Destination Wedding photographer France Photographe de mariage de Prestige

Posts Tagged ‘Photographe Mariage Saint Raphaêl’

A French and Brittish Wedding in Roquebrune. From Liverpool to Sainte Roseline for Mel and Graeme by PGPhotography Wedding Photographer France. http://www.pgphotography.eu/

I left Mel and Graeme on a warm and night of early June by the Albert Docks in Liverpool after a fantastic engagement shooting to meet with them again a month and a half later in the old village of Roquebrune where they had decided to plan their wedding. Though they both feared to be stressed on the big Day it was quite like a normal day. Have you ever heard of a wedding where absolutly nothing went wrong ?  I can now witness that it happens sometimes. A day as natural as the water coming out of the famous fountain in the middle of the old village of Roquebrune just facing the house where Mel and her brothers spent their hollydays in their chidhood.

If Mel managed to avoid the stress it might because her bridesmaids Sarah and Amy, and her sister in law Lidia spent half of the day with her  chatting and drinking Champagne while they all had their hair done in the village.

I haven’t seen if Graeme was stressed. I had promissed to bring him a dozen of beers at the church to help him face a possibly long wait by the altar. I fear that i forgot. Sorry Graeme once again a group of beautiful girls have distracted me from my duty – LOL

But in fact his must have been short as we where all perfectly on time at the church. After the ceremony came the highlight of the day as Mel and Graeme and her parents were expected by a threesome of old Citroen 2cv one blue one white and one red. I will never forget the sight of those three old cars on the small forgotten roads in the countryside behind La Bouverie and through La Motte. I am sure that Mel and Graeme deeply enjoyed every minutes they spent standing on the back seats of the old white “convertible” the hair floating in the wind ….. STOP – Oups sorry again Graeme -LOL

——————–

Melina and  Graeme From Liverpool

——————–

When, where and how did you first met? Bristol Balloon Festival in 2003
Did you hit it off from the get go? No- we lost touch in 2004 until a friend’s wedding in 2007

Transportation: Three 2 CV’s: Red, White and Blue
The Venue: Chateau Ste Roseline Les Arcs
How did you find your venue and why did you choose it? The setting is beautiful and it had the perfect feel for a summer wedding in the South of France

The Church: Eglise St Pierre-St Paul Roquebrune-sur-Argens
Wedding Planner: No wedding planner, organised it ourselves!

Menu:

Guests were served
Choice of canapés with their aperitif followed by
Scallops on a bed of tomato and avocado cream
Duck in lavender honey with sundried tomato and olive polenta
Warm goat’s cheese with green salad
Wedding cake
Fresh fruit
Selection of patisseries with coffee

Engagement Ring: Goldsmiths Newcastle
Wedding Rings: Goldsmiths Chester
Hairdresser: La fantastique Melissa
Make up: The beautiful Lidia
Shoes: Jasper Conran
Brides underwear: Jane Reger
DJ: ABC Animation
The dress: Maggie Sottero

Grooms attire: Simon Carter

Florist: La Rose d’Or, Le Muy – fantastic and affordable

Best man: Andy Snell (Graeme’s brother)

What to say about him: Best brother a man could have!

About his speech: Went very easy on Graeme! Well prepared and very well delivered.

Maids of Honor: Amy Fellows and Sarah Appleby
What to say about them: Beautiful, attentive and most of all, calming!

First Dance Song: Sharing the night together – Dr Hook
When, where and how did Graeme proposed: Graeme took me to the top of le rocher de Roquebrune one spring day in 2009 and gave me an engagement ring which he’d managed to hide from me all the way from the UK!

Best moment of the day

For Mel: Seeing Graeme standing at the altar and getting ready with the girls
For Graeme: Seeing Mel walk down the aisle and driving through the countryside in an open-top 2CV
Honeymoon: With so many places to choose from, the fun of planning has only just begun!
Advice for future couples who want to get married: Make sure everything you do is what you want – don’t make compromises.

