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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

Within ninety minutes of Paris, the Île-de-France region contains some of the most extraordinary wedding venues in France. The great châteaux — Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chantilly, Fontainebleau, and dozens of privately owned estates — offer a scale and grandeur that Paris itself cannot provide. For a couple who wants France as context rather than Paris as backdrop, […]

Château Weddings Near Paris: A Photographer’s Guide to the Île-de-France

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

Paris changes completely with the seasons — and for a wedding photographer in Paris, each season offers a completely different set of tools. The spring light is soft and even, filtered through newly opened leaves. Summer brings long golden evenings that last until 10pm. Autumn wraps the city in amber and fog. Winter gives you […]

Seasonal Paris Weddings: How Light Changes Everything

Seasonal wedding photography in Paris showing changing light throughout the year