{"id":6382,"date":"2026-08-02T05:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wedding.wayanbarre.com\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2026-08-02T05:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:18:11","slug":"fionna-jean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedding.wayanbarre.com\/en\/fionna-jean\/","title":{"rendered":"Fionna & Jean"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Fionna and Jean’s Alexandra Palace ch\u00e2teau wedding took place on 13 June 2026 in Mazi\u00e8res-en-G\u00e2tine, Deux-S\u00e8vres, in western France.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They met in 2016 and have lived in London since 2017. Fionna grew up in Malaysia. Seventy-eight guests came over for a two-day celebration in western France, and I photographed the second day.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was held outside, in front of the chapel. Fionna arrived in a buggy with her father, and the two of them drove off in it again after the kiss, through flower confetti, with a pianist playing.<\/p>\n

Cocktail hour filled the courtyard: champagne on the stone table, an oyster bar, family portraits in front of the ch\u00e2teau. Two group photographs, one taken from the balcony and one from the pool, then a drone pass over the estate while the light was still high.<\/p>\n

Dinner was in the Orangerie. Fionna and Jean spoke together and closed with a round of shots, the first yum seng. The wedding cake was a wheel of cheese, cut to Tim Minchin. Jean had a performance nobody knew about. The first dance was Fly Me To The Moon, and at midnight forty Happy Meals arrived on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

I photograph weddings across France and abroad, and an Alexandra Palace ch\u00e2teau wedding sits close to home: I’m based between La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Paris, an hour from Deux-S\u00e8vres. My approach is documentary: I photograph what happens, without staging it. Fully bilingual after five years shooting weddings in the United States, I work often with couples living abroad who marry in France.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_gallery css=”” type=”image_grid” images=”6383,6384,6385,6386,6387,6388,6389,6390,6391,6392,6393,6394,6395,6396,6397,6398,6399,6400,6401,6402,6403,6404,6405,6406,6407,6408,6409,6410,6411,6412,6413,6414,6415,6416,6417,6418,6419,6420,6421,6422,6423,6424,6425,6426,6427,6428,6429,6430,6431,6432,6433,6434,6435,6436,6437,6438,6439,6440,6441,6442,6443,6444,6445,6446,6447,6448,6449,6450,6451,6452″ image_grid_loading=”default” layout=”2″ masonry_style=”true” bypass_image_cropping=”true” item_spacing=”5px” gallery_style=”7″ load_in_animation=”none”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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