In practice
The part that matters most is the least obvious one. Direction during a session is constant, quiet talk — where to put a hand, when to look away, the running commentary that keeps a three-year-old moving for forty minutes. That only works in a language everyone shares. It is why the pictures from an English-run session look different from the pictures of a session translated as it goes.
The interpreting is genuinely useful and it costs nothing extra. We telephone the château about access times, confirm a town hall slot, check with the caterer when dinner will actually be served, then email you a plain summary. Sara photographs in both languages every week and switches between them without thinking about it.
Our English-speaking clients cluster in predictable places: the aerospace corridor at Blagnac and Colomiers, the technology sites at Labège, the Saclay plateau in Essonne, the international schools. Two bases, Toulouse and Évry-Courcouronnes, cover both regions.
Bilingual guests are welcome but never necessary. We speak French with the officiant, the venue staff and your grandmother-in-law, and English with you, and nobody has to translate anything on their wedding day.
Key points
- Quote, planning, session, delivery and gallery: all in English.
- We handle French venues and suppliers, then report back in English.
- Quotes answered within 24 hours, from Toulouse or Évry-Courcouronnes.
Common questions
Do you send the contract and the quote in English?+
We send both, French and English side by side in the same document. The French text is the one that governs, since the agreement is signed under French law and any dispute would be read in French. Read the English column, ask us about anything unclear, then sign electronically — no printing, no post.
Do you travel outside Toulouse and Essonne?+
Yes. We cover Occitanie up to about 100 km around Toulouse, and Île-de-France within 50 km of Évry-Courcouronnes. Travel is included inside 50 km of either base and billed at cost past it, so a château an hour and a half away is entirely workable — tell us the postcode and we will price it.
What we photograph, where we travel and what it costs is set out on our English home page.