Three-Day Wedding at Masia Cabellut, Barcelona

A rehearsal dinner in Sitges, a ceremony among the vineyards — three days on film

Some weddings are a day. Kate and Michio's was a weekend — three days that moved from the seafront in Sitges to the vineyards of Masia Cabellut, gathering their closest people from across the world and giving the celebration the space it deserved.

I photographed all three days on analog film. Kodak Portra for the warmth of the Sitges sunset and the golden Catalan light across the vineyards. Ilford Delta for the quiet black-and-white moments — the morning preparations, a look across the room, a hand on a shoulder. Film gave this wedding the pace it needed: unhurried, present, intimate even with a hundred guests.

The celebration began on the seafront in Sitges — just twenty minutes south of Barcelona, where the Mediterranean meets the narrow streets of one of Catalonia's most charming coastal towns. Kate and Michio had chosen a restaurant right on the water for their rehearsal dinner, and the evening unfolded exactly the way Sitges evenings do: slowly, warmly, with the light turning gold and then pink and then deep amber over the sea.

After dinner, we walked along the coastline for a few portraits — just the two of them, the sound of the waves, the last light of the day. These are some of my favourite frames from the entire weekend. Shot on Portra 400, the colours from that evening are extraordinary — the kind of tones that only film and Mediterranean light together can produce.

As the light faded, Kate and Michio joined their friends on the beach — bare feet in the sand, glasses raised, the sky shifting through every shade of warm. The kind of moment that disappears in seconds and lives forever on film.

The next morning: Masia Cabellut. A 17th-century stone farmhouse surrounded by vineyards, about an hour from Barcelona — one of the most beautiful wedding venues in Catalonia, and one I know well. The light here moves through the day in a way I've learned to anticipate: soft and directional in the morning through the old stone windows, warm and golden across the vines by late afternoon, and at sunset, something close to magic.

Kate and Michio chose to do a first look in the masia's inner courtyard before the ceremony — a private moment, just the two of them, while their guests gathered in the garden. There is something about a first look that changes the energy of the entire day. The nerves settle. The couple arrives at the ceremony already present, already together. And for me, photographing on film, it's one of the most important moments — because film doesn't allow hesitation. You have to see it, feel it, and trust the frame.

The ceremony took place outdoors, beneath the trees, with the vineyard stretching out behind them. It was sincere and deeply emotional — the kind of ceremony where you could hear the tears as clearly as the vows. Afterwards, we moved through the estate for couple portraits among the vines, the afternoon light doing exactly what Catalan summer light does at that hour: turning everything it touches to gold.

While Kate and Michio were in the vineyards, their guests settled into a cocktail hour in the masia's gardens — cava, Catalan bites, the warmth of a summer evening beginning to settle over the estate. By the time dinner was served, the candles were lit and the sky had turned violet above the vines.

The reception at Masia Cabellut is something I never tire of photographing. The long tables, the stone walls, the candlelight reflected in wine glasses — Portra renders all of it with a warmth and softness that makes every frame feel like a memory you've already lived. And when the dancing started, as it always does at the best weddings, the night became its own kind of beautiful.

And then: day three. No schedule, no formality, no plan beyond sunshine, pizza, and the pool. This is the part of a multi-day wedding that most photographers never see — and it's the part I love the most.

Kate and Michio's guests gathered by the pool at Masia Cabellut in swimsuits and sunglasses, still glowing from the night before. The Catalan sun was generous. The pizza arrived. The conversations from the rehearsal dinner in Sitges picked up exactly where they left off, and new ones started between people who had been strangers two days earlier and were now sharing sunscreen and stories.

These are the frames that make a three-day wedding worth it — on film, they have a warmth and ease that you cannot stage or recreate. The laughter by the pool, the light on wet skin, Kate and Michio moving through their people with the quiet happiness of two people who know they just did something extraordinary. Portra captures this kind of light — afternoon Mediterranean sun, water reflections, skin tones — with an honesty that digital always over-polishes.

Kate and Michio's wedding was also captured on Super 8mm film — the same analog format used in home movies since the 1960s. There is no other medium that feels like this: the grain, the softness, the way movement looks like memory itself. It is not a wedding video in the traditional sense — there are no drone shots, no cinematic trailer, no trending soundtrack. It is something quieter and more lasting.

The Super 8 film from this weekend captures the feeling of the three days in a way that even still photographs cannot — the breeze through the vines at Masia Cabellut, the walk along the Sitges coastline at sunset, the movement and noise of the dance floor. If you'd like to add Super 8 to your own wedding, you can read more about how it works on my services page.

I have photographed two weddings at Masia Cabellut now, and I understand this venue in a way that only comes from experience — where the light falls at every hour, which corners of the estate photograph best on film, how to move through the day so that nothing feels rushed and nothing is missed.

The three-day format is something I believe in deeply. It gives the story room to breathe. A rehearsal dinner in Sitges, a full wedding day at the masia, a morning-after brunch — each day has its own rhythm, its own light, its own feeling. And on film, the continuity across three days creates something remarkable: not just a wedding gallery, but a complete narrative of a weekend that changed everything.

If you are considering Masia Cabellut for your wedding — or a multi-day celebration anywhere in Catalonia — I would love to tell your story the same way.

Olya Kobruseva — Film Wedding Photographer based in Barcelona, available across Spain and Europe