Stefania & Rodolphe

Civil ceremony in Montbéliard, France

Stefania and Rodolphe, Civil ceremony, Montbéliard

At the town hall

Guests gathered outside the town hall in Montbéliard while the last ones crossed the square. Rodolphe met Stefania at the door with her bouquet of orange and pink flowers, and their friends crowded round them in the entrance before everyone went in.

Guests gathering in front of the town hall in Montbéliard under the French flag

Guests in suits and summer dresses crossing the street towards the town hall

Rodolphe hugging Stefania and her bouquet of orange and pink flowers outside the town hall

Stefania laughing among friends in suits in the town hall entrance

Stefania and Rodolphe in the open doorway of the town hall, in black and white

Guests seated round the long ceremony table under the windows, in black and white

The ceremony

The ceremony was in a bright room hung with small lights, led by an official in a tricolour sash. Stefania and Rodolphe could hardly stop laughing, their friends laughed with them, and after the kiss and the signatures everyone wanted to hug them first.

Stefania and Rodolphe laughing together during the civil ceremony

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Rodolphe’s friends in suits laughing at the back of the ceremony room

Stefania and Rodolphe smiling at the ceremony table behind white calla lilies

Rodolphe kissing Stefania as the guests clap in the town hall

A friend signing the register at the ceremony table as Stefania and Rodolphe watch

The official in a tricolour sash speaking to Stefania and Rodolphe among potted plants

Stefania hugging a friend among the guests after the ceremony

On the square

They kissed again in the doorway and stepped out to cheers. Stefania threw her bouquet over the crowd, and we made a few portraits by the old fountain while she twirled the sheer overskirt of her lace outfit.

Stefania and Rodolphe kissing in the wooden doorway of the town hall

Stefania stepping out onto the square to cheers, in black and white

Stefania’s bouquet flying over the guests on the square, in black and white

Stefania and guests on the square as a little girl runs past, in black and white

Stefania laughing with a friend in the town hall doorway, in black and white

Stefania twirling her sheer overskirt by the old fountain on the square

Stefania and Rodolphe laughing by the fountain as she spreads her skirt

Rodolphe and Stefania laughing face to face on the square

The vintage car

A pale blue vintage car was waiting round the corner. Stefania looked out from behind her little veil, kissed Rodolphe at the wheel, and they drove to a small family cocktail party. The church wedding, with all its guests, was the next day.