Posts Tagged ‘Wedding Photographer Monaco’

Wedding in Mougins and Antibes by PG photography french wedding Photographer Cannes.

I got to know Sonia during the preperations for the wedding of Francoise and David at La Font du Broc in 2008. Myself, the bride, the videographer and a few other girls have such a great morning. So when Sonia introduced me to her fiancé, Christian and asked me to be the photographer at their wedding, I didn’t hesitate for a second. With Sonia’s excellent attention to detail we agreed on an exclusive package for which Sonia now holds the Copyright!! From now on I say to my clients, We’ll do a Sonia, LOL.

What can I say about this wedding? Lots of things in fact and I am not really sure where to begin. So from the beginning; I met up with Sonia, her cousin and her driver in a small beauty salon. The decor was magically and so we took advantage of the perfectly placed mirrors to take a few pictures under natural light in all its beauty. I must mention the beautician who was truly excellent at playing her role in the shoot, she deserves an Oscar.

I spent a big part of the day in the car, thank you GPS because travelling time between Cannes, Juan les Pins and Mougins on a Saturday is terrible. I then spent 45 minutes driving around Juan les pins to find a space beside the salon where I took pictures of the hair preparations.

I would like to mention the Priest from the parish of Saint Philomène in Cannet. His excellent sense of humour during the joyous ceremony merited all of the praise he got when guest left the church. It was see how well he communicated with the guests in this situation.

I hadn’t been to L’Auberge des Adrets in over 15 years and I had remembered it to be quite flattering. As soon as I walked in my impression was completely changed, it has been completely transformed over the years thanks to the many courting couples who have visited through the years. I would now describe this as a magically venue, full of charm and beautifully decorated.

Lastly a quick mention to our friend Jazz Barth, I love his fabulous répertoire, and who has been playing his saxophone for some years now and features in two or three of my favourite photos.

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

Sonia and Christian from Mougins and Grasse

——————–

Where, when and how did you meet?

We met online in a chat room, he was in the library at the University of Law in Perpignan, I was at Titinette’s place in Antibes, the “virtual” first meeting was on the 24 November 2004. Then a few months later Christian made the journey to Cannes so we could meet in person. That was on the 8th February 2004. Our first kiss was on the beach at lunch time in Cannes, WOW!!!

Wedding Location :  Civil ceremony was at the Mairie in Le Cannet

Religious Ceremony : Church of sainte Philomène  in le Cannet

Reception : Auberge des Adrets

Menu du repas de la soirée :

Magie d’un soir en provence

Saint Jacques juste rotie Tartare de courgettes et tomates cerises réduction de balsamique et estragon, coriandre et pignons de pins

Agneau de lait cuisson de 7heures Artichauts en barigoule, echalotte confites au sel, Rosti jus court au pistou

Brie de Meaux créme de Mascarpone et Truffes Noires

Pièce montée déguisée de choux et nougatine

Café Gourmand et miroir de macarons

Jewelry:

Engagement rings :  le Manége à Bijoux

Wedding rings :   Bijouterie Julien d’ORCEL

Hair : Salon Invent’if, Juan les Pins

Make up : Gloss le Cannet Salon

Shoes : Christian       BESSON Chaussure

Sonia          Carla Chaussure

Lingerie : Boutique REZZO Nice

DJ and lighting: Bruno Night and Day Production

Wedding dress : Complicité Cannes

Grooms suit : Complicité Cannes

Florist : BOURDIN Christelle Cours SALAYA Nice

Best man and Usher:  Marc CARLIER cousin and Lilian CAMILLERI cousin

What can you tell us about them ? : Marc is discreet and well mannered, loves “Pierre Richard” and Lilian has such a bg heart

Bridesmaids : Sarah RUBINO little sister and Carole REFALO best friend

What can you tell us about them ?: Sarah is sensitive yet strong and Carole is very sensible and a big softy at heart

When and how did Christian propose? : In the vieux port de Marseille, this is where we first really fell in love.

What was the best part of the day for you? :

Sonia: Entering the church in my Dad’s arms, full of emotion

Christian :  the same

Honeymoon : Balearic islands, a gift from Sonia’s parents, her sister and her Bridesmaid.

BElow there are two galleries with a selection of 300 of the best photos which I will soon give to the happy couple and on another note, the group photos will be available very soon on my website http://www.pgphotography.eu/ Select the French version on the client tab and it will ask you to tape a username and password which you will find on facebook or you can ask Sonia and Christian. You can also see the most viewed photos of this spectacular wedding.

The rest of the photos along with those taken at the demand of some of the guests will also be passed on to the happy couple. So if you can’t find the pictures that you are looking for in my galleries, I would suggest you speak to Sonia and Christian.

You can also order albums online. I don’t make up small orders so if you only want a few, you will have to print them yourself.

