There is a particular kind of light that lives only in old Europe — the gold that pours through the shutters of a Provençal château at dusk, the silver haze that settles over the Atlantic along the Portuguese coast. For more than a decade, Pedro Karbs has devoted his craft to holding that light still, and with it, the quiet, unrepeatable moments that make a marriage feel like a private legend.
Of French and Iberian origin, Pedro brings together two sensibilities rarely found in one artist: the disciplined, couture restraint of the French editorial tradition, and the warm, organic poetry of the Atlantic coast. The result is imagery that feels at once like the pages of Vogue and a letter you will want to read again in fifty years.
For couples who travel from New York, Beverly Hills, and Miami to marry beneath European skies, his photography is not documentation. It is the heirloom.
Pedro works on medium format and full frame digital — the Hasselblad and Nikon systems that define the modern high end. It is a deliberate choice for tonal depth, extraordinary resolution, and the kind of color fidelity that turns a photograph into an editorial print worthy of any gallery wall.
His eye is editorial, but his instinct is for truth. He waits for the unguarded glance, the breath before the vow, the way evening light traces the line of a shoulder — the authentic architecture of two people in love, rendered with a richness only the finest medium format sensors can give.
— Pedro KarbsPedro accepts a small number of destination weddings each season, ensuring every celebration receives his full devotion.
Begin the ConversationCamille and Edward chose a private hôtel particulier in the 7th arrondissement for a ceremony of just eighteen guests. We followed the afternoon light as it moved across the parquet — a study in restraint and devotion.
Read the StoryThe Hasselblad system gives me resolution and color a 35mm camera simply cannot. A reflection on why medium format digital — not film — is the quiet luxury behind every image I make.
Read the StoryFrom the dunes of Comporta to the cliffs of Sintra, a personal guide to marrying along the Atlantic — where the golden hour lingers longer than anywhere else in Europe.
Read the StoryVictoria and Alexander gathered two hundred guests beneath the cypress trees of a private villa. A three-day celebration of Italian summer, captured on medium format digital.
Read the StoryI was born between two countries and two kinds of light. Of French and Iberian origin, I grew up moving between the grey-gold elegance of Paris and the warm, salt-washed afternoons of the Atlantic coast. I think that is why I have always been drawn to the way light falls on a face — and to the quiet, fleeting moments most people walk past without noticing.
For more than a decade, I have devoted myself to photographing weddings on medium format and full frame digital — the Hasselblad and Nikon systems that sit at the very top of the craft. I am not nostalgic about film; I am obsessed with detail, with color that feels true, and with the extraordinary depth a modern medium format sensor can hold. It lets me slow down, stay fully present, and wait for the truth of a moment rather than manufacture it.
I travel the world for the couples whose stories move me, from private châteaux in the Loire to clifftops above the Mediterranean and the dunes of the Portuguese coast. Wherever we are, my hope is always the same: to give you photographs that feel less like documentation and more like the heirloom your grandchildren will one day hold.
“I am not here to direct your day. I am here to witness it — to find the unguarded glance, the trembling hand, the last gold light of the evening — and to keep it for you, always.”
I approach every wedding as a single, continuous editorial story — composed with intention, attentive to natural light, and entirely free of contrivance. The most enduring images are never performed for the camera; they are discovered in the spaces between the moments everyone remembers to pose for.
Medium format digital is the heart of my craft: the resolution, tonal depth, and color fidelity of the very best modern sensors. It is a choice I make for the wall, the album, and the generations who will one day inherit them — images that hold their beauty at any size, forever.
If our sensibilities align, I would be honored to hear the story of your wedding.
Inquire NowPedro accepts a limited number of weddings each season. Early inquiries are warmly encouraged to secure your date.
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