Destination Wedding | Dreams Natura Resort and Spa | Tulum, Cancun, Mexico | Time Shots Photography
My entire family knew that my cousin Cristina’s wedding was going to be an awesome time. To make things even better, her and Tony decided to make it a destination wedding in MEXICO!!!! ——Woot Woot!!! ——
If you have ever been to my "About Me Page" then you already knew that I had not ever been to Mexico and I really wanted to go there for a destination wedding. However, truth be told…. I wanted to go there as a hired photographer. So technically, this Mexico trip would not qualify me to check this line item OFF from my professional photographer bucket list, but hey… I was still super excited/geeked to be going to Mexico. PLUS… my cousin was getting married to Tony… who our entire family really approved of. Sooo Let’s Goooooo!!!!
Spoiler Alert —— Cristina eventually asked me to do a photo session on the day of the wedding and even cut me a check. Sooooooo…. BOOM BABY! —- Line item officially CHECKED OFF!!!!
Although I would not be the main photographer, I was still a hired photographer… and honestly, that’s enough for me. I was and am still, to this day, soooo damn frigg’n grateful and happy.
C’mon now… look at the pics we made. They’re pretty Bad Ass… “If I do say so myself, if I do say so myself” (Que Jay Z/Beyonce, Drunk in Love audio track.) These are some of my faves from the day!!!
A Blue Butterfly
How do you NOT, right?!?! Not seen, are my sister-in-law and brother pointing/holding wireless flashes to make this shot pop.
Shooting a wedding but not carrying the stress of shooting a wedding, was AWESOME!!!!
+ My cousin and Tony are 2 of the most laid back type of people you can find, soooooo… Obviously that made this whole experience even more enjoyable. I must admit though… 13 years of shooting weddings, really, really, really, had me feeling weird, like I was supposed to be doing more. The instinct in me was pulsing!!!!!….. But that was soooo NOT what I was there for. I was supposed to be enjoying myself. Especially since the resort’s staff photographers were the main photographers. So I could just sit back a bit and actually enjoy things for once. It was actually very nice for a change.
Fortunately, I speak fluent spanish, so breaking the ice with the staff team was easy and they were actually very cool about letting me shoot alongside them hear and there. I ended up shooting more than just a session that day. I just couldn’t do a quick photo session only. It felt way too weird.
Such a great trip and such great memories. What a great first trip to Mexico.
Below are some story telling images of the day.
