of the African savannah. If I close my eyes i can figure out how your wedding video could be unique. You two sourrounded by wild nature and animals, elephants and giraffes, all this can offer us a unique scenario. If you hold yur ceremony on the land of the Maasai you could incorporate some of the traditions of the Maasai culture into your Safari wedding ceremony; for example the traditional Maasai song and dance after the announcement you are husband and wife, two cultures that marged in the best day of your life!

 

ICELAND WEDDING

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ARE YOU WILD?

Four days of wild Wedding in Iceland road trip. You book your elopement wedding in Iceland with us, we give away three more days of adventure together around the land of fire and ice. We can rent a car to go off the beaten path to shoot your elopement Wedding film in the best spots we can find, we love the freedom of not knowing where each day will take us, so let’s do this experience together. We all know how much Iceland travel has blown up over the past couple of years, but we never been there for a wedding so this could be a big chance for both of us to share a wild adventure together. If we will be lucky enought to get a glimpse of the northen light after sun, we can shoot your dreaming exchange of vows surroundend by the greatest show of nature. Are you wild enought? you can miss the chance to plan your elopement Wedding in Iceland with us.

 

NEVADA WEDDING

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ARE YOU AUTHENTIC?

We are always very fascinated by the wild landscapes, the red rock shaped by the wind that is possible to observe in Nevada Valley of Fire . The Nevada desert makes me think of Mars, it’s really an extra terrestrial landscape; it is not possible yet to film a extraterrestrial wedding on Mars, but the Nevada desert is the most similar landscape, so we can’t miss the opportunity to visit it for a Nevada Wedding. If you remain out of breath when you see those red rocks then we are compatible. Book your wedding day in Nevada with us and we’ll give you two extra days of shooting in Nevada desert. You only need dirty boots, messy hair and a boho heart. Let’s talk!

 

PARIS WEDDING

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ARE YOU TIMELESS?

Europe can offer a hundred of timeless location for your destination wedding, but one of my favourite ever is Paris. I know that Paris is one of the top place chosen for destination wedding, but this city always has a special place in my heart. If your inner voice screams Paris, listen to it and plan your dream wedding and do not forget to take advantage of the gift we have for you. Book us to keep the memories of your destination wedding in Paris, we will give away one extra day of shooting. We can stroll around this timeless city, filming you in the most romantic corners of Paris beauty. Contact us!

 

JAPAN WEDDING

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ARE YOU CREATIVE?

Thinking about getting married in Japan? I’m thinking that we really want to document your wedding in Japan, let’s talk! In March the major cities such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka offering the best cherry blossoms views, so this would be the perfet time of the year to plan an unforgettable wedding in Japan. The Japanese wedding ceremony joins two people with suggestive rituals: the bride to be wears a white Kimono called shiro-muku. The bride and groom drink sake, three times each, from three different-sized cups, call sakazuki. If you want to book us to document your wedding day in Japan, we give away an extra week to visit together this incredible land. It will be an unforgettable experience that we will carry in our hearts forever.

 

LAPLAND WEDDING

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ARE YOU RECKLESS?

Lapland has always been considered as a magical wedding destination. Spanning over a number of countries the area of Lapland offers some amazing wedding locations and experiences. If you are looking for something very different, Lapland wedding is perfect. In the frozen north, getting married isn’t just about shared promises and pledges in a fairytale landscape. Lapland weddings are about falling in love with snow-covered trees that twinkle in the starlight. It’s about saying: I do inside an igloo. I’s about hugging under a blanket and declare your love in front of a crackling fire. If a wedding in Lapland sounds like its for you book us for a day, we give away three more days to film your unforgettable experience.

 

BERLIN WEDDING

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ARE YOU COSMOPOLITAN ?

Special weddings in Berlin need to have a special wedding film. When i think to document the perfect wedding in Berlin I naturally think to shoot it in a special location of cosmopolitan flair. Berlin is a millennial metropolis in a constant state of metamorphosis. Bursting with quirk and colour and with no object left untouched by graffiti. I imagine an intimate wedding in Berlin on a rooftop with the scenery of the city behind you, a pale sun and the whole night free to visit the city together. A wedding in Berlin is for rock couples and comfortable shoes, leather jacket and blowing hair. And at the end of the celebrations Party and good music. If my words tell about your dream wedding in Berlin, contact us. Book us for your wedding we will give away two more days (and nights) to visit the city together.

DESTINATION WEDDING&ELOPEMENT COUPLE SESSION GIVEAWAY | HOW TO PARTECIPATE

How to partecipate to our DESTINATION WEDDING & ELOPEMENT COUPLE SESSION GIVEAWAY

If your wedding will be held in one of the destinations listed in the article, go on our Instagram @evergreen_film, follow us and leave a comment under your favorite post in our Insta feed, after that write us for more information and our availability. The GIVE AWAY is valid for 2018/2019 (according with our availability).

