XP Photographie

XP Photographie is the wedding photography business of Xavier, a photographer based in Aigle. His "À propos" page says he is based in Switzerland, trained at the Haute École d'Arts appliqués in Vevey, and has photographed weddings since 2010, with a break between 2020 and 2022. The site's menu leads to weddings, a section called "Après le jour J" (after the big day) for photo sessions away from the wedding day, and his biography. It is written in French.

Training and background

His route into photography is set out plainly. After a preparatory year at the cantonal art school of Valais, he sat and passed the entrance exam for the Haute École d'Arts appliqués in Vevey, and after 2 years of intensive training he received his photographer's diploma there. The page title presents him as a qualified professional photographer based in Aigle ("Photographe professionnel diplômé basé à Aigle").

Besides weddings, he offers studio sessions, including building portfolios ("book") for models. He writes that he has always had a strong passion for photographing mountains and natural landscapes, keeps an online gallery of that work, and exhibited in Lausanne in 2025. He introduces himself as "photographe passionné" (a passionate photographer) and closes his introduction with "Chaque mariage est une nouvelle histoire à raconter…" (each wedding is a new story to tell).

Two weddings he describes

The wedding pages are written as short stories rather than service descriptions, and they show how he works across more than one day.

The Crans-Montana page follows Doro and James. Their civil ceremony took place at the town hall in Vevey, followed by a small, intimate apéro by the lake with close family. About a month later the setting changed completely: the bride got ready in the center of the village of Crans-Montana, the couple held an open-air ceremony in the mountains, and the couple portraits were taken with a view of the Valais summits of more than 4000 m. The day ended with a lively evening in a typical chalet restaurant. The page heading also names the hotel "les Trois Couronnes".

The Morges page follows Biba and Bertrand. He first met them at their civil wedding at the Morges town hall, and they used the day for a shoot on their estate. Some weeks later he photographed their wedding party at the Mont-de-Vaux estate above Morges. In his words, they enjoyed once more "l'ambiance particulière qui règne sur cette petite colline du domaine de Mont-de-Vaux" (the particular atmosphere on this small hill of the Mont-de-Vaux estate), with a view of the Mont-Blanc massif. He describes the wedding as very chic and at the same time spontaneous and relaxed.

The second half of the Morges page, headed "2è partie : la Soirée du Mariage" (part 2, the wedding evening), returns to the party on the heights above Morges. The story is told in pictures more than words, but the structure is clear: one set for the civil day and its estate shoot, one for the evening celebration with a view across to the Mont-Blanc massif. A couple can see from it how he covers the relaxed side of a party as well as the formal moments.

Both examples follow a pattern that is common in Switzerland and useful to know for couples from abroad: a civil ceremony at the town hall with a small group, and a larger celebration weeks later somewhere else. Xavier has photographed both halves of such weddings.

After the big day: sessions in the mountains

The section that sets XP Photographie apart is "Après le jour J". The page title calls it "After Day" or "Trash the Dress" in the mountains: the couple puts their wedding clothes back on some time after the wedding and goes out for a separate shoot.

His reasoning is practical. On the wedding day, he writes, the couple session is always very short, generally half an hour or sometimes less, and that is normal because a couple does not want to leave their guests for long. "La première raison est que nous avons beaucoup plus de temps" (the first reason is that we have much more time). A separate session makes it possible to go to settings that are truly out of the ordinary.

He lists places where he has already done this kind of shoot: the Éperon de Nax above Sierre, the Grangettes nature reserve at Villeneuve, the wild beach at Saint-Saphorin, the Gornergrat at Zermatt with its view of the Matterhorn ("le Cervin"), and Glacier 3000 above the village of Les Diablerets.

For couples who married abroad, or who held a small civil wedding in Switzerland and want the mountain pictures they could not fit into the day, this is a clear offer. It also suits couples who travel for the wedding and can add a day in the Alps.

Contact and booking

The site gives an address at Chemin de Bel-Horizon 5 in Aigle, an email address written as photo.aigle[at]gmail.com, and the mobile number 078 633 07 56. The contact page has a form, with one request: "Merci de préciser le lieu et la date de votre mariage !" (please give the place and date of your wedding).

What the site does not settle

The site publishes no prices for weddings or for after-day sessions, and no packages. It does not say how many hours of coverage a wedding includes, how many images a couple receives, how they are delivered, or whether albums are offered. There are no couple reviews on the pages. Travel costs are not mentioned, and the site does not say how far from Aigle he will travel for a wedding.

The site is in French only and does not say whether Xavier works in English or German. A couple who needs English should ask directly in the first message.

Who it suits

XP Photographie suits couples marrying in Vaud or Valais, from the Lake Geneva shore to the resorts of Crans-Montana, who want a trained photographer comfortable with both a town hall ceremony and a mountain celebration. The after-day sessions make it a particularly good fit for couples who want dramatic alpine portraits without taking time away from their guests on the day. Couples who need prices, packages and reviews before a first contact will find the site brief, and will need to ask.