Greece · September 12, 2026
Dinner under the olive tree
A long table, a hundred candles and a grandmother's recipe: how a Greek wedding dinner became the picture everyone remembers.
The table was the whole idea. Eleni's family built it from planks and trestles the week before, and by sunset it ran the length of the garden under a very old olive tree.
What we do at a dinner like this
We stay out of the way until the toasts begin. Then we move slowly around the edges, shoot into the candlelight and keep the flash in the bag. Reception pictures that feel like the evening are almost always made in the evening's own light.
If your dinner is outdoors, ask your planner to keep the lighting warm and low. It does more for the photographs than any amount of editing afterwards.
Planning a wedding in the hills?
Tell us your date and the place you love, and we will tell you if we are free.
