Paris Pre-Wedding Photoshoot

Have your wedding portraits made in Paris before the wedding celebrations. You might need photographs for invitations, a banquet welcome board or an album—or simply want time for portraits in your wedding clothes, without a wedding-day schedule.

Our local, English-speaking photographers have photographed couples in Paris since 2013. Before you arrive, share your outfits, the photographs you like and the places you want to include. Your photographer helps you choose the light, route and time you need, with room for travel and changing clothes.

This is a photographer-led portrait session. You can book photography on its own and add flowers, transport, beauty services or video. If you are getting married in Paris and want a ceremony photographed, explore elopement photography or wedding photography.

Cengiz & the Kiss Me in Paris photographers

Pre-wedding photography starts at €300 per hour including VAT (€250 before VAT). These are our standard couple-photoshoot rates. Choose the photographer whose work, approach and price suit you, or ask us to choose an available photographer for you.

Preparation directly with your photographer, direction during the session and edited, high-resolution photographs. We agree on a route that accounts for your outfits, the light and the time between locations.

Your photographs and delivery

That day or evening: 1–2 lightly edited previews to share. Within 24 hours of the session ending: all unedited photographs in your private selection gallery. Within 10–14 days after you confirm your selection is complete: your chosen photographs, edited and in high resolution.

Tell us the date you need the finished files, whether for invitations, a banquet or a later celebration at home. Your booking includes digital photographs. Allow time for selecting, editing, and any album design or printing you arrange; discuss your deadline before booking.

Additional edited photos: €6 each including VAT (€5 before VAT). Viewing your selection gallery is included. Optional unedited high-resolution JPEG downloads are €120 including VAT (€100 before VAT) per photographed hour, capped at €360 including VAT (€300 before VAT). These are JPEG files, not RAW camera files.

Eiffel Tower views and Paris architecture

Trocadéro gives you the recognizable Eiffel Tower backdrop. Bir-Hakeim offers columns, repeating lines and Tower views, including some of our favorite blue-hour portraits. Pont Alexandre III suits formal wedding clothes; nearby Petit Palais can complement the route when access and timing allow.

A café gives you seated portraits and a change of pace; agree on photographs with the café and allow for purchases. Louvre exteriors offer architecture and symmetry, but professional photography and bridal clothing require particular attention to access. We confirm what is feasible before agreeing on that part of your route.

Sunrise, sunset, blue hour or nighttime?

Sunrise can reduce the larger crowds at popular public viewpoints. It also means an early beauty appointment and departure. Warm light depends on the weather; an early start does not guarantee an empty location.

Around sunset, a suitable schedule can combine daylight portraits with blue hour afterward. Blue hour and nighttime work especially well when you want illuminated architecture and deliberately lit portraits. Bir-Hakeim is a strong option. We choose the start around your date and route, rather than treating sunrise as compulsory.

For detailed comparisons, explore our Paris photo locations and photoshoot preparation guide.

For photographs beyond Paris, see our Provence lavender field photoshoot guide. It explains our dates in late June and early July and how destination coverage and travel are quoted.

Lighting after sunset

A lighting assistant is required if any part of your session continues after official sunset: €100 per hour including VAT. We confirm the required lighting hours before booking.

For ideas before the session, explore our couple posing guide and creative photography ideas.

Book the photography you want, then add the support that will make a difference to your session. We confirm each addition and its price before booking.

Bringing your own clothes is welcome. If you need a dress-rental recommendation, ask us. Dress hire, fittings, collection and returns are not included in photography; we do not manage a rental as part of a standard session.