Yaroslav Kurtichan

Weddings · Brussels & international

Your wedding, told like a film

Wedding photographer and videographer, based in Brussels. I capture what actually happens — the glances, the silences, the bursts of laughter — without ever getting in the way.

Approach

People before pictures

What drives me most is meeting people. Behind every wedding there is a story that belongs to no one else, and I can't tell it without knowing you a little. So we talk first: about you, about your day, about what really matters and about what makes you uncomfortable in front of a lens.

On the day itself, I work in the background. I'd rather have a true gesture than a perfect pose. My style is cinematic — light, framing, rhythm — but it stays at the service of what actually happened. Because in the end, the best stories deserve to be told, not staged.

Services

Photo, video, or both

Three ways to keep that day. Together we choose the one that's really you.

01

Photo

A full gallery of several hundred carefully edited images: natural, elegant, timeless. You choose the style up front — bright, cinematic, classic — and I hold to it from start to finish.

02

Video

A film that carries every key moment: the ceremony, the vows, the speeches. The format is decided with you — short, long or very long — and aerial drone shots can be added as an option.

03

Photo & video duo

The full gallery and the film, thought through together from the preparation onwards. One point of contact, one artistic direction, two memories that answer each other instead of repeating each other.

Process

How we prepare for the day

Nothing is left to chance — least of all the communication.

  1. 01

    First contact

    You write to me with your date and your venue. I reply within 24 hours, if only to tell you whether the date is free.

  2. 02

    Discovery call

    We talk, on a video call or over a coffee. I listen to your plans, you tell me what you want from the images — and what you really don't want.

  3. 03

    Location scouting

    Whenever it's possible, I go and see the venue beforehand. I look at the light hour by hour, the angles, and the spots where we'll be undisturbed for your portraits.

  4. 04

    Timeline for the day

    We build the running order hour by hour, together, taking your other suppliers into account. You know exactly where I'll be and when.

  5. 05

    The day itself

    I arrive early, I stay discreet and I adapt to the real timings — because no wedding ever runs to the minute. You have nothing to manage.

  6. 06

    Delivery

    Your images arrive in a private online gallery that you share with a single link. Allow two weeks at most after the wedding.

Images

A glimpse

A few images from a recent wedding, from the church steps to the first dance.

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Communication

Reachable, before and after

Languages spoken
FrançaisEnglishNederlandsРусскийУкраїнська

I reply within 24 hours. Before the wedding you reach me by email, by phone or by message — whichever suits you. In the weeks leading up to the day, we go back over the timeline and the last decisions.

On the day, I come to you, to your witnesses and to your families: you never have to go looking for me. And afterwards I stay reachable for the gallery, the files, the prints, or a question that turns up six months later.

Included

What's included

Private online gallery

Your images delivered to a protected online space that you share with the people close to you in one link.

Edited images

Several hundred photographs worked on one by one, in the style chosen together beforehand.

Editing, grading, sound

The film is edited, colour graded and worked on for sound — speeches, vows and atmosphere included.

Equipment and permits

Professional bodies, lenses and sound recording — plus the licences and permits required to photograph and film, drone included.

Travel

Brussels, the whole of Belgium, and international when your wedding takes place elsewhere.

Coordinated two-person crew

When the day calls for more than one pair of eyes, I bring in a proven crew, briefed on your running order.

Trust

5 out of 5, across 47 reviews

My wedding supplier listing shows 5.0/5 from 47 reviews verified through Google. I'd rather let you read them than write, myself, about how wonderful I am.

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Very happy with the work delivered, good atmosphere on the shoot, very quick to answer messages. Willing to develop ideas, very creative, patient and talented.
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FAQ

Questions from couples

What I'm asked most often before booking.

Two weeks at most after the wedding, and often less. You receive everything in your private online gallery, which you share with the people close to you in one link. That timing is put in writing before the wedding, in black and white: you know exactly where you stand.

Write to me with your date and your venue: I'll tell you within 24 hours whether I'm free. Spring and summer Saturdays go early, so the sooner you get in touch, the more choice stays open. Nothing is held until we've spoken and put what we've decided in writing.

Yes, whenever it's possible and the venue allows it. I look at the light at the hour we'll be shooting, the angles, the constraints of the room and the quiet corners for your portraits. If the venue is too far for a visit in person, we prepare it remotely with photos, floor plans and a conversation with the venue.

We talk about it beforehand, not on the morning itself. From the timeline stage we identify a shelter or an indoor space for the portraits and keep one slot flexible. Rain often gives stronger images than full sun: it changes the plan, it doesn't cancel it.

That's the moment where I make myself as small as possible. I work in the background, I never ask for a moment of the ceremony to be replayed, and I follow the rules of the venue or the officiant. If the place has particular constraints, we know about them in advance thanks to the scouting and the timeline.

Under Belgian law, copyright stays with the author of the images: it isn't transferred to you automatically. What you do receive, and what is written into the contract, is broad private usage rights: sharing your images with the people close to you, printing them, keeping them. And because the right to your own image belongs to you, nothing goes on my portfolio or my social media without your written consent — if you'd rather nothing was published, we simply note it down, no discussion.

I'm based in Brussels, I cover the whole of Belgium and I also work internationally. A wedding abroad just needs preparing a little earlier: logistics, equipment, remote scouting. Tell me where you're getting married and we'll look at what it involves.

French, English, Dutch, Russian and Ukrainian. It helps when the two families don't share a language, and on the day for guiding guests without going through anyone else. Choose the language you're comfortable in, I'll follow.

Is your date still free?

Send me the date and the venue of your wedding. I reply within 24 hours, and we take the time to talk it through before anything else.

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