Iliana and Mathis are no strangers to the spotlight, Mathis is a professional basketball player with the French national team, and Iliana has always been the steady force behind his success. They met in Paris through the world of basketball, two people drawn together by shared ambition, late-night training sessions, and the quiet certainty that they were building something real.

When it came time to celebrate their wedding, they chose a setting as grand as their journey: the Château de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, a neo-Renaissance historic monument listed as a heritage site, nestled in the Île-de-France countryside just 30 minutes north of Paris. Surrounded by 42 hectares of parkland, golden light streaming across the lawns, and the hush of a place that has hosted celebrations since 1876 , this was their moment, entirely their own.

Watching them walk out of those château doors together was one of those moments that reminds you why you became a photographer.