What’s up!!! Hacienda Tres Rios yes!! love it!!! well this year we just welcome to our “brand new” daughter Brianna! so we are so happy besides all the bless  been a wedding photographer, weddings to shoot, weddings to work on post process stage! but the point is that we have gotten A++ so far, so now I am getting ready for the busy season! more excited than ever, we renew equipment as well, so we are just in an excitement way… I guess :)

I shoot this beautiful wedding in a great place called Hacienda Tres Rios, this place is perfect for  weddings, specially in the beach, it has cenote and beach in the same place and if you are looking to perform a Trash the dress or day after in here, it is perfect! also you find the green mangroves right to capture the essence of the Riviera Maya, but lets get to the point again, been in Hacienda Tres Rios was a really nice experience, I have never seen a earth place like this, take a look at the wedding pictures and you will find a landscape picture, it looks like a tiny set up, that is the wedding venue.

Erica is a really nice girl and Luis is a cool guy, both are a great couple full of joy, see them in the pictures and enjoy yourself as I did, I am sure they will recall every moment in their wedding day, I am sure!

Groom’s mom had an accident days before the wedding day and she tried to get ready  to party up, I am not sure if she was fine or the tequilas worked :)

I see this face in every bride face, exactly when they are tiding the wedding dress

Bride’s grandmother pin, given by the bride’s mother, nice detail :)

I guess in some day I will understand this bride’s mother face, maybe when I see my 2 daughters getting married, I hope I am still alive when this happens will be some of the best moments in my life…

If you see my wedding galleries I am not the one doing this kind of wedding portraits and post it in my wedding blog, but for some reason I felt like I need to get this one, just like that, I was “intentional” 100% in this shoot as I always do

Now this is what I was talking about the most beautiful wedding venue in the Riviera Maya, This Hacienda Tres Rios is really close to Playa del Carmen, just some kilometers away

Love this wedding moment! look at the bride’s face! LOVE it!

And please, please! check this wedding reception, isn’t it amazingly funny? but before the funny, the seriously and romantic side, the wedding first dance!

well I hope I see you reading my next post, taken with my hart, my passion and my love for photography, I am proud to say that I have never shoot a wedding with less of 100% of passion…

Ivan Luckie Photography!

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These are our favorites and best underwater and beach trash the dress photography

Trash the dress, also known as fearless bridal or rock the frock, is a style of wedding photography that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is out of place. It is generally shot in the style of fashion and glamour photography. “Trash the dress” is the art of destruction or deconstruction of a bride’s wedding dress to create a new “artwork” that the bride would be proud to display on their wall. This new “masterpiece” is formed in the creative destruction of the dress. This will normally be portrayed in a sequence of images or simply a single image.

Usually brides decide to have pictures taken on a beach or underwater as we do, but other locations include city streets, rooftops, garbage dumps, fields, and abandoned buildings.

The idea of destroying a wedding dress has been used symbolically,  the style has spread around the world  we shoot our unique ideas of Trash the Dress, like underwater photography and more!

Brides are increasingly expecting more from their weddings photos, and trash the dress is an example of these expectations. Brides and grooms want to feature in the art on the walls of their homes.

A model often wears a ball gown, prom dress or wedding dress, and may effectively ruin the dress in the process by getting it wet, dirty or in extreme circumstances tearing or destroying the garment.

It may be done as an additional shoot after the wedding, almost as a declaration that the wedding is done and the dress will not be used again. It is seen as an alternative to storing the dress away.

Wedding Location, Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Trash The Dress Location: Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Location, Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Place: San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Trash The Dress Location: Xpuha Beach
Wedding Photographey: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Location, Aldea Tahi Luxury Condo Hotel, Playa del Carmen,Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

What amazing can be a underwater shoot, when you shoot half-half , we love this shoot because  the red color over them, which actually is outside the water, that reflects from a cenote wall in a cave, they are lighted by natural light, a nice beam :)

This nice effect was discover by mistake, suck a great thing for us! we got excited to see those rhombus  in front of the couple, so we asked for a kiss, this was to hard to get, I bet the couple LOVEd the picture as we did :)

in a way to do different things we do a lot of ideas, some better than the others, we just love how we could convince 2 of the earth elements, water and Air and how cool is have such a magical place in this shoot, cenotes, fishes, jungle :)

Trash The Dress Location: Xelha, Mexico

Wedding Location,  Royal Playa del Carmen
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

We love how this pink wings come out from Joanna and Mike all the way to the sky, were we just lucky?

