English-speaking wedding photographer · Normandy & France

Wedding photographer in Normandy.

An English-speaking documentary photographer based in Normandy, I photograph weddings across Normandy and all of France — including destination weddings for couples travelling from the UK, the US and beyond. No forced posing — just your emotions, in their truth.

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↓ WORLD TOP 2 ISPWP 2022 · TOP 10 FEARLESS 2023 · SINCE 2004
ARNAUD CHAPELLE
Availability

Fifteen weddings a year.
Not one more.

Here is how my summer Saturdays are filling up. Tap a free one to ask me for your date.

2027
4 places left out of 15
11 booked, incl. 1 not on a Saturday2 for a couple I fall for
May
June
5121926
July
310172431
Aug.
Sept.
Wedding pricing

Five packages
the same for every couple

These are my French prices, in English. Nothing costs more because you are coming from abroad: the packages, the prices and the terms are the ones every couple gets. Travel and accommodation are set out below, in full, before you book.

Essentiel
€1,199

From the town hall to the end of the cocktail hour.

Journée
€1,499

From the getting-ready to the end of the cocktail hour.

Célébration
€1,599

From the ceremony through to 1 am, the dancing included.

Most requested
Intégral
€1,899

From the getting-ready through to 1 am — the whole day.

Le Week-end
Three days — welcome dinner, wedding day, farewell brunch
€3,400

The welcome dinner the evening before (3 hours), the wedding day until 1 am, and the farewell brunch the morning after (3 hours). Luxe 30×40 album included. Travel is included in Normandy. Anywhere else in France it is a flat €500 up to 400 km from Saint-Lô, travel and accommodation included, then quoted individually beyond. Booked together, the two extra days cost less than added one by one.

Travel and accommodation

Added on top of the package and confirmed in your quote — never after. One figure, based on the distance from my base in Saint-Lô, whatever the package.

Distance from Saint-Lô
Distance from Saint-LôTravel
up to 30 kmincluded
beyond€0.40 per km, round trip, the first 30 km deducted
example: 60 km€24
example: 120 km€72
example: 200 km€136
overnight stayaccommodation added, set out in the quote
south of the Loire (beyond 400 km)destination rate

From €500 the fee covers the drive, the travel days and the nights on site. South of the Loire, in Europe and worldwide, destination rates apply — see The Destination Wedding below.

Options — Welcome dinner the evening before, 3 hours: €990 · Farewell brunch the morning after, 3 hours: €990 · Additional hour after 1 am: €200 · Earlier start, before 10 am: €100 per hour · Fine-art albums from €160 to €1,350. Second shooter: €900 in Normandy, quoted elsewhere. A second shooter is worth considering above 100 guests, or when the two of you are getting ready in different places. I don't hire a stranger for the day: I work with someone who shoots the way I do, so your gallery reads as one body of work.
The Destination Wedding
Anywhere in the world — you fly me in
Wedding day€5,900
The full weekend€7,500

+ travel — Europe & the UK €1,200 · North America €2,800 · rest of the world €3,900. Flights, accommodation and transfers, settled upfront when the flights are booked.

What you are flying in is a French documentary photographer — World TOP 2 ISPWP 2022, Top 10 Fearless 2023. The fee is the same wherever you marry; only the travel changes. Everything else is exactly what couples marrying in France get: the complete gallery in full resolution and English from the first call to delivery.

Paying — A 40% retainer on signing the contract holds your date; the balance is settled either in one payment a month before the wedding, or in three instalments ending a month before. Paying in full on booking takes 10% off.

The album, at booking

Your album, ordered with your package

Ordered at the same time as your package, the album costs €100 less, and Le Trio €200 less. You choose your photographs after the wedding, I design the layout, you approve it. It is paid with the balance.

Luxury album 30×40

40 pages, acrylic cover

€350 instead of €450

Le Trio

a 30×40 for you, two 20×30 for your families

€750 instead of €950

Only when ordered with the package, at booking.

