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Wedding in Paris, September 2026, photographed by Joseph J.

Wedding photographer · Paris

Joseph J.

Beautiful Candid Wedding Photography

Documentary, Editorial, Romantic · English, French

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  • Elopement

    The Elopement

    3 hours · 90 photos · delivered in 4 weeks

    Where: Paris, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West

    An elopement is already a wonderfully personal way to marry, and the photographs should feel just as personal. With three hours of coverage, I’ll be quietly alongside you as you say your vows, soaking up the occasion and catching it all as it truly happens. My documentary, journalistic style means no stiff poses and no running to a script. Just the two of you, your day, and a real-life story you’ll want to look back on for years to come.

    • Private online gallery on Lens & Vows — 12 months to view and download everything, 3 more years free after your review
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    $1,144€1,000 (the photographer’s own price)Choose

  • Intimate wedding

    The Best Bits

    6 hours · 180 photos · delivered in 4 weeks

    Where: Paris, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West

    Not every wedding needs a twelve-hour day, and sometimes the best moments are the ones you choose to keep. With six hours of coverage, we’ll talk in advance about the parts of your day that matter most to you, whether that’s the ceremony, the speeches or the hours spent celebrating with your favourite people, so that I’m there for exactly those. The style is the same: documentary and journalistic, honest and unposed. You’ll get the true story of your day, not a series of set-ups.

    • Private online gallery on Lens & Vows — 12 months to view and download everything, 3 more years free after your review
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    $1,715€1,500 (the photographer’s own price)Choose

  • Full wedding day

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    All Day Long

    12 hours · 500 photos · delivered in 4 weeks

    Your wedding day, from the very first quiet moments of the morning right through to the first dance and well beyond. I’ll be there for the nervous laughter while you get ready, the look on a parent’s face as they see you for the first time, and the dancing at the end of the night. I photograph in a documentary, journalistic style, which simply means I stay out of the way and let your day happen. Nothing staged and nothing forced, just the real story of one of the most special days of your life, told as it unfolded.

    • Private online gallery on Lens & Vows — 12 months to view and download everything, 3 more years free after your review
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    $3,430€3,000 (the photographer’s own price)Choose

  • Destination wedding

    Bespoke Perfection

    16 hours · 1,500 photos · delivered in 4 weeks

    Some weddings are too big for a single day, and some couples simply don’t want to watch the clock. This is for them. With no limit on hours, I’ll be with you for as long as your celebration lasts: the rehearsal dinner the night before, the wedding day from the first cup of tea to the last song, and the long, lazy breakfast the morning after. Marrying abroad or across several days? I’ll be there for every hour. Nothing is fixed. You tell me what matters, and I’ll build the coverage around you. No shot list, no stopwatch, just the freedom to let your celebration unfold while I quietly gather the whole story, exactly as it happens. My style stays documentary and journalistic: candid, unposed and true to life. You’ll receive a rich, complete collection of photographs that captures the feeling of the entire weekend, every glance, laugh and quiet moment. Your quote is shaped around your wishes, with extra coverage added wherever you’d like, or refined to focus on what matters most.

    • Private online gallery on Lens & Vows — 12 months to view and download everything, 3 more years free after your review
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    $11,433€10,000 (the photographer’s own price)Choose

In their words

From catering weddings to shooting weddings. Hello! My name is Joseph. I have been creating images ever since my 8 year old self was handed a Polaroid camera by my photographer Granddad. Deciding my life’s work was a tight contest between studying photography or embarking on a journey exploring my other true love, cooking (which was, incidentally, my other granddads great passion). My Mom sat me down and said 'Joe, be a chef, travel the world, hone your photography skills and later on, if you feel like it, change!' So thats what I did.

She was always right. I hung up my apron and put down my knives for the last time around 15 years ago. Now my young family enjoys luxury cuisine at home and the couples I work with enjoy timeless photography. And those two worlds, the kitchen and the camera, as far apart as they may seem, have become the unlikely duo that have shaped every wedding day I've been a part of. My artistry is as evident today with my elegant use of light and shadow as it was yesterday when sculpting a unique pièce montée for my couples, as it will be tomorrow.

Ducking and weaving, unobtrusive, searching. I shoot like a photojournalist. My inner chef appears when needed, grabbing the right guests for group shots, asking Uncle Bob politely to put his camera away, organising unruly groomsmen. Then it’s just the two of you and my romantic side comes rushing out, unbridled.

I am available worldwide, but my heart lies here. Paris doesn't need much of an introduction. It has been the backdrop to love stories for as long as anyone can remember, and if you've chosen it for your wedding day, you already know why. I've lived and worked and breathed it in long enough to know its light, its rhythms, and its creases. Finding the places others don’t find, and capturing the moments others miss.

You'll find I’ll quietly command the days photos, whilst remaining relatively invisible and completely relaxed.​ ​​​​​​I approach each wedding day with the same rigour and passion I have always approached wedding days, albeit on the other side of the kitchen doors. Meticulous planning, a second or even third path for every eventuality and an almost prescient ability to solve a problem before it's even presented.

I think that everyone deserves to be whomever they wish to be, I'm open minded and I'll show off each of your guests individuality presenting you with beautiful memories for generations to keep and look back on. I don't follow the general conventions of 'The Wedding Photographer', I don't shoot the same old thing over and over and I definitely don’t believe in normal. I only believe in creating something that's unique, that's only yours.

Time zones don’t matter, let’s talk now. Your bespoke wedding day investment starts from €3,000. Other packages are available.

Based in
Paris
Weddings since
2019 · 7 years
Shoots in
Paris, Loire Valley, Bordeaux & the South West, Normandy & Brittany, The French Alps, Burgundy & Champagne, French Riviera, Provence
Speaks
English, French
Style
Documentary, Editorial, Romantic
Weddings
Elopement, Intimate wedding, Full wedding day, Destination wedding, Vow renewal, Engagement & pre-wedding, Proposal
Photos delivered
in 4 weeks
Book at least
1 month ahead

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  1. 5 out of 5 starsVy & NicoApril 2026

    We looked the photos many times since then and we want to sincerely thank you. Your work is amazing and help us to live our wedding day again! We appreciate your sensibility and the place from where you took it is always well chosen (french phrase so i don't know if you can understand it perfectly, sorry about it..!) - Truly fantastic memories

  2. 5 out of 5 starsKen & ChelseaJuly 2025

    My wife and I booked a photo session with Joe for our Paris wedding ceremony, and we simply cannot tell you how wonderful Joe is. From the beginning stage until we received our photos, the communication was so well, unlike many other photographers I had tried to get in touch with, Joe almost always responds within 24 hours if not earlier. If you are planning a photo shoot, we highly recommend Joe!

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