Indre-et-Loire · Amboise · Loire Valley
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Château de la Huberdière
Château de la Huberdière stands at Nazelles-Négron, ten minutes from Amboise, five centuries of tuffeau stone with an ornate balustrade staircase down its façade and a fourteen-hectare park of century-old trees. Ceremonies happen beneath those trees. For a documentary photographer the stone and the shade do half the work. One of the Loire Valley houses we would love to photograph.
From our own weddings. We have not yet photographed here, and we would love to.
The château
Five centuries of tuffeau, the Loire's own honey-coloured stone, Huberdière keeps its period interiors, marble fireplaces and panelled rooms, in a fourteen-hectare park near Amboise. It welcomes international couples in three languages.
Why la Huberdière suits the way we work
The façade and its carved stone staircase are the arrival shot, and the century-old trees give a secular ceremony dappled, forgiving light that flatters everyone. Inside, vaulted stone, patinated woodwork and marble fireplaces hold warm evening light.
It takes thirty to a hundred and fifty, sleeps twenty-one across ten rooms, and runs in English and Italian as well as French, so an international wedding lives on the estate across the weekend.
Where your day photographs
The tuffeau façade and staircase
Sixteenth century honey stone and an ornate balustrade staircase, the arrival and the wide portrait.
The century-old trees
Where the secular ceremony is set, dappled shade and forgiving light under ancient branches.
The vaulted great hall
Stone vaults and patinated woodwork for the dinner, warm under evening light.
The park and pond
Fourteen hectares of grounds with a pond and a pool, the quiet spaces for the couple away from the party.
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
la Huberdière is about an hour away, ten minutes from Amboise. 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
Is there an outdoor ceremony spot at Château de la Huberdière?+
Yes, a secular ceremony is set beneath the century-old trees of the park. There is no chapel on site.
How many guests does Château de la Huberdière hold?+
From thirty to a hundred and fifty guests, with ten rooms sleeping up to twenty-one on site.
How far is Château de la Huberdière from Amboise?+
Ten minutes from Amboise; the TGV reaches Tours in an hour and five from Paris, then twenty minutes by car.
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