We were delighted to capture this beautiful, intimate wedding at Château Bouffémont for Dandan and Fan, who travelled all the way from China to celebrate part of their wedding journey in France, surrounded by their closest family.
It was an incredibly emotional and heartfelt celebration, brought together with so much elegance and attention to detail, perfectly planned by LAvie Wedding, a luxury wedding planner in Paris.
A truly unforgettable day, filled with love, emotion, and the beauty of celebrating together in one of France’s most enchanting châteaux.
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Planning: Lavie Wedding | Florist: May Bells flower | Hair & Makeup: Jane Makeup Artist | Photography: Olya Kobruseva | Videography : Cadoret Studios | Venue: Château Bouffémont | Celebrant: The Parisian Celebrant
Thirty-five minutes from Paris, above the Montmorency Forest, Bouffémont is hired in full, one wedding at a time. Nineteenth-century salons, tiered gardens, a terrace over the golf course and the forest beyond. Built for privacy
The gardens hold their light through the afternoon. The reception rooms each have their own mood, close enough to move between without losing the day's rhythm. From above, the drone traces the grounds, the gardens against the forest line.
The château sits close to Paris-Le Bourget airspace. Flying here meant clearance from air traffic control, préfecture authorization and insurance, filed ahead of the wedding by a certified drone pilot.
We collaborate with the planners and vendors already in place, Lavie Wedding among them, and coordinate directly with the château on timing and access. Available for weddings at Château Bouffémont and across the Paris region.
Working inside a private château means moving quietly through rooms that are, for one day, entirely the couple's own. We coordinate with the planner and the venue on timing and access, then stay out of the way. Close enough to catch what happens, far enough that nothing is staged for us. It is how we make wedding films in Paris and the Île-de-France that hold the day rather than perform it.
Alongside the main film, a Super 8 piece. Short takes, nothing set up, nothing repeated. Grain, soft edges, a frame that drifts. The format was never precise and that is the point. It puts distance between the moment and the image, so the day already feels remembered rather than recorded.