Pete Horton
Mariage au Château de Meouilles
Mariage à Château de Meouilles, près de Saint-Andre-les-Alpes et lac de Castillon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence, June 2022
Hours photographed: 10:00 - 00:00
Total Images delivered: around 488 (around 2,800 taken)
Images taken per hour delivered: 34 (images taken per hour total: 186.6)
This was a stunning wedding held at Chateau de Meouilles, a spacious holiday villa in Saint André les Alpes, which is approximately two hours’ drive north-west from Nice (06000). The chateau is beautifully set in the Alpes of Haute-Provence of the Parc national de Marcantour (04179) and in proximity of the venue (less than 1km) is a lake (lac de Castillon) and the rural village of the Saint-André-les-Alpes, where the couples’ religious ceremony took place. This spot, surrounded by beautiful alpine rolling hills, is sublime and – combined with the sunset and a chapel on site, led to some spectacular imagery.
The couple: Tiphaine and Matteo are a very friendly couple and it was a pleasure to photograph them and their loved ones. I’m so happy the images turned out the way they did and part of that was down to them letting me choose the time and location for the evening shoot. The overall vibe was always fun, informal, relaxed, and there was never any stress – just one great moment after another.
The Venue: Chateau de Meouilles, a luxury wedding venue which sleeps 18, set in unbelievably beautiful, mountainous countryside. All rooms have been lovingly restored and have features such as silk curtains, hand-crafted furniture, and marble baths. It has a heated swimming pool and its grounds feature terraces that offer stunning panoramic views of the mountain location. The interior features a stunning staircase that ascends above the indoor courtyard entrance space. It’s hard to describe in words, but this is a beautiful building and the images I had seen online before did not do it justice.
The Dress: Was from Accord Parfait ....My knowledge of wedding dresses is limited, but it was designed and made by Ukrainian designer Iryna Kotapska. It was custom fit and what can I can I say? It was beautiful and led to some spellbinding imagery.
The lighting, music, and sound was provided by DfactoryEvents which is based in the Cannes area and did an amazing job of lighting and music. They had a special lighting set-up planned to match the mood of the first dance. I don’t know too much about event lighting but set-up and stands were non-obtrusive, the lighting itself was perfect for the space, energy, and mood, and there was smoke machines and two pyrotechnic machines that threw out giant sparks during the first dance. These guys were super professional, super friendly, and even lent me an extension cable so I could recharge my car.
The videographer was Fred (@Fred_gnl on Instagram) who is based in Avignon and was super cool, and super easy to work with. We had never met before but if you’re having both a photographer and videographer, get someone like Fred on video because it makes a huge difference having someone friendly, considerate, and helpful. When the photographer and videographer can cooperate and help each other out like that even though they are strangers it makes the results so much better, and Fred was great to work with.
The caterer was GB Traiteur from nearby Andre les Alpes who put on a fabulous spread and provided the show-stopping cake complete with sparkles and statuette.
