Provence Wedding Photographer
Natural, elegant wedding photography for couples celebrating their wedding, elopement or intimate ceremony in Provence.
Wedding photography from€1,450
Weddings & elopements · Provence · Available worldwide
Your Provence wedding, beautifully documented
From the quiet moments before the ceremony to the last dance, we capture the atmosphere, emotions and people that make your wedding yours.
Packages · Provence
Choose your Provence wedding coverage
Final pricing depends on your date, location and coverage. Travel, where there is any, is itemised at cost.
1–2 hours
Elopement
From€850
For intimate ceremonies and destination elopements.
- 1–2 hours of photography
- A planning consultation and location guidance
- Timing planned around sunrise or sunset for your date
- Help with permits where a location needs one
4–5 hours
Half Day
From€1,450
For couples who want the ceremony, portraits and key moments of the celebration.
- 4–5 hours of photography
- A planning call and a written photography timeline
- Ceremony, family photographs, portraits and the start of the celebration
- A preview set within seven days
8–10 hours
Full Day
From€2,250
Complete coverage from preparations through the reception.
- 8–10 hours of photography
- A second photographer available as an addition
- A planning call, a written timeline and a family list agreed in advance
- A preview set within seven days
Marrying away from home? Destination Wedding coverage — the full day, with travel planned around it — from €2,950. How destination weddings work
Why couples choose us
More than beautiful photographs
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A calm experience
Guidance when you need it, without turning your wedding into a photoshoot. Most of the day we are simply there, and you will forget we are.
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Destination experience
Comfortable working with international couples, travel schedules and unfamiliar venues — including the ones none of us has seen until the week of the wedding.
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Professional backup
Professional equipment, every frame written to two memory cards at once, and your images backed up off-site within twenty-four hours.
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Clear communication
Straightforward packages, transparent pricing and a simple booking process. You always know what happens next, and what it costs.
Our promises
What every couple can count on
Nothing is published without your consent
No blog post, no portfolio entry, no social post, no submission to a publication. Your wedding is private by default and stays private unless you write to say otherwise. A non-disclosure agreement is signed on request and at no cost.
You meet your photographer before the day
The photographer on your wedding is the one you spoke to, and if a second is added you are told who they are in advance. Both have read the timeline and know the venue. Nobody learns your names that morning.
A preview in seven days, everything in eight weeks
A preview set within seven days of the wedding, and the complete edited set within eight weeks — four for an elopement. Those are commitments rather than estimates. If we are ever going to miss one, you hear it from us before the date passes.
Your archive is kept, and it is yours
Full-resolution files, a private online archive, and a print release for personal use with no expiry and no territory limit. You are never asked to buy back your own photographs.
How it works
From your first message to your wedding gallery
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Tell us about your plans
Send your date, location and a few details about your wedding. It takes two minutes.
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Check availability
We confirm availability — usually within 24 hours — and recommend the coverage that fits your plans.
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Plan your photography
We discuss the timeline, locations, light and anything important to you, and a booking deposit holds the date.
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Enjoy your day
We photograph the moments naturally and deliver your finished gallery after the wedding — a preview within a week.
Local knowledge
Getting married in Provence?
What matters for your photographs here: the places, the hours and the practicalities — from planning weddings in Provence, not from a travel guide.
Portrait locations
- Gordes. A stone village stacked on a hill above the Luberon valley.
- Sentier des Ocres, Roussillon. A short path through ochre cliffs in red, orange and yellow.
- Plateau de Valensole. The wide lavender fields that everyone imagines, bordered by public roads.
The best light
- May to June. Green, flowering, warm and clear.
- July. Lavender at its peak and cut through the month.
- September. Vendange, softer light, warm days and cool evenings.
Popular venues
- Château de Fonscolombe — Eighteenth-century château, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade
- Domaine de Fontenille — Wine estate, Lauris
- Château de Sannes — Private château, Luberon
- Mas de la Rose — Seventeenth-century hamlet, Orgon (Alpilles)
Good to know
- Lavender is a working crop on a short season.
- The mistral can blow hard for several consecutive days, particularly in spring.
- A French civil marriage generally requires one of you to have lived in the commune for at least a month beforehand; most international couples hold a symbolic ceremony here and marry legally at home.
The full Provence guide
Wedding photography in Provence
We photograph weddings and elopements across Provence — châteaux and bastides in the Luberon and the Alpilles, wine estates around Aix-en-Provence, and hilltop villages such as Gordes and Les Baux.
The light here is a meteorological fact rather than a marketing line: the mistral scours the humidity out of the air, and what is left is a transparency a camera records without any help. The same wind is the thing to plan for.
