Oaxaca Wedding Photographer // Emilie & Eloy

WEDDING TEAM:

Wedding Planner / Yadira Castañeda
Make up & Styling / Proyecto 110
Second Shooter / Gaby Muro
Styling & Design / [Bu-ke] Floral & Event Design
Ceremony / Oaxaca Ancestral Oficial
Restaurant / Origen Oaxaca
Calenda / Los Nitos Marmotas y Monos
Venue / La Calera Oaxaca

I met Emilie and Eloy at the Roma neighborhood in Mexico City. We chatted for a while over a good coffee and they told me about their wedding plans in Oaxaca. Almost a year later we were in the city of mezcal to start a 3-day wedding journey that took us to a restaurant, a barbershop, a nail salon and a terrace with views of Santo Domingo. On the day of their wedding we went for a walk around the city a few hours before starting the preparations and we didn't stop until 5 in the morning. An ancestral ceremony out of this world. Calenda and mezcal to accelerate the heart. French and Mexicans shouting their national anthem at the top of their lungs. A party that did not stop for a second.

Wedding madness!

Thanks for being the absolute BEST. It was an honor to be able to document your wedding.

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Mexico City Wedding Photographer // Liz & Chris

PARTNERS:

Wedding Planner / Lorena Aldana
Flowers & Styling / Anna Fiori Events
Make Up / Mónica Godínez
Hair / Erick Miranda
Venue / Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City

Liz and Chris's wedding took place at the beautiful Four Seasons Hotel in Mexico City. One of those small and intimate weddings that have so much to give. Originally from the city of Atlanta, with friends coming from different parts of the United States and a large part of the bride's family, from Mexico. We had a great time walking through the corridors of the hotel and even in the middle of Reforma Avenue. They had a ceremony overlooking the trees that adorn the hotel's garden -I think, its greatest attraction-. They say that olive trees bring prosperity, and if I remember correctly, I counted more than 5. What a great way to start this new adventure. I wish you the best! Thank you for allowing me to be with you on this very important day (and for daring to jump windows onto forbidden balconies).

Cheers! 🌿 #lifeatweddings

Oaxaca Wedding Photographer // Coco & Jerrod

PARTNERS:

Wedding Planner / Oaxaca Destination Weddings
Bride & Groom Getting Ready / Hotel Azul Oaxaca
Second Shooter / Santie Troppoli
Flowers & Styling / Ornato Eventos
Make Up / Yayo Hernández
Hair Style / Manuel Jiménez
Venue / Casa Dos Lagos
Calenda / Monos de Calenda Chepanes
Catering / Banquetes Restaurante Catedral
Ilumination / Efectos Digitales
DJ / Alex Hidalgo

From the first video call with Coco and Jerrod I felt an incredible vibe from them. Always with a big smile and great emotion when telling me about their plans and why they had chosen Oaxaca as the place for their wedding.

We had an amazing three-day journey. From drinks on the rooftop of Boulenc Bed & Bread watching the sunset fall over the city, some delicious dishes in Criollo to set the palate of the guests, and finally, dipping the tongue with a little mezcal on the terrace of Pitiona with views of Santo Domingo.

We started the day of the wedding at the Hotel Azul. A beautiful set for a great first look, some bike rides in the hotel corridors (good times), surprising children in the streets with such good looks, and then getting into the city traffic heading to Casa Dos Lagos.

The setting they chose for their ceremony was simply spectacular. Their vows were beyond words. One of the most beautiful ceremonies I have ever been to.

Calenda. Mezcal. Ice cream. Non stop dance. Simply Oaxaca.

Please take a look at the entrance (it was amazing). Again great speeches worthy of awards. Friends playing a song for their first dance as married couple. A great party (with all that energy that was felt from the very beginning).

The mariachis closed the wedding as in so many others in Mexico.

Coco & Jerrod, what a pleasure to meet you. You are truly incredible beings. I wish you the best that this life can bring you.

🌳 #lifeatweddings

Paraguay Wedding Photographer // Mapi & Juanca

PARTNERS:

Venue / Tatano Posada
Video / @alevgreco
Make Up / Cinthia Benega
Hair / Los peinados de Andrea
Location / San Bernardino, Paraguay

This wedding will be hard to forget... let me tell you why.

