Destination wedding photographer, Queenstown Hill - New Zealand | Film Photography

Traveling alone is not always easy but the good thing about it is that it pushes you to go out of your comfort zone and meet new people. That's how this happened... While I was in Queenstown, New Zealand, I was blown away by the amazing scenery surrounding me. As I was traveling by myself, I couldn't help but thinking that it was such a waste not to be able to share these gorgeous views with anybody but myself. On the first night there, I was planning what I was going to do the following day, and I had in mind to climb Queenstown Hill 

to the summit of Te Tapu-nui (mountain of intense sacredness) Yes it's indeed pretty intense up there:

However, I was determined not to do it alone. Not only was I determined to find people to accompany me through the climb but I wanted to shoot them on top of the mountain too! I didn't  know where or how I could find last minute "climb buddies"... I asked myself where it'd be possible to connect with people in Queenstown very quickly... and suddenly it struk me : INSTAGRAM ! Yes, I would find people on Instagram by searching  

#

Queenstown ! (God bless Hashtags!). After all, that's how I met so many wonderful people before, just like these two

here

. So here I was, searching for people on my phone. First, I came across some amazing wedding photos taken in Queenstown, and I thought, "man...this is amazing, I want to meet this photographer!" so I just commented on his photo asking him if he had any time to meet for a coffee tomorrow, in the following hour I received yes as a reply, I was beyond thrilled and so that's how I met the amazing

Jim Pollard

, one of the most talented, open-minded and humble wedding photographers I've met so far. Make sure to check out his work !

Galvanized by this first fruitful Instagram search, I then continued to look for my "climb buddies" when I came across a cute selfie of a couple 

mentioning

 " Honeymooning in Queenstown". And I just thought "That's it! I want them!", so I commented on their picture asking them if they would be free to climb on top of a mountain tomorrow with me for a photoshoot - in my heart, I thought they'll just think, I'm just some crazy random girl - but...few minutes later, they replied :

"We actually have no plans for tomorrow and think that would be really cool. Let us know what you're thinking"

. Voilà ! Brittany and Tim picked me up the next morning and off we went through the pine forest, climbing the mountain of intense sacredness. It was so beautiful up there, and we had so much fun, let alone the fact that these two aussie newlyweds were such an oh-so good looking couple ! I let you judge for yourself ....

Mostly film shot on Mamiya 645 | Fuji 400H | Processed by

Carmencita Film Lab

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Best of Wedding Photography 2014 | What a year !

As 2014 is coming to an end, I'm taking this opportunity to thank all the people who have put their trust in me to capture memories of their love; words aren't adequate enough to express how grateful I am to be able to do this job. You guys have filled my year with love, tears of joy and laughter. M.E.R.C.I

May 2015 be as amazing if not more, let there be some adventure, travels, I DOs, babies, and lots of love of course.

Meanwhile, I'm sharing with you my favs of 2014.

Destination Wedding Photographer: Bridal Portrait - Christchurch , New Zealand | Pascale

I'm so thrilled to share these images from New Zealand with you guys. This was supposed to be an engagement session with Pascale and Paul the day before the wedding. Unfortunately, Paul got sick on that day and we could have cancelled the photo session but Pascale - who by the way is probably one of the calmest bride I've ever met - decided we should still go for the photoshoot, it would help her to get her head out of the Big Day's organization. So she took me to her favorite mountain, the view was incredible, it was such a perfect spot to get our mind on a peaceful and serene mode.
Here are the images, mostly shot on film : Mamiya 645 | Portra 400 | Portra 160. Dev & Scans by the great crew at Carmencita Film Lab.

Paris Wedding Photographer | Rolande + Matthieu

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Aujourd'hui je partage avec vous un mariage qui me tient particulièrement à coeur, celui de Rolande et Matthieu. Rolande c'est ma cops et c'est la copine que toutes les filles devraient avoir dans leur cercle. Rolande, c'est ma Beyoncé à moi, celle qui peut rendre toute musique dansable dès qu'elle bouge son corps, c'est la positive attitude à toute épreuve, celle à qui tout peut arriver sans qu'elle ne se laisse démonter, jamais; celle avec qui j'aurais partagé des larmes et des crises de rires à cause des garçons. Aujourd'hui, elle a trouvé l'homme de sa vie, un beau militaire nommé Matthieu. Et quand on se marie avec un militaire, on a droit à un marié en super uniforme mais aussi aux Invalides, oui les Invalides rien qu'à vous comme lieu de réception, et ça c'est quand même la grande classe.

This wedding is very close to my heart. Rolande is one of my besties, she's a one of a kind-girl that all girls should have as friend. She's my Beyoncé, the "if you liked it you shouda put a ring on it"-kind of girl, the kind of girl who can dance on any music and make it look sexy, she's has a positive attitude towards literally everything, she's the one I shed tears with and laughed the hardest because of boys... Today, she found her match with this handsome military man named Matthieu.

The good thing about marrying a military boy is that 1) you get a groom with an awesome uniform 2) you have one of the most iconic places of Paris : the Invalides,  privatized for your reception , yep that's pretty chic !

Merci Rolande et Matthieu pour cette superbe journée passée à vos côtés.

Surprise Proposal in Paris

Chris m'a contacté en octobre dernier pour une demande un peu spéciale ... Une demande en mariage surprise à sa belle : Caroline. Tous deux venus de Toronto, avaient prévu une courte escapade romantique à Paris pendant le festival des Nuits Blanches. Chris avait donc imaginé un programme bien précis dont la fameuse demande en mariage qu'il voulait faire sur le Pont des Arts lorsque la Tour Eiffel scintillerait. Sachant que notre belle Tour ne scintille que 5 minutes toutes les heures, j'avais un beau challenge devant moi :) ! Mais qui n'aime pas ce genre de challenges ?! Rendez-vous était donc pris, Chris avait prévu Champagne et fromage pour un apéro romantique sur leur pont préféré et moi je serais là cachée parmi les touristes pour capturer LE moment clé. La demande n'aurait pas pu être plus belle que ça, ça a été un moment intense en émotion pour eux mais aussi pour moi ! - oui j'ai versé ma larme...

Le lendemain nous avons donc célébré leurs fiançailles avec quelques photos, Paris nous a offert ses plus belles couleurs automnales.

Chris contacted me last October for a very special photoshoot... He wanted to propose to his beautiful girlfriend Caroline. Both were coming to Paris from Toronto for a quick romantic escapade during the Nuit Blanche festival in the city. Chris had a very precise plan, he wanted to get down on his knee on the Pont des Arts right when the Eiffel Tower will sparkle. Of course, that made my job much more challenging, knowing that our lovely Tower only sparkles for 5 minutes every hour :) ! But hey... who doesn't love a good challenge ? So time and location was set, Chris would bring Caroline out for a romantic date with Champagne and cheese to celebrate their love on their favorite bridge, and I would be there hidding among the tourists, to capture THE moment. The surprise proposal went perfectly according to plans and it was such a beautiful and emotional moment both for them and me - yes I teared ...

The following morning we went for an engagement photo session, the Autumn colors in Paris were more beautiful than ever.

Here are the images. Enjoy !

Thank you Chirs and Caroline for these beautiful moments