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Despite Cappetta’s adept riding skills, and her extensive nyc wedding photo experience a recent job where she had to shoot an A list celebrity couple on horseback at their wedding wasn’t easy. “My assistant couldn’t hand me stuff or hold my gear because she was on a horse,” explains the photographer, who carried her flash equipment in makeshift saddlebags jury rigged on the spot. “I had to load, reload, shoot and focus on horseback. I had no control of my horse because I had no reins, only leg control, which is hard enough when you’re facing forward. The horse was clearly miffed with me” However, Cappetta was generously compensated for her discretion. After signing a non disclosure agreement, “I got a very, very large check,” she says.