Hello Manuel!!,
I have thought of you often over this past (almost) year ... but still have not written a testamonial.
Would you still like one?
I don't know if I ever told you but I have had nothing but compliments and praise over the amazing pictures that you took of our day in Grasse! And to be honest, I think that a lot of my married friends have been jealous! :)
Since we didn't have any one there to share the day with, your pictures allowed us to convey the emotion of the day in absence. We adored working with you and I have promoted you to everyone that I know who is thinking about getting married in Europe!
I wish you nothing but the best in your future works and consider finding your website the most fortunate kismet of our adventure! You are a generous soul and I can't thank you enough.
Most sincerely,
Joanne and Kevin, Toronto, Canada
Wedding at the Bastide Saint Antoine Jacques Chibois, Grasse, France

Dear Manuel,
It is difficult to put into words how grateful we are to you for the truly beautiful photographs you took that captured our wedding perfectly! Your energy and enthusiasm on the day had all our guests talking and you were a joy to be around. You are so passionate about what you do and it really shows in your photographs. Every single one is a masterpiece and we feel so lucky to have found you. My wedding planner and friend Sarah is telling all her clients about you. She told me your photographs are the most amazing she has seen from all the weddings she has organized!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, we wish you all the best for the future and hope to see you again soon!
All our love
Jo and Fadi (English and Arabic), Dubai, UAE
Wedding at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

Manuel,
Having looked at some of your photograph examples prior to our wedding we had very high expectations and were not disappointed when we received our photographs - they are absolutely wonderful!
We decided to purchase the rush photos as an after thought and am so glad we did - the whole day unfolds minute by minute and are so natural, happy and capture the essence of the day perfectly.
You put us and our guests at ease from the moment you started taking photographs and we all soon thought of you as another guest and friend. We have no hesitation in recommending you to anybody who is looking for a passionate and truly professional photographer with a great sense of humour!
Regards,
Michaela & Andrew Ainge, Guiseley, Leeds, United Kingdom
Wedding in Relais & Châteaux de la Chèvre d'Or, Eze and on-board the Lady Roxanne, France

Dear Manuel,
It was truly a pleasure working with you during our wedding in Pairs. Through my job working in the fashion industry, I have had the opportunity to work with many photographers. Few have impressed me as much as you did. You have a rare talent for being able to capture the emotional feelings of the moment with an artistic style to produce photographs that are not only beautiful and captivating, but also moving on an emotional level. You are a consummate professional and your warm and friendly personality made everyone feel at ease allowing you to capture the natural expressions of all in attendance. Not to mention, we all enjoying getting to know you and having you participate in our most special day. We could not have selected a better photographer to work with and our photographs far exceeded our expectations. Each photograph captures the rare moments of the day and when put together in our album, they tell the most stunning story of our wedding day. We will enjoy looking at our album for many years to come and passing it down through the generations of our family. We will definitely work with you again and anyone would be lucky to have you capture their special day and work with you as their photographer. Best wishes for continued success.
Warmest regards,
Lexa & Robert, Troy, Michigan, United States of America
Wedding in Relais Christine, Saint Germain des Pres, Paris, France

Dear Manuel,
James and I were absolutely delighted with the pictures that you had taken on our wedding day for which you obviously worked very hard throughout the day and right through the evening. We especially like the informality of the photographs which made everyone feel a great deal more comfortable and obviously gives the best results.
As the day goes so fast, it is lovely to be able to look at the photographs, which together, are like a story book of the days events and we have enjoyed looking at them countless times since we received them some time ago. It is very nice as the bride and groom also to be able to see the portraits of the guests and we are hoping to send each guest their own photograph as few people are able to say that they have one really good photo of themselves!
Everybody that has seen the photographs, both those that were there and those that couldn’t make it, are amazed and have said that they are the best and most natural professional photographs that they have ever seen. We would most certainly recommend you to anyone. Wishing you and your family all the very best.
Best regards,
Katharine & James, Kent, United Kingdom
Wedding in Hotel du Vin & Bistro in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK

Dear Manuel
I just thought I would email you to let you know just how thrilled we are with our wedding photographs.
They are more beautiful than we could have ever expected and you have such a wonderful eye for detail. You made our day such fun and we are so pleased with how you captured the day. All of our guests loved you and we are so glad that we chose you to be our wedding photographer. We can't wait to see you again!
Each one you took is fantastic and we are really enjoying going through them. We wanted to thank you for all your hard work on the day and afterwards.
Thank you again for making us feel so special and putting us at ease.
You are great, we love you!!
Beth and Gary, London, United Kingdom
Wedding in the Chapelle St Pierre decorated by Jean Cocteau and in the Restaurant The Coast, Villefranche sur Mer, France

