Cheryl and Patrick had a gorgeous and very emotional destination wedding in Cancun Mexico at the Cancun Hyatt Caribe. The location was beautiful as was the wedding attire and all teh many details that had been prepared. It was great to be able to photograph such incredible color, the contrast between the oranges and yellow of the decorations and the bright, bright blue Cancun ocean was fantastic.

The beautiful bride prior to the ceremony, Grace Kim photographed this wedding with me, we photographed bridal portraits of Cheryl from different angles, I like both viewpoints below! Grace’s version is on the right hand side and mine is on the left.

Patrick waiting at the altar for his bride.

I think Patrick could have been so nervous he may not have even noticed the cameras all pointing in his direction.

Lindsey captured this image from a third floor balcony, while I photographed the following image.

Jumping the broom, I am such a fan of that tradition!

The following are some of my favorite images of this great couple.

Cancun Mexico wedding photographer Elizabeth Medina, member of the Wedding Photojournalism association.

Whenever I have a chance I love to attend photography seminars. It seems like I always learn something new. One other positive offshoot is that I have met some inspirational photographers who have become great friends. Having met Grace Kim a few years ago at a seminar in Chicago, I knew she was a talented photographer. She and her husband Hun make up GHKIM A busy wedding photography studio in Seattle. When Grace offered to come down and help Lindsey and I out with a few weddings we knew it would be fun and wonderful photographs would result!

We had a great time shooting 3 weddings together, two in Cancun and one near Tulum, and even got to see Chichen Itza (voted one of the seven wonders of the world!) and spend a very short day in Merida between weddings. Thank you Grace for all your hard work! Watch the blog, our weddings are coming soon.

The apples were our placecards at Darlene and Manoj’s fabulous wedding at the JW Marriott in Cancun, what a lovely detail!….Theirs was our third fairy tale wedding…images from all three weddings coming soon!

One thing that I really love about destination wedding photography in Mexico is that it gives me a chance to spend time with so many great people. Lysiane and Francisco had a wonderful turnout of family and friends for their gazebo wedding at the Royal in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Photographing the ceremony really kept me on my toes, it was filled with emotional moments and I didn’t want to miss a single tear or laugh! After the midday ceremony there was a little break and my assistant Lauren and I shared sandwiches with two of the nicest “consuegras” (I guess the closest translation for that is co-mothers-in-law) we had ever met. We felt like we had made so many new friends by the time the night was over.

I have made a vow to add fewer images to my blog from each wedding, it takes quite a while to upload them and I don’t want to bore anyone who is kind enough to follow my blog…I think it will have to be gradual transition though, it is so hard to narrow down the images!

The beautful bride..

I don’t know what is going on but the shoes lately have been amazing! I cannot believe that Lysiane could walk in these!

Bride and groom with their mothers, the minute I pressed the shutter button I knew this one was a winner!

Lysiane and I seemed to be on the same page as far as the portrait session went…but Francisco had a few ideas of his own! I have no idea what he was up to but it got a laugh from the bride!

First dance in the ballroom at the Royal.

Wedding photojournalism by Mexico destination wedding photographer Eizabeth Medina in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Elizabeth Medina is a menber of the WPJA, Wedding Photojournalism Association.

Kim and Tim’w wedding was so much fun! They are one of those couples that just seems to be a perfect match, and are both down to earth and fun. I loved the color scheme of the wedding, the very unique ceremony location, the really fun and crazy bridesmaids and groomsmen and the special details, not to mention Tim and Kim’s surprise choreographed first dance. I think I will let pictures speak louder than words on this one! Kim and Tim, congratulations to both of you! I hope you enjoy the photographs!

I love to do bridal portraits when there is a few quiet minutes before the wedding starts. Kim looked awesome.

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The ceremony site at the Maroma was incredible! It had actually been raining as I drove to the wedding location, I was so glad it stopped and the wedding could go on as planned in this one of a kind location!

Two perspectives as Kim and her father walked down the “aisle”, the photograph on the left is mine and the one on the right is Lindsey’s.

A moment during the ceremony.

How fun is this? A really talented bridesmaid had made all the foot jewelry for Kim and the girls!

The wedding party, sometimes there are photographs that just make me smile, this is one of those!

Relaxed portraits of the bride and groom…

The bride and groom had a great entrance/first dance that took everyone by surprise!

Elizabeth Medina mexico wedding photographer, wedding photojournalism in the Rivera Maya, at the El Dorado Maroma.

Elizabeth,
They are so AMAZING!!!!!!! I love them all so much. You did a fabulous job and I am so glad that we were lucky enough to have you as our photographer! I was two hours late for work this morning because I kept watching the slide show over and over and over!! I couldn’t even get in the shower. Brian was laughing at me because I would hit play and cry every time I watched it! Happy tears, of course:)
I have emailed the link to a few friends of ours and family and everyone keeps responding with the same word: “WOW!” Quite a few people have already told me that these are the best wedding photographs they have ever seen! I feel so blessed that we have these!

Thank you so much for everything. This is what we have to remember and look back on for the rest of our lives and I couldn’t imagine anything better.

Becky

Thank you so much – WOW!

Elizabeth,

Nathan and I are soooooooooooo estatic.

Your work is amazing!

We both loved it.

Actually everyone who has seen the photographs love your work!

You are a wonderful artist!

You have managed to capture every important moment of that special day with all of its “raw emotion”. We can’t help but to tear up every time we view the slideshow. The photographs are amazing. Thank you!

We will forever be greatful for what you have given us, the opportunity to re-live every instant/moment, that will remind us forever of that wonderful day in our lives.

Our Wedding Day will go on forever and for that we will be eternally grateful….

Thank you Elizabeth!

Nathan and Veronica