What can I say about Armor & Martel? They were fantastic! We have a lot of family who took pictures too, but none matched Chris and his assistant were great. I hardly noticed them and we got over 1000 stunning photos. DH says "Where do you put the sixth stars for them?" Just, WOW!

We loved our pictures! Chris from Armor & Martel was our phptpgrapher & videographer! He captured every moment and our pictures looked like the belong in wedding magazines! AMAZING!!

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John was great to work with. Great value, stayed through the whole ceremony, and wasn't in the way at any point. Great photographer.

Chris Martel and his team were the most spectacular photographers we could have ever hoped for. From the moment they arrived on our wedding day, they put absolutely everyone at ease with their warm and quiet demeanors. Chris has a vision that is reflected in each and every one of the images they captured--and each and every one of them is truly a work of art. I am not sure I will ever be able to fully express my gratitude to Chris for allowing us to re-live the beauty of our day, but what I can do is enthusiastically and wholeheartedly recommend Armor and Martel to anyone looking for the best wedding photographer available. We feel lucky to have ever found them.

Love Chris- very easy to work with as I hate having my picture taking, he made me feel very comfortable.

Our photos are incredible...make sure you pay the extra money to book Chris, its worth it!!

Chris and his crew were great to work with! Very professional and creative. They really helped me capture my wedding in the photos they took. I have great memories. From my first meeting with Armor and Martel they really helped make my wedding amazing.

We had a fantastic experience with Armor & Martel. They were extremely professional, kind, and helpful. Our wedding pictures came out absolutely beautiful and we can't wait to see our video! What a beautiful memory they have helped us create!

<3 Stephanie & Sean O'Keefe

My husband and I could not be more impressed with Armor & Martel Photography! When we were initially researching prices for photographers, we were intimidated with all of the high price tags. Chris Martel was the first photographer we spoke to that made us feel comfortable and was willing to work with us to accommodate our needs and wants. I would have paid double!

Chris made my husband and I feel comfortable, making the pictures natural and completely ideal. We had an engagement shoot ahead of time so that we could get to know him and be ourselves in front of the camera. It was perfect! He was out of our way on our big day, and so many of our guests came up and spoke to us about how professional and polite our photographer was, always making sure not to interrupt the amazing time we shared. We barely noticed he was there until we received our pictures and realized that he captured every single moment!

Everytime I look at the pictures now, I am immediately transported back to our wedding day, and there is no price tag that can be placed on that. Of all the millions of wedding decisions we had to make, choosing Chris as our photographer would be the easiest choice to make over and over again. I highly recommend Chris Martel - he is sure to help you remember each moment of the best day of your life for the rest of your life!!!!

Chris Martel is the BEST photographer and we're SO happy we hired him for our wedding! Initially, we decided to go with Chris not only because his pictures were beautiful, but because we liked his personality and thought that he would be great to work with on the day of our wedding-he's FAST, efficient, takes charge and is a true professional in every sense of the word. The day of the wedding, he took the shots he needed to take-portraits and candids-and we didnt even know he was taking pictures half the time because he was discreet. The pictures came out so amazing from our wedding that they made our moms cry!!! He was by far the best photographer we could have picked and we HIGHLY reccomend him because we know you'll be as satisfied as me and my husband are!

Armor and Martel did our wedding photos a week and a half ago and they have already posted the proofs! They are so easy to get along with, a really fun group of people, but also very professional. They made picture taking quick and painless and got us back into the fun as soon as possible. The team did such a great job of capturing those wonderful little moments that sometimes you miss during your own wedding day! Only my immediate family has seen the wedding pictures so far, but they are absolutely blown away by the quality and style of the photographs. We highly recommend Armor and Martel for your wedding photographer. You will not have to worry about a thing and you will have wedding photographs that you love forever. I know we will!

Chris Martel did an AMAZING job at our wedding - he captured all of the shots we were hoping to get without it feeling like all we were doing was posing for photos and without making anything seem too planned. He even had the amazing idea of having our "first look" be out on the cliffs on Ocean Drive, which led to the most beautiful pictures and some of my husband and my favorite moments. Finally, by accident I ordered a disc when it was in fact included in my package and he immediately let me know and cancelled the order. He truly is a wonderful photographer but also a trusted person to work with on such a special day. There is a reason everyone says he is the best!!

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Chris's talent and approach make for amazing photographs!!!!!

We had visited many venues and got to see dozens of photobooks for each. We began to take note, not only of the venues themselves, but which photographers produced the books. We looked up the Armor and Martel photo blog and absolutely loved his pictures.

My husband and I were apprehensive to be photographed. An 'engagement shoot' was part of our package...we were going to skip it, but are so glad we did not! Shooting with Chris put us at ease and brought us to the realization that we could just be ourselves. We laughed a lot and got to feel more comfortable, but also Chris got to know us and what we were looking to get from our pictures.

The result was a great wedding day, where we were able to enjoy ourselves and Chris caught every second of it! Our guests have even commented on how they enjoyed interacting with him!!!
Our photos are gorgeous and everyone who sees them makes a point to comment on the talent of the photographer!!

This is probably one of the most important elements of a wedding!!! We are so pleased to have booked the best of RI!

We chose Armor and Martel after meeting with a few different vendors. We immediately knew that Chris was the person we wanted to work with. He is so down to earth and makes you feel completely relaxed. My husband was sooo nervous for the pictures and after we met Chris to do engagement pics, he suprisingly enjoyed it, and was not at all worried for actual wedding day pics.

The pics turned out awesome, and I cannot WAIT to get my album!

* my only recommendation would be to get the package that has the dual coverage. The ONLY reason I say this, is obviously Chris cannot be in 2 places at one time, and when I was walking down the aisle with my dad, Chris was behind us, so I didn't get a pic of me and my dad from the FRONT walking down the aisle. We still got amazing pics of it, but i would have loved to have one from the front as well. We had plently of guests that had pics though! So, if you can afford to have a package with dual photogs def. do it!

They exceeded my expectations. We couldnt be happier choosing them to shoot the memories of our wedding. The engagement session and the video session really helped us form a relationship with both Chris and Mark. We felt more than comfortable on the day of the wedding with them.
Photos were amazing we got them very quickly.
I could go on an on about Armor and Martel but I would say to any Bride looking for a photographer you would be a fool not to hire them.
They made it very easy for us, and it was stress FREE.
I can't thank them enough for our photos!

From the second I met Chris Martel, I knew right away I wanted him to be our photographer. His charming personality made us really feel comfortable with him and once we saw his work we knew for sure we made the right choice! We had the most fun with him from our crazy engagment sessions, right up until the day of the wedding. It was important for me to find someone who I trusted, who I could rely on and who would not need direction or cause any stress. He really took the time to get to know us and he was more than a joy to have with us on our big day. Now the fun part, his work. His pictures are beyond words! Our pictures had such a beautiful variety of close ups, group shots, fine details and unpredicatble shots of the venu that we never would have thought to catch. He was so knowledgable when it came to the specifics of the venue and where best we should take pictures considering the sunlight, sunset etc. We were so thrilled with all of the details he captured that we were actually speechless when we got our preview book back. I now consider Chris Martel and friend and I will 100% be back to him to capture many more happy memories from our lives ahead. He is amazing and his work speaks for itself!