Kansas City wedding photographer
" I walk into your wedding like a kid at an amusement park...
...wanting to try every attraction at once. My rides are made of people, emotions, color, light, geometry, laughs, people hugging, people in love, people showing that love."
The couples I photograph never got too serious.
At their wedding, they are fully alive and happy to be there. They value love in all its forms: their partner, their family, their friends.
Their wedding is a celebration of those values first. Not a perfect wedding for a magazine.
They want a wedding their way, the fun way, the way that feels like them.
If a tradition doesn't fit, it's out, or modified until it does.
They want their guests to leave thinking:
"What a day. Those two really found each other. You can feel how they complement perfectly and in the way they look at each other. I am so grateful I got to witness that!
And I laughed, I danced, I might have cried a little. That was touching, emotional and fun. I am so happy I was there."
"He blended in so naturally that people kept asking if he was a friend or relative of ours. He managed to capture genuine smiles, emotional moments, and all the little details we didn't even realize were happening." Cierra · Kansas City Wedding
I made a promise to myself at eight years old that I would never forget what it feels like to be a child.
And I did not forget. The innocence. The joy. The aliveness. The curiosity. The instinct to find beauty in small things. The care for human connection.
While culling Jolee and Zack's wedding, I stopped on this photo. They were cutting the cake, the traditional moment, except nothing about it was traditional. Five kids were exploding with excitement around them, waiting for their piece. The entire sequence was adorable. But this specific frame made me stop, Jolee leaning down to play with a little girl who had just stuffed her mouth with cake.
She was one of them.
And I thought: that's it. That's the denominator. That's the link between every couple I've ever truly connected with, and the ones I haven't.
The couples I connect with always stayed true to their inner child. They still act from something unguarded and free, no apologies, no performance. And I recognize it immediately. Because I've been looking for it since I was eight years old.
In every room I walk into, I come with one mission:
Let my innocent curiosity express itself, find every inner child still active, and when I find them, photograph them with everything I have.
I am Etienne. French by birth, mechanical engineer by training, photographer by choice, fun uncle by nature.
My accent is real. My jokes don't always land. People love me anyway.
I show up to your wedding like a guest, dance at the reception, and go home having lived your day as fully as you did.
I am curious like an eight year old in the 6'3" body of a wise man with grey hair. I am hard to miss but it is easy to forget I am taking photographs.
"We could see and feel the love, warmth, happiness, excitement, in all of the moments." Veronica· Kansas City Wedding
"As someone who usually hates posing for photos, his documentary style approach was exactly what we were hoping for: natural, candid, and effortless. He even got down on the dance floor with the kids to capture some incredible moments. He truly made the day extra special." Hannah · Kansas City Wedding
