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

People ask me what a wedding day looks like from my side of the camera. The honest answer: it begins at 7am and ends sometime after midnight, and in between those two points there are perhaps thirty or forty moments of sustained, complete attention — moments where everything else falls away and the only thing […]

A Day in the Life of a Paris Wedding Photographer

Paris wedding photographer Guillaume Gimenez at work during a wedding day

When couples start planning a wedding in France, châteaux appear at the top of every list. And for good reason. As a château wedding photographer in France, I have worked in estates across the Île-de-France region, the Loire Valley, and Provence. Each one has taught me something about what makes this kind of wedding unlike […]

Château Wedding Photographer France: Why These Estates Make Everything Different

Luxury wedding photographer in Paris and Île-de-France, Guillaume Gimenez

The locations I return to for Paris couples photoshoots — and why each one works. Not the standard list.

The Best Locations for a Couples Photoshoot in Paris

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