Thank you Manuel for such wonderful pictures. You captured the joy of the day and told such a wonderful story with each picture. We feel so blessed to have met you and to have experienced the beauty of your pictures. We pray that God continues to bless you richly and use you to bring more light to the world through your creativity.
Love Kunle & Tomi, London, United Kingdom
Wedding in the St John's Wood Church and in the Paddington Hilton, London, United Kingdom

Dear Manuel,
Nilofar and I would like to thank you for having captured our wedding day with such emotion, happiness and grace. Your work is a piece of art! You have put your hart and soul into our pictures. As we say in French, “Chapeau!” We are also grateful for your kindness and friendship and wish you all the best.
Edward & Nilofar, New York, USA
Wedding at the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

Manuel,
Words cannot describe how much we loved and adored every single photo that you took - and that includes the 'Rush Photos' that didn't make it into the main album!! Your photographs truly captured the essence of our day - we have looked at them over and over again to re-live our amazing day.
Thank you for all your wonderful work - your smile on the day - and enthusiasm for getting involved and putting everyone at such ease that you were able to capture all those moments on film for us to enjoy forever more.
We will you all the luck and good fortune in your future.
All our love Cassandra and Graeme Spies, London and Sydney, United Kingdom and Australia
Wedding at the Relais et Chateaux Haute Rive Saint James, Bouliac, Bordeaux, France

Dear Manuel,
Your gorgeous photographs have arrived and we are thrilled. I am sure that you will hear directly from Nick and Regina how pleased they are, but I want to add my own expression of gratitude. From the moment I discovered your web site, I knew that I had found not just a photographer but an artist. What I could not know until your arrival on the day of the wedding is how warm and discerning a person you are. You captured every moment of the day, without being the least bit intrusive, and you put everyone at ease. Even the fathers! Most importantly, your pictures tell the story of American, French, and Korean cultures merging in a wedding celebration that was all the more joyous for your contribution.
The pictures are a great gift, especially, as it turns out, because of events that transpired following the wedding. Regina's father suffered a massive heart attack upon returning home, and Gerry was struck with a case of pneumonia that led to his hospitalization for three weeks. The posting of pictures on your web site, and now the arrival of the DVDs and prints have been the best medicine anyone could provide. We all have looked at the photos again and again and again, experiencing once more that very special day.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Rosalind, the mother of the groom, New York, USA
Wedding in Provence, Sarrians, France.

Manuel,
WOW! They are fantastic, it's our first day back at work after our honeymoon and to have these waiting for us is brilliant!
When we started organising the wedding, I was very definite about wanting wedding photos that, when put in an album, would "read" like a coffee table photograph book that just happened to be about a subject I was interested in. Not only are they great images in themselves, but you have managed to capture exactly the feeling of the day as I remember it as well as the characters of the people you focused on.
I wanted to have more a memento of the day than a record of events and this is exactly what we've got, they are fantastic images and we are really pleased with them - thank you!
Thank you very much again for all your emails and you hard work on the day and afterwards. Thank you also for putting the mind of a worried bride at rest!
Many many best wishes.
Carrie and Toby, London, United Kingdom
Wedding in the Presbytère, Ste. Foy-la-Grande, Dordogne, France

Dear Manuel
The memory of our day has been captured forever. It simply couldn’t get any better.
Vos amis.
Alex and Marcella, Dublin, Ireland
Wedding in the Château d'Ailly, Parigny, Loire, France

Manuel has a great eye for the story behind the day, and an ability to bring out the best of his subjects. His photos are elegant, classy and unusual. They are not your typical wedding photos, but they are not way out either - they explore the subject, and give a more realistic portrait of the day, without seeming posed or staged.
It's easy for all wedding photos to look the same - not with Manuel. You are guaranteed "originality".
Manuel also works considerably hard - he stayed from 10am until 12am at our wedding - his dedication is fantastic. When you work with Manuel, you know you get a photograpaher who takes pride in his work, and will give you his best.
Niall and Jen, Dublin and New York, Irlande and United States of America.
Wedding in the Château de Massillan, Uchaux, Provence, France. Married April 2005

Dear Manu,
Many, many thanks for the superb works of art you produced at our wedding.
You managed to capture the moment, emotion, and party atmosphere in every shot. The portraits of our guests were especially delightful as it gave us a chance to see the reaction of our guests (hard to gauge on the day).
Despite taking many, many pictures during the ceremony we were not even aware of your presence which is a great achievement especially as they were taken from varying distances.
It was also great to get all the shots on one DVD as this allows us to select those were like best for reprinting and sharing.
Lila and Victor, Redhill, United Kingdom.
Wedding in the Long Hall Ramster in Chiddingfold, Surrey, United Kingdom

Dear Manuel,
We could not have hoped for a better photographer or a better rendition of our wedding day. Manuel, your professional and personable approach immediately charmed us and made us feel at ease. Your pictures faithfully depict the sequence of events and array of emotions experienced on the most beautiful day of our lives. Your professionalism, your discretion, your friendly approach and your cheerfulness ment our warm congratulations.
From the heart, thank you.
Amicalement merci.
Yasmina and Conrad, Tokyo and Toronto, Japan and Canada.
Wedding in the Hostellerie de Crillon le Brave, Provence, France

