# Wedding photographers in Paris > Bridges over the Seine, pale stone façades and rooftop views — a city for vows and portraits, with châteaux in the country around it. - URL: https://lensandvows.com/france/paris - France: https://lensandvows.com/france (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/france.md) - Português: https://lensandvows.com/pt/france/paris.md - Español: https://lensandvows.com/es/france/paris.md - Italiano: https://lensandvows.com/it/france/paris.md - Deutsch: https://lensandvows.com/de/france/paris.md - Français: https://lensandvows.com/fr/france/paris.md - Lens & Vows: https://lensandvows.com/ Paris is a city to walk through on your wedding day: the bridges and quays of the Seine, whose banks are a UNESCO World Heritage site, wide avenues of pale stone, gardens of clipped trees, café terraces, and the grey zinc rooftops seen from the hill of Montmartre. Some couples keep the city for an elopement and the portraits; others marry in a private mansion or on a rooftop, or take the guests out to one of the châteaux of the Île-de-France, an hour or so away. ## When to marry in Paris - **Best:** May, June, July, September - **Good with planning:** April, August, October May, June, July and September bring long, mild days, and in late June the sun sets close to ten at night. Paris has no dry season: showers come in any month, a little less often in summer. In August many Parisians leave town and some restaurants close, and a heatwave is possible. - **Spring:** Chestnut trees and magnolias in flower, fresh green in the parks and mild days. April and May can be showery. - **Summer:** The longest evenings of the year and dinner outside. Music fills the streets on 21 June and fireworks the sky on 14 July; in August the city empties and goes quiet. - **Autumn:** September is warm and bright, with softer light; by late October the trees along the quays turn yellow and the days shorten fast. ## In numbers - **Hottest month, average high:** July · 25.7°C — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_75114001.pdf - **Average high in the best months:** May 20.2°C · Jun 23.4°C · Jul 25.7°C · Sep 21.5°C — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_75114001.pdf - **Days with 1 mm of rain or more, best months:** May 9.2 · Jun 8.3 · Jul 7.4 · Sep 7.5 — Météo-France: https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_75114001.pdf - **UNESCO World Heritage:** [Paris, Banks of the Seine](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/600) (1991) Weather station: Paris-Montsouris, normals 1991–2020 · Checked 13 October 2026 ## Where couples marry here The kinds of places — ask your photographer which ones they know well. - **Private mansions and salons:** Old town houses with a cobbled courtyard, gilded salons and a garden behind — a ceremony and dinner in the heart of the city. - **Rooftops and terraces:** Terraces above the zinc roofs for drinks at sunset, with the city’s domes and towers all around. - **Châteaux around Paris:** Castles and country houses with formal French gardens in the Île-de-France — room for everyone, an hour or so from the city. - **Bridges, quays and gardens:** The Seine at dawn, stone bridges, quiet squares and avenues of trees in the parks for portraits — before the city wakes up. ## How the light falls Paris light is soft and often filtered through high cloud, and the pale limestone of the buildings throws it back, so even grey days photograph well. In summer the sun sets late and the golden hour lingers along the river. The famous viewpoints fill up by mid-morning: photographers who want them empty start at sunrise. ## Getting there Fly into Charles de Gaulle or Orly; trains from London, Brussels and Amsterdam arrive in the centre of the city. Inside Paris the Métro and walking beat the car; the châteaux around it are reached by car or coach. ## Photographers in Paris 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: Paris, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West, 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) - [Michi N.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/michi-n) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Paris · from €900 · Speaks: French, English, Japanese · Style: Documentary, Editorial, Romantic · Verified (We’ve verified their identity) (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/michi-n.md) - [Natalia D.](https://lensandvows.com/photographers/natalia-duplinskaya) — Based in: Paris · Shoots in: Paris, Provence, French Riviera, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West, 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: Paris, Bordeaux & the South West, The French Alps, Loire Valley · from €300 · Speaks: English, French, Russian, Ukrainian · Style: Documentary, Film, Romantic (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/photographers/yuliia-bandura.md) https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=paris https://lensandvows.com/photographers?region=paris&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. (Markdown: https://lensandvows.com/journal/where-to-elope-in-france.md)