Wedding photographer in Flayosc

Here the light arrives filtered. It crosses the hills, the trees and the vines before it touches the stone of the village, at the opposite end from the coast where it arrives direct.

I photograph a wedding the way you cover an event: present, discreet, attentive to what happens. In Flayosc, what happens is lit by a light that has crossed the hills, the trees and the vines before it reaches the stone, and it asks for a slower eye than the coast.

The estate where I work

Château de Berne is a wine estate in the commune, a few minutes from Lorgues. The Jardin du Jasmin gives an enclosed, planted space, and the glasshouse set among the vines allows a meal surrounded by the landscape without depending on the weather.

The two spaces complement each other: one for closeness, the other for openness. A day can move between them without anyone leaving the estate, which is the great advantage the inland country has over the coast.

What you will see of the day

You arrive on a road that climbs and turns, and the landscape changes in nature as the sea falls away. Through the middle of the afternoon, the shade of the trees cuts up the ground. In the evening, the light passes between the rows of vines and lengthens everything. You will not have felt that you moved, and you will still be looking at images that do not resemble one another.

A light that works for you

That is what marks this country out, and it changes how a day is built.

On the coast, the light strikes and the sea returns it. Here it has already crossed the hills, the trees and the vines by the time it reaches stone. It arrives slower, more modelled, and it holds for longer through the day.

The practical consequence: there is no need to multiply the moves in order to renew the images. The light transforms the places on its own as the hours pass. One wall, one row of vines, one courtyard give three different images at three moments of the day.

Should several places be planned inland?

Rarely, and that is what separates this country from the coast. An estate offering an enclosed garden and an opening onto the vines already covers most of what a day needs. The energy saved on transfers goes back into the time spent with your guests.

How is access prepared?

Differently from the coast. The inland roads and the estate approaches need to be scouted before the day: the relief gives this country its own rhythm, and the last few kilometres are rarely the quickest. I do that scouting beforehand, so there is nothing left to think about on the day itself.

Draguignan, ten minutes away, provides an old town when the civil ceremony is held there, and Lorgues shares the same wine estates, with the drive between village and vines.

Frequently asked questions

What separates inland light from coastal light? It arrives filtered. Before it touches the stone of the village it has crossed the hills, the trees and the vines, where on the coast it arrives direct and is thrown back by the sea. It is slower, more modelled, and it stays usable for longer through the day.

What do the Jardin du Jasmin and the glasshouse at Château de Berne allow? The garden gives an enclosed, planted space, the glasshouse allows a meal surrounded by the vines without depending on the weather. The two complement each other, one for closeness and one for openness, and a day moves between them without leaving the estate.

Is a change of place needed to get different images? The light transforms the places on its own as the hours pass. One wall, one row of vines or one courtyard give three different images at three moments of the day, which makes transfers far less necessary than by the sea.

Do the approaches call for particular preparation? The inland roads and estate entrances are scouted before the day. The relief gives this country its rhythm, and the last few kilometres are rarely the quickest. That scouting happens ahead of the reportage.

How are the terms of a booking settled? They are set in the quote, together with the schedule for the day, and then written into the contract. The office is in Cannes, and I work across the whole region.

This country belongs to Provence, whose filtered light and estates it shares. Towards the sea, Saint-Raphaël and Fréjus bring back the red rock and the direct light, an hour away and in an entirely different register.

Tell me about the day you are preparing, and we will look at what this landscape brings to it.