Every package includes 500+ photographs in full resolution · private online gallery, delivered within 15 days · WEDBOX guest app · everything in English, from the first call to delivery.

The options

Engagement & after-wedding sessions

Before the wedding, it's the engagement session. After, it's the after-wedding session. Either way, choose your formula:

Traditional session
350 €
1-hour shoot

Photos that define your love, with joy and emotion.

Creative session
650 €
Long session — 3 hours

All the feelings, plus art and creativity: a lyrical, cinematic aesthetic — my speciality.

And so the day lives on: wedding albums — designed from your full selection, 20×30 from €250, luxe 30×40 from €450, shipped worldwide.

Dreaming of a wedding for just the two of you? See my Normandy elopement offer — Mont-Saint-Michel, Étretat, châteaux.

And for a cinematic couple session in the city — Paris, London, New York — discover Urban Love.

New · your wedding online

Wedbox,
included with your reportage

A private app in your colours, for you and your guests — the whole wedding in one place, nothing to install.

  • RSVP
  • Shared photobooth on the day
  • Schedule & seating plan
  • Guestbook & carpooling
Discover Wedbox Included for all my couples · no conditions
Wedding portfolio

A few stories told.

Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
More than a photographer, he is an artist.Annelise · wedding, July 2025 · Mariages.net
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
He knew how to stay discreet and beautifully immortalised this wonderful day.Virginie · wedding, August 2025 · Mariages.net
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
He spent the entire day with us and managed to blend right in among the guests!Alexandra & Benjamin · wedding, August 2022 · Google & Mariages.net
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Throughout the afternoon he was constantly on the move, always exactly where he needed to be!Pasteyer · wedding, August 2024 · Mariages.net
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Saint-Lo, Manche — photographer Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Calvados, Normandy — Arnaud Chapelle
Documentary wedding reportage in Normandy — real emotions — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding in Normandy — ceremony and drinks reception — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Caen, Calvados — Arnaud Chapelle
Wedding photographer in Normandy, France — Arnaud Chapelle
Retrospective

A season of weddings,
told in photographs

This film is a montage of photographs, not video footage: I am a photographer, not a videographer. What you see here is one season of weddings in Normandy — Saint-Lô, the Manche, the Calvados — photographed as it happened, with nothing staged. See every season, including 2026 →

My approach

A documentary photographer,
never intrusive

I don't direct. I don't pose. I observe. I move through your day like a discreet guest who knows where to look — and, above all, when to press the shutter.

My background in photojournalism taught me that the most beautiful images can't be staged. They surface in the space between two moments: in the eyes of a father holding back tears, in the laughter of a bride who doesn't yet know she's being watched.

The result: a story that looks like you, rich in emotion and light — a film you'll want to watch again ten years from now.

Arnaud Chapelle, wedding photographer in Normandy

Your wedding is unique.
So is your coverage.

Every moment of your day has its value. Preparations, town hall, ceremony, drinks reception, evening party — build your coverage block by block, see the estimate in real time, and receive a personalised quote.

Personalised estimate
Where I work

Weddings in Normandy
and beyond

Based in Saint-Lô, I work across the five Normandy departments. For weddings outside Normandy, feel free to get in touch.

50
Manche
Saint-Lô, Cherbourg, Coutances, Granville, Avranches
14
Calvados
Caen, Bayeux, Lisieux, Honfleur, Deauville
61
Orne
Alençon, Argentan, Flers, Mortagne-au-Perche
76
Seine-Maritime
Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Fécamp
27
Eure
Évreux, Vernon, Louviers, Les Andelys

Travel outside Normandy possible · Get in touch for a personalised quote

Wedding photographer Normandy

Why choose a Normandy
wedding photographer?

Entrusting your wedding to a local photographer means working with someone who knows the venues, the light and the culture of the region. In Normandy, the châteaux of Calvados, the manor houses of the Manche, the abbeys of the Orne offer exceptional settings that I've been photographing for over ten years.

