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Notes on light, places, and the art of seeing. In French and English.

Paris has a secret that its visitors rarely discover: behind its limestone facades and iron railings, the city is full of gardens. Some are famous — the Tuileries, the Luxembourg, the Palais Royal. Many are private, hidden behind the doors of hôtels particuliers, accessible only to their residents. For a garden wedding photographer in Paris, […]

Garden Wedding Photography in Paris: Hidden Spaces and Perfect Light

Garden wedding photography in hidden Parisian spaces and perfect light

Lake Como operates on its own logic. The light comes off the water differently than it does anywhere else — softer, more diffuse, with a quality that has something to do with the mountains on all sides and the particular clarity of the air at altitude. Photographers who work here regularly all talk about it […]

Villa d’Este Wedding Photography: What Lake Como Looks Like When You Know Where to Stand

Every couple who gets married in Paris wants a photograph in front of the Eiffel Tower. This is not a cliché problem — it is a composition problem. The Eiffel Tower exists. It is extraordinary. Whether to photograph in front of it is not the real question. But how to do it in a way […]

Iconic Paris Landmarks: How to Photograph Them Without the Clichés

Wedding photography at iconic Paris landmarks by Guillaume Gimenez