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Weddings in Caen and Normandy

One wedding told from start to finish, from the henna to the drinks reception, and a gallery of images chosen from my weddings since 2008, in Normandy and in Paris.

The approach

A whole wedding first, then the gallery

I photograph weddings the way a documentary photographer would: I stay in the background, I wait for moments rather than provoking them, and I look for the light that suits them. The result is natural and spontaneous, and it looks like your day, not like a catalogue.

So that you know exactly what you’ll receive, I publish one wedding from beginning to end, Kamilia & Jean-Baptiste’s: not the ten best images, a whole day. The gallery below brings together images chosen from my weddings since 2008, in Normandy and in Paris.

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The gallery

Since 2008

Images chosen from the weddings I’ve photographed since 2008, in Normandy and in Paris. Colour and black and white side by side, just as in the galleries I deliver.

Getting ready

Getting ready: the bride, helped by her loved ones, adjusts her dress (black and white)Getting ready: buttoning up the bride’s lace dressThe groom ties his red tieThe bride looks at herself in a large antique mirrorThe groom getting ready, his reflection in the mirror, black and whiteThe bride and her bridesmaids in red dresses at the windowThe family cat during the preparationsThe bride fastens her shoes, black and whiteThe bride from behind as her dress is fastened, black and whiteStraightening the groom’s shirt collarThe bride doing her make-up in a small mirrorDetail: the groom’s rose buttonhole

Ceremonies Town hall, church, celebrant-led

Civil wedding in Normandy: guests applaud the bride in a wood-panelled roomThe bride under her veil during the ceremony, black and whiteSigning the register, the groom’s hand in black and whiteExchange of rings, close-up on the couple’s handsOutdoor celebrant-led ceremony under a large tree, backlitTwo little flower girls in the aisle of the outdoor ceremonyA grandfather holds a heart-shaped balloon during the ceremonyA little girl looks up during the ceremony, black and whiteThe children bring the rings during the ceremonyThe bride laughs and wipes away a tear, black and whiteA shower of heart-shaped confetti over the newlywedsLeaving the church under a shower of confettiThe bride laughs under pink confetti, next to a baby in a guest’s armsThe newlyweds leave the town hall, surrounded by their guests

The couple From the coast to the countryside

The newlyweds kiss outside a thatched cottage with blue half-timberingThe couple on a Normandy beach at low tide at sunset, half-timbered villas in the distanceThe newlyweds in sunglasses in front of a barn doorPortrait of the newlyweds against a stone wallThe newlyweds kiss by a wooden gate, black and whiteThe newlyweds kiss, backlitThe newlyweds in the tall grassThe newlyweds forehead to forehead, black and whiteThe newlyweds, tiny, on the rocks by the seaA tender moment between the newlyweds, black and whiteThe bride on a balcony, the sea belowThe bride walks down a staircase, bouquet in hand, black and whitePortrait of the bride in window lightThe newlyweds walk along a path through the dunes, the sea behind them

The party Drinks reception, dinner, dancing

The groom’s best men in the back of a vintage carThe newlyweds raise a glass and kiss during the drinks receptionA little girl wearing a flower crownA guest’s smile, black and whiteA sky lantern lit in the nightThe wedding cake and its sparklers, in the nightThe dance floor under coloured lightsA couple dancing in silhouette under the spotlightsA guest dancing in silhouette in the smoke, black and whiteRoom decoration: an old wooden door and the word “Amour”White balloons released into the night, black and white

Here and elsewhere Engagement sessions

Engagement session in Paris: a kiss on the banks of the Seine, under the Pont des ArtsEngagement session in Paris, rue de Rivoli: the golden statue of Joan of Arc and the traffic in motion blurEngagement session in Paris, the couple in an underpass, black and whiteEngagement session: the couple walks along the banks of the Seine, Paris

Is your date free?

Tell me when and where. I’ll reply within 24 hours with my availability, then we’ll talk for thirty minutes.

2027 Season: five weddings, now booking.