Wedding photographer in the Manche

Based in Saint-Lô, I work daily across the Manche for weddings in settings as varied as the Château de la Roque in Hébécrevon, the Cotentin beaches and the manor houses of the Normandy bocage. The Cotentin light — that ever-changing sky, that low raking light — is among the most beautiful there is for photography.

Wedding photographer in the Calvados

The Calvados is full of exceptional reception venues. Deauville, Honfleur, the abbeys of Caen, the wine estates of the Pays d'Auge — I've had the honour of photographing weddings at some of Normandy's most beautiful estates. Less than an hour from Saint-Lô, I cover the whole of Calvados as a near neighbour.

Wedding and portrait photography: the same standards

My work isn't limited to weddings. I also offer family portrait sessions and corporate photography for businesses in Normandy. The same documentary standards, the same attention to light and emotion — whatever the project.

Love is love · All couples welcome

Every love, the same eye

Whatever your love, I photograph it with the same sincerity. An LGBTQ+ friendly photographer, I welcome every couple — straight, gay, lesbian or same-sex. Your story deserves to be told exactly as it is, with no clichés and no posing: a wedding is simply two people who love each other, and that is precisely what I come to capture, in Normandy and beyond.

An internationally award-winning photographer

The World TOP 2 ISPWP 2022 ranking (International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers) isn't a marketing line — it's recognition from an international jury of peers for the documentary and artistic quality of the work. In France, fewer than ten photographers reach this level of recognition.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you want to know
before booking

