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Alex & Mari

Engagement session in Paris

Alex dipping Mari under the trees near the Eiffel Tower

The Trocadéro at sunrise

We started early, when the square was almost empty and the sun was just coming up. Mari wore a red beret, Alex a dark jacket, and the stone terraces gave us room to walk, sit on the wall and climb the steps with the Eiffel Tower in front of us.

Alex and Mari standing apart on the empty Trocadéro at sunrise, the Eiffel Tower ahead
Alex lifting Mari in her red beret on the Trocadéro terrace with the Eiffel Tower behind
Mari in a beige coat on the Trocadéro, Alex waiting further back by the wall
Alex and Mari sitting close on the Trocadéro wall, foreheads touching, the Eiffel Tower behind
Mari in her red beret leaning on Alex’s shoulder with the Eiffel Tower in the distance
Mari in her red beret turning her head, the Eiffel Tower hazy in the morning light
Alex sitting on the Trocadéro wall as Mari perches beside him below the Eiffel Tower
Alex and Mari holding hands on the stone steps of the Trocadéro below the Eiffel Tower
Portrait of Alex in a dark jacket on the Trocadéro, the Eiffel Tower behind him
Alex running towards Mari across the wet Trocadéro, in black and white
Mari walking across the Trocadéro towards the Eiffel Tower, in black and white

Along the promenade

From the Trocadéro we walked on under the trees, with the tower never far away. Some of it I made in black and white: a dip under the branches, a kiss on a bench, and the two of them reflected in the mirror of a parked scooter.

Alex and Mari kissing under the trees with the Eiffel Tower in soft morning light
Alex dipping Mari under the trees near the Eiffel Tower, in black and white
Alex and Mari kissing on a park bench near the Eiffel Tower, in black and white
Alex and Mari reflected in the mirror of a parked scooter, in black and white
A parked scooter by the Seine, with the Eiffel Tower and Alex and Mari beyond

Coffee and croissants

No morning in Paris is complete without croissants. We stopped at a café with wicker chairs and round tables, Mari now in a burgundy dress, and had breakfast while I kept photographing. The croissants ended up in the pictures too.

Alex kissing Mari’s cheek at a Paris café table with coffee and a croissant

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Alex and Mari holding croissants up to their faces at the café
Alex and Mari having coffee at a round table on a Paris café terrace
Alex kissing Mari’s hand over coffee cups and croissants at the café

Streets to Bir-Hakeim

After breakfast we wandered through the quiet streets, where the Eiffel Tower kept appearing at the end of the road, and finished at the Bir-Hakeim bridge, among the iron columns and then by the river. Three hours had passed, and none of us had noticed.

Mari in a burgundy dress on a Paris street with the Eiffel Tower at the end of the road
Alex in his dark jacket on a quiet Paris street, the Eiffel Tower at the end
Alex and Mari looking at each other on a Paris pavement, Mari in burgundy
Alex and Mari small among the iron columns of the Bir-Hakeim bridge
Alex and Mari walking between the iron columns of the Bir-Hakeim bridge
Alex and Mari standing apart down the long colonnade of the Bir-Hakeim bridge
Alex and Mari sitting on the railing by the Seine with the Eiffel Tower across the water

Questions

What does an engagement session include?

Four hours, two locations and 150+ edited photographs, with travel within France included.

How far ahead should we book?

Most couples book six to eighteen months ahead. Summer Saturdays go first.

I’m excited to go wherever your love story is taking me and looking forward to hearing from you!

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Alex & Mari

Engagement session in Paris

Occasion
Fifth wedding anniversary
City
Paris
Locations
Trocadéro, a café, Bir-Hakeim bridge
Time
Early morning, from sunrise
Session length
Three hours

Alex and Mari came to Paris for their fifth wedding anniversary. It was their first time in the city, and they asked me to photograph it.

We met early at the Trocadéro, just as the sun came up beside the Eiffel Tower. Then we walked along the promenade, stopped at a café for coffee and croissants, wandered through the streets and finished at the Bir-Hakeim bridge. When we looked at the clock, three hours had gone without any of us noticing.

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