Having written back adn forth with Gladys for a few months before the wedding I knew a little about her, for example that she was in a visual, creative, profession, and that she was hoping for colorful, artistic photographs of the wedding she was planning in Playa del Carmen. It was great fun seeing how she put her creativity to use in planning a very special wedding to be enjoyed with the guests that had traveled to Playa del Carmen. ¡Muchas felicidades a una pareja lindísima!
A few pre ceremony getting ready shots…
Gladys and Carlton decided to see each other before the ceremony which allowed me to photograph these very special moments when they met.
I thought the groomsmen looked like something out of a movie as they walked up.
The ring bearer was a little shy, but his colors weren’t!
I loved the bridesmaid’s colors!
A moment during the ocean front ceremony at the Royal Porto Real Resort’s gazebo.
One of my favorite parts of the event was when the wedding party walked down Playa del Carmen’s 5th Avenue (la Quinta), while being serenaded by a trio. I later found out that Carlton used to play football and Gladys runs marathons..they seemed to move very quickly, but of course I was running backwards and photographing with two cameras most of the time!
The reception was as the Yaxche restaurant. Yaxche is very cool because the open air banquet area it looks just like a Mayan ruin. I loved it that Gladys used one of my photographs from Guatemala for her save the date and place cards.
