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Journal — 04

Where we go, and what the light does there.

Scouting notes from the places we return to, written for couples who are trying to choose between an island and a hillside.

Scouting notes by Camille

4 Feb 2026Why we are returning to Pienza in OctoberNotes from a scouting trip, with three restaurants, a chapel, and the best afternoon walk in the Val d’Orcia. Camille.Nov 2025What makes a destination wedding photograph differentThe specific technical and logistical problems of Santorini, Mykonos and Sifnos — and why arriving 48 hours early is not optional.Jun 2025Mani in September, and the hardest light in GreeceStone, sea glare, and a ceremony at the wrong hour that worked anyway.Apr 2025The Cycladic villages that still look like villagesSifnos, Serifos and Folegandros, and the difference between a photogenic island and a liveable one.

The season, roughly

WhereBest monthsWhy
WhereCycladesBest monthsJune, SeptemberWhyThe light softens and the islands empty at the same time
WhereManiBest monthsSeptember, OctoberWhyStone holds the heat but the glare finally drops
WhereTuscanyBest monthsOctoberWhyThe Val d’Orcia turns and the long tables move outdoors
WhereProvenceBest monthsMay, SeptemberWhyCamille’s home ground, and the two months without wind
WhereCreteBest monthsMay to OctoberWhyThe longest usable season in Greece

Other categories

01Destination workCyclades, Mani, Tuscany, Provence, Crete02Real WeddingsThe islands, written up in full03Behind the FrameLight, lenses and the rest of it