The light in Provence is not a marketing line; it is a meteorological fact and the reason a generation of painters moved here. The mistral scours the humidity out of the air, and what is left is a transparency and a saturation you do not get further north. Colours are simply more themselves. On a clear day after the wind, the difference through a camera is obvious.
The weddings here are château weddings: a stone house with a courtyard, an avenue of plane trees, a long table under them, lavender or vines beyond, and a dinner that starts late and runs very late. The form is well established and the vendors are excellent, because this region has been doing this for a long time.
Two things to plan for. Lavender is a narrow season and people are consistently surprised by how narrow — roughly late June into July, and it is cut once it is ready regardless of your date. And the mistral itself, which can blow hard for days on end and will take a marquee, a veil and a hairstyle with it.
The best wedding photography locations in Provence
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Gordes
A stone village stacked on a hill above the Luberon valley. Seen from the road below at the end of the day, when the last light catches the walls.
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Sentier des Ocres, Roussillon
A short path through ochre cliffs in red, orange and yellow. Rich colour in soft light; harsh in midday sun and busy in season, so early is better.
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Plateau de Valensole
The wide lavender fields that everyone imagines, bordered by public roads. Only in flower for a few weeks in early summer, and best at sunrise or sunset.
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Les Baux-de-Provence
A village and castle ruin on a rocky spur in the Alpilles, with olive groves below. Quiet in the evening once the day visitors have gone.
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Abbaye de Sénanque
The Cistercian abbey in its valley near Gordes, with lavender in front in early summer. A working monastery, so it is photographed quietly from the public areas, and the crop is cut when it is ready, not when you arrive.
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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence old town
Plane-tree boulevards, fountains and narrow shaded lanes. Easy walking and dappled light, useful on a hot afternoon.
Popular wedding venues in Provence
Places couples choose between here, and how each behaves for photographs. A list, not a list of partners: we recommend nowhere for a fee.
Château de Fonscolombe
Eighteenth-century château, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade
A formal park with water and an avenue on axis. Late light runs down that axis, which is a composition the garden designer left you.
Domaine de Fontenille
Wine estate, Lauris
Vines to the edge of the terrace and a cellar below it. The cellar is the cool dark half of a hot gold day, and the contrast is what keeps a set from being one note.
Château de Sannes
Private château, Luberon
Taken whole, with a courtyard that shelters from the mistral when the open terrace cannot. Worth seeing the sheltered option before you commit to the exposed one.
Mas de la Rose
Seventeenth-century hamlet, Orgon (Alpilles)
A restored shepherds’ hamlet of stone, pine and olive rather than formal garden, inside the Alpilles park. The trees break up hard midday light, and the stone goes gold late in the day.
Domaine de Manville
Estate and olive groves, Les Baux-de-Provence
Olive groves under the Alpilles ridge, taken whole for a wedding. The rock behind it catches the evening light noticeably before the valley does.
When to marry in Provence, and at what hour
May to June
Green, flowering, warm and clear. Lavender begins late in the window and is not guaranteed for an early June date.
July
Lavender at its peak and cut through the month. Hot, bright, and the busiest weeks of the year.
September
Vendange, softer light, warm days and cool evenings. Quieter and arguably the best month for photographs.
The kind of place
- Châteaux and bastides with courtyards, fountains and plane-tree avenues
- Working vineyards and wine estates with cellars and long outdoor tables
- Hilltop village squares, for a civil ceremony at the mairie
- Lavender and sunflower fields, which belong to farmers and are cut on their schedule
Planning a wedding in Provence
- Lavender is a working crop on a short season. It is cut when it is ready, not when the wedding is, and no venue controls that.
- The mistral can blow hard for several consecutive days, particularly in spring. Marquees, veils and outdoor floral installations all need a plan for it.
- A French civil marriage generally requires one of you to have lived in the commune for at least a month beforehand; most international couples hold a symbolic ceremony here and marry legally at home.
- The region is spread out and the driving between the Luberon, the Alpilles and the coast is longer than it looks.
Most couples in Provence book our Destination Wedding coverage, from €2,800: one photographer for the full day, with a second photographer or a welcome dinner available as additions. Travel is quoted at cost and itemised, and exact pricing comes in reply to your inquiry.
Two things get established before the day, and when it helps we can arrive early to see them at ceremony hour; that is agreed per inquiry. The first is where the mistral comes from at your property and what the sheltered alternative actually looks like, because on an exposed château terrace that wind will take a veil, a hairstyle and the side of a marquee. The second, if your date is in the first half of July, is whether the lavender field on your mood board is still standing — it is a working crop on a short season and no venue controls it.
