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Destination Wedding at Cabo Surf Hotel, Mexico – Andy & Lauren

Jennifer — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:46:01 +0000

I’ve known Lauren for nearly 8 years. She’s been to a million weddings with me as a second shooter and I’ve seen her grow from recent college graduate transplant from the mid-west to married yoga teacher and home owner ready to start a family of her own. Needless to say it was a BIG deal Lauren was getting married and just as big a deal that I got to photograph the big day.

Lauren met Andy at a street festival. She was surrounded by her many guy friends, yet by the end of the party Andy had it in him to go talk to her anyway. Pretty impressive I think! They’ve been inseparable ever since.

They both have really great circles of friends they’ve collected over the years and many of them made the trip to Cabo Surf in Mexico for the extended Weekend party. This wedding ranks right there with my best friend’s wedding as the most fun I’ve ever had at an event. And as always, it is the people more than anything that makes an event great. It was fun to come home to a few more friends on facebook at the end of it all.

Lauren and Andy (and Lauren’s Mom) worked really hard on pulling together a really relaxing event but at the same time having great attention to all the details such as lighting, seating and cute favor bags left in everyone’s hotel rooms. At the end they released beautiful Thai lanterns to mark the end of the wedding and start of their life together. It was quite dramatic and pretty.

And I can’t leave you without a plug for Andy & Lauren’s businesses, hoping them every success in the future!
Lauren: Set The Date Tours / Private yoga practice

Andy: Gaglione Brothers

Eloping in Cancun (part two)

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:44:18 +0000

As promised, a few more images from Sara and Rahul’s wedding day. It isn’t often that I’m given 3 hours to just play with the bride and groom. Typically I get about 30 minutes (squeezed between family photos & the reception) so it was a lot of fun to not have to keep an eye on the time.

My husband wanted them to jump off a ledge, which they did, my angle made for a crazy looking shot…

I love how Rahul is looking at Sara… he loves her… so sweet….

Eloping in the Mayan Riviera (part one)

Jennifer — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:12:18 +0000

I’ve been dying to get some images up from Sara and Rahul’s wedding at Aventura Palace just south of Cancun in Mexico. It was just the two of them but even so was just as emotional and powerful as any wedding I’ve been to with a guest list of 400.Here is part one, I’ll try to get part two up on Monday. Have a great weekend!

Yes those are tears below running down Rahul’s cheek…

the wind was not our friend this day, but it sure made things dramatic!

Puerto Morelos in the Yucatan – adios!

Jennifer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:07:08 +0000

I had every intention of doing numerous blog posts while here in the Yucatan. But this IS Mexico, and I forgot I couldn’t always depend on the internet in the middle of the jungle or at the beach. Honestly it’s been a blessing in disguise because it has forced me to be just a bit more on vacation that I’m used to. Vacation, what’s that?

We started this trip in Cancun for the wedding of Vivian and James, spent some time touring the Mayan temples, came back to Playa del Carmen for the wedding of Sara & Rahul, then spent some time decompressing in Puerto Morelos at the amazing Ceiba del Mar hotel & Spa. (I really want to shoot a wedding at Ceiba del mar, beautiful!)

I’m going to do blog posts about all the events, tours and things I saw when I’m back, but for now you just get a few teaser photos to tide you over. We leave in a few hours, so sad, but we’ll be back!

Chichen Itza

in Valladolid centro

the view opposite Ceiba del mar, just cross the road & head down the wood bridge

and finally…. John playing guitar on the pier (Ceiba del Mar, Puerto Morelos…. now Puerto Mireles)

Wedding weekend in Cancun, Mexico – the arrival

Jennifer — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:13:00 +0000

Saludos y buenos días!

We’ve arrived (finally) in Cancun for the destination wedding weekend of Vivian & Jim. It was a 12 hour trip from door to door but not entirely unpleasant. Duh, I forgot I had upgraded us to 1st class so it was a surprise for us as we boarded the plane. Gotta love those air miles!

Today was Vivian and Jim’s rehearsal but I’m just going to give you a little teaser and I’ll post more later…….

The beach at Moon Palace

and a quick grab of the lovely couple right after the rehearsal