If you have not organized your wedding in any of these locations, contact us anyway and tell us about your unforgettable wedding, we are ready to follow you around the world (read about our 10 world favourite spots here)

 

Top 10 Destination Wedding Spots

February 2018

Top 10 Destination Wedding Spots

Dreaming place to get married in the world

If you are recently engaged this means that your wedding planning will soon be underway so you’ll be looking for the perfect place to say: I Do! You certainly cannot miss reading this article of our Top 10 Destination Wedding Spots in the World. As destination wedding videographers and passionate globetrotter we are always looking for wonderful places to create breathtaking Love Stories, so, if you too are a passionate traveler and you are planning to elope in a dreaming place, take a look and travel with us.

Since we love unique and rad wedding locations we think the venue you choose is really very important to allow us to create a masterpiece wedding film. Take in mind: no location is too wild, no location is too far. We want you to be covered with our list of Top 10 Destination Weddings Spots.

1 GLOW WORMS NEW ZELAND WAITOMO CAVE

 

Ph. Shaun Jeffers

This is what I have in mind when I say: MAGIC.  It’s like shooting the night stars surrounded by a phosphorescent glow. After seeing this image the first time, I can not drive away the thought of an exchange of vows on a boat placed at the center of this surreal scenario.  This is not an easy shoot, but let me dream that would be possible to elope in this incredible wonder of nature in New Zeland.

2 MOROCCAN DESERT CAMPING AT SCARABEO STONE CAMP

Ph: Sven Laurent

Trust me when i say this is one of the most wild and deep experience for two lovers. Can you imagine a dinner for two in the desert? because I DO! (From Scarabeo Camp web-site) The camp siting affords stunning 360° views of the Agafay’s barren grandeur and beyond to the snow-capped Atlas mountains. Please visit SCARABEO CAMP to start planning your destination wedding in the stone desert camp of Agafay and don’t forget to write us to document your wedding.

3 POD 39 ROOFTOP BAR MANHATTAN NY

Ph: The Pod Hotels 

Let’s have party! If you want to spend your wedding day surrounded by your closest family and friends, in an intimate way, why don’t you choose a rooftop ceremony in New York? We shoot a lot of New York based couple weddings, and I think New York can offer an ocean of alternative wedding venue. If you like industrial intimate weddings, or you wnat to elope with your love one in a stunning view location, New York is the answer.

4 MORAINE LAKE ALBERTA

Ph: Amanda Dangerous Business

Unspoiled nature. Turquoise water. Mountain breeze. If you are a fan of natural landscape you must consider this enchanted corner for your destination wedding. We really love hiking and getting lost into the woods, so if you are planning to elope in Moraine Lake Alberta, please consider these two guys to document your wedding.

 

5 HOT AIR BALOON CAPPADOCIA TURKEY

Ph: Salt in our Hair

This place always blow my mind, hundred of hot air ballons at sunset are suspended on a rocky and pink land. This scenario is terrific, isn’t it? This is a dream for every wedding videographer, me included. Please let’s plan together to visit Cappadocia for your destination wedding. Have you ever seen this hotel? Sultan Cave Suite is the most photographed on Instagram.

 

6 ICELAND

Ph: Mikko Lagerstedt

I know that Iceland is one of the Top destination wedding place in the world and I will never get tired of saying that it is one of my favorite places on earth (as million of wedding photographers say).  Can you imagine the feeling you get when you look at this DC-3 plane on Sólheimasandur beach, can you image to elope with your love one near the Blue Lagoon, or exange your vows under the northern Lights? Stop imagining it and start planning with us your elopement wedding in Iceland. We will ride the streets of Iceland together with a van, we will sleep in a tent under the stars, we will visit together places of primitive beauty as the Black Sand Beach, Skógafoss waterfall, Maelifell Volcano, Kirkjufell Mountain, Gullfoss Waterfall, The Giant’s Causeway and so on. If you are a bride to be please do consider these passionate globetrotters for your elopement wedding in Iceland.

 

7 ANTELOPE CANYON  ARIZONA

Ph: Unknow/Google

Antelope Canyon is the most visited slot canyon in the United States south western. It is located on the Navajo land near Page, Arizona. No many words needed to describe this place, it’s huge and mystical. You can plan to elope at Horseshoe Bend and than venture into the canyons for you video portrait session. We will be there with you to document your wild wedding.

 

8 LES ECLAIREURS LIGHTHOUSE PATAGONIA

Ph: Damien Roué / Flickr Creative Commons

Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse is a slightly conically shaped lighthouse standing on the northeastern-most island of the five or more Les Eclaireurs islands. This is the most southerly located lighthouse in the world so if you want something really unique for your wedding, you can consider this place at the end of the world. We will be happy to be there with you to document your wedding.

 

9 ABBEY OF SAN GALGANO

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The Abbey of Saint Galgano was a Cistercian Monastery found in the valley of the river Merse between the towns of Chiusdino and Monticiano, in the province of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Presently, the roofless walls of the Gothic style 13th-century Abbey church still stand. You know, Tuscany is a top destination for getting married in Italy, and this ancient Abbay is what you were looking for if you want to get married in a breathtaking place in Tuscany. At sunset the light flood this abbay and create incredible lighting effects, this is a perfect spot for your ceremony.

