A FRENCH CASTLE WEDDING

Kate & Rob are the kind of people you would describe as salt of the earth. Embracing and endearing, Emma-Jane and I felt like we’d been friends of theirs forever and with Rob’s sharp suit and Kate’s red hair, they were a treat to photograph. Two-hundred guests travelled from England & Dubai to the French town of Pierrefonds to celebrate their wedding in a huge medieval castle. It was certainly a weekend to remember.

 

Venue: Chateau de Pierrefonds

Thank you as always to my talented Emma-Jane for sharing this wedding with me. You, me, France and a wedding is always a very good time.

For those of you who haven’t been reading our blog for long, Emma-Jane photographed our wedding in France three years ago and I fell a little bit in love with her. Luckily for me, she agreed to join me photographing weddings all over the place a little while after I started up. We work together on larger weddings like this one but more often than not, photograph the more intimate weddings independently. We also have some other things we do together, but we’ll share a little more about that later.

This week we are mostly reading up and learning to shoot film again… We have a very exciting addition to our camera family that goes by the name of Contax.

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11 Comments

  1. Very chic! Love the images of her dad seeing her in the dress and her reaction – my favourite)) Beautifully shot wedding as always, ladies)) x

  2. As usual, stunning, Chloé and Emma-Jane. I love Kate’s hair, it really pops against the soft tones of France. (Does that make sense? ;))

  3. Wow I love the brides red hair, she looks amazing! What a gorgeous venue, I love the photos of the little kids they are so cute! xxx

  5. Oh my. A castle……really? AMAZING! That bride is on fire and as always you have documented the absolute heart of it all. Beautiful!

  6. How gorgeous. I love, in no particular order, the donkeys, the babies, the knock out bride & the moments with Kate and her dad (especially the hand holding shot which is wonderful). Well done ladies!

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