Wedding videographer in Amboise.
Leonardo's town, a stone balcony above the Loire — filmed by a local Loire Valley videographer.
Leonardo's town.
I am a Loire Valley wedding videographer, and Amboise is one of the names couples mention most. The town has something particular : a royal château clinging to the cliff, the Loire at its feet, and just beside it the Clos Lucé, where Leonardo da Vinci spent his last three years.
Amboise is in the Touraine, within my home region. I work here with no travel fee, an hour or so from my studio in Romorantin. This page gathers the essentials if you are thinking of a wedding here : the setting, the light, access and how I'd film it.
What Amboise gives on screen.
The Royal Château of Amboise stands above the town on its rocky spur. François I grew up here ; Leonardo da Vinci is buried in its Saint-Hubert chapel. Seen from the quays or the bridge below, it makes a striking wide shot — pale stone, the river, the broad valley sky.
A few hundred metres away, the Clos Lucé tells another story : the brick-and-tuffeau manor where Leonardo lived from 1516 until his death on 2 May 1519. And then there is the town itself — cobbled lanes, timber-framed houses, terraces by the water. Enough to carry a film without ever leaving Amboise.
The Loire and the pale stone.
Amboise faces the Loire, due south. Late in the day the light strikes the château's façade and the stone lights up — a short but precious window I watch for during couple sessions.
As everywhere, I work with no artificial light, only what the day gives. Two discreet cameras, a documentary approach. A drone where the site and the law allow — I am a licensed pilot and handle the permits in advance, as the château and its surroundings are a monitored area.
Bringing your guests.
Amboise is well connected. The town has its own station, about twenty minutes from Tours by regional train. For guests from Paris, the fastest route is the TGV to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps — around an hour from Montparnasse — then a short connection. By road, Tours is about 25 km, and my studio in Romorantin a little over an hour by the A85.
Where the wedding takes place.
The Royal Château of Amboise is run by a foundation : it does not host private weddings in the usual sense, though it opens certain spaces to events and shoots under conditions. The civil ceremony takes place at a town hall, and the reception most often in a nearby private estate. That doesn't change the château's place in the film — it stays a possible backdrop, behind a couple session or a wide shot of the town.