Hello,
I’m Sotiris Tsakanikas, a destination wedding photographer based between Florence and Athens.
My work lives where fashion meets feeling—clean compositions, beautiful light, and an honest, documentary heartbeat. I photograph weddings with an editorial eye, but I’m always listening for what’s real: the glance that says everything, the quiet before the ceremony, the movement, the atmosphere, the people who made the day matter.
I work calmly and discreetly—present, but never loud—so you can stay inside the experience while I shape it into a visual story that feels effortless, elevated, and timeless.
Over the years I’ve photographed couples all around Europe, taught photographers (digital and film), published books, and led international workshops. My work has been featured in publications including Harper’s Bazaar, Brides, Elle, and leading wedding platforms.
If you’re planning a wedding in Tuscany, Lake Como, the Athenian Riviera, or the Greek islands, I’d love to create something that feels like you—refined, intentional, and deeply alive.
The idea behind the editing tool AETHER PRESETS was born because I wished my digital files to simulate my signature film photography style. Inspired by the milky, lucent light of my country, the simplicity and the harmony of the ancient Greek culture and the remarkable texture of film,.
My aim was to give my portraits perfect skin tones, and render a peaceful and genuine color palette that doesn't look excessive or artificial.
As the name implies, you're in for an editing set that always delivers bright, classic, ethereal, and timeless images. AETHER - which means brightness in Greek Mythology - was after all, the embodiment of the lucid upper sky. AETHER PRESETS smoothly apply to all light conditions met during a wedding day, and like me, I hope you can discover how easily they can transform your post-production processing and simplify your workflow.
SOWL WORKSHOPS
THE SOWL WORKSHOPS is an annual wedding photography workshop established and coordinated by Sotiris Tsakanikas, for a limited number of attendees. The Secret Owl is a community, a small but substantial society that gradually turns into a “family”.
Every year renowned professional guests of honor, will join Sotiris to share their experience and knowledge, to guide and inspire us.
We wish to share a common space and to entirely devote our time to photography away from disruptions. We love the energy and the dynamics of breathing aside like-minded people who are as passionate and in love with photography as we are.
We aim to escape everyday life and find ourselves in places where photography is our sole concern and focus - pun intended-. We like to sit together at the table, share good food, drinks, stories, and insights; we like to dance and to unwind, and naturally, to shoot
The workshop is addressed to all those who love photography and aspire to take their work to the next level, yet basic photography knowledge is required in order to attend.
