Ashley and Gitano Harding Waterfront Estate Wedding
2017 will go down as the year with the most rainfall on Saturdays. You do not even need to check any photographer will tell you. As most weddings are held on Saturday you can see how this has become an issue. However if you are photo ninjas like us you know the tricks to avoid rain and or any other form of bad weather. Ashley and Gitano were to be married outdoors so as the day started and the clouds rolled in everyone around us got worried. But we knew how to handle it, after all it had become the new normal for this year.
We had an ideal set up to start the day. Bride on one side of the street getting her make up done in her new home while the groom was on the other side of the street at his parents getting ready. Parking was not an issue neither was driving because I live 5 minutes away, on foot. Gitano has a bit of a rifle collection and we could not pass up using them in a few shoots. After freaking out the neighbours with our antique weaponry we took the long 14 steps across the street to see how Ashley was doing with her make up. With only a few moments to capture images we packed up with the bridal party and headed to Harding Waterfront Estate and the rest of the wedding day.
Ashley made the great decision to get fully dressed before her ceremony on site, which gave us ample time to get the final touches taken care of prior to the “I DO’s”. The whole time our part time meteorologist was giving us live updates on the weather. For a few moments there it didn’t look good but as the year has gone we got lucky. The rain went on a much needed vacation for a few hours and let us take care of business. After the ceremony we took the couple for a walk alone to the lake. Navigating our way through wet and muddy grass all the while dodging those pesky geese.
After a series of capturing great images we passed a bit of the time to skip rocks before the reception began. The tent came in handy as the rain returned with a vengeance during dinner. But the night went on well inside our dry tent but we knew it better stop for our late night sparklers. To to form we had a 5 minute window where the rain stopped once again and allowed us some pyrotechnic fun. Not sure how comfortable some of us were there with an open bar and fire but there where no mishaps.
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