Preview within seven days, the complete edited set within eight weeks in a private online gallery with full-resolution downloads, and a personal print release. Nothing published without your written consent.
Destination Wedding in Provence
The mistral scours the humidity out of the air over Provence, and what it leaves behind is a transparency that painters moved here for and that a camera records without any help. Colours are more saturated because there is less between them and you. On the clear day after the wind has blown, the difference between a Provence photograph and the same scene in a softer climate is obvious at a glance.
The same wind is the thing to plan for. It can blow hard for days at a time, and on an exposed château terrace it will take a veil, a hairstyle and the side of a marquee with it. Your venue should have a sheltered courtyard, and we will ask to see it well before the day. And if your date is in the first half of July we will also establish whether the lavender in the field you have been looking at is still standing, because it is a working crop and it is cut when the farmer is ready rather than when you arrive.
More questions about Provence
- How much does a wedding photographer cost in Provence?
- A full château wedding day starts at €2,950 on our Destination Wedding tier. Half Day coverage starts at €1,450, Full Day coverage at €2,250, and an elopement at €850. Travel is quoted at cost and itemised. Your exact quote depends on the date, hours and travel, and we send it in reply to your inquiry.
- How far ahead should we book in Provence?
- For a July or September château wedding, nine to fifteen months ahead is typical. The lavender weeks in early July are the most requested of the year and go first.
- Can we elope in Provence?
- Yes, and the villages and lavender roads suit two people far better than a hundred. Our elopement coverage starts at €850 for two hours, with the place and the timing planned around the light and the crop.
- Will there be lavender for our date?
- If your date is in the first half of July, very probably. Late June is a gamble and depends on the year; August is too late — it has been cut. We will tell you honestly rather than let a field appear on a mood board that will be stubble when you arrive.
- How much of a problem is the mistral?
- It can blow hard for several consecutive days, particularly in spring. Marquees, veils and outdoor floral installations all need a plan for it, and the plan should be a room or a courtyard someone has actually stood in.
- Can we legally marry in France?
- Only if one of you, or a parent, has lived in the French commune for at least a month before the banns are published. Most international couples therefore marry legally at home and hold a ceremony here; the mairie confirms the details, and it changes the paperwork rather than the day.
- Which month?
- September, for vendange, softer light, warm days and cool evenings with the region quiet again. May and June are green and flowering; July is lavender and the busiest weeks of the year.
- How far apart are the venues?
- Further than the map suggests. The Luberon, the Alpilles and the coast are each a long drive from the others, and a civil ceremony at a village mairie followed by dinner at an estate is a transfer that has to be budgeted for in time.
Further reading on Provence
Questions
Something else on your mind? Ask it when you check your date — every inquiry is answered personally.
Wedding photography in Provence: your questions
How much does wedding photography in Provence cost?
Elopements start from €850 for one to two hours, a Half Day from €1,450 and a Full Day from €2,250. The final price depends on your date, location and coverage, and any travel is itemised at cost — we send an exact quote when we reply.
How far in advance should we book?
Nine to fifteen months ahead is usual for a weekend between May and October, and the most popular dates go first. Weekdays and elopements can often be arranged with less notice, so a closer date is always worth asking about.
Do you photograph intimate weddings and elopements?
Yes — often. An elopement or a wedding of a dozen guests gets the same care as a large one, with coverage from €850 for one to two hours and help choosing the places and the hour.
Can you photograph weddings at our venue?
Almost certainly. We work at venues across Provence and beyond, and if we have not photographed yours we plan it from the light, the layout and the timeline before the day. Tell us the venue when you check your date.
Do you travel outside Provence?
Yes. We photograph weddings across France, the rest of Europe and the United States. Travel is quoted separately, itemised and at cost, so you can see exactly what it adds.
How many photographs will we receive?
It depends on the day rather than the clock: a full day usually comes to several hundred edited photographs, an elopement fewer. We do not set a minimum, because a number becomes a target — everything worth keeping is delivered.
When will we receive our gallery?
A preview within seven days, then the complete edited gallery within eight weeks for a wedding and four weeks for an elopement, with high-resolution downloads and personal printing rights.
Do you require a deposit to book?
Yes. A short agreement and a booking deposit reserve your date, and the deposit is part of the total, not added to it. The balance is due before the wedding.
What happens if the weather changes?
We plan a covered alternative for the portraits with you before the day and adapt the timing on the day itself. Soft rain and cloud can make beautiful photographs; nobody is sent out into a storm.
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Planning your wedding in Provence?
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