 

10 TREE HOUSE ATLANTA GEORGIA

 

Ph: airbnb

Are you ready for this experience? Airbnb  is a source of inspiration and if you’re good at search, you’ll find incredible places to celebrate your wedding. This wonderful tree house can host you and your families and friends for the most unforgettable day of your life. We absolutely must tell the love story of the two lovers who will decide to get married in this tree house. So if a tree house is definitely your choice we are definitely your destination wedding videographers.

 

*** BONUS || VAGABOND SOULS

Ph: Mitch Cox

There is no limit to your imagination, there is no limit to your desire to share a unique experience with the person you love. Every place on this world is perfect for you if you are together, the same for us, we are two kind souls that love each other, every place we visit is incredible because we are together. We observe the truly beauty through the eyes of the other and in each other’s eyes we can see the universe.

 

UKIYO

October 2017

UKIYO

Elopement wedding on a Floating Planet

This elopement wedding is set in an unspecified future on UKIYO, an imaginary floating planet made entirely of water. UKIYO is a sentient organism-planet that is capable of thinking, of creating life, of manifesting the memories and desires of those who come in contact with it. The two people who live here could be an anthropomorphic manifestation of the planet itself, as well as their meeting that probably never really happened.  We let ourselves be inspired by the meta-science fiction of a masterpiece of cinema: Solaris of Andrej Tarkovski.

Styling & planning @camillacascinovisualstylist / Phototography @kirandiraphotography / Videography @evergreen_film / Florals @chiaraspertifloralevents / Bride’s dress @cathytelle / Bride’s shoes @bellabelleshoes / Groom’s attire @linneo.archivable.clothing / Jewels @lesibille / Headpiece @neabridalmilan / Hair stylist @frankgiaconehairstylist / Stationery & calligraphy @nicnillasink / Silk ribbons @froufrouchic / Ring box @the_mrs_box / Cake @rose_cakes_rome

Read more about elopement wedding, click here!

NICOLAS&NIKOLA

December 2017

ECHOES

Destination wedding in Tuscany

You can understand how much I am in love with these two guys from the huge number of images in our new website. I loved everything about this destination wedding in Tuscany, light, colors, climbing on the highest peaks of the Carrara quarry. Everything was a fascinating adventure with the sweetest, most creative and enterprising couple I ever met. Nicolas and Nikola share the name, their immense love, creativity, taste for simple things.

To the man I love, to my Future

We put the highest expectations on every film that we document, but there were some clear signs that would have made us particularly love this film. We have had a strong empathy with the couple since their first email. They immediately proved to be very involved and shared with us the desire to tell something that went beyond the wedding event, they wanted a more intimate portrait of their love story. The couple is based in New York and they have decided to spend about a week in the Tuscan countryside surrounded by the closest friends and families. We immediately integrated into their family, we felt part of it. Together we explored the area surrounding the Villa they rented for the wedding and we also visited a magical place in Tuscany, the Carrara Marble quarries. The visit to the marble quarry was very inspiring. We have treated the construction of the story as the process of making a marble sculpture. As Michelangelo said, the form is already contained within the marble block, the aim of the artist is to reveal it.

Film makers Luigia Pansera, Giuseppe Colonese, Amedeo Greco
Graded with FilmConvert

Photographer Elisabetta Marzetti
Floral design Puscina Flowers
Location Villa Catureglio

  

ALLISON&JOSHUA

May 2017

Dandelion

Intimate wedding Tuscany

For their intimate wedding in Tuscany they chose an intimate and reserved location in the heart of Tuscany: Camporsevoli.  Finally, after months of email, we meet Allison and Joshua. They are more cute and romantic than we had imagined.

The summer is beginning and the weather is perfect for the couple shooting we planned to do in the afternoon prior the wedding. Allison is a very good photographer, it was an honor for us to be chosen to keep the memory of this elopement wedding in Tuscany.

The rain fell during the wedding day but it was not an obstacle. The storm gave us an apocalyptic scenario that we used for th couple’s portraits after the intimate ceremony in the little church located on the Hill of Camporsevoli. The wedding was filled with joy and love. The epic moment was the first dance in the middle of the lawn just outside the villa, under the rain / lights strings. It was magic to share this intimate wedding in Tuscany with Allison and Joshua and their family. This has shown us how simplicity makes everything perfect.

Venue Camporsevoli | Styling/Planning: SposiamoVi Firenze SRL | Florals: Puscina Flowers | Dress: Hayley Paige via Bridal Galleria | Hair and Makeup: Antonella Macaluso | Ring: Reynolds & Co | Groom’s Suit: Jaeger | Paper Goods: Laura Mazzetti| Rentals: Preludio Noleggi | Caterer: Dopo Lavoro La Foce