Chapter 03
Riya · Lake Como Villa Balbiano, Lake Como · Italy
A destination wedding by the lake — built for European light, not studio fluorescents.
- Ceremony
- wedding
- Date
- May · 2024
- Theme
- lake light
The day, told
a wedding morning, written down
Riya's wedding was the first time the studio travelled abroad with a full kit. The lake light at Como is unforgiving — cooler, harder, and more honest than what we shoot under at home. We pulled the warm tones up in skin, softened all the contour, and built a look that lived against the water, not against a backdrop.
The theme
lake light
- · warm-against-cool
- · soft contour
- · barely-there cheek
The room
Villa Balbiano · Bridal Wing
Open-shutter suite over the lake. We set up at 5am for a 10am ceremony and let the natural light do most of the work.
The luxe routine
Built in pieces, across the calendar.
- Day-before Travel-day skin reset · sheet mask · hydration
- 5am Cold compress · slugging · prime
- 7am Base + cheek + brow
- 9am Eye + lash + lip · veil set at 9:45
The kit, on the day
Everything we actually reached for.
Base
Concealer + Foundation Mix
Westman + PMG
Cheek
Lip2Cheek · Lure
RMS Beauty
The gallery
Credits
- Photography Studio Frame
- Florals Devika Narain & Co. · destination team