Christophe Genty is a photographer specializing in weddings of all kinds in the Napa Valley, The San Francisco Bay Area, and beyond. He recently received the prestigious “Best of the Knot 2015” once again by the well-known print and online magazine, The Knot.com.

Renowned photographer, Christophe Genty has been shooting marriage proposals in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys for years. Working closely with your ideas to plan your special moment from one the best wineries backdrop. He will create stunning imagery that you will be treasuring, Christophe will make your photographic visions a reality.

My relationship with this lovely bride-to-be began very early of this year when she contacted me regarding engagement photos. Sheyanne, a Texas girl and her fiance Jamie, a Scottish lad, were incredible subjects. Their mutual love for life and each other was very easily captured through photography on a beautifully foggy day in January. Truly magical images resulted from that day - ones that they, and I, have since showcased.

Engagement sessions are a wonderful way to capture the essence of everyday love. The anticipation and romance is always very high, and is communicated naturally through the photographs. These sessions are generally an hour long, and they can take place at some really amazing locations. Even though I am able to suggest places, I love to hear the input of each couple because they usually have somewhere that is very significant to them already in mind. Most of the couples I work with choose to travel to San Francisco or to a local spot within the Napa Valley. The ideal time to do engagement sessions is on a weekday when wineries aren't packed with people, ensuring a more intimate moment.

Aaron called us to plan a candid proposal photography session on the 14th of June at the O’Brien Estate here in Napa Valley. With careful planning from the location’s tasting room manager, David Corkett, it was a huge success. Aaron and Meghan are a beautiful couple who set the tone for future proposal photography sessions coming this year. The groom-to-be cleverly picked the location for the shoot, as his fiancé’s last name is also O’Brien. Under the impression she had won this trip, had chosen the date, and upgraded them to a suite, she was already on cloud nine. Who knew cloud ten existed? Surrounded by lush vineyards underneath a bright blue sky, there could not have been a better place for this couple to begin the rest of their life together.

Rosemary Kempton has written a lovely article about me and my life’s work of photography, published on the front page of the Arts & Entertainment section of the Napa Valley Register, April 19, 2012. The article is titled, “The world through his lens:  Napa photographer of French descent tries to uplift people.”

In the article, Kempton discusses how, through the art of photography, I give … Read more »

Brix is absolutely spectacular for wedding photography and from a selfish perspective, this location has everything I could possibly ask for as a Napa wedding photographer. Last week I had a fantastic engagement session at Brix with the cutest couple who are expecting their first child together. So in a way, it was a combined engagement and pregnancy session for Emily and Cory. We had so much fun together, and the photographs turned out to be so beautiful.

I was so lucky to have a young couple from Malaysia who work in Singapore contact me for engagement photography. They came to the states on business, and they decided to have their engagement photographs taken in San Francisco before returning home to the far east for their wedding.

We decided to use Bay Area landmarks as our backdrop as well as walls covered in … Read more »

As a referral from one of my industry partners, wedding planner extraordinaire Sharon Burns, I was introduced to this great couple Sara and Zach who are to be married later this year.  As part of all of my wedding photography packages, I always hold an engagement shoot a few months prior to the main event which serves multiple functions:  the relationship between photographer and … Read more »

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