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Here is the final part of Stéphanie and Mario’s wonderful wedding celebrations – a wedding cocktail to welcome their guests followed by an incredibly moving wedding blessing in the fabulous Chateau de Bagnols.   A fantastic jazz band accompanied the evening throughout setting the mood.   After the meal Stéphanie made her way over to the band and sang an amazing song to Mario – wow – tears for everyone, me included !   Then one of the best cakes i have ever seen arrived at midnight … more wows !   and shortly afterwards i left them partying into the night ….

Stéphanie and Mario thank you so much for allowing me to photograph such very happy days ! 

I wish you both a very long, happy and healthy life together

engagement shoot   –   civil ceremony part 1  -  civil ceremony part 2  -  wedding blessing chateau de bagnols part 1

dress – Max Chaoul

shoes - Christian Louboutin

venue – Chateau de Bagnols

jazz band – Jean Pierre Verdolini Jazz Band

I promised you more gorgeousness with the sneaky peek and here it is – absolutely sumptuously gorgeous gorgeousness !    For the second part of their celebrations Stéphanie and Mario chose to have their wedding blessing at the beautiful Chateau de Bagnols, a fabulous venue nestled away in the vineyards north of Lyon.  The day before the blessing, with the whole chateau for just the two of them they organised a "first look" … and wow !    Stéphanie was dressed in a stunning ivory silk dress designed by Max Chaoul and yet more amazing Louboutin shoes … and  Mario was the happiest man in the world, again !    They are a brilliant couple to spend time with, they make you feel as though you have known them forever and they are such fun.   We took couple shots in various rooms in the chateau itself and then went out into the gardens in the golden light of an early spring afternoon ….perfect and gorgeous !

to see their civil ceremony at the Mairie de Dardagny and the Jiva Hill Park Hotel click here (part one & part two)

and here for their engagement shoot  in a museum and a car wrecking yard ! …    enjoy   !!!  

Their blessing ceremony with friends, family, emotion, laughter and happiness in general is coming soon 

- make sure you come back to leave them some love.

Stéphanie and Mario have been soooo patient but here is the sneaky peek of part two of their wonderful wedding held at the Chateau de Bagnols near Lyon.   Even more gorgeous and even happier ……

just wait till you see the rest of the wedding – wow !!!!!

have a look at their civil ceremony here  -  part one & part two,    engagement shoot

i love love love the first time i meet a couple face to face – i love the way they look at each other, i love the way they tell me all about their plans for their big day, the surprises they have planned, the people they have coming .. i love learning about the venue and how they chose it, i love the sneaky conversation while Husband-to-be isn’t listening about ‘the Dress’ … but i extra specially love the engagement shoot part of the meeting.  Just watching them together as they react to each other and forget about camera nerves – they relax and have fun and you can see their love for each other just shining out  – it’s gorgeous

these shots are a few of my favourites from recent engagement shoots used as Save the Date cards to send out to guests before the official invitations go out … a fabulous reminder of a very special moment in their lives…

 have a look at some more engagement shoots here