Wedding Cinematographer Chateau de Varenne Burgundy France

Burgundy is a land of fine wines, historic manors and delicious cuisine. It is located in Northern-East France, a couple of hours’ drive from Paris and its main city is Dijon (yes, the city of the mustard!!).

In this beautiful land is Chateau de Varenne, the venue chosen by Katrina and Guillaume for their wedding.

Katrina and Guillaume is a French-Chinese couple who lives and works in Dubai and have decided to celebrate their “Western” wedding in the groom’s homeland.

It’s June, the temperature is pleasant and the lavender field behind the manor is flowered and colourful. Perfect for wedding couple portraits and also for setting up a romantic wedding table with crystal chandeliers.

The interiors of the manor are classic but with modern details. The large rooms are excellent for bride and groom getting ready. Guillaime toasted with her closest friends with a bottle of Cognac and Katrina, after writing her wedding vows, had a few moments of fun with her bridesmaids.

The wedding ceremony was held in the shade of a huge tree in the front garden of the villa and the bride’s walk towards the aisle was spectacular and breathtaking. I have filmed several weddings in France, especially in Paris, but this was the first time the wedding cake was a traditional French one, the legendary croquembouche!

I love France. Its food and wine but also the beautiful cities. For me it is always a great pleasure to be called as a wedding cinematographer to film a wedding in this country. I enjoy hanging around looking for interesting details and “postcard” images to include in the wedding film and also I always find very stimulating to deal with different cultures and with wedding vendors from other countries. It’s what I love the most when I go to a destination wedding.

Au-revoir France!

L'articolo KATRINA&GUILLAUME//BURGUNDY//FRANCE proviene da DOLCEVITA WEDDING CINEMA - Destination Wedding Videographer Italy.

Luxury Wedding Cinematographer Ritz-Carlton Paris

Everyone knows Paris as the city of love. “La ville lumiere” is chosen by couples from all over the world as a location for engagements, elopements and fairytale weddings.

Jazzmin and Rayan immediately fell in love with this city and chose it as their destination wedding. The event involved family and friends for 3 days, with a suggestive and romantic “bateau” (boat) ride along the River Saine, an informal and classy cocktail party with a view through Alexander III bridge, the Eiffel Tower, the Liberty Statue and back to Notre Dame.

During this boat ride we had the chance to ride a small classic old speedboat for a pre-wedding photoshoot and couple video portraits.

The day after, a welcome dinner awaited us at the Perruche restaurant on the roof of a famous department store in Paris. The venue for the wedding day was the Hotel Ritz-Carlton in Place de la Vandome, famous for being Lady Diana’s accommodation and one of the most beautiful and luxurious hotels in Paris (I found a Gauguin painting in the bathrooms …).

The wedding planner Le Grands Moments, who also did the wedding design, did a great job and helped us with all the events. Wedding photographers were Bottega53, that came from Italy like us.

Choosing to have in video the entire event, with boat ride and rehearsal, improves the storitelling and the sense of glamour. I suggest all of our clients to book our Amarcord Film Package to have both the wedding and the pre-wedding in their final editorial wedding film.

Working for a wedding in Paris, in such an iconic city, surrounded by so much beauty, is always inspiring. Walking through the streets of the center and Montmatre looking for “postcards” footage to use in our famous wedding film intros, is one of the funniest things in our job. I can’t wait for another opportunity to filming a wedding in the city of love.

Au-revoire Paris!

L'articolo JAZZMIN&RYAN//RITZ-CARLTON//PARIS proviene da DOLCEVITA WEDDING CINEMA - Destination Wedding Videographer Italy.

The HanBok Fashion Video in Paris

My talented American colleague and close friend Haseok Chunk, who works as a photographer in the wedding industry, during a Korean BBQ last fall when I was visiting Manhattan, asked me if I wanted to make the video for a line of traditional Korean clothing, the Hanbok, revisited in a glamorous and modern style, by a talented fashion designer from New York. In Paris. In January!! Why not, I answered promptly….and in any case in Paris in January there is the perfect weather for a fashion shooting 🙂 And btw there will also be the Fashion Week so….my answer is absolutely yes!

And so we met again a few months later, in Paris, in front of a pizza, to brief the shooting and review the model’s book. The staff is full, Chung will take care of the art direction, while Ki will be the photographer. Then we have the make up artist, two assistants and of course the fashion designer of The HanBok. I’m the only professional not Korean, but I’m Italian and everyone loves us 😉

The location is the arcades and the exterior of the Louvre museum. The day is overcast and grey, and obviously very cold, in perfect Parisian style, but the light is perfect for the romantic mood and the model’s pearly skin is too. The dresses are surprising, minimal but very elegant and glamorous at the same time. It’s a pleasure to watch them and even more to shoot them. Each frame is beautiful and I am very satisfied with the work. Sure, it’s not a wedding styled one, although some of those dresses can also be wedding dresses for a Korean bride. But I like the work we’ve done and I’ve decided to also publish it on my website dedicated to wedding videos. Ultimately it is always about grace and beauty.

L'articolo The HanBok fashion video in Paris proviene da DOLCEVITA WEDDING CINEMA - Destination Wedding Videographer Italy.

Destination wedding videographer in Parice France

There is always a very first time. And this was my very first time in the Ville Lumiere! Paris is known as the city of lovers, the city of artists and bohemians. Surely it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and one of the most desirable destination wedding; expecially for wedding videographers! I have to admit, it’s nice to work on Lake Como, Venice, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast, all of which are fantastic destination weddings and I couldn’t be happier living in a place surrounded by so much beauty like Italy, but Paris is the dream and the milestone of every wedding cinematographer. Being able to make a wedding film among the streets of this city was an honor and also a great pleasure, and I can’t thank enough Ava and Andy for giving me this fantastic opportunity.

You can see in this wedding film trailer glimpses of the Trocadero, of the Alexander III Bridge, of the view of Paris from the exclusive top roof of the Four Season Charles V Hotel. I also enjoyed getting around the streets and neighborhoods of Paris scouting and seeking interesting angles for the B-roll I usually use in my intros; I”m sure I’ve never brought home so much footage…guys, at the end of the day the pedometer counted 20km!
A big thank also to my new buddy Darek Smetiana, a great wedding photographer whom I shared two fantastic days with and … many, many kilometers 🙂

PH: Darek Smietana

L'articolo AVA & ANDY//FOUR SEASONS CHARLES V//PARIS proviene da DOLCEVITA WEDDING CINEMA - Destination Wedding Videographer Italy.