Try this after your next trip: count the photos where the two of you appear together, properly framed, with no outstretched arm. The result is usually somewhere between zero and two.
Why an hour is enough
A vacation session doesn’t need to cover Paris. It needs to cover one neighbourhood, properly, for an hour, in good light. Three hundred well-chosen metres of street give you more varied images than five monuments visited at a sprint.
Choosing the neighbourhood
- Montmartre: stairs, narrow streets, open views. Beautiful before nine, unworkable after eleven.
- Le Marais: colourful facades, the arcades of Place des Vosges, great in the shade during summer.
- Île Saint-Louis and the riverbanks: the Seine, the bridges, and far fewer people than you’d think.
- Palais-Royal and Galerie Vivienne: the best choice in rainy weather, fully covered.
If your hotel is near one of these, that’s the one to pick: you won’t lose thirty minutes of your hour in the metro.
When to fix the exact time
Two to three days before, once the weather forecast becomes reliable. You book across the date range of your stay, and we set the exact slot afterward. It’s more flexible for you, and it avoids getting stuck on a day of heavy rain.
Delivery before you fly home
I send the images within five days, with a preview the next day. In most cases, you’ll have the full gallery before you’re even back home, which changes everything for travel photos.
And if you’re on your own
It happens more often than you’d think, and solo travel portraits are some of the images people thank me for the most. There’s no reason to wait until there are two of you.
Frequently asked
Is one hour really enough for good photos?
Yes, if it stays in one place. The time gets lost moving between spots, not in front of the camera. One neighbourhood, walked slowly, produces more usable images than a rushed tour of several.
What if it rains?
Palais-Royal and the Galerie Vivienne are fully covered, so weather stops being a factor there. For other neighbourhoods, we confirm the slot two to three days out, once the forecast is reliable, precisely to avoid this.
How many people can join a session like this?
Couples and solo travellers most often, but there’s no fixed limit tied to the format itself: a family or small group covering one neighbourhood in an hour works the same way.
Is this the same as a full wedding day or an elopement?
No: those cover a full day and a different kind of planning. This is a single hour, built for travellers who want real photos of their trip without turning it into a production. If you want to see the full range of what’s possible, the portfolio has examples from both.
