Michela Taeggi is a photojournalist and documentary photographer working between Milan and Bergamo (Italy). She’s also a very fine portrait photographer, whose images have been recently shortlisted and have received Honorable Mention in important international contests, such as the Sony World Photography Awards 2014 and the Annual PAA 2014.

Michela contacted me with a very specific request; she needed an Editing and a strong Postproduction style for her new project “The Silence of the Trees”; the project, as I first saw it from the contact sheet she sent me, was a fantastic series of portraits of children she had taken and crafted along two years, expressing the spontaneous deep relationship that they have with trees and nature. Both the concept, and the way she had imagined the portraits were outstanding, and the images were so strong that making a choice wasn’t easy; in addition, finding the right tone for the greens (the most difficult colour for a photographer!) was proving very difficult for her.

After giving a cohesive cut to the story through a very strict Editing, we made some tests for Postproduction; Michela chose the style that suited her pictures best, we then proceeded to apply it to all pictures and sequence them for her website in a way that enhanced her vision.

The result is a dreamy little gallery in which the timeless elegance of her portraits flows in a suspended atmosphere.


Michela has been so kind to share her thoughts on our work together:

“I worked with Raffaela on the Post Production, Editing and Sequencing of my latest work, “The Silence of the Trees”.
Her experience has been very valuable to me: since our first meeting, she understood exactly what I was looking for and what "mood" I wanted to give to my project. From the very first post production tests I could see that she exactly hit the target I had in mind.
As for the Editing, she managed to select and sequence my photographic project at its best, adding value to each single image. Working with Raffaela was a very interesting and instructive experience. Thanks!”