Zest Mosman Wedding Photos
A boathouse on the sand at The Spit, gold-leaf ceilings inside and Middle Harbour at the door
Zest Mosman is the Boathouse at The Spit on Spit Road, Mosman, about twenty minutes from the Sydney CBD. The building belongs to the Middle Harbour 16ft Skiff Club and sits directly on the beach, with warm timber, imported stone and gold-leaf painted ceilings inside. Ceremonies are held on the lower deck over the water or outdoors looking across Middle Harbour, and operable walls let the room scale from small weddings to 280 seated with a dance floor.
Veri’s Sydney team photographed Jacqueline and Gionatan’s wedding at Zest, with the bride getting ready at Manly and both ceremony and reception at the boathouse. The drive from Manly to The Spit is short, which left the afternoon free for water-level portraits on the deck and the sand before guests arrived.
Photographing a wedding at Zest Mosman
The harbour throws light back up under the deck, so faces stay open even when the ceremony runs in full afternoon sun. The sand in front of the boathouse is the couple’s portrait spot at low tide; the jetties and moored boats fill the background at high. Inside, the gold ceilings warm everything, and we balance flash to keep the harbour blue through the windows at dusk. Rain moves the ceremony indoors with the same view. The gallery above is Jacqueline and Gionatan’s wedding.