Photographer and filmmaker for your wedding
A documentary wedding photographer, I photograph your wedding. Julien films, and we work together on the days that call for both.
A pair, as opposed to a team
Photography and film get in each other's way when they meet for the first time on the day itself. Two suppliers who are strangers to one another occupy the same space, look for the same angle, and end up appearing in each other's frames.
Julien and I are used to this. We know where the other stands, when he needs silence, which angle he holds during the vows. It settles without a word on the day, because it settled long before.
We are two independents. Each of us draws up a contract with you and invoices their own work. Two separate contracts, two clear responsibilities, no subcontracting.
What that means for your planner
A planner who gets two suppliers used to working together has one variable fewer on the day. Nobody to arbitrate, nobody to position, no negotiating for space during the ceremony.
We introduce ourselves together, by video call, with you or with your planner. The shape of the day is built once, for both crafts.
What film brings to photography
The two media tell different things. A photograph holds a look, a gesture, a quality of light. A film keeps the voice, the laughter of a room, the silence before a speech.
What you receive depends on the package. A short edit and a long film are two different pieces of work, and the delivery schedule follows that scale: it is counted in weeks, two for a tight format, up to eight for a long edit. The detail is settled at the quote stage, once we know what you want to be watching in ten years.
How we divide the day
We usually meet at the preparations, and from there each of us works his own craft.
Habit does the rest. We keep half an eye on each other, we leave the angle clear for whoever needs it, and we move accordingly. It runs smoothly, it has no bearing on how the ceremonies unfold, and neither the couple nor the planners have to give it a thought.
Where we have worked together
At the Château de La Napoule, at the Hôtel Cap-Estel, at the Carlton in Cannes.
Let's talk about your day
Photo and film is built at the quote stage, around what your day actually asks for.
Lawrence Banahan, documentary wedding photographer on the French Riviera.