I would like to personally thank all of my past clients. You made me progress, you’ve shared your love and emotions with me and I’ve spent truly amazing moments at your wedding.

I have also observed one thing about my usual clients – they all care about a visual and technical quality of the photographs. It’s very important for me to know that all my efforts with the retouching and light setups are appreciated.

Some of the couples I’ve met are interested in photography as a hobby, some know very well what they’d like to obtain or show me the style that they favor the most. It’s not about the basic need of a photographer to document their wedding, they all want it to be perfect and memorable. This choice is as important for them as the choice of the wedding dress.

One of the biggest compliments I’ve heard from a groom is that I’m not over retouching my pictures. That’s why there’s a chance that in the future they won’t become unfashionable. There are trends in photography, each year brings new effects. Some of them are great for fashion but I think that a wedding is such an occasion which should be shown in a realistic way. I hope the year 2012 will bring me more destination weddings. I’m dreaming about photographing a Hindu wedding since a long time.

I already have some dates booked, so if you’d like to see whether I’m available for your wedding, please check out my calendar.

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Cascade de Gairaut is located on the Vesubie Canal. Surrounded by an expertly landscaped part, it constitutes a genuine monument to the establishment of the canal in 1883. thanks to its position on a mountain slope, the site offers a great panorama of Nice and the coastline. The dense vegetation and curious rock formations add to the natural beauty of the site. The humming sound of falling water combines with strong scent of blooming plants, stimulating all the senses.

Laure is in 7th month, that’s a perfect time to take pregnancy pictures plus she looked and felt great!
Once little Eduard is born, we’ll take some family photos, so visit my blog soon!

Aldona’s asked my favourite maquilleuse – Olga to do her make-up.
I’ve worked with Olga on various occasions and she makes a perfect stylist as well.

Now a little bit of history of the place itself, which I hope you’ll find amusing. Legend has it that the original Château de Cremat logo inspired Coco Chanel to create the famous Chanel logo (the two interlocking Cs). Coco herself reportedly spent a great deal of time at the Château which was owned by a friend of hers in the 1920s and supposedly asked the venue if she could use their logo for her new perfume. The CC logo can indeed be seen in many places around the venue, from the stained glass windows and the stone work to the door frames.
To read more about this beautiful castle, click here.

The wedding was organised by Eternal Event wedding planner. The preparations took place in a beautiful house of Emmanuel’s parents in St Roman de Bellet. It gives a view over the mountains and grape fields. With a great help of Basia – a polish makeupist also living in the south of France, and Emmanuel’s mom who’s been a hairdresser before, Aldona’s transformed into a real Princess Bride.
After the church ceremony, the guests came back to Emmanuel’s parents house for a quite somptuous buffet. Our Polish priest – Bronisław Rosiek, was also welcomed to join the dinner. The couple has shared “bread and salt” in accordance with our tradition. After the first toast, the couple breaks the glasses by throwing them behind them. The second toast is often a champagne shot glass toast, which is raised in the name of the couple by the wedding attendants.

Afterwards all the guests have followed the wedding couple with a rented bus to Vista Palace Hotel next to Monaco, where the evening continued. The view was splendid, especially with the fireworks above the sea! Below you will find a great wedding video made by a young videographer hired by the couple, he has really captured the mood of the wedding!

Marta, once again thank you so much for your wonderful photos! I love them all!

A wedding video made by Guillaume De Maeyer:

The pictures were taken in October, I had my studio lights with me in case the weather got bad. It wasn’t that bad but the clouds begun to gather and the river was very cold. I even wanted to suggest to Magali to take the photos next to the river but she was so determined to get in! She said it’s only once in your lifetime to take pictures like these and she’s right! So I quickly forgot about my feet turning blue and with a great help of her mom as our light assisant, we continued our great photo shoot!

Qu’est-ce que c’est qu’un “Trash the dress” ? – lisez ici ou ici.

Qu‘est-ce qu’un Trash the Dress?

Built on its rocky outcrop and surrounded by its ramparts built on the orders of François I°, St Paul is certainly one of the most beautiful villages in Provence. The beauty of the surrounding area, quality of life and exceptional light has inspired numerous famous artists, painters, writers and poets, some of whom took up residence in the village. To know more about Saint Paul de Vence click here.

We’ve spent a couple of hours together, chatting a lot, and we’ve really liked each other, we even had a glass of wine in one of the restaurants in Nice, where we continued our engagement photo session. Jennifer has danced before and frankly, this has helped me a lot, I didn’t have to pose them, she looked natural and beautiful at each photograph, along with her husband-to-be of course!

Hi Marta, these are beautiful! You did an amazing job, we love them.

She has designed everything by herself:
The inspiration behind the colors was the mediterranean sea: Côte d’Azur, the golden beaches in Cannes, the white camellia flower and sweet chocolat. The flower Camellia was the illustration troughout the design of the invitations, programs and all the wedding details, together with the word OUI! She has also designed the invitations, which were packed in a cake box with macarons inside. The rings were made of rosé gold and engraved with the word OUI. The dot over the letter i, was a small diamond. Inside of the ring there was the song’s title, engraved: WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING (Placebo). The gold and the diamonds were taken from an old jewelry who is beloved and has it’s history.

Dear Beautiful! Oh my God!!! I am totaly crying here! We have still not landed after our big day, everything went so fast, so many memories to compress, so many moments …..we wish to do it all once more, which we can’t of course!
We are so happy for all the beautiful pictures! I love the montage, it was so moving, so nice … I can’t even write about it before feeling tears coming! This day will never come back, these moments, this beauty of the love that was surrounding us. It was the best day we ever had and thank You for beeing there to capture this trough your eyes.

Petit train was driving the guests from Palais de Festivals in Cannes to the villa.

Each participant’s received a glass of wine (or more!), and a fresh baguette, a typically French accent.

The major surprise organised by Anders were flash mobs at each restaurant we were passing.
Of course Vivi couldn’t see it as she was getting ready at the villa.

There was even a singer at Croisette !

Vivi has put her trust with the hair and make-up into Heidi‘s hands, good choice! Check out the new Heidi’s youtube channel!

The camelia was Coco Chanel‘s favourite flower. The ones above can be found on the gift bags at Chanel’s store.

Vivi walking down the steps to the ceremony’s terrace.

Even Anders’ tie has something to say..

These cute oui cookies and macaron’s piece montee were done by Bridie caterer.