How much does a wedding photographer cost in Normandy in 2026?
With Arnaud Chapelle, a documentary wedding photographer based in Saint-Lô, Normandy, wedding coverage in 2026 runs from €1,199 to €1,899 for the wedding day. The price depends mostly on how long I am with you. A wedding can be covered from the preparations to the end of the evening, town hall and group photos included. Five packages, the same prices for French and international couples: Essentiel at €1,199 (town hall to the end of the cocktail hour); Journée at €1,499 (getting-ready to the end of the cocktail hour); Célébration at €1,599 (ceremony through to 1 am); Intégral at €1,899 (the whole day, getting-ready through to 1 am); and Le Week-end at €3,400 for the full three days. Each includes the town hall and ceremony, the drinks reception and cocktail hour, group photographs and a short couple session, at least 500 photographs in full resolution on a private gallery delivered within 15 days, and the WEDBOX guest page. Travel and accommodation are charged on top and always confirmed before you book: included within 30 km of Saint-Lô, then €0.40 per kilometre for the round trip, the first 30 km deducted; accommodation added if a night on site is needed. Options — Welcome dinner the evening before, 3 hours: €990 · Farewell brunch the morning after, 3 hours: €990 · Additional hour after 1 am: €200 · Earlier start, before 10 am: €100 per hour · Fine-art albums from €160 to €1,350.
Can you photograph the welcome dinner and the farewell brunch as well?
Yes. That is exactly what Le Week-end is for: the welcome dinner the evening before (3 hours), the wedding day until 1 am, and the farewell brunch the morning after (3 hours) — €3,400, luxe 30×40 album included. Travel is included in Normandy. Anywhere else in France it is a flat €500 up to 400 km from Saint-Lô, travel and accommodation included, then quoted individually beyond. Couples travelling to France for their wedding usually gather their guests over three days, and having the same photographer across the whole weekend gives one consistent set of images instead of three separate jobs. Each part can also be booked on its own: the welcome dinner €990, the farewell brunch €990.
Do you travel outside France to photograph a wedding?
Yes — anywhere in the world. The fee is the same wherever you marry: €5,900 for the wedding day, €7,500 for the full weekend (welcome dinner, wedding day and farewell brunch). Only the travel changes: €1,200 for Europe and the UK, €2,800 for North America, €3,900 for the rest of the world — flights, accommodation and transfers, settled upfront when the flights are booked. What you are flying in is a French documentary photographer, World TOP 2 ISPWP 2022 and Top 10 Fearless 2023; everything else is exactly what couples marrying in France get — the complete gallery in full resolution, the luxe 30×40 album, and English from the first call to delivery.
How does the first contact work?
Send me a message through the form or by email. I reply within 48 hours to arrange a call or a meeting — in person in Saint-Lô or by video. The aim of this first conversation is simply to make sure we're on the same wavelength before any decision.
How many photos are delivered after the wedding?
At least 500 photos, in every package. Quality comes before quantity: every delivered image is individually selected and edited.
How long until the photos are delivered?
Allow a maximum of 2 weeks after the wedding. Images are delivered through a private, password-protected online gallery that you can share with your family to view them.
Is travel included in the price?
Travel is charged on top of the package and confirmed in your quote before you book, never afterwards. It is included within 30 km of Saint-Lô, then €0.40 per kilometre for the round trip, the first 30 km deducted — for example €24 for a venue 60 km away, €72 at 120 km, €136 at 200 km; accommodation is added if a night on site is needed. South of the Loire (beyond 400 km), in Europe and worldwide, destination rates apply. The same table applies to every package, and to French and international couples alike.
Can the coverage be fully tailored?
Yes. The five packages cover the classic situations, and if your day doesn't fit the mould, we build a tailor-made coverage together, moment by moment: preparations, town hall, ceremony, drinks reception, cocktail, evening party. You tell me what matters, I send you a quote built around it.
How far in advance should you book a wedding photographer?
Ideally 12 to 18 months before the wedding. Dates from May to September go the fastest in Normandy and Brittany, so for a peak-season date plan on about a year ahead. I deliberately limit the number of weddings each year to guarantee genuine follow-up and full presence on the day. You are welcome to get in touch very early, even without a firm date, to check availability.
Do you photograph winter and weekday weddings in Normandy?
Yes. Arnaud Chapelle, a wedding photographer based in Saint-Lô, photographs weddings all over Normandy all year round: in winter as well as summer, on weekdays as well as weekends. The price does not change with the season or the day: the same packages, with exactly the same coverage.
How do you secure a date?
A 40% retainer on signing the contract holds your date; the balance is settled either in one payment a month before the wedding, or in three instalments ending a month before. Paying in full on booking takes 10% off. I sign a clear contract with every couple, detailing the service, timelines and image rights.
What if it rains on our wedding day in Normandy?
Nobody hopes for rain. Everyone dreads it. And yet here, rain is part of the journey: in a single day, Normandy swings from sunshine to wind, from warmth to cold, from a downpour to a clear sky. That light, changing without warning, is what I watch for. Rain isn't a constraint, it's a tool. An umbrella becomes a shape, a line in the frame. A laugh bursting out in a shower, a dash for shelter: I stay on the lookout. Of course, sunshine is better. But if it rains, the rain becomes one more guest, not a problem.
What if you are ill or unable to come on our wedding day?
I always work with two camera bodies, never just one, and your images are backed up in several copies. If anything ever prevented me from being there on the day, I rely on a network of fellow photographers I know and trust.
Are you an LGBTQ+ friendly wedding photographer?
Yes, wholeheartedly. I photograph every couple's wedding with the same commitment and the same documentary eye — straight, gay, lesbian, same-sex. Your love, your story: I photograph them exactly as they are, across Normandy and beyond.
Can we order the album together with the package?
Yes, and it is the best moment to do it: ordered with the package at booking, the 30×40 luxury album is €350 instead of €450, and Le Trio (a 30×40 for you, two 20×30 for your families) €750 instead of €950. You choose your photographs after the wedding, I design the layout, you approve it. The album is paid with the balance.
Your wedding in Normandy

Let's talk about your project

Every wedding is a story. Let's tell yours together.