C'est beau, c'est simple, Sécham.

Moi, c'est Sam and ich bin Lisa.

We like
taking photos,
new challenges,
music,
cooking and eating.

We love
Jesus,
our daughters Ketsia and Noémie and Eloïse.

We would be glad
to be your photographer for
your wedding,
your baby belly,
your family,
or anything else.

Sécham in 5 words:
"Spread Love or stay home"

04-30-2015

Bellissima Paola – Hotel Su Gologone

Sardinia is amazing. Lisa and I will definitely fly back there one day. The food, the landscapes, the people, so many reasons to organize a new trip (I posted on my facebook page some pics of our trip if you are curious).

During our stay at the Hotel Su Gologne, Lisa told me that she wanted to train shooting with the canon. She was quite nervous because she would be shooting the getting ready of the bride the following day (her first getting ready and she nailed it… stay tuned).

So during our so yummy lunch, I told Lisa to ask our very kind waitress, if she were in for a small photoshoot.
Paola accepted and the mini session was a blast for us all: stunning location, stunning model but the most important of this, making new friends.

Thanks again Paola and Giusy for your trust and your time.
And dear reader, the Hotel Su Gologone is the place to be if you are visiting Sardinia.

Enjoy the pics and stay tuned for the next post…

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03-28-2015

One playground – Two couples (2/2) Lidia und Daniel

After the Natalie’s and Alex’ session Lidia and Daniel joined us for a coffee to warm up before their session.

I also met Lidia during my Munich time. The funny thing is that I heard about her lovestory with Daniel the same day I met Alex in September. Besides having in common their wedding year and their wedding photographer Lidia and Natalie are also flatemates (still for a couples of weeks).

And to reinforce the « similarities » we took their pictures also in the Hofgarten – okay it was more for a logistic question. But this is where the magic happens. Even if you take the same location (I already did in the past e.g. here and here in Grenoble or here and here in the Netherlands), you still get uniques photos, because every couple is unique. As I tell my couple: I don’t really care about the location, but I do care about them. My pictures should be about them, and reflect their story, their love. I am training and will keep on training to be better at it.

I had a lot of fun to make Lidia’s and Daniel’s photos and seeing their complicity is something that make me happy. Their wedding will also have a special touch for me as their ceremony will take place in the same church Lisa and I got married.

Lidia and Daniel, thanks for your time.
Enjoy the pics and feel free to comment or share some love.

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03-28-2015

One playground – Two couples (1/2) Natalie und Alex

While Lisa was shooting her lovely mother daughter session, I had a quite busy program in Munich.

Beside the candi gathering and all the quality time I had with new and old friends, I also quite spontaneously planned two engagement photoshoots. These quite short sessions are very important for me and have also great advantages for my couples. In addition to shoot/get nice pictures, these are special moments when my couples and I are getting to know each other better. We are kind of getting close in every ways:
– I like taking close up with my 35mm which means that the lens will be like 20cm away from them;
– We are kind of opening ourself. I love listening about the love story of my couples and telling them mine with Lisa (I truly love to reminder me that story and tell other people about it).
– My couples are getting more confident in front of the lenses and they can experience the way I shoot photo.

So if you are reading and are getting married, make sure that your wedding photographer offers an engagement session, because it would be win-win for everybody.

But let us go back to Natalie and Alex for now. I met Natalie at church during my Munich time. If you follow my blog for a couple of years you may recognize her from my Iceland trip two years ago… Time flies.
I heard about Alex about one year ago and met him shortly for the very first time last september and now I have the honor to be their wedding photographer.

As my trip to Munich was quite spontaneous and shortened by the Lufthansa strike, we had to improvise. We head off to Hofgarten in the city center.
For their first time in front of lenses, Natalie and Alex were just awesome! I just cannot wait for their wedding in August.

Natalie and Alex, thanks again for your time, your trust, and your spontaneity.
Enjoy the pics and don’t forget to change to summer time tomorrow (Yeah 1 hour less sleep….hahahah)