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

Provence on film is a different argument entirely. The grain that sits in the shadows of a stone wall. The way Kodak Portra handles the ochre and terracotta without pushing them into artificial saturation. The latitude that keeps detail in both the white dress and the shadow of the cypress tree behind it. There is […]

Film Photography at a Provence Wedding

Film wedding photography in Provence by Guillaume Gimenez

Autumn in Provence is the season that most photographers keep to themselves. The crowds of August are gone. The light changes completely — lower, warmer, arriving at a longer angle from September through November. The vineyards turn amber and red. The garrigue releases its oils into the cooling air. For a wedding, it is the […]

Provence in Autumn: The Season Most Wedding Photographers Keep to Themselves

Wedding photography on the Côte d'Azur by Guillaume Gimenez

Provence produces some of the finest rosé in the world, and the vineyards that surround its châteaux and domaines are among the most visually compelling wedding settings available anywhere in France. Vines in rows, stone cellars, terracotta roof tiles, and light that arrives warm and golden — vineyard weddings in Provence have a quality that […]

Vineyard Wedding Photography in Provence

Wedding photography among Provence vineyards by Guillaume Gimenez