Trash The Dress  Location, Cenotes, Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Place: Dreams Cancun, Cancun, Mexico
Trash The Dress Location: Grand Cenote, Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Location,  Dreams Gazebo
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Caption: I adore how the bride is floating underwater waiting for the groom to come down and save her, the bubbles make it perfect I could freeze the motion enough and still make it dynamic, LOVE!!!

Wedding Place: Cancun Palace in Canun Mexico
Trash The Dress Location: Cancun Palace beach
Wedding Location,  top of the Cancun Palace Resort
Wedding Coordinator: Resort wedding coordinator
Cancun Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

We have been trying to get this shoot perfect and each time we do the underwater shoot turn out so cool and different

this is a classic underwater shoot, kissing and swimming towards each other but the read warm on the top of the surface made this shoot so unique

In the Cenote caves were many though  it was so dark, we had to create light, the first time we did, we used a plastic back to have the LED down behind them in backlit and we use a mirror to fill them with light, suck a nice idea!

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These are our favorites and Best Wedding Photography and some information about getting married in Mexico

If you are getting married in  and you are looking for wedding photographer to photography your wedding, you will find here a documentary and fine art style wedding photography!

Your wedding will surely be a one of a kind celebration in one of the most romantic locations in the world. Turquoise waters and powdery white sand teamed with year-round beautiful weather make it an unbeatable venue for your special day. Cancun is also a fantastic place to enjoy your honeymoon or anniversary or even just for a romantic getaway.

Legal Requirements for Getting Married
There are certain legal requirements if you are citizens from outside countries wishing to get married . These must be adhered to ensure that you have a binding marriage recognized both in Mexico and at home. Please make sure that you come well prepared with all the paperwork you need. We have all the information you require right here to help this run smoothly.

Religious Weddings
There are many  catholic churches and chapels, some of them within the hotels, so you can check out our list to find out which is the best for you.

For a Catholic marriage there is also certain paperwork you will need to bring with you in order for a priest to be able to marry you. 

Wedding Packages Hotels
Most of the hotels offer tailor-made  wedding packages to suit all tastes and budgets. They have an experienced team of staff who can help you with all the details of the wedding so you need not worry about all of this from thousands of miles away. We have provided you with a list of hotels specialising in  hotel weddings. 

Other Wedding Venues 
Although the hotels are amazingly beautiful you may choose to have something a little different or would like a more unique location. You can choose between a variety of interesting locations. You may want an intimate ceremony in a lush tropical garden, tie the knot barefoot on the beach, get married in a traditional Mexican village, or in an Xcaret most amazing eco-park. The choices are endless but here are a few ideas. 

Wedding Planners
Planning a wedding  can be really exciting and although the hotels offer a great service you may wish to employ a wedding planner to help you with the details – especially if you are choosing one of the more unique locations. They can arrange all the details for the venue, florists, caterers, musicians, haute couture designers, hair and make up artistsand audio and lighting experts to make your wedding picture-perfect. Here is a list of some of the wedding planners who may help you with their years of experience. 

Mexico has been such a popular place for destination weddings for so many years that you will have no problem finding the right venue and all the professional services you need to plan your perfect wedding.

Best Wedding Photography starts here!:

We learned that we need to do every single shoot, we can not hesitate in any way, so this happen in many weddings and we do not regret! the unexpected is what we get in many times, we love here hoe the pal trees makes nice sharp forms of them around the couple, the reds and blues of this great sunset makes it worth more, Jessica and Ziggy did a fantastic job and we thank them for this!

The simply of this pictures makes us be satisfied and the home like environment  give us some warm feeling, the kiss made this pictures possible :)

We were rushed in Stacy and Brandon wedding, but we had enough time to set up one flash and on the fly we did this shoot, also some say the man must be behind the woman, but we really do not care when the shoot with it!

edding Location, Playacar palace, Playa del Carmen,Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Trash The Dress Location: Carlsbad, California
Wedding Location, Carlsbad Inn, California
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Location, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Regina Sabate
Make-up artist: Carlos Merino
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Trash The Dress Location: Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Location, Sun Palace Cancun, Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Location,  Hyatt Regency Villahermosa
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Location,  Hyatt Regency Villahermosa
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

 

Wedding Location,  Hyatt Regency Villahermosa
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Trash The Dress Location: Carlsbad, California
Wedding Location,  Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Place: Iberostar Grand Hotel Rose Hall
Trash The Dress Location: Iberostar , Mexico
Wedding Location,  Iberostar big stairs near to the Lobby

We love the cold tones on this shoot, the clean of the shoot, the blue unstaurated sky and the bride face emotion, we love how cool can be a not long dress in a perfect posed shoot, this lovely bride did not still posted instead felt free!!

Trash The Dress Location: Cenote at Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Location,  Gazebo in the Royal
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Trash The Dress Location: Beach at Cancun, Mexico

Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Place: Villahermosa, Mexico
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Place: Azul Beach Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Wedding Place: Carlsbad, California, USA
Wedding Location,  Carlsbad Inn, California, USA
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC
Wedding Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Caption: absolutely think on this wedding shoot like one of my funniest and favorite shoots, why? the a both are suspended in the air, both have a great face and of course they had a great attitude!

Wedding Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Wedding Location,  Beach
Wedding Coordinator: Resort WC

Caption: I remember when Erik and Kelly came to Mexico to get married, July a risky month to get married in the beach, but honestly really rare that it rains a lot, it did but the wedding were just fantastic!  then we spent a great time shooting in San Francisco, the fine arts museum is a fantastic place, it looks like the old europe, can you imagine a wedding in here? I did!

The architecture in this place is my favorite and the best for weddings, it is a shame we just did the Trash the Dress buy anyway this is a dream place for any bride!

Wedding Place: Ajua Restaurant in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Trash The Dress Location: Cenotes in the Riviera Maya
Wedding Location,  Playa del Carmen 5th av Church

Engagement Location: Central Park, Manhattan, New York
Wedding Location, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Wedding Coordinator: Elba Machado

Trash The Dress Location: Los Cabos or Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Wedding Location,  Villa del Arco Los Cabos

Engagement Location: Manhattan, Big Apple, New York, Grand Central Terminal, Central Park 
Engagement Photographer: Ivan Luckie

 

Wedding Place: BlueBay Grand Esmeralda, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Trash The Dress Location: Xel-Ha, Tulum, Mexico
Wedding Location,  Xcaret Church

THis shoot was done during my very first Trash the Dress Session, I may say that this shoot made me be a little be known by the bride finding to get married in the Riviera Maya, i love this shoot!!!!

 

 

Engagement Session Location: Manhattan, New York, USA
Engagement Photographer: Ivan Luckie

Caption: my friend Dan and Jamie, wow!, some really cool people, they made me think that “we can not please everyone” so it made me easy and come back to buy creative world, when some others keep fucking others with bad and stupid comments, Dan thought me what i had known before and I need to confirm to keep going ahead, basically in other words,  do not look back, always look forward, some losers will try to make your life hard but you have to live and forget… amazing!!!!

well I need to say that the shoot was not going to be this one, but as in New York City there are a couple of thousand Taxi Cabs, some of them were on our way, so I have to “use” them 

 

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What is out vision and style? here you have more information about it and of course our favorite and best Documentary wedding photography for more wedding photography check out all out  other posts in the home page of our site!

There are tree primary approaches to wedding photography  that we do: Traditional, documentary or Photojournalistic and fine art wedding photography. Traditional wedding photography provides for more classically posed images and a great deal of photographer control interaction on the day of the wedding like family pictures. A Documentary or Photojournalist style of wedding photography takes its cue from editorial reporting and documentary styles and focuses more on candid images that has real moments with little photographer interaction, moments will last for ever!, and finally fine art wedding photography is the art of creatively create  and naturally get amazing photography, having said that we use our Documentary photos to tell a story, the story of your wedding day, let us document and create fantastic wedding photos, your wedding day deserve the best!

is a fashion-based approach. In contemporary/fashion-based wedding photography, photojournalist will combine candid images of the events of the day with posed images that are inspired by editorial fashion photography as would be found in magazines. This style often involves more innovative  images.

The term documentary wedding photography is used to describe wedding photography that is not of a traditional nature. The emphasis in documentary photography is to capture the story and atmosphere from the day, so the viewer has an appreciation of what the wedding was like, rather than a series of pre-determined poses. This term can be mistaken for meaning any photograph that is not posed or formal. Documentary wedding photography is more than taking informal photographs and involves the use of composition, lighting, and timing to capture photographs that have a strong visual appeal.

A Coverage of documentary wedding will usually may provide some or all of the following:

• Story telling getting meaningful or moments pictures.
• Cover Indoor photography at a church, temple, or other private venue during the ceremony and reception.
• Fine art photography (often at a park, beach, or scenic location on the day of the wedding and/or for engagement photos).
• Both 10% posed and 90% candid/moments (documentary/photojournalistic) shots of the wedding couple and their guests at the religious or civil ceremony, and the reception that follows.
• Digital services, such as digital prints or slides shows.
• Albums (either traditional matted albums or the more contemporary flush mount type of album).

The range of deliverables that a wedding photographer presents is varied. There is no standard as to what is included in a wedding coverage or package, so products vary regionally and from across photographers, as do the number of images provided.

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Silvia & Kay Dezensano del Garda Wedding Photography

Getting Ready: Silvia’s parents home at Desenzano del Garda

Ceremony Venue: Desenzano del Garda Municipality

Reception location: Restaurant Borgo alla Quercia

Thank you Silvia and Kay for trust and met me know be part of this very special day, thank you also to your families that made me feel like another family member and make this day special for me too.

Thank you to my Bro Huitzil and his wife Kiki.

These are the nice words I got from Silvia:

 ”Oh Ivan, they are awesome! Love them all, they are beautiful, natural, funny… it’s like a story, our wedding day told by your picture. All the emotions and details that you were able to capture comes back to our memories every time we watch these images. we can’t thank you enough for your contribution to this special day! It was wonderful to be able to share it with you and Anell, and we sincerely hope to meet you again!”

And the wedding cheers start early in the morning in Bescia, crossing arms cheers!

Here where the tattoo will be temporary covered, one finger explains a lot

Daddy taking a snap before the decisive moment, everyone were so relaxed

Kay was happy., not sure if it was the champagne or wine or what would he be thinking on?

Love funny faces, specially on the getting ready stage during the wedding make up

Yes dude! I am ready to get married! Italy the best place!

Then the relaxing time came and laughing time started

Everybody getting ready in the groom department, cool and fresh this day, perfect for the wedding

Another funny nice face…

How I look? by then everything perfect, perfect weather in Denzano de Garda in Brescia Italy, just perfect!

It’s time to go down the aisle! lets get married!

Daddy’s giving a bless with a nice sight to the bride, they were all reasy

Ready to see the bride for the first time groom? the Brescia municipality was the location for the civil marriage, love the wooded ceiling

No tears this time, but bride’s Dad was happy and confident on Bride and groom’s love that everything was smooth and cool, look at the wedding guest smile, everybody was paying attention

Witnesses  of the groom, 2 of them brother and sister and the lady in red one of the bride best friend

And a nice surprise, even for me, rice and balloons! when the wedding ceremony finished

isn’t it impressive how cool the woods are!? here is Borgo alla Querca arounds

Bride and Groom inviting ever body to the reception, beautiful place, nice food, nice vineyard! the Territory of Lake Garda boasts a multiplicity of these fortunate combinations, offers dishes that reach heights of absolute excellence

I can see my wife and my name in this table organization, look pretty cool in italian language

Aren’t they happy to be married? show show those wedding rings!

Wow the size of this wine made in Borge alla Quercia vineyard! I have never seen this size before, I though mexicans were absolute the biggest bottles, specially the “caguamas” (big beer bottle) I think I have to travel often

All the single ladies… hahahaha I dream this song! decisive moments!

Groom brother showed me I guess an 80′s way of dance from some netherlands youth craziness , saved around and on top hair straight up like a lighted  match

Not sure if in Italy or Netherlands grooms are thrown up or this was a Mexican idea :) wasn’t me!

WE had a beautiful wedding first dance, I felt the love the Bride and Groom split during their dance

I could not resist to do the Borgo alla Quercia wedding photography in the vineyard so impressive and the light was just fantastic!

Hoping to traveling for another destination wedding in Italy or any other nice wedding destination and share with all you, meanwhile I am getting back to the Riviera Maya for the turquoise water of the ocean!

that’s it folks for Dezensano del Garda Wedding Photography adventure!

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San Cristobal Wedding Photographer

Been in San Cristobal for a wedding and take photography is a pleasure of life, I do what I love and I get paid for! been a photographer is a unique job!

We came to cover this wedding 2 days before the main day, we had time to scout the area for cool spots, we also drove to the towns close the San Cristobal and we found amazing spots for photography

As a photographer having the chance to cover weddings in this kind of places is a blessed.

This last 2012 was a great year for me, excellent! and I will always be grateful with every single client I had and will have because they trust in me, trust to be that guy with the camera responsibility in such an important day, this is why there are just joy and happiness in me, what would I say about the couple :)

I have not split this post in 2, I prefer to post one long post for the engagement session and the wedding day pictures, just for the feeling sense! I will be eternity thankful with Karlen and Jaime!

We began first with the engagement photo shoot before the wedding day, Karen look astonishing! and Jaime was ready for anything!

The wedding getting ready stage took palce in the Hotel Posada de Mazariego, here in San Cristobal, everything was perfect when I arrive to her room where she was been make up

As many know, getting married in front of many people is a way to be shy and fake a bit to feel comfortable, so a first look was a perfect stage…

There we go! after look at each other for the very first time before they get married they just felt ready to walk down the aisle!

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I have to accept that I love been a Isla Mujeres Privilege Aluxes wedding photographer, it is a charming Island that has always brought me joy, emotion, satisfaction, I have been coming to the island since I was 17 years old.

The same feeling I feel when I come for shoot a wedding, plus I do what I love, so it is a cocktail of ecstasies for my brain.

Without interrupting anything during a wedding, except for a photo shoot, I star my getting moments process and get the right moment to last for ever, it is a moment even for the ones that have not born yet.

Is a total excitement to get such great moments and give them to people, thinking that, basically a documentary wedding photographer will live in their memories for a long period of time.

what you see in this wedding, it’s what happen, the way it is, the destiny showing the prediction: good, bad, sad, happy what ever it is this is pure real moments.

As a Isla Mujeres Privilege Aluxes wedding photographer I can offer you the best of this place, knowing the area does not make you a better photographer but at least I do not have to arrive with too much time in advance to get to know the place :)

even Brief wedding has a brief or long photo shoot, perhaps long weddings has short or long photo shoot

Then without any stress, a trash the dress, day after or a Rock the frock is the perfect complement to use your wedding draw, without ruin it as commonly though within the community brides around the world.

there are no such better and relaxing photo shoot than a Trash the dress, no worries about timing, no worries about the dress about the wedding day itself, just try it!!

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I always fall special nice and kind feeling for every of my clients just because I feel part of the wedding, I do not expect them to feel the same about me, anyway I give my all for them, even if they does nor feel the same, I think this is one of my “secrets” but Ben was those guys for me that made my day, I love Erica’s mood as well and Erica’s family and friend’s mood too, why I said this, because I feel connected in every single wedding, when you get connected then everything else just come and turns out wonderful…

I have to remark that this couple had great attitude, help a lot when posing is the fact for a shoot, remember model is a profession, so people relaxed, with attitude and follow directions is just the best way to get the best images, couple do never have to expect to be directed without doing nothing, anyway as client posing you may feel a little silly but that is not the situation, then is when I come to improve a pose :)

The Ocean & Coral resort has wonderful spots with great light, I was surprise of how many spots we saw and worked on, so everything was really cool and it was a chame we had not more time to do more shoots in this wonderful place.

I wish you The best for my clients on this 2013! too much health and too much love!!

I missed what the sister Bride was doing, not sure but capture the moment, the smile and the hidden face was a mystery

AS the wedding photographer did not felt this important, it was for the groom to open it and I capture the emotions that happens

Bride, sister’s Bride and the beautiful baby!

Then the groom has ready to be ready to get married, the light room was so nice and they loved their wedding pictures, I love them too!

Time for the last cheer as single, a nice life is coming for Ben and Erica, I am sure of that, they looked great!

A bunch of moments happened during the day, in just 4 hours, love the babies her playing!

I fond this page in a Mexican promotional book, old costumes in Mexico involve a lot of death characters

hahahaha great! sharing the candy, but I guess

The Bride is coming Ben, the best man was telling with his eyes to the Groom and she looks gorgeous!

Groom Breath in, breath out! Groom was so nervous! and excited, perhaps!

All right! it is better a smile than cry, at least for them and the pictures, for me, what ever they are is good because it is an authentic picture!, real moment!, valuable image!

A french kiss?

The wedding kiss! yeah!

The wedding reception was more than I expected, people where so cheerful, danced all the time, their family even old people danced, this is what I say what a good reception party!!

Thank you for visiting my site http://www.luckiephotography.com and also for read this Ocean & Coral Turquesa Puerto Morelos wedding photography | Erica+Ben wedding post, hope you visit more in the future and comment if you wish, visit also our facebook fan page que reach 20,000 followers this January 2013! we are truly grateful with all you guys!

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Iberostar Paraiso Lindo wedding photography

one of the big reasons I love photography is because I can develop and show my passion to someone that are able to see it when I do the best sentimental day of their life, the wedding day, so immediatly for definition I become part of this marriage party, here is when I feel full honored for been chosen as a wedding documentary photographer, Jane told me one thing I have always believe, LOVE is anywhere, everywhere and does not discriminate within all of us, I felt the necessity to document this wedding with an intense  energy, but I realized that I always do and they, so it!! :D this is what Jane said in a few words!

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This is like the continue story of Jody and Jason wedding, but with Allison and Matt,  it keep me up and doing thing better, knowing more where to focus on, IMPORTANT EVENTS!, what is an important event in a wedding? well, i think all! but in some way we have to give priority of what can be more meaninful than simple photos, what is meaningful? well MOMENTS are meaningful, perhaps not today, we do not know, but in a near future, probably not meaningful for us, I dare to say, for the ones that have not even born yet, jope poeple soon understand that totally or part of a classical wedding photography must change and look over “moments”, moments are the only thought the human been can remember, everything else is erased little by little, so why not remember it, if you can, and look at a meaningful pictures with a nice moment?

This is what Allison wrote me:

“Ivan,

Sorry I am just now responding!  I have had a crazy day, so I was just now able to sit down and look at my pictures.  I am blown away, and the pictures turned out even better than I imagined.  I don’t even know how to thank you for capturing every special moment!  You are an amazing photographer, and Matt and I consider it a privilege to have had you photograph our wedding.  I think that there are very few photographers out there as talented and artistic as you! I’ve been sitting at home crying happy tears because I have been able to relive every precious second of my wedding!  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We could not be happier!”

I really appreciate Allison and Matt, they are suck a simple great people!!! I want more like this!!!

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I remember this wedding very well, those things that for some reason you do not ever forget, more after Jody wrote me this:

This Bride made me understand many thing in life, because she put me in the right way to feel confident again.

This is the Trash the Dress that Judy loved, obviously I posted only my favorites to keep the site running smooth! :)

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Recently I did a wedding in the Azul Sensatori  resort,  the photography was amazing as always, I have the pleasure to meet great people as more than have them as clients then friends, at least for me :) so Brooke and Patrick had one of the most funny and amazing wedding I have ever been in, during the getting ready Brooke were dancing, hip-hop style! and Patrick showing his muscles worked out I guess some months before the wedding, you know beach and chics :) well I got more emotional shoots in their ceremony than in any other wedding and the reception blew my mind out when everyone had a great time and dance without intimidation of my camera, or I am too good :) , so the party ended up inside the pool :) this was the time of your life… Green day!!!!

Lets star with some Trash the Dress photography, yes the Bride was willing to get the dress wet!!

Of course the wedding getting ready was full of emotional shoots, take a look!

Body building…

Pregnancy…

tears… I told you this wedding was really amazing with lots of great decisive moments! and I was so lucky to get them with nice photography!

Bride and bridesmaids even danced, they enjoy the stage before the bride dress in the wedding dress!

I love these series of 3 shoots where the bride and the brides’ father walked down the isle together, cry and smile at the same serie!

2 things here, the lady looking at the couple and my assistant shooting something I never saw :)

Yeah!!!! lets arms up we got married!!! I love the frame!!

It’s great to feel free! moving everywhere without limitations! important for get moments within my vision and style! wedding photography is the best job ever!

Time to play with my lighting, yeah!!!! dynamic shoots!

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One of my favorites resorts to shoot a wedding ins the Excellence Playa Mujeres, the reason is that its architecture, combined with whites and welded metals merge a sense of antique clean buildings, and specially the private house next to the resort is the perfect compliment for a wedding photographer.

Emily and Andrew were great people, I fall in love with them and all their guests, kind a human and simple people that made my day and treat me like a person, I hate been trated like an employee but job is a job so anyways we have to do more that a 100% and also we have to be honored and blessed to have a wedding to shoot, to have been selected to be a wedding photographer so  the less we can do is give more than the 100% in apssion, love and dedication.

Love wedding photographers and brides out there!

The wedding ceremony always an icon of any wedding representing the union between 2 people for ever, in the area they are represented with stuff from the area like sea stars

Emily the Bride was happy to walk down the aisle

The groom as usually happens in a wedding, for been the one waiting, most of the time cry and it seems to be authentic, love!

Wedding rings, the fact that exchange and slide them in each other finger is the most significative act in the wedding ceremony, from a different point of view!

Yeah!!! love this!

Find people that does not like wedding photography… joking! just having fun during the wedding reception!

Capturing moments is not easy, specially decisive moments during a wedding, it needs at least the authenticity of the bride and groom, because this is real weddings moments, not real weddings as many wedding sites or wedding magazines sell the idea

Well not sure if the alcohol has something to be in this reception :)

Again, Excellence Playa mujeres is a great place to get married, love, love each wedding here! Brides and grooms!! google this!

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A couple of  years ago :) yeah 2011 I shoot Ashley and Chip wedding, first time in this resort the Adventure Cove Palace was something really cool, as you may already know I love new places, refresh my creativity and feed it to the top! obviously my style was quite different but the image quality always the best.

What I found excited in this resort was the lobby  with so  many spots, so colonial, also the terrace where the reception was help it is a lovely place to married anyone and see the ocean.

I am working on post wedding of different places to help a bit on the wedding planning.

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Here we are hitting the blog with this nice wedding in the brand Hard Rock Hotel Cancun is just exciting to think on having fun, I am a rocker guys so imagine how did it feel to me! back on the 70, 80 and 90′s yeah!!!

Mindy and Danny were a great couple, kind and friendly I feel so blessed that they select me as their wedding photographer and I corresponded all this giving the 110% or more in they wedding, God bless them!!

