Don’t get me wrong, I love my job as a wedding photographer in Chicago. And the city provides tons of great locations for my wedding shoots. But getting away to Mexico to photograph a destination wedding? Yes, please!
Jenny and David gave me the opportunity to jet with them to beautiful Riviera Maya, near Playa Del Carmen on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The white sand beaches made for an automatically beautiful background for the wedding and wedding portraits. The classic iconography of a beach wedding is so easy and fun to photograph.
Destination weddings are currently very trendy in the wedding world. After photographing Jenny and David’s, I know why! Destination weddings are always entertaining, memorable and can actually be cheaper than a traditional wedding, contrary to popular belief. The biggest pro of an all-inclusive wedding weekend, to me, is that a destination wedding allows you to spend more time with the guests who attend. Although it will probably be a smaller number, the guests who surround you during a destination wedding will most likely be the people you care the most about sharing your wedding day with. Getting to say more than a passing hello to your guests at your reception is a definite destination bonus.
If you plan to do things a little differently, then a destination wedding might be right for you, too. For instance, Jenny and David had the perfect casual wedding. Sandals and barefeet for the ladies, and the men just wore ties to the service. Guests got to keep it casual, too, and enjoyed the beautiful outdoor setting of the wedding and reception.
Along with the casual feel and outdoor setting, the couple also brought the festive air of Mexico into the ceremony with color: pink, coral and green. With such a memorable wedding location and surrounded by your closest friends and family, I can’t imagine anyone’s destination wedding being any less successful than Jenny and David’s beautiful nuptials.
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