Destination
Paris
wedding photographer
Nathanaël Charpentier is a documentary wedding photographer. Based in Gien, in the Loiret, an hour and a half from Paris, he photographs intimate weddings, elopements and couple sessions in the capital, from the Palais-Royal to the bridges of the Seine.
Paris asks for a different kind of attention than a château. The city does not stop for you: people walk through the frame, the light changes from one arcade to the next, a place looks nothing at seven in the morning like it does at noon. That is also what makes it honest, since nobody can pretend there. You walk, you watch, and you wait for the moment the street leaves you alone.
The colonnades of the Palais-Royal give lines nothing else matches; the pont de Bir-Hakeim, its columns and the Eiffel Tower at the end; the arcades of the Louvre, stone that takes the evening light the way a château does. And one quiet advantage: I come from the Loire, with no Paris overheads to pass on.
Then there are the weddings that take to the Seine. A couple in contemporary dress, the mairie in the morning, a walk across the city, and a barge going up the river into the night: Orsay, the bridges, the Eiffel Tower lighting up during dinner. The setting moves past on its own; you only have to be there.
See the wedding approach, weddings in the Loire Valley and pre-wedding sessions.
Common questions
How much does a wedding photographer in Paris cost?
In Paris, a high-end wedding reportage runs between €2,500 and €5,000 for a full day. Nathanaël Charpentier photographs from €2,700, with no Paris overheads to pass on: he travels from Gien, an hour and a half from the capital.
Do you photograph elopements and civil ceremonies in Paris?
Yes. Ceremonies for two, civil weddings at the mairie and couple sessions across the city are what Nathanaël Charpentier photographs most often in Paris, from the Palais-Royal to the bridges of the Seine.
Where do you travel from for a Paris wedding?
From Gien, in the Loiret, an hour and a half from Paris. A château photographer by habit, he also knows the city pavement: the Palais-Royal, the arcades of the Louvre, the pont de Bir-Hakeim, the pont Alexandre-III. No travel supplement within the Île-de-France.