Indre-et-Loire · Touraine · Loire Valley
Wedding photographer at
Château d'Artigny
Château d'Artigny, above the Indre valley near Montbazon, is a Belle Époque palace the perfumer François Coty built to outshine Versailles. Marble, painted ceilings, formal gardens falling away to the river. Of all the grand houses of the Touraine, it is one we would love to photograph.
From our own weddings. We have not yet photographed here, and we would love to.
The château
Coty was the master perfumer of the Belle Époque, and Artigny was his statement. He built it in the eighteenth century style at the start of the twentieth, and spared nothing: rose and green marbles, a rotunda painted in trompe-l'oeil by Charles Hoffbauer, a chapel modelled on Versailles.
Today it is a five star hotel of fifty-six rooms, fifteen kilometres from Tours, its twenty-five hectares of French gardens laid out along the Indre. It hosts weddings of up to three hundred guests when taken in full.
Why Artigny suits the way we work
Artigny is a five star hotel, and that shapes how a wedding here has to be photographed. The protocol is real, the rooms are formal, and the beauty is in the detail: polished Lens marble, sculpted woodwork, the painted rotunda. We work quietly inside that, never rearranging it, letting the grandeur sit behind the people rather than swallow them.
It suits a large, elegant celebration, up to three hundred guests in full exclusivity, and a couple who love a sense of occasion. Our job there is to keep the day human, to find the private glance in the middle of all that marble.
Where your day photographs
The neo-classical façade
Symmetrical, pale, dominating the Indre valley. It photographs best in the low light of late afternoon, when the stone warms and the shadows lengthen across the terraces.
The painted rotunda
Hoffbauer's polychrome trompe-l'oeil ceiling on the first floor, a ready-made frame for a first look or a quiet moment away from the guests.
The Régence grand salon
Period woodwork, the room where a seated dinner for a hundred and forty unfolds. We light it for the faces, not the gilding.
The French gardens
Twenty-five hectares along the river, terraces and long perspectives for the couple portraits and the golden hour.
The Versailles chapel
Intimate and ornate, for a blessing or an exchange of vows before the reception opens up.
How we would photograph your day
We came to weddings from photojournalism. We observe, we anticipate, we capture what happens without interrupting it. No posing, no staging the facade, no asking anyone to do it again.
We always work as two. While one of us is at the ceremony, the other is watching the faces. That second pair of eyes is the difference between a record of the venue and a record of your day.
Getting there, and what it costs
Artigny is about an hour away, in the heart of the Loire Valley. We live in Lencloître, in the Vienne, and travel to weddings in the Vienne and the Loire Valley is included in our packages, with no surcharge.
Our packages start at 3,190 €, both photographers for the full day, all edited images included.
Why us
This Is Reportage, TOP 20 Storytellers in the World, 2022. WPJA, TOP 50 Photographers in the World, 2021 and 2022. 232 international awards across sixteen years, judged anonymously from real weddings.
337 weddings photographed since 2009, across Europe. We are based in the Vienne, we speak French, English and Romanian, and we always work as a duo.
"We planned our whole wedding around being able to work with them. The way they naturally blend in while capturing every emotion, warm, humane, and so easy to work with."
"It only took five minutes to realise they were the friends we wanted to pay to be at our wedding."
Frequently asked questions
How many guests for a wedding at Château d'Artigny?+
Up to three hundred guests when the château is taken in full exclusivity.
Are you available to photograph weddings at Château d'Artigny?+
Yes. Artigny is exactly the kind of venue we travel to. We are based in Lencloître, in the Vienne, and travel to weddings in the Vienne and the Loire Valley is included in our packages, with no surcharge.
How much does a wedding photographer at Château d'Artigny cost?+
Our packages start at 3,190 €. That covers both photographers for the full day, from preparations to the evening, with all the edited images delivered in a private online gallery.
Do you work as two photographers?+
Always. Cristina and Petrică cover every wedding together, two angles at once. After sixteen years and 337 weddings, we coordinate without needing to speak.
Do you speak English?+
Yes, fluently. We work in French, English and Romanian, which matters for the international couples and mixed families who so often marry in this part of France.
How far in advance should we book?+
Most couples book 12 to 18 months ahead, and peak summer dates go first. If your date at Artigny is approaching, write to us anyway, it costs nothing to check availability.
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