All my life I lived next to Paraguay, a country that without a doubt I have a great appreciation for since my childhood. So when I received the message from Mapi telling me that theri plans were to get married in San Bernardino (a place where we used to go on vacation with my family) I was very happy. It was my first wedding in Paraguay and I had not visited this other side of the country for so many years. I had to go.

—I'll be back in 8 days—that's what I told my girlfriend before leaving for Mexico City airport (I hadn't told anyone in Argentina either. It was a very short trip).

After the surprise and a few days at home, I drove to San Bernardino, which welcomed me with a warmth typical of the country at this time of year. We began with the preparations for the bride in the company of her friends of many years and her family while Juanca did the same in a room a few meters away. Once we were ready, we took the Mini Cooper that was waiting for us to go to the church where the religious ceremony took place.

Minutes later we were back on top of our little car (also the protagonist of the wedding) towards Lake Ypacaraí for some photos.

The reception was at Tatano Posada Hotel with views of the lake and a spectacular sunset, which gave us a great setting for their civil union in view of those closest to them. And finally, like every Latinamerican wedding... the party was a bomb! From start to finish. What great moments we shared!

The next morning it was time to say goodbye. And it was at breakfast when we saw the cover of the newspaper. The news told us that in 24 hours the borders would be closed as well as the airports. Covid-19.

And that's how those 8 days of visiting turned into almost 9 months. Undoubtedly very hard times for everyone.

At the end of November of that fateful 2020, in an empty Asunción airport, a cleaning man taps me on the shoulder and tells me that a couple was calling me from outside. It was Mapi and Juanca who, in the middle of the night, came to say goodbye to me on this unknown long visit.

They are the best.

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Quinta Real Oaxaca Wedding Photographer // Emmy & Quenton

PARTNERS:

Second Shooter / César Pórroga
Video / Gio López
Venue / Quinta Real Oaxaca

Emmy and Quenton brought a bit of New York City’s rhythm to the streets of Oaxaca. The intense afternoon sun pushed everyone into the pool and seemed to cry out for a beer or a cocktail from those who were in the place. Emmy got dressed in her hotel room with her friends and family, while Quenton did all the same but in an apartment a few blocks away. The ceremony took place in the "Jardín de los Lavaderos" one of the most iconic corners of the former convent where the beautiful Hotel Quinta Real de Oaxaca is now located. Right after a great ceremony, a classic calenda oaxaqueña led us to dance in the streets with all its color, music and some good shots of mezcal. They had a great party, and without a doubt, they chose one of the most beautiful places in the country to do it. Who wouldn't enjoy a day in a place like this with the people they love the most?

What beautiful memories. Thank you Emmy and Quenton for letting me be a part of this. I wish you the best in this new adventure.

PS: I have to say that the groom did, without any doubt, one of the best dance moves I've ever seen.

#lifeatweddings 🇺🇸🎉🇲🇽

Cancun Wedding Photographer // Mel & Manu

PARTNERS:

Wedding & Travel Planner / Boarding Pass
Dress / Romina Ruffinelli
Ceremony / Moon Palace Cancun
Reception Venue / Beach Palace Cancun
Second Shooter / Juan Luis Jimenez

It was my 31st birthday and I was getting on a plane headed for the Caribbean Sea. When I left the cabin, a heat stroke warned me that we were already in beach weather. A significant number of tourists were waiting for the transport that should take them to their paradisiacal hotels (just like Juanito—the other half of the team—and me). A few months after meeting in a cozy café in Asunción, Paraguay; we met again, but this time, in front of that turquoise sea.

The day of Melanie and Manu's wedding started very early in the gym, continued on the beach and then went into ‘wedding mode’ and began with the preparations of each one. We took a bus to the magnificent Moon Palace that was waiting for us. Another thing that was also waiting for us was a gigantic storm (it was) that broke out minutes before leaving for the chapel for the religious ceremony (the funny thing was that we were able to get on a golf cart to get to the place). It was a great time surrounded by family and friends; the ones that matter.

Back at the hotel and after photos on the beach we went back to that top floor where we felt and breathed that sea in front of us (barely illuminated by the moonlight). What followed from dinner was simply spectacular, bride and groom surprising everyone with a dance number and unleashing what was one of the hottest parties I've ever been to.

Although the speakers were no longer working, I still remember clapping hands in the water to the beat of the music.

An unforgettable night.

Simplemente, gracias M&M.

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