Une séance de famille à Cannes

A Family Photography Session in Cannes, 2023

Being a parent - as any parent will tell you - can be incredibly hard work. But what's even harder is having to watch your kids change from cute, adorable young children into young adults. Thankfully we live in an age of photography, when those beautiful moments that show off their love, joy, and humour can be captured.

One of the amazing things I think photography can do is not only capture us as people, but also our relationships - and that's what I aspire to do every time I pick the camera up (whether I'm photographing a family, a couple, or a wedding). If there's one thing that you can apply to every area in your life, it's that the most important things to our daily lives are our relationships.

This family was photographed in Cannes on/around Porte Pierre Canto, next to Square de Verdun. The photography session, being in the middle of the afternoon, was technically difficult; with very harsh light and lots of people walking in the vicinity. The light, as harsh as it was, does lend itself well to an amazing black and white treatment I use that render the high-contrast light and shadows in a very forgiving way.

A month or so after taking these images I revisited them today and think they render wonderfully - both aesthetically and the sentiment, they're glowing with radiance and joy. Anyway, the bottom-line, speaking as a father of two - grab your phone and photograph them while you can; before the little children your used to disappear into little adults...

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Sunset French Riviera Proposal - with a Rainbow

21 March 2025

I just had to share these photos of a surprise proposal on Cap Ferrat on a day when, literally until the last minute, it was raining heavily. As the couple made their way down the winding path with their umbrella up, my camera bag sealed shut inside a waterproof bag, it was a bizarre situation to find myself in; photographing a proposal in such awful conditions. The couple had travelled half way around this world to be here, I'd been in communication with the client for months, and it was all leading up to this moment: it was their last night here and rain or shine it was now or never to pop the question. Then something amazing happened; both rain and shine at once. The sun was so low in the sky it suddenly shot through underneath the clouds and hit the grey landscape - lighting it perfectly. Despite being dragged out in such awful conditions, the proposal itself was a complete surprise and led to some amazing imagery. And then yes, during a photoshoot about 10 minutes later a rainbow appeared and the complete reversal of fortunes was complete. I was so excited for them and full of admiration on his insistence that it WAS going to happen, come what May - and what a reward; I'll probably never see anything like it again.

A professional photograph of confetti at the Ettington Park Hotel luxury wedding venue in England

An English Country House Wedding at Ettington Park

by Pete Horton • 10 March 2025

Nestled in the Warwickshire countryside, Ettington Park is one of the finest country-house wedding venues in the country. It's a genuine architectural marvel built in the Neo Gothic style which flourished in Victorian England. Built between 1858 and 1862 it now serves as a hotel and luxury wedding venue.