Sandra Ardizzone Photography

Sandra Ardizzone builds her work around intimate weddings, and her galleries show what that means: a lakeside spring wedding, an elopement with views over two lakes, an urban civil ceremony with views over the city of Zurich and a spring wedding in an industrial venue. She is based in Baden and is happy to travel to wherever the day takes place. She is a favorite of ours for couples who want a small day with a photographer who plans alongside them.

English first, with German, Italian and Polish behind it

She speaks English, German, Italian and Polish, plus a little Spanish and a little French, and Swiss German on top. You can plan with her in English and still have a photographer who can follow the speeches, toasts and relatives at a Swiss German or Italian-speaking celebration, which is a real help when half your guests speak another language.

Civil packages from 2 hours, Saturdays from 8 (November 2026)

The calendar tends to fill up about 12 to 6 months in advance. Wedding packages start at 2 hours for civil ceremonies on weekdays and on off-season weekends (November to March), from CHF 940 as read in November 2026, while Saturday packages start at 8 hours and CHF 4,100. For longer days she is there for 10 hours on average with no breaks, and she is happy to join the vendor dinner a venue or caterer offers. An engagement shoot is included when you book a package of 8 hours or more. Images arrive 5 to 6 weeks after the wedding, and albums are high-end linen albums. She uses two Canon R6 cameras on the day. Her coverage includes one to two consultations before the wedding and support whenever a question comes up.

A photographer who also helps with the planning

She does not see herself as only the person behind the camera and takes on a long run of side roles: a consultant, a coordinator, a dress-fixer, a bobby-pin carrier. Before the day she offers help finding vendors and locations or deciding on vows. Her blog supports this with posts on why she loves intimate weddings, what an elopement is, five reasons to do a first look, what to wear to an engagement shoot, and what happens if the photographer gets sick the day before.

Venue knowledge from Zurich to Thurgau

One planning post, dated 19 February 2021, lists urban and industrial venues across German-speaking Switzerland. It includes the Giesserei Oerlikon in Zurich, where the Werkstatt room suits up to 80 people and the larger rooms up to 200; Ristorante Rosso in Zurich's Kreis 4; the Dampfzentrale in Bern, which fits up to 120; the Stanzerei in Baden, with room for up to 140 and a small enclosed courtyard; the Papiersaal in Zurich; the Giesserei Baden; and the Komturei Tobel in Thurgau. She wanted an urban venue for her own wedding, which explains the lean toward converted industrial spaces. The capacities are the ones listed in 2021, so confirm them with the venue.

A photo credit in the Aargauer Zeitung

Her pictures have appeared in regional press. The Aargauer Zeitung credited "Sandra Ardizzone Photography" for a photograph in a May 2019 article about the 1 May union events in Aargau. It is a photo credit rather than a review, so it shows press work alongside her weddings.

Elopements, couples and the engagement shoot

She recommends the engagement shoot as a way to get used to the camera before the wedding day, and her couples sessions include a vineyard shoot, a riverbank shoot for wedding invitations and a fall session in Wettingen. She has specialized in weddings and couples, so family, newborn and maternity shoots are not her focus. One elopement began with a terrible forecast that forced a change of plan at the last minute, which led to an adventurous elopement with views over two lakes. One of her 2022 highlights was a wedding where she and the couple solved an Escape Room on the day, which tells you she is happy to join in with the mood of a day rather than steer it.