Professional Summary
Adaptable junior wedding photographer with hands-on experience as a second shooter and digital assistant for weddings and private events across the Lyon area. Skilled in rapid light adjustments, unobtrusive candid coverage, and efficient post-production workflows with Adobe Creative Cloud.
Experience
Atelier Nuance Événements
Lyon, France
Assistant Wedding Photographer & Second Shooter
Jul 2025 – Present
- Operate as second shooter for over 18 wedding celebrations across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, capturing ceremony angles, cocktail receptions, and candid guest interactions.
- Manage dual-camera mirrorless bodies, prime lenses, and off-camera flash units to maintain reliable coverage in rapidly shifting lighting conditions.
- Conduct on-site dual-card backups and post-event ingestion, organizing up to 3,500 raw frames per event into structured Lightroom catalog archives.
- Perform initial exposure balancing, white balance correction, and preliminary culling, shortening master gallery turnaround times by two days.
Studio Croix-Rousse Création
Lyon, France
Photography Intern
May 2024 – Jul 2024
- Supported lead portrait photographers with light modifier placement, reflector handling, and battery management during bridal preparatory shoots.
- Assisted in batch color grading and non-destructive skin retouching in Adobe Photoshop for client presentation albums.
Education
Lycée Hector Guimard
Baccalauréat Professionnel · Photography · Lyon, France · Mention Bien · Sept 2022 – Jun 2025
Completed intensive practical training in studio lighting, location portraiture, digital capture, and colour-accurate asset management.
Produced a final graduation portfolio focused on candid outdoor portraiture and narrative event sequences.
Projects
Beaujolais Vineyard Nuptials Coverage
Sept 2025 – Oct 2025
- Photographed a 60-guest outdoor ceremony in Beaujolais as an independent associate shooter, coordinating directly with the couple to execute a comprehensive 12-item family portrait list.
- Delivered a finished gallery of 320 curated, color-graded images within three weeks, meeting all client aesthetic and timeline expectations.
Skills
Mirrorless Camera Systems
Off-Camera Flash & Speedlights
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Photoshop
Natural Light Portraiture
Candid Event Capture
Raw Image Culling & Ingestion
Color Grading & Retouching
Digital Asset Management
Languages
French
C2
English
B2
Certifications
European Drone Certificate (Open Category A1/A3)
Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC) · Nov 2025
Volunteering
Association Jeunesse Créative du Rhône
Lyon, France · Sept 2024 – May 2025
- Volunteer Event Photographer
- Provided photographic coverage for community stage productions and youth arts festivals, producing edited image galleries for promotional brochures and digital media.