My favorite picture of the day :

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

While getting ready Mel, Sarah and Amy suddenly got mad dancing and shouting in front of the mirrors when a song which i cannot remenber burst out of the radio

Wedding in Sanary sur mer, engagement shooting with PGPhotography Wedding photographer France,  Saint Tropez and Saint Raphael. http://www.pgphotography.eu/

After a first contact a few month ago I’ve had no news from Stéphanie and Paul. In fact for some health problems they weren’t sure to be able to get married this year . I had then decided to take a week hollydays in Britanny for the very first time in years.  Two days before they call me back I had been proposed a huge wedding on the same week by one of my favourite english wedding Planner and had cancelled my trip to Britanny. A chance for them and for me as this morning i signed a third wedding on the same week.

We met one evening on my way back from Aix en provence in front of the Golden Island of Saint Raphael  Paul is the son of a former colleague and Stephanie graduated in  crime analysis. What a wonderful smile.

here are some pics of that meeting

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

Wedding in France at Château Ste Roseline Photo session in Liverpool by PG Wedding Photographer France.  http://www.pgphotography.eu/

Arriving by plane upon Liverpool’s John Lennon airport is a kind of exotic experience. I had never seen such green surroundings  near any Airport. Nothing to do with the urban surroundings of  Roissy or the blues of Nice Côte d’Azur or the Browns and Ochers near Marrakech Menara. From the landing area the building looks old and out of date but after the custom’s it turns out to be brand new, modern and practical a temple dedicated to the divinities of the consumer society.

Less than ten minutes with a real cheap bus are enough to join the Albert docks one of the most mythical places in town . I met Graeme and Mel (Melina) on the docks at the Terrace of a famous Pub located in an old building that used to be the machinery of the Lock.

Graeme is a great fan of his City and knows its geography and history by heart. I had of Liverpool an image of an old sleepy mining city that had been built with the years by a couple of wonderful films that the  British movie industry delivers to the world around once a year. I am thinking of the Full Monty, Billy Elliot, Brassed off, or more recently : Looking for Eric all amazing and touching films where  life seems so tough and at the same time so warm, cordial and cheerfull.

In fact I discovered a brand new and modern town center so colored, noisy and crowdy. In the streets,  buildings of all kind of architectural styles are mixed up in an incredible “Pot Pourri”. Makes you believe that no state service take care of this. But at night they’re all lit up like for a fireworks contest and the skies are burning in a mystical rainbow of psychedelic lights.

The old headquarters of the Cunard cruise line, the railway station, The museum and even the central police station are shining even brighter than all  the neon lights in broadway. none of our police officers would even dare imagine working there and not in old barracks as ugly as the concrete bunkers of second world war.

the highlights of the day were definitly the old pubs. wher taking a few shots of our lovers was a brilliant idea. Then I must absolutely tell you about the Superlambbananas. They are amazing statues of a lamb with a banana shaped tail. Almost as big as a real cow they are covered with paintings telling stories about the geography , the history or any cultural subject about the city of  Liverpool.  they have been spread of all over the town in 2008  when Liverpool was European Capital of Culture.  Ever since, ordinary people or corporations or business men have bought them sometimes in public auctions in order to keep them in town. they are so ugly and at the same time so odd and akward that at the end you like them.

I only have one regret. I had no time to visit Anfield road and the stadium the heart of the city beats. For a french man not really keen on football it is really hard to understand the mystery of  the sentimental link between the Liverpool FC and its fans. But I lived two years in Marseille the only place in France where you can find such phenomenom and maybe understand the “you’ll never walk alone”.

And in fact i never did walk alone in the streets of Liverpool thanks to Graeme and Mel and that was fun and highly interesting. On the other hand I will prey and hope that Graeme won’t fill the church or the Castle on the wedding day with flags of his favorite football team though I know damn well he could do it.

In case you had not yet understood I adorrrre Liverpool.

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

Wedding at La Font du Broc by PG Photography wedding Photographer in Saint Rapahel fréjus and Draguignan

After having waited for so long Melissa et Greg were finally able to choose the music for the Slideshow of their Wedding at Château Font du Broc last summer. Enjoy it with Coldplay’s Viva la vida

Of course this was early in february but nevertheless it’s not so often that french riviera  receives 20 inches of snow in less than three hours. The next morning as soon as ten o’clock it had almost all melted allready when I took this pic. It could be funny and amazing to attend a wedding in Monaco or Cannes with that kind of lanscape and of course such a sunny sky too.

www.pgphotography.eu +33(0)6 09 95 92 10

: