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The wedding of Christine and Brad at the Grand Palladium White Sand Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-26T07:39:00.004-05:00

A quick update to show some pictures from the wedding of Christine and Brad held at the Grand Palladium White Sand resort in the Mayan Riviera Mexico.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Mexico Professional Photographer

The wedding of Cassie and Joseph at the Grand Occidental Flamenco Xcaret Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-17T12:41:00.003-05:00

Showing some pictures from the wedding of Cassie and Joseph held at the Grand Occidental Flamenco Xcaret resort in Xcaret, Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

Professional Wedding Photographer in Cancun Mayan Riviera Mexico

Professional Photographer in Cancun Mayan Riviera Mexico

The wedding of July and Paul at the Grand Palladium Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-15T11:18:00.002-05:00

One more quick post to show some pictures from the wedding of July and Paul, and elegant English wedding, at the Grand Palladium in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

The wedding of Marybeth and Edward at the Grand Palladium White Sand Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-15T10:54:00.001-05:00

Keeping up with the quick posts to update my blog, this time to show some images from the wedding of Marybeth and Edward at the Grand Palladium White Sand resort, in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

I think there were 5 or 6 Edwards at this wedding, including myself :-)

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

The Mayan wedding of Judy and Vaughan in Yucatan

2009-06-15T10:35:00.002-05:00

Quick post to show some images from the wedding of Judy and Vaughan in Yucatan, with a Mayan ceremony.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

The wedding of Abril and Waldo at Hacienda Teya Merida Yucatan Mexico

2009-06-09T13:42:00.002-05:00

Keeping up with the quick updates, to show some pictures from the wedding of Abril and Waldo held at Hacienda Teya in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

Cancun Mayan Riviera Mexico Professional Wedding Photographer

Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

The wedding of Caitlin and Jeff at the Grand Palladium Kantenah Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-05T17:26:00.002-05:00

One more quick update of my blog, to show some pictures from the wedding of Caitlin ad Jeff held at the Grand Palladium Kantenah resort in the Mayan Riviera Mexico.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

Merida Nocturna

2009-06-05T12:15:00.002-05:00

Still updating my blog. Found these images from and “old” event (April 2009) held in Progreso Yucatan Mexico to raise funds for buying toys to children in April 30, children’s day in Mexico.

Music was electronic dance, or “punchis punchis” as some call it because of the unchangeable rhythm of the bass drum :-)

Progreso is the closest beach to Merida, around 20 minutes driving at the speed limit.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

The wedding of Michelle and Jay at the Gran Bahia Principe Tulum Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-05T11:43:00.002-05:00

keeping up with the quick updates. This is from the wedding of Michelle and Jay at the Gran Bahia Principe Tulum resort in the Mayan Riviera Mexico.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

The wedding of Gina and Paul at the Gran Riviera Princess Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-06-05T08:59:00.002-05:00

Keeping up with updating my blog, this time with the wedding of Gina and Paul at the Gran Riviera Princess resort in the Mayan Riviera Mexico.

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

First Data corporate event in Cancun, for Brightroom

2009-06-05T08:40:00.002-05:00

Finally updating my blog, during March I shot parts of a corporate event for First Data, on behalf of Brightroom.

I covered two days of the ceremony awards at night, plus a few tour trips the group took.

One was to Selvatica, where you can ride, suspended by wires, through the jungle; then you take an off-road bicycle ride until you reach a Cenote. There, you can jump into the water from a suspended wire.

The other tour was for fishing, and another a trip in Catamaran to Isla Mujeres, where you get to eat, snorkel, and have fun :-)

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Cancun Mayan Riviera Professional Photographer

Information about the Swine H1N1 Influenza Virus in Mexico

2009-05-04T21:54:00.006-05:00

First, to my three readers: I haven't updated neither this Blog nor my homepage galleries because I've been working on a whole redesign for my homepage, which has taken me much more than expected. So, there are several weddings and family portrait session that still are not shown in the public galleries.

Now, with regards to the swine virus situation.

Quick important info for your wedding or family portrait session in Cancun and the Mayan Riviera

The new strain of the H1N1 virus is not any more mortal than other types of influenza. As a matter of fact, it is much less mortal than the regular influenza. In any case, and for your peace of mind when traveling to Mexico, please consult your doctor and ask about:

Oseltamivir (brand name Tamiflu ®) is approved to both treat and prevent influenza A and B virus infection in people one year of age and older.
Zanamivir (brand name Relenza ®) is approved to treat influenza A and B virus infection in people 7 years and older and to prevent influenza A and B virus infection in people 5 years and older.

Both antiviral drugs not only treat the symptoms, if you caught the virus, but also PREVENT you from catching it. Your doctor should prescribe the proper usage. Full information on this CDC Antiviral page

Also, some sanitary recommendations: do not shake hands with strangers nor kiss hello/goodbye. In other words, use a Japanese greeting :-)

Not Mexican

Let me start by saying the Swine Virus IS NOT Mexican. The first appearance of the virus was with the Spanish Flu or Influenza in 1918. As a matter of fact, the influenza is cataloged as Euro-Asian in origin.

USA Swine Flu Influenza outbreak in 1976

Yes, in 1976 there was an influenza outbreak in the USA, a variant of H1N1 virus plus another variant of the H3N2 virus. Around 30% of the US population was vaccinated at that time, but the program stopped because the vaccine seemed to kill people, and probably caused 500 cases of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), of which 25 died. So, the swine virus remained among the USA population.

USA 1988 swine flu quasi-outbreak

Yes, there was another swine flu outbreak in Wisconsin, USA but the authorities did not considered it an outbreak, even though one pregnant women died and several other people and health personnel were found infected.

USA 1998 Swine Flu Influenza Outbreak

Yes, there was yet another swine flu outbreak in the USA in 1998. This time, the swine flu was found in pigs in four US States, as a recombinant form of flu strains from birds and humans.

Philippine 2007 outbreak

There was another influenza outbreak in the Philippines in 2007, this time also in pigs.

2009 H1N1 Swine flu Outbreak

Again, I must stress this virus is not Mexican but American, if you want to give it names, which I don’t. The USA Center for Disease Control has traced this new swine virus back to California, then to Texas and finally into Mexico.

From this CDC page: “H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in April 2009 in the United States. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this new virus.”

The first outbreak of this virus in Mexico was in a small town in the State of Veracruz, close to a pig farm owned by a USA Company. This Company has previously been fined for environmental damage in the US. In October 2000 the supreme court upheld a $12.6m (£8.6m) fine levied by the US environmental protection agency which found that the company had violated its pollution permits in the Pagan River in Virginia which runs towards Chesapeake Bay. The company faced accusations that fecal and other bodily waste from slaughtered pigs had been dumped directly into the river since the 1970s .

So, this new swine virus should have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the US authorities when they first found it earlier this year in California. But they didn’t. Just as when China covered the Avian Flu Outbreak of 1997, so as not to lose business and tourism.

So, it just happens that our nice and polite Mexican officials reported this swine virus to the WHO, and decided to shut-down a 110 million people country, long before it was really necessary. Given the over-reaction of our government, and that is was Mexico and not the US, the one reporting the virus, the whole world has taken Mexico as the origin of this virus.

Worse yet, Mexican tourists in other countries are being hunted down by the authorities and local people, to be returned to Mexico as soon as possible. When, again, this virus has been alive for decades among the US population and it was California the first appearance of this new virus strain.

Just so you know, 36000 (thirty six thousand people) die of influenza every year in the US alone. Worldwide, there are 250 million cases of Malaria, of which 1 million die every year. And no other country is closing its doors nor being blamed for that.

As close as January 2009, China had another dead because of the Avian Flu. Yet again, no pandemic-paranoia was made nor China closed down its country doors, like Mexico did.

Now you see international authorities and other countries tanking Mexico for notifying about the virus and taking the extreme measures the country is taking to contain it, despite the great cost to the Mexican economy, already in crisis.

But of course, what else could you tell to a country that commits economic hara-kiri and puts its citizens at the center of discrimination, on behalf of human kind?

Only Mexicans Die

According to the World Health Organization, on its May 4 update:

4 May 2009 -- As of 18:00 GMT, 4 May 2009, 21 countries have officially reported 1085 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.

Mexico has reported 590 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 25 deaths. The United States has reported 286 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.

The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths - Austria (1), Canada (101), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Costa Rica (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (4), Germany (8), Ireland (1), Israel (4), Italy (2), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Portugal (1), Republic of Korea (1), Spain (54), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (18).

NOTE: the one person in the USA that is reported as dead because of the virus, was a Mexican baby that was already very ill when they crossed the border, and died in a US hospital.

So, it seems to be very curious that out of 1085 cases confirmed worldwide, ONLY MEXICANS DIE.

There can be only three possible explanations for that. One, that this new swine virus was engineered to attack only the Mexican genome, if such thing is possible. Which I don’t think it is, because there is not such thing as a Mexican race.

Our country's blood is a mixture of several, and very different, American Indians races, with the blood of Spanish, and French, and Arab people. Later on, there was a great Chinese immigration into the country. And now we have had a great immigration wave of people from Argentina and Venezuela, among most of the other Central America and South American countries.

Two, that our doctors in Mexico are really really stupid (there is a lot of prior evidence that can confirm this) and our social health system is even worse than that of the Antarctica; which by the way, doesn’t have one.

And third, a cultural explanation. You see, if you live in a first-world country, when you get sick you go to a doctor. While in Mexico, when people feel sick they will first self-medicate. You can buy anything at the drug stores without a prescription.

Then, after self-medicating, if you continue to feel sick, you will most likely seek the advice of a Shaman or a Witch or go get a Tarot reading to find out who is “sending” you these bad vibes that affects your health.

Only when you feel about dieing, you will go see a doctor.

So, if you combine this cultural behavior with the low quality of doctors and health system, you end up with dead people because of a simple flu.

Throw into the equation even stupider politicians, and you have a paranoia of epidemic proportions.

The fact remains that no one in the whole world, except for Mexicans, have died of the swine virus.

So, you may wonder why if this virus was born in the USA, no one have died there? Because in the USA, doctors treat every symptom of influenza with either oseltamivir, zanamivir, amantadine or rimantadine.

The first two have now been tested to treat and even prevent the new virus strain. And the first one is the most prescribed in the USA, with the brand name of Tamiflu.

In Mexico, most doctors in the social health system will treat influenza symptoms with an Aspirin and a recommendation to go home and rest.

In any case, the new strain of the swine virus is not any more deadly than the former strains of influenza.

Twenty Mexican people have died of this new strain, or 21 if you count the Mexican baby that died in the US. Whereas 36,000 die of the regular, or now common influenza every year in the USA, and 10,000 in Mexico.

The geography of the Swine influenza virus in Mexico

If you see the international news, the message is clear: the whole country of Mexico has the swine virus, and we are all wearing masks. Nothing further from the truth.

The occurrence of the new strain of the swine virus is mostly confined to Mexico City, the State of Mexico, which is the same for all practical purposes, and the State of San Luis Potosi.

That’s only 2 out of 31 Mexican States, plus Mexico City. And so you know, the Yucatan Peninsula, comprised of the State of Quintana Roo (Cancun and the Mayan Riviera), the State of Yucatan (Merida, where I live), and the State of Campeche, is free as of this writing, from the new strain of the swine virus.

The 8 kids from New York that have been reported as catching the virus while vacationing in Cancun, either caught the virus if they traveled through Mexico City’s airport, or already had the virus before coming into Mexico (remember the origin of this virus is the USA, not Mexico).

Beyond the swine virus: The swine virus and politics

Conspiracy theories are very creative. But even more are Mexican politicians.

There is a long tradition among the politicians in power, to give the nation the bad news when people is on vacations, such as price increases. Also, “something” always happens before elections, to divert the attention of the people. And this time is not the exception. In case you don’t know, we have Federal Elections on June.

With the excuse of the virus, the government secluded everybody at home, and with everybody’s attention focused on the virus, they took this golden opportunity to do the following:

The Senate approved the law to carry drugs for personal use. So now, you can carry small amounts of marihuana, cocaine, opium, LSD, heroine, crystals and methamphetamines.

So, on the one hand, you have 1,500 people killed every month in Mexico because of the war against drugs, and on the other hand, politicians approve the carrying of drugs. Did I mention Mexican politicians are beyond stupidity? But yes, they are very creative.

Also got approved the Law for the Federal Police, which gives them the following powers:

The use of police man without a uniform. We are going back to the times of the infamous “El Negro” Durazo police, with undercover cops and armed civilians, meaning, more crime and more impugn kidnappings.
The power to intervene telephone and cellular conversations.
The power to intervene electronic email and messages and internet websites.
The power to ask for private information about its employees or customers to private companies.
So, given the historical, and still current, abuse of power by Mexican authorities, this is not a law that will work against crime, but rather against the civilian population.

Now the Secretary of Health has the power to establish checkpoints on roads, airports, and maritime routes, and to search and detain.

So, one more checkpoint. When I travel from Merida to Cancun and the Mayan Riviera to shot weddings, on any good day I have to pass the following checkpoints:

A police checkpoint within Merida on my way out, on whatever pretext they like: if you are driving alone, it is because you are driving alone. If two guys go on the car, it is because they “have orders” to check any car with two guys alone. I was once taking my son to the airport and got stopped by the police at a checkpoint under that pretext.
A State Police checkpoint around Km. 12, with the pretext of searching for fire arms.
A military checkpoint on the toll-road with the pretext of searching for drugs.
Sometimes, another military checkpoint when turning towards Tulum.
Another State police checkpoint when leaving the Yucatan State.
Sometimes, another military checkpoint on the road from Tulum to Cancun.
A police checkpoint before reaching Playa del Carmen.
And the same the way back. However, if I arrive back at night to Merida, I would have to pass yet another police checkpoint in the city, with the pretext of alcohol-driving.
And the funny thing is, all of this is prohibited by the Constitution! Even the car driving regulation law prohibits the police from stopping you, unless it is clear that you committed a driving infraction.
And yes, all checkpoint have armed guys, not with pistols but with AR-15 rifles. In my opinion, they should be using AK-47’s, as it has been proven to be the most reliable rifle ever.
So now, I will have to pass yet another checkpoint with guys in white lab coats and armed with AR-15’s, with the pretext of searching for viruses.

The International Money Fund approved a 47 Billion dollar line of credit to Mexico on April 18, plus another $205 million dollars from the World Bank, with the pretext of this swine virus. Just so you know, the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) has an assigned budget of $614 million dollars, for year 2009 alone, that goes into political parties and their salaries and electoral campaigns. So, more money is expended to feed the politicians, than to combat the virus.

On another theme, pharmaceutical are expected to grow 2.7% this year.

There is an old Mexican saying that reads: Think wrong (suspiciously), and you’ll find the truth.

So, in my very personal opinion, this swine virus thing is a farce, a mockery. A very big, huge lie. Of course, there are many parties that get benefited from this situation, but it is not the Mexican civilian population nor companies.

And yes, it is also my opinion that President Calderon should be held responsible for the great economic damage he has caused to Mexico with this government-created paranoia.

Even inert Mexican product exports are being held at other countries' customs because of the virus. Not to mention all the tourism that has canceled their traveling to Mexico. And all of the Mexican tourists at other countries that are being hunted down and discriminated.

So you know, Mexico has three income streams:

Money sent back into Mexico by Mexicans working in the USA. This is by far the greatest income stream Mexico has.
Sales of crude oil. We sell crude oil, and import refined products, more expensive, such as gasoline, made with our crude oil. This is very funny indeed!
Tourism. Even though the Mexican tourism industry is in the hands of hotel chains and companies from Spain and the USA, it is the third largest income stream for Mexico. Now gone.

As a curiosity, it just happens that a few days after the visit of President Obama to Mexico, the so called virus epidemia was announced. Did President Obama came to convince President Calderon for taking the risk of announcing the virus, in order not to damage the US economy? Which by far, I would agree, it is much more important to the world than the Mexican economy. If this was so, then it would explain the loan given to President Calderon for 47 Billion dollars .

Current estimates indicate that the virus situation will cost Mexico 2,200 million dollars, or 2.2 Billion dollars. Then, President Calderon is being rewarded with an excess 44.8 Billion dollars for taking the blame on behalf of the US. That's a whole lot of money.

As you can guess, we never know were that money goes. Nevertheless, it is the Mexican citizens and companies the ones that have to pay back that debt.

But again, this is just a curiosity, a conjecture. Still, it rises questions.

One final thought. Given the economic distress Mexico is and will continue suffering because of having reported this virus, by following the guidelines of the World Health Organization, and the (bad) reaction of the international community, treating Mexicans as if they had the Bubonic Plague, and prohibiting the entrance of Mexican products, alive, dead, or inert, I only wonder what other country in the future will dare to report a similar situation. Not one, I guess.

And, by the way, the Bubonic Plague appeared in Los Angeles county, California, as close as in April 2006.

And, these are the true final words, finally. I must clarify that I love the US and its citizens; the same way I love Mexico and being Mexican. The opinions I express here are about things above you and I, the common people. Just wondering about what the real truth is.

More curiosities:

It took Radio 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million people
It took TV 13 years to reach an audience of 50 million people
It took Internet 4 years to reach an audience of 50 million people
And, it took President Calderon less than two weeks to create a state of paranoia in a 110 million people country, not to mention the worldwide audience, trow its economy down the drain, and make Mexican citizens everywhere to be hunted dow, taken as hostages (China, Singapur, Cuba, and other countries), and be discriminated worldwide. He should be in the Guinness World Records.

Resources

The USA Center for Disease Control

The World Health Organization

Wired: Swine Flu Ancestor Born in US Farms

BBC News

The New York Times

The Wall Street Journal

Newspapers in Spanish

El Economista

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Wedding anniversary for Ashley and Luis at the Grand Porto Real Playa del Carmen Mexico

2009-03-23T10:12:00.001-06:00

I have posted sample images from the wedding anniversary photography session held for Ashley and Luis in Playa del Carmen, Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

You can see the gallery here:

http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7695395_MDAX2#497235737_B5EbT

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The Hansen's family portrait photography in Puerto Aventuras Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-03-01T14:31:00.007-06:00

Catching up with my blog, I have posted sample images from the family portrait session held for the Hansen's in Puerto Aventuras, Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

You can see the image gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7484437_TguWc

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The Bucklen family portrait photography at the Gran Bahia Principe Tulum Coba Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-02-28T11:46:00.007-06:00

I have posted sample images from the family portrait session held for the Bucklen's at the Grand Bahia Principe Tulum resort, Coba Section, in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

You can see the image gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7474139_ZjiCX

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Editorial photography magazine cover for Revista Ser February 2009

2009-02-28T10:54:00.005-06:00

My 15th cover photo for Revista Ser is out. The main theme is, Trans. Programming or Premonition? What we believe we create...

The model is Rossina Saravia. She's from Campeche, a beautiful state next to Yucatan, and part of the Yucatan Peninsula, comprised of Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo.

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The wedding of Naomi and Dale at the Grand Palladium Kantenah Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-02-11T16:52:00.004-06:00

Updating my photography blog to tell my three readers that I have posted sample images from the wedding of Naomi and Dale held at the Grand Palladium resort in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico. Although Naomi and Dale were staying at the Grand Palladium Kantenah, the wedding ceremony took place in the Gazebo at the Grand Palladium White Sands.

A sunny day by the beach, with a nice and very fun wedding couple and friends. Thank you!

You can see their wedding gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7327625_Dpjy6

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The wedding of Georgia and Mark at the Viva Wyndham Maya in Playacar Playa del carmen Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-02-10T08:18:00.006-06:00

I have posted sample images from the wedding of Georgia and Mark held at the Viva Wyndham Maya resort in Playacar, Playa del Carmen, Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

This was a long day but somehow relaxed, as Mark and Georgia and their families were all very nice and easygoing persons.

When I cover the reception dinner, I haven't been lately accepting the kind invitation of the wedding couples to sit at the table, because I want to be ready when the action happens. This time however, I was kind of hungry from the whole day of shooting and walking under the sun, and thank Georgia and Mark for the invitation. Still had the camera on one hand and the fork on the other :-)

You can see their wedding gallery here
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7321525_RLae6

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Family portrait photography in Puerto Morelos Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-02-09T22:25:00.006-06:00

I have posted sample images from the family portrait photography session held at a private villa in Puerto Morelos, Mayan Riviera, Mexico, for the West, Burr, Mouser and Stewart families. A very nice and fun afternoon, with the kids, all clothed, ending up jumping into the pool!

You can see the family portrait photography gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7318993_H2JSw#470842754_VPv3H

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The Murphy's family portrait photography at the Barcelo Maya Palace Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-02-09T12:02:00.006-06:00

Catching up still... I have posted sample images from the family portrait photography session made for the Murphy's at the Barcelo Maya Palace in the Mayan Riviera Mexico.

I'm truly lucky to always have so nice and fun people to photograph and captures their day's memories!

You can see the family portrait gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7315898_KzUDD#470620133_X3b3X

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The wedding of Melissa and Bartozs at the Grand Palladium White Sands Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-02-09T09:28:00.005-06:00

Still keeping up with my blog, I have posted sample images from the wedding of Melissa and Bartozs held at the Grand Palladium White Sands in the Mayan Riviera Mexico. Thank you Melissa and Bartozs!

You can see their wedding gallery here
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7315025_26RWR#470550688_XU6z6

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The Gaudet family portrait photography at The Royal Cancun Mexico

2009-01-15T19:51:00.003-06:00

Still catching up with my blog, this time to tell that I have posted sample images from the family portrait photography session for the Gaudet family, held at The Royal Cancun.

You can see the gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7105192_Ce4Yx

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The wedding of Raela and Dion at the Grand Palladium Colonial resort Mayan Riviera Mexico

2009-01-15T18:50:00.007-06:00

I'm realizing it's been a while since I have updated this blog. Thankfully, I've been having lots of work and I'm just starting to catch up with my blog.

So, this time is to let my three readers know that I have just published sample images from the wedding of Raela and Dion, held at the Grand Palladium Colonial resort in the Mayan Riviera, closer to Tulum, Mexico. I'd like to thank both Raela and Dion for their confidence in my art.

You can see the gallery here:
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/7104590_eM9ko

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The Harton family portrait photography in Cancun Mexico

2008-12-08T13:28:00.003-06:00

I have posted sample images from The Harton's family portrait photography session held at Playa Mirador in Cancun, Mexico.

A nice family and the kids were really a great fun! We all had a nice afternoon.

After the session, we returned to the Best Western Clipper Club Cancun, where they were staying. I took a spot at the lobby to work on the images, which I delivered just a few hours later.

However, when I was about the burn the CD, I realized that somehow my DVD Drive had disappeared from the Windows Vista OS... hmmm, So, I copied all the images to a USB Key and gave it the the IT personnel at the Best Western Clipper Club which was so kind to burn the CD for me at their computers. Back at home, I searched the net for a solution and solved the problem by deleting some Windows registry files, restarted the laptop, and my DVD Drive was there again. One day we'll have reliable software and pigs will be able to fly :-)

The good things is that while we waited for the IT guy to burn the CD, I set up a slide show on the laptop for the family to see and it was great to see and hear their expressions and laughter while they watched the photographs.

You can see the photo gallery with sample images here
http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/6775832_EEu4r

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The wedding of Sarah and Fernando at the Bahia Principe Tulum, Mayan Riviera, Mexico

2008-11-28T22:10:00.005-06:00

I have posted sample images from the wedding of Sarah and Fernando held at the Bahia Principe Tulum resort, Akumal section, in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

It was a nice and emotive wedding and we all had a great afternoon, as well as plenty of time to make nice photographs around the resort's spots and the beach.

My best wishes to Sarah and Fernando!

You can see the gallery with sample photographs from the wedding here: http://www.eduardomachuca.net/gallery/6680138_dkLRP

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