Book a Wedding Photoshoot
in Courchevel & the Three Valleys

Professional photoshoots in Courchevel start from €279. Packages vary by duration and the number of edited photos — an hour on the Croisette and the pistes above 1850, or two hours that add the Saulire ridge or the old hamlet of Le Praz down the valley. Most couples book 60 to 90 minutes; anything involving a cable car ride needs the longer option.

The Croisette at 1850, where the pistes run down to the street and the whole village is in frame. The Saulire summit ridge at about 2,700 metres, with rock breaking through the snow and the Three Valleys opening west. Le Praz at 1,300 metres, all dark timber farmhouses under the twin Olympic ski jumps. And Méribel across the valley, built in wood and stone by rule.

Early morning, before the pistes fill: the snow is clean and the east-facing slopes take first light. Late afternoon turns the western skyline pink for about twenty minutes. Winter runs from late December to early April; summer is green, quiet and underused, with a handful of lifts open. May and November are the closed weeks — lifts, hotels and most restaurants shut.

Yes for anything above the village. The Saulire cable car and the other lifts sell pedestrian tickets, and each operator sets its own opening dates, running hours and rules, so check them for your day. Dress for the top, not the resort: at 2,700 metres it can be fifteen degrees colder and much windier, and a lift can shut at short notice in high wind or poor visibility.

For peak-season dates — May through September, and especially Saturdays in Provence, the Loire or on the Riviera — book 6-12 months ahead. The best-reviewed photographers are often the first vendors to sell out after the venue itself. Shoulder-season and weekday weddings are far more flexible; three to four months is usually comfortable. If your date is closer than that, don't assume it's hopeless: availability shifts, and Photo France can check the whole vetted roster for your date at once instead of you emailing photographers one by one. When comparing, look at full wedding galleries rather than portfolio highlights — how a photographer handles a candlelit château dinner tells you more than their best ten frames.

Work backwards from the moments you can't lose. An intimate ceremony with dinner fits in 4-5 hours: preparations, vows, couple portraits at golden hour, first toasts. A classic full wedding day — getting ready through the first dances — runs 8-10 hours. French weddings run famously long: dinner often starts at 9pm, the pièce montée arrives near midnight and the dancing goes until dawn; if your party will peak at 2am, budget coverage for it or arrange a set finishing time you're at peace with. One France-specific tip: in June and July the sun sets after 9:30pm, so schedule couple portraits around that golden window rather than the ceremony's end — your photographer will plan the whole timeline around it. Discuss your running order with your photographer and they'll recommend honest hours, not maximum hours.