This guys are not he average couple, so this was not the average wedding. When you get married at a Hard Rock Hotel, you know it will be as memorable for your guests as it will be for you. Whether you choose a location close to home or on the other side of the world, it will be the kind place where your honeymoon can begin the same day as your ceremony. Each of our properties boasts lush, extensive facilities, both indoors and out, and our wedding planners can handle every detail or work closely with your own planner to stage a glamorous, yet fun, wedding, that makes you feel like rock royalty.

I love to alternate wedding photo shoot pictures and wedding getting ready pictures because it makes a sense of quite and relax ambient

Using as much as possible natural light in the wedding photography is the best way to have real pictures of real situations, having as many real things captured in the wedding day, the best the memories are

Wedding DJ is a big bonus to have cool light during the wedding reception, we use our auxiliary light to help us in some situations but there is nothing more beautiful than the exact way it was!

The Hard Rock Cancun hotel is a new experience, it seems to be for rock lovers, or just music lovers, for weddings this venue is pretended to be for crazy Brides and grooms and perhaps the guests

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Jen&Ryan  wedding at Occidental Allegro Cozumel wedding Photography

I have my own nightmares about Islands, been in a place apart from landslide  has always its worry to facts, specially in the caribbean in hurricane season, well this is something that make me feel curious and special about Islands and Cozumel, that is quite far from land :)

I never though on live in the caribbean and now I am so proud of work 80% of the time here in the Riviera Maya, for the second time, once for a Rock the Fock session and now for jen’s wedding, I remmeber when Jen asked me for doing a photoshoot in the pool!! well I have to accept it sounded quite unusual to me and her idea was to have the bridesmaids in frames along with her instead the usual bridesmaids shoots

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The moment of the truth came and the Groom was already ready but need courage to be for the last time single, the bride was gorgeous so he must be proud of her!

What will a wedding be without this kind creatures, love kids in weddings make my day!

Wedding shoes on! and we are all ready to walk down the aisle!

The decisive moment! when the bride and the father of the bride smiled!

Oh yes! the groom is always happy, but may cry or smile!

Why not slide the wedding ring with euforia!

and sure the groom can throw the bouquet too!!

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Things that for some reason we never forget for me are related to this Hotel, the Dreams Cancun marked my life, I got contacted by Joanna in 2009 to cover her wedding in this same spot, I was starting and all brides were exceptional for the fact that my service was so nice and inexpensive, according her words not mine of course, also I remember Joanna said the deal felt “fishy” :) well I had to travel from Cancun to New York City to talk to her that I exist :) also I showed her my ID :) and the equipment I bought and honestly I keep buying it all the time, At the end I end ed up covering her wedding and Trash the dress and she was so happy of what we got.

This time was the time for me to come back to Dreams Cancun again with a different approach to documentary wedding photography along with my brother William Sanchez we kicked ass again!

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Our first visit to Ceiba del Mar Spa Resort  what anise place I have seen! you should come and stay here! well Kelly and Chris hire me for a couple of hours, not much for what I would love to be there but as always we did our very best, until we can not give more!! :) and we get some really nice shoots!, I have to thank Denise Courtney for give Kelly the last push to hire us and to Euforia Events for set up a really really cool reception

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I remember this day, on Kim and Andre wedding was so hot, I was sweating all the time and enjoying the ceremony in the beach of Playacar residential, just after finish the getting ready in Playacar palace, 2 such great places! and for my surprise I was going to be for the first time in Kool beach Club one of the most popular places in Playa del Carmen when lots of people hang out and enjoy a beer and beach, this wedding was coordinator by Weddings In Playa managed by Erica Bressan and Maria Tripaldi, 2 nice girls doing a great job ALWAYS!!

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Wedding Location: Wicky’s Beach Club and Restaurant in Playa del Carmen

Wicky’s besides been a great place for  dinner, is impressive how tasty it is! has a really cool blue turquoise beach, crowded until around 3 and then perfect for the ceremony, is the place we love to shoot, because after the wedding, after enjoy the moments we can have a great dinner :) Anell and me just LOVE this place, please enjoy this unique wedding of Jasmine and Brian

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