The life of a riviera maya wedding photographer is always an eventful one. You have to deal with the usual challenges of the job, and the unexpected problems that always pop up. There is the weather, unforgiving time tables, unrealistic expectations, guests who have had one too many drinks before the group photos, brides who are late because of wardrobe malfunctions, I could tell you lots of stories. And while these problems are a headache when you are working when the wedding is over they become funny anecdotes that make that job memorable.
I always try to behave in a professional manner. And one of the most important things is to be on time for the wedding. Time is important especially if you want to get some nice sunset pictures that couples love. Getting on time to the wedding is not a problem. I always leave early just in case there are any traffic accidents or any other similar problem. And being early allows me to familiarize myself with the hotel in case I don't know it or something has changed. And I have time to create a working plan for the upcoming wedding. But often time problems lie with the couple or the guests. And time problems don't end once the ceremony starts. I was doing a wedding in cozumel where the minister was making this beautiful and moving speech that kept going and going and going and going. It would not end. Meanwhile the sun is coming down relentlessly and the bride had made a point that what she wanted the most was a sunset photo with the sea as a backdrop. And you have to understand that there is a small timeframe in which you can get nice sunset pictures. So when the ceremony was done with the sun right where I needed it and the couple getting ready to hug about 100 guests I came to the bride and I told her that she could hug the guests now or she could have her sunset photo. Since she was leaving the following day she decided the later and I took some spectacular shots with a beautiful Cozumel sunset in the background.
The riviera maya wedding photographer who saved a wedding
A couple of years ago I had a playa del carmen wedding where we could not find the groom right before the wedding. The wedding planner for that wedding is a good friend of mine and when I saw her getting frantic I went to see what was going on. She told me that the bride was very upset because they could not find the groom. He wasn't answering his cell phone. She thought that she was being stood up on her wedding day and wanted to cancel the whole thing. All the guests were waiting by the beach and a disaster seemed imminent. But we knew that he should be around I had saw him earlier already dressed. And the best man had talked to him in his room. My friend couldn't go looking for him so she asked me to go up to his room to see if he was there. So what's this riviera maya wedding photographer going to do but to save the day. I went to his room but he wasn't there or he wasn't answering the door I prepared to get back to the beach to give the bad news when I spotted a couple of black shoes on top of the arm of a couch at the end of the hallway. I went there and found our groom quietly snoring. What happened was that he, the best man and some friends had a last minute bachelor party the night before and were worse for wear due to this, so I learned later. I woke him up and told him that his bride was going to kill him if he didn't get to the ceremony as fast as possible. That woke him up we went to the beach fast as we could. I lied and said that he had gotten himself locked in a bathroom by accident. The bride was just relieved that they could continue with the wedding and I got I nice tip afterwards. Now you see why I don't use my real name on this blog. I could not tell you these stories otherwise. O by the way if you follow the links that you see on this post it will take you to a friends webpage. That's not me. I work with him sometimes and I'm just doing him a favor.
I could go on and on. Like the time I hurt my back in Xcaret, something always happens to me in Xcaret, or the story about the wedding that wasn't meant to be. Wait even with a pen name I cannot tell you about that one. Yes, the life of a riviera maya wedding photographer is definitely an interesting one.