Manuel,
You are too kind!
Thank you so very much for taking the time to send these email photos and for sending out the DVD so quickly. They look so very beautiful and romantic.
Tisha and Blaine, Memphis, USA.
Wedding in The Marriott Hotel Champs Elysees and on a private cruise on yacht on the river Seine, Paris, France

Cher Manuel,
Our wedding photos are spectacular --- they are beyond our wildest dreams! It seems as though each photo "comes to life," and the many relatives and friends we've showed them to cannot believe how the photos make us feel as if we're re-living the event.
They captured not only us and our guests as our true selves, but the beauty of the location and the intangible feeling that can be very difficult to show through photography. The emotion and feeling of the day are exquisitely portrayed --- we never imagined the photos would be so beautiful.
Also, the photos from our dinner the night before are amazing as well. We just love them all!
Thank you so very much for everything. Merci beaucoup beaucoup beaucoup!
All our best,
Suelyn & Julien Farel, New York, USA.
Wedding in the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in St jean Cap Ferrat, French Riviera, France

Dear Manuel,
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for the amazing pictures you took at our wedding in France. It was a magnificent day that you helped make unforgettable. Your pictures will make our memories even more vivid an
colorful. In your work, you were as professional as you were collegial, friendly and self-effacing. You made us all feel comfortable.
It was a pleasure having you as our wedding photographer.
Amicalement merci.
Michèle and Dominique, Zurich, Switzerland.
Wedding in The Château Faverges de la Tour, Dauphine Countryside, France

Dear Manuel,
We would like to thank you for the wonderful photographs you took of our wedding and reception in the south of France. The images you captured are moments in time we will cherish and enjoy for the rest of our lives. Our photos are the best wedding gift we could have ever imagined.
We love every single one of them. Your candid presence and unique photographic style are beyond merit.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,
Caroline and Patrick Duff, New York City, USA.
Wedding in The Château Larrade, Benesses les Dax, France

Dear Manuel,
We will never be able to thank you enough for your magnificent work! We were so delighted when we discovered your pictures that we even shed a tear. All the emotions of the day were coming out of those pictures so strongly that we could not resist. You managed to capture all the most beautiful moments and enabled us to relive it every time we look through the album.
We would also like to thank you for your amazing kindness during the whole day. Quentin and I are incredibly glad we had the chance to meet you and to share that special day with you. It's very difficult to express in only a few words all the gratitude we feel. You became a friend during the week-end you spent with us. What you gave us in your photo is a wonderful present, you have a huge talent and I hope that you will keep on making people as happy as you made us.
We wish you, from the bottom of our hearts, the best of luck and happiness for the future!
Adélaïde and Quentin, Brussels, Belgium

You capture the beautiful moments of moving life better than anyone we have come to know. For our wedding, your magnificent images have made everyone’s experience 110% complete!! Through your sensitive eyes, you have and will always bring back fond memories of the best day of our lives, and helped paint a thousand emotions in the most beautiful ways.
We would like to thank you from every corner of our hearts for your fine work, your evidently enthusiastic and artistic approach, and your total professionalism in all that you do – it has been memorable working with you and appreciating your talents. You clearly represent what many young and ambitious photographers aspire to be, and we wish you every success and happiness in your future work.
Giny and Jian, London, United Kingdom.
Wedding in The Château de Massillan, Uchaux, Provence, France

To Manuel...
who we met through internet...
whose internet images and words seduced us...
who we then contacted by email and phone and...
who continued to arouse us with his sentences, his voice and always his pictures and words...
who we asked to immortalise our wedding...
who arrived the D day true to character...
who managed to merge into the day, to adapt to our hosts...
who everybody thought he had ever been one of our best friend...
who took the best pictures and moments of our life...
Thank you.
Charline and Peter, London, United Kingdom.

Dearest Manuel,
Thank you so very much! We are almost lost for words after looking at your beautiful pictures. You have absolutely captured the day for us. It feels like we are there again but looking at things from the other side. We will cherish our photographs forever. There are so many smiling faces and so much warmth amongst the images. They are completely wonderful and just what we had hoped for. You have a very special talent and we are delighted to have found you. If you are ever in Hong Kong, please contact us because we would love to see you again.
Affectionately,
Laura and Ben, Hong Kong.

On returning to Bern and I found the most beautiful and magnificent photos that we were able to immaginer! We find them magnificent and are very happy and delighted! Thank you so much for your exceptional and very artistic work.The next job for our photos, will be the yours, guaranteed! With one thank you and best regards.
Nicole and Alfredo, Berne, Switzerland.
Wedding in The Relais et Château la Chèvre d'Or, Eze, French Riviera, France