Epic proposal in the South of France, The Maybourne Riviera
When Tomi reached out to me to help capture his proposal and shared his intricate plan with me, I simply had to make it work. Tomi was flying his bride-to-be from London to ask her to marry him at sunset in the most beautiful location on the French Riviera, on the terrace of the Maybourne Riviera hotel in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin with the 180 degree views from Italy to Monaco.
Wedding in Provence
This September I was hired to cover a cocktail hour for a beautiful wedding in Provence. The ceremony took place in Eze on the French Riviera, then cocktail hour was held in a gorgeous villa in the department of Var where yours truly frolicked with her camera to capture this special event.
It was a very hot and sunny afternoon, as any photographer would tell you, those were not the best conditions. But i’m not afraid of sunny skies. If those are the cards I’m dealt, I make the most of them. Strong shadows and overblown highlights can be used to create dramatic images. Plus, turns out black and white edits look incredible with those contrasted light conditions.
How I used the new Photoshop Beta to save a wedding photo
Back in May I was hired to document a wedding ceremony in Nice. The event was small and intimate, and clearly meant a lot to the couple. It was also fairly short and I was new to the location, so I didn’t have time to pre-research it.
At one of the most crucial moments of the ceremony, when the couple came out of the Nice townhall, I was so focused on capturing the couple that I didn’t notice a huge traffic poll right in front of the groom. When I got home, I was so pleased with how every photo looked, and I went a little bit grey when I saw THE photo with the poll.
Civil ceremony in Nice
I was honoured to document a wedding ceremony in the beautiful Hotel de Ville in Nice. I love capturing emotions but was very nervous about the pressure of a wedding. I trust my gear but you never know if and when it might give up on you, and wedding is such a once in a lifetime event that you won’t be able to reply if the light was not right or if the SD card erased everything just because.
But I’m happy to report that everything went perfectly and I now have a happy couple looking at the memories I helped creating.