The wedding in Provence of Delia et Fabien  by PG Photography Wedding Photographer Aix en Provence

Though I really did spend a long time on the web I never found any such thing as an E-Guestbook for a wedding. If you happen to find something please let me know but in the meantime let me dream that i’ve realized a world premiere

The e-guestbook of Delia and Fabien’s Wedding in Aix en provence   Here are the first comments i received from their friends. Of course all future comments will be added as soon as I’ll get them

Naturally I let all your messages  in the original language even in other versions of the blog

——————

Ce que je voudrais dire, c’est que Delia et Fabien sont des personnes qui méritent à être connues;-) … Elle,  très discrète, curieuse, et pleine de vie! Lui passionné, présent et bien vivant                 ))))))))))… Ils sont tout simplement géniaux, plein de générosité envers les autres, ils méritent tout simplement que l’on les aime autant!!!!!!! ..  et Philippe Encore bravo pour votre travail  !!!! – LAURIANE

Franchement, un de les plus beaux mariages que j’ai jamais vu! Et en regardant les photos, c’est évident qu’on s’est éclaté!  Philippe, très bon travail en saisissant l’esprit de la journée avec tes photos – elles sont absolument magnifiques!!! – APRIL

Le 29 mai a été une journée mémorable pour Fabien et Délia ainsi que tous leurs invités. Un mariage exceptionnel célébré dans la très belle ville d’Aix-en-Provence suivi d’une réception dans un cadre fabuleux. Une journée gravée dans la mémoire de leur famille et leurs amis!!!!Encore un grand merci à Fabien et Délia de m’avoir choisi comme témoin, je vous embrasse très fort!!!! – VIRGINIE

Heureusement qu’on n’était pas plus nombreux sinon on aurait eu un problème pour tous rentrer sur la même photo… Merci Philippe pour ces très beaux souvenirs immortalisés et merci surtout à Délia et Fabien pour cette superbe journée que vous nous avez fait partager ! Que votre bel amour et votre bonheur soit « contagionnable » !!! – JULIA

A Délia et Fabien

Encore toutes nos félicitations !Votre envol vers les cieux du mariage était très réussi, que votre vie à deux soit aussi ensoleillée que cette journée. ”Le grand bonheur n’est fait que de petits riens heureux”, nous vous souhaitons un tas de petits riens heureux au quotidien…!!! - Haky et Fred

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

Engagement Session to prepare the wedding of Aurélie and Gilles in Antibes and Grasse by PGPhotography wedding photographer in Antibes / Mariage d’Aurélie et Gilles à Antibes et Grasse par PGPhotography photographe de mariage. http://www.pgphotography.eu/

In order to prepare their wedding in Antibes and Grasse and discuss about the photo shooting we met in Antibes at La Garoupe  with Aurélie and Gilles. They were both worried about how interacting with each other like almost any of the couples I see all along the year

That kind of meeting is very usefull to rehearse all the planning of the big day and anticipate many possible shots. It is also a very good mean for many young couples to realize it ain’t so difficult to feel at ease in such circumstances

Here are some pictures of that Session

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 in Antibes at Château La Begude golf of Opio by PG wedding photographer Cannes and Antibes.

In mai i paid a little visit to Caroline and Remi in Aix en Provence. I had for quite a long time, been thinking of a photo shooting early at night in that marvelous city. We thought time had come for that but parking in the city center around Le Cours Mirabeau was impossible. We decided to change our mind and drove toward La Saint Victoire to make a session that generated so many comments and reactions in the following weeks. The place is so beautiful and magic  that it was not a surprise for me.

One month later I joined them first at Caroline’s place in Biot near the famous Marineland, for her getting ready and the preparation of her family and friend. Then we drove to the City Hall of Antibes where the traffic is allways so difficult in the summertime and especially on Saturdays when all weddings take place.

Caroline and Remi took their vows under the painting of Peynet’s lovers that covers the wall insidethe city Hall and in front of all their friends and families that had gathered from all over the country. Then after the religious ceremony all attendees were invited to take some refreshments in the gardens of the church. Meanwhile we escaped a few moment for some shots on the shore behind the Picasso Museum. Then the couple went for a ride in the Aston martin Vantage todays version of the famous convertible car that Sean Connery was driving in the first episodes of the James Bond saga. By the way I found that Remi in its Armani’s Costume could have played the part in a  very convincing  way.

Caroline and Rémi fromAix en Provence

Venue : The marvelous Château de la Begude in Opio, french riviera

City Hall : Antibes

Church : Lutherian Temple in Antibes

Menu :

apéritif (foie gras et gambas poêlés)

prelude de crabe

épaule d’agneau farcie à la niçoise, tian de légumes et purée de pommes de terre

limoncello et sorbet citron

plateau de fromages

pièce montée

Jewellery for

Engagement Ring : diamant factory

Wedding rings : pimento

Cake : Chateau de la begude in Opio

Hairdresser : sophie Montillaud Nice

DJ: pro musique animation in Mougins

Make up : isabelle Tiri in Nice

Shoes : Cymbeline

Bride’s underwear: Passionata

The Dresss : David Fielden

groom’s costume : Armani

Florist : le Lotus

Car : Aston Martin V8 Vantage

First dance Song: petite fleur, sidney bechet

Where and how did the groom proposed ?: dans la cuisine, pendant le petit déjeuner

When did he proposed : 20 novembre 2009, jour de mon anniversaire!

What was the best moment of the day

For the bride: Entering the church

For the Groom: Same thing

Honeymoon : Polynésie or Australia ?

What advice for couples who are planning their Wedding ?: Prepare everything as much as possible so that on the big Day you will simply let it go beacause it goes so quickly.