A Rhode Island Private Estate Wedding by Massart Photography

Wow talk about a challenge!  To my fellow photography geeks, you will appreciate this one.  You are hired to shoot a SURPRISE wedding ceremony due to take place right at sunset.  As in, sun HAS set by the end of the ceremony.  You can’t set up lights because it’s a surprise and if people see you, they might figure out what’s going on.  (I WILL NOT use on camera flash.  Yuck!)  Basically, we trusted in our cameras’ high ISO capabilities and shot natural light as long as we could.  Embrace the grain right?  (I happen to love the film look!)  We did also get a few off camera flash photos but only had a few minutes to work with.  That’s ok, we are used to that 🙂 As you can see, we had our work cut out for us but loved every second of it!
Anyway, enough of the geek talk and onto the day.  We met Gina just about a week before their wedding and immediately felt at ease with her.  We loved her and Walter’s story and welcomed the opportunity to witness their family become official.  Since we had to hide away in the house for a while, you’ll see that we had a TON of fun with the kids.  The ceremony was beautiful, as were the people and location, which was their backyard by the way.  Drool, I know.  Gina and Walter, thank you so much for having us and we can’t wait to capture your family in the near future!

xoxoxoxoxo,

Audrey & Seth