Engagement shoot La Promenade des Anglais | Nice | French Riviera

Romantic walk through the stunning town of Nice

Chinese couple Guanqing and Yili wanted their photos taken in a classy, rustic area and there is no better place for this than the French coastal city of Nice. Here, I would capture their romance through the lens sensing a cool edgy feeling to this loving couple.

We started off the day on the beach, a stone one and this is where Guanqing and Yili sat and gazed out at the mediterranean with deep passion. The combination of the dark grey stones and the clear grey sky really gave the pictures an edgy feeling, also the fact the beach was practically empty, made the couple look like the only living, breathing, loving thing on this barren Nice beach on that grey morning.

After the quiet session on the beach, the couple took to the streets, more precisely the famous « Promenade des Anglais ». Here we walked the whole length of the coast and admired the beautiful city as we walked. After the promenade, we wandered more into the heart of the city to the Café Saint Paul, an old fashioned, cute little coffee shop which really gives off a sense of… well, French-ness. After the coffee, we visited the old port of Nice, which is eternally beautiful and really the soul of the town. To finish of the day, Guanqing and Yili walked out to sea on the pier, hand in hand, with the Mediterranean on both sides.

In the night the couple posed in front of various gorgeous backgrounds, first an immense fountain, lit up like a christmas tree then in and amongst the magnificent Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, where I captured a series of tropical, luxurious, classy photos combined with the lights in the quiet night. All of which made for some fantastic vibes and a real show of both the gorgeous couple and the superb town they had dreamed of visiting all along.