Hello July ! | A summer full of Love

Le mois de juillet est là et l'été aussi ! Qui dit été dit pleine saison des mariages  :)

Je serai donc forcément un peu absente du blog mais ce n'est que pour mieux revenir, la valise pleine d'images à vous partager. N'hésitez pas à suivre mes aventures sur Instagram ou sur Facebook. 

En attendant, voici un condensé du week-end dernier, passé en Normandie sous le soleil et l'air frais des plages normandes; en compagnie de Fanny et Romain pour leur joli mariage en bleu marine. Hâte de vous partager tout ça en photos, ici un petit extrait de notre séance sur Omaha Beach

July is here and summer with it ! Summer means wedding season in full swing :) So I might be a bit away from the blog but fear not, it won't be long before I share with you some of the beauty of these weddings. Feel free to follow my adventures on Instagram or on Facebook.

Meanwhile, here's a summary of last weekend in Normandy, spent under the sunshine and the fresh breeze of the ocean, with Fanny and Romain for their pretty wedding in blue. This is a sneak peak of our session on Omaha Beach.

Love,

C x

Ethereal Beauty

La beauté de mes mariées me laisse toujours sans voix, mais celle-ci encore plus que les autres... Mana, c'est son prénom. Dans la culture polynésienne, "mana" fait référence à des pouvoirs magiques ou surnaturels. Je crois qu'elle ne pouvait pas mieux porter son nom. Bientôt d'autres photos sur le blog.

The beauty of all the brides always leaves me speechless, this one is no exception probably even more than the others... Mana, that's her name. in the Polynesian culture, "mana" refers to magical or supernatural powers. No others names could fit her better I guess. More photos coming soon...

Bonne Fête Papa | Tribute to Fatherhood

Immense, immense précarité de la paternité qui n'est jamais donnée, comme la maternité, mais conquise, réellement conquise, de jour en jour, d'instants partagés en instants partagés, de mains doucement serrées en jeux turbulents, de questions déroutantes en réponses appliquées, de paroles en silences, d'émotions en habitudes, de confiance en énigmes.

-Pierre Péju

Colin & Sarah in Paris | When Instagram works its magic

"He's more myself than I am,

Whatever our souls are made of,

His and mine are the same."

-Emilie Brontë

This is what these two lovebirds inspire me. 

If you're a little bit active on Instagram, you might have stumbled upon one of their accounts for sure (@colincabalka and @sarahcabalka). Colin is a filmaker and Sarah is a photographer. They have been among the most inspiring persons to me since I joined Instagram. The love they show for one another but also for humanity in general is so uplifting and inspiring. Yeah I know, I've used the word "inspiring" too many times in these four first lines. But they just are! Anyways, when I knew they were travelling through Europe, I really wanted to meet them if they happened to pass by Paris. Unfortunately, Paris wasn't on their initial plan. But fate finally decided that they should go to Paris after they scribbled country names on paper and threw them into a hat, France came out twice and here they were, in my city. I didn't have time to show them all my favorite spots in Paris on the day we met, nonetheless we still had a great afternoon strolling around the city, of course we couldn't miss my favorite bookshop : Shakespeare and Company and a great coffee at la Caféothèque since they're both coffee lovers.

Sharing our experience about being young (can't believe they're not even 25...) and entrepreneurs, about travelling and having meaningful experiences; made me realize how much I want to use photography not only to create beauty but also to serve others, give back what God has given me as a gift in order to create something meaningful for people, souvenirs they will hold dear from generation to generation. I really like this quote:

"When I stand before God at the end of my life,

 I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me."

Erma Bombeck

Truly, this makes me feel very grateful and thankful that photography walked into my life, I don't really think I deserve any of what has been happening in my life for the past few years, but THANK YOU to anyone who has made all this possible, I'm feeling blessed. (Tanya J. if you're reading this, you're the angel who offered me that analog Olympus one fine day in 2007. Kindface, you're the one who has been developing my first rolls for free. You guys made it all started. M.E.R.C.I). 

And lastly, to anyone out there reading this : BELIEVE YOU CAN, YOU WILL.

Mariage dans les Montagnes Suisses | A Magical Wedding in the Swiss Mountains

Un joli mariage d'hiver avec finalement beaucoup de soleil alors que nous attendions la neige ! Le parapluie a donc servi d'ombrelle...
Virgnie et Nicolas se sont dit oui en février dernier. Tous deux mélomanes, ils ont choisi un mariage sous le signe de la musique: disque vinyle en guise d'invitation, pass de concerts pour les marques places, et le groupe bernois (qui - à mon humble avis- gagne vraiment à être connu. A écouter juste au-dessus) Patrick Bishop  pour sublimer la cérémonie religieuse - une des plus belles auxquelles j'ai assisté. J'ai également redécouvert la magnifique chanson "Wedding Song" de Bob Dylan qui a été lue durant la cérémonie, petit extrait :

I love you more than ever, more than time and more than love

I love you more than money and more than the stars above

I love you more than madness, more than waves upon the sea

I love you more than life itself, you mean that much to me.

Ever since you walked right in the circle's been complete

I've said goodbye to haunted rooms and faces in the street

In the courtyard of the jester which is hidden from the sun

I love you more than ever and I haven't yet begun.

You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live

When I was deep in powerty you taught me how to give

Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole

I love you more than ever and it binds me to this all.

I finally had some time to share with you this beautiful winter wedding in Switzerland, where we were expecting snow but turned out to be finally quite warm ! The umbrella hence turned to a sunshade :)
Virginie & Nicolas are both music-lovers and decided to have a wedding filled with music, starting from the wedding invitations and save-the-date that were actual vinyles. Rock bands as table names and concert pass as seat name tags...Getting an "all-access" pass was a first for me, I felt pretty cool :)
They also had the amazing (and -to my opinion- so underrated ) German band : Patrick Bishop, who turned the religious ceremony into one of the most sublime I've ever attended. Feel free to play their song, just right above. Some beautiful texts have also been read during the ceremony, such as the lyrics of the "Wedding Song" by Bob Dylan - which reminded me how genius this guy was -read above, it's gorgeous ain't it ?

Merci Virginie et Nicolas de m'avoir fait confiance pour votre beau jour.