# Wedding photographers in Bordeaux & the South West > Wine châteaux among the vines, a city of golden stone on the Garonne, and the Atlantic’s dunes, pine forests and surf an hour away. - URL: https://lensandvows.com/france/bordeaux - France: https://lensandvows.com/france (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/france.md) - Português: https://lensandvows.com/pt/france/bordeaux.md - Español: https://lensandvows.com/es/france/bordeaux.md - Italiano: https://lensandvows.com/it/france/bordeaux.md - Deutsch: https://lensandvows.com/de/france/bordeaux.md - Français: https://lensandvows.com/fr/france/bordeaux.md - Lens & Vows: https://lensandvows.com/ Bordeaux is a city of eighteenth-century stone along a curve of the Garonne, listed by UNESCO and ringed by famous vineyards — the Médoc, Saint-Émilion, the hills between the two rivers. To the west lie pine forests, long Atlantic beaches and Arcachon Bay; inland to the east, the castles of the Dordogne; to the south, the Basque coast. Here a château is usually a wine estate, and some of them host weddings: a ceremony among the vines, then dinner in the courtyard or in the hall where the barrels age. ## When to marry in Bordeaux & the South West - **Best:** June, July, August, September - **Good with planning:** May, October June to September are warm and mostly dry, with the fewest rainy days in July and August. On the coast the Atlantic keeps the heat in check, though inland Bordeaux can be hot. Rain picks up in October and peaks in November and December; the Basque coast is greener and wetter all year. - **Spring:** The vines come into leaf, the meadows are green and the days mild; April and May can be showery. - **Summer:** Long, warm days and late sunsets over the ocean. The coast fills with holidaymakers in July and August, while inland stays calmer. - **Harvest and autumn:** The harvest from mid-September, when the estates are at their busiest, then vines turning red and gold and the first Atlantic storms. ## In numbers - **Hottest month, average high:** August · 27.6°C — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_33281001.pdf - **Average high in the best months:** Jun 25.0°C · Jul 27.1°C · Aug 27.6°C · Sep 24.2°C — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_33281001.pdf - **Days with 1 mm of rain or more, best months:** Jun 8.3 · Jul 7.1 · Aug 7 · Sep 9.3 — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_33281001.pdf - **UNESCO World Heritage:** [Bordeaux, Port of the Moon](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1256) (2007); [Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/932) (1999) Weather station: Bordeaux-Mérignac, normals 1991–2020 · Checked 13 October 2026 ## Where couples marry here The kinds of places — ask your photographer which ones they know well. - **Wine châteaux:** Estates with a manor house, a courtyard and rows of vines to the horizon — the ceremony among the vines, dinner in the cellar or under the trees. - **Bordeaux itself:** Grand stone halls and riverside quays, for a city ceremony and portraits along long, pale façades. - **Manors of the Dordogne and Gascony:** Old stone manors and farmhouses in the hills, with a pool and a long table — a weekend for everyone in one place. - **The Atlantic coast:** Oyster villages on Arcachon Bay, the great dune, pine forests and surf beaches all the way down to the Basque country. ## Towns and places in Bordeaux & the South West - [Biarritz](https://lensandvows.com/france/bordeaux/biarritz): An imperial resort on the Basque coast: the Atlantic in front, the Pyrenees on clear days, and the sun going down over the sea after half past nine in June. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/france/bordeaux/biarritz.md) ## How the light falls On the coast the sun sets straight into the Atlantic, so evenings on the dune and the beaches are long and golden; in late June it goes down around ten to ten. Inland, the vines run in lines that catch low, raking light at either end of the day. Summer middays are bright and flat. ## Getting there Fly into Bordeaux, or Biarritz for the Basque coast; fast trains from Paris take about two hours. The estates are spread over the countryside, so a car, or transport arranged for the guests, makes the day much easier. ## Photographers in Bordeaux & the South West They shoot here and know the light. Their whole weddings are on their pages. - [Joseph J.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/joseph-jukes) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Bordeaux & the South West, Paris, Loire Valley, Normandy & Brittany, The French Alps, Burgundy & Champagne, French Riviera, Provence · from €1,000 · Speaks: English, French · Style: Documentary, Editorial, Romantic · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/joseph-jukes.md) - [Margaux C.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/margaux-caillier) — Based in: Bidart · Shoots in: Bordeaux & the South West · from €250 · Speaks: French, English, Spanish · Style: Documentary, Fine art, Romantic, Dark & moody · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/margaux-caillier.md) - [Natalia D.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/natalia-duplinskaya) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Bordeaux & the South West, Paris, Provence, French Riviera, Loire Valley, Normandy & Brittany, The French Alps, Burgundy & Champagne · from €1,400 · Speaks: English, French, Russian · Style: Romantic · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/natalia-duplinskaya.md) - [Yuliia B.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/yuliia-bandura) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Bordeaux & the South West, Paris, The French Alps, Loire Valley · from €1,400 · Speaks: English, French, Russian, Ukrainian · Style: Documentary, Film, Romantic (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/yuliia-bandura.md) https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=bordeaux https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=bordeaux&sort=rating (Highest rated) ## Read before you plan - [What a wedding photographer costs in France, and what changes the price](https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-france): Published prices for photographing a wedding in France run from under €1,000 to €12,000 and more. The ranges with their sources and dates, by length of day and region by region, what goes into a price, the French specifics (two ceremonies, TTC or HT, kilometres) and how paying works on Lens & Vows. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/wedding-photographer-cost-france.md) - [Getting married in France as foreigners: the mairie, the church or a symbolic ceremony](https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-france): France’s routes for couples from abroad — why only the mairie can marry you, the residence rule, the banns and the documents, a church wedding after the civil one, same-sex couples, and where the photographer fits in. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/getting-married-in-france.md) - [A symbolic wedding in France: marry legally at home, celebrate in France](https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-france): Why couples from abroad sign the papers at home and hold a cérémonie laïque in France, what the law says about it, who can lead it and what it costs, where you may hold it — beaches, parks, protected sites — and what it frees up for the light and the photographs. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/symbolic-ceremony-france.md) - [The best time to get married in France: month by month, region by region](https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-france): Météo-France’s climate normals for eight places couples marry, how many couples marry in each month (INSEE), the best months for each region, the holidays, ponts and events of 2027, and sunrise, sunset and golden hour for 2027 in eight cities. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/best-time-to-marry-in-france.md) - [How to choose a wedding photographer: the steps, and the questions to ask](https://lensandvows.com/journal/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer): The decision in order — whole weddings, style, availability, the package, the contract and deposit, cancellation, delivery and a conversation — then a checklist of questions, with why each one matters. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/how-to-choose-a-wedding-photographer.md) - [Where to elope in France: 15 places, from the Étretat cliffs to the Calanques](https://lensandvows.com/journal/where-to-elope-in-france): Fifteen named places in Paris and the Loire, Normandy and Brittany, Champagne, the Alps, Provence, the Riviera and the South West — what each looks like, how you get there, when the light is right, and which permits, fees, tides and seasonal closures apply before you say your vows there. 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