It was a wedding nestled in the rolling green hills of the Berkshires, amidst apple trees and flower gardens that splashed a touch of color onto the hillsides retreating into the hazy blue distance. For Emily and Andy, Stump Sprouts in Hawley, Massachusetts offered them a chance to celebrate their wedding in the wide and beautiful outdoors with a little bit of rustic charm in the barn and bungalow of the cross-country ski retreat.
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After five years of wedding photography, I've been to all kinds of venues; documenting events from Boston to Providence and from Provincetown to Northampton. Some have been nearly palatial, while others have been a little more run down or rustic but five years ago Ryan Richardson Photography started with me standing in some stranger’s backyard.
The house was a rambling building, slowly built up over the years piece by piece in that particular New England style. After months of having gorged myself on pictures and dreams of platinum weddings, I stumbled. How could something in a backyard launch my new career? What I found on the other side of that weathered gray fence would surprise me.
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