Those who read my blog regularly may have picked up on the fact that there is a method to the madness…No posts about my dog (although he is the cutest and most clueless poodle around and really deserves to dress up in costumes and have a photo session, oh the guilt!). You won’t find photos from my latest vacation (wait a minute…what latest vacation?) or news about my recent photo contest awards  (Apparently you have to actually enter to have a shot at those).

But boy do we do have weddings to share and each and every one is just delightful!  While I am finishing up all the images from Camille and Chris’ amazingly beautiful El Dorado Royale beach wedding (planning on sharing those tomorrow morning) I thought I would break my self imposed “blog in order” rule and sneak in a few  out of order “teaser” photos from a sensational destination wedding in the Mayan Riviera at the Paradisus resort. So without further ado, Fanny and Dan in the Mayan Riviera…

It didn’t start out as a great weather day (come rain AND come swine as one bridesmaid ruefully commented) but it took a positive turn during the ceremony and the evening was glorious. Lots of bride and groom photos in this batch….such a sweet couple!

More to come!  :-)

What a joyful day! I actually tried my best not to photograph this wedding! Believing I could not guarantee to be back from Kate and Bill’s Puerto Vallarta wedding in time I told Robin I was unavailable and recommended a couple of very talented fellow photographers. Fortunately for me Robin was firm in her decision and not a person who lets logistics stand in the way. When she did some legwork and started finding ways to make it possible I turned out to be putty in her hands! I was almost afraid to see what she could convince me to do on the day of the wedding! Of course she and Heath are as nice a couple as I could ever imagine working with and the wedding was both a warm and happy tradition filled celebration and a feast for the eye. Thank you Robin and Heath for not taking no for an answer! I loved photographing the wedding!

Girls and guys before the wedding…

Robin and Heath chose to do a “first look” before the ceremony.

The ceremony site was just beautiful and meaningful as well.

I loved this one!

Lauren captured the next image, nice!

Robin

Destination wedding photographer Elizabeth Medina, wedding photojournalism in the Riviera Maya. www.elizabethmedina.com

It never stops amazing me how each wedding I photograph is unique and full of surprises. Melanie and Chris in particular had some very interesting surprises along the way! They found out just weeks before the wedding that a new location would be needed, but rolled with it and had an amazing beach wedding at the Paradisus resort in the Maya Riviera. They were married on the beach accompanied by more than a hundred guests who had traveled to Mexico for their destination wedding. The weather was kind of so-so…but then in true Maya Rivera form took a turn for gorgeous, rewarding Melanie and Chris with an incredible rainbow during the ceremony! I may not have believed it had I not been there!

Melanie before the ceremony…

Chris waiting patiently.

for the “first look” before the ceremony.

Melanie and her girls on the way to the beach for the ceremony….

Such an exciting moment as Melanie and her father entered the ceremony.

Melanie and Chris were the last ones to realize that an incredible rainbow had appeared right over the wedding chuppah.

Lauren captured this one of the happy crowd as I was photographing from a second floor balcony.

Bride and groom after the ceremony on the beach.

The reception was also held on the beach, the next image is from the “first dance”.

The two families are so united, what a beautiful thing to witness.

I love the next photo from the cake cutting.

Things got a little crazy…

Fotografa de bodas Elizabeth Medina, fotografia de boda en la Maya Riviera.