Mindy and Marc: Isla Boda Extroardinaire!

My best friend from way, way back (7th grade) Mindy got married to Marc on the always-sublime Isla Mujeres, Mexico. I love weddings (I am a wedding photographer, after all), so I was honored and extremely excited to be in the wedding party! And my lovely wife Jennifer was the photographer! I did take a few photos when I wasn't in them, of course. We had such a fun week in Mexico, playing volleyball, drinking pina coladas on the beach, and (in Jennifer's case) eating scorpions while drinking tequila. And we made a ton of new friends!

The wedding itself was a beautiful beach wedding at sunset (though it did get rained out halfway through), with dinner and dancing under the palapa. Earlier in the day we took got up to some hijinx downtown, with Jennifer occasionally having to hold one hand up to stop traffic while she photographed with the other hand and yelled instructions to us across the street. That's my girl!

Although there was a little bit of traffic going by, Mindy and Marc loved their first meeting. As soon is it was done they said "That was so awesome, thank you for having us do that!"

These were the bride and groom pinatas, which would later be smashed to bits by an adoring audience.

Marc can totally rip it up on the dance floor, and I think maybe Mindy didn't know that--look at her expression!

Based on this photo of Jodie about to obliterate a pinata, I'm going to make doubly sure I stay on her good side from now on!  

Mindy and Marc were excellent sports about posing in the rain. I think it was worth it!

Night Time Album Making

I love going back through weddings to create albums. When we first edit a wedding I pore over the photographs and mark my favorite ones. But then a little bit of time goes by and when I sit back down with the images to make the album I fall in love all over again! This image below is from Angie and Jeffrey's wedding. They had two beautiful flower girls and I just love this photograph of them. There's a sweet juxtaposition between the innocence of being a cute little flower girl and the eerieness of the angle, the ominous bushes and dark stone in the foreground. Also, the flower girl on the right has a killer stare.

Enjoy!
Jennifer Amelia

A little destination wedding photography from Isla Mujeres, Mexico!

Jennifer and I were honored and extremely excited to photograph the wedding of our awesome friends Graham and Rhea on Isla Mujeres, an island just off the coast from Cancun, Mexico. It's a small island, about 5 miles long and half a mile wide, and absolutely beautiful. The people were welcoming and friendly, the beaches were perfect, and the town had a lot of character and just enough tourism to make things fairly convenient. The food was incredible--every place we ate, whether it was the swankiest joint in town or the "Cocina Economica", the food was awesome every time. And it happened to be Carnaval that week, so there were celebrations and lots of amazing dance troupes at the town square every night. I could go on!

But most importantly, Rhea and Graham's wedding was stunning. They had events over three days including a snorkeling trip, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and of course the picture-perfect beach ceremony. It was an honor to have shared the weekend with them and their friends and family. Thanks you two!



These boys were eating candy while observing Graham and his men playing basketball in the town square during the bachelor party. We ended up playing basketball with a bunch of local boys with some of their parents looking on and cheering.




On the right you can see the rehearsal happening on the beach.







Since 1683?!










Graham and Rhea hand-made all these beautiful tissue paper cutouts.






















The ceremony (which was one of the most touching, amazing ceremonies we've ever seen) was supposed to end just before sunset, but it ended up going a half-hour into the dark. Luckily we were prepared with our wireless strobe gear, and it ended up looking really cool!






















I think everyone should consider piñatas at their reception!