Destination Wedding Photographer: Cabo, Mexico Part II

Here it is  -  The emotion.  The laughter.  The tequila shots…

Esther & Daniel’s wedding at The Esperanza Resort in Cabo, Mexico.

Sometimes people wonder why I don’t photoshop out hairs off the face.  I like natural photos.  It was windy, her hair was blowing, and she started to cry.

“There’s no such thing as a perfect picture, only a perfect moment.”  -Joe Buissink

The moment right before the kiss is best part.  It’s like a drum roll.  Anyone watch ‘How I Met Your Mother?’  I love that episode.

Tears make for great photos.  Keep ‘em coming!

They dropped him….hard.  I should probably stop asking people to do that.

I feel like if you are on the beach, you have to pick the girl up.  It just feels right.

Esther & Daniel do this a lot when they are joking around with each other.  They put their hands up to their faces and go, “Hee hee hee…”.

Doing it for the first time with their rings on. 

Esther can be categorized as the pretty nerdy girl.  My favorite kind!

She had to adjust her shoe before heading up to cocktail hour which made me think of…Cinderella!   Or as I like to call her, “Cinderelli!”

Their reenactment cracks me up.  If I were Daniel I would keep the shoe and then sell it on ebay.  It’s probably worth about $400.

My favorite photo from the wedding.

Esther is a chef, so food HAD to be good.

I love Polaroid Guest Books.  This entry was so funny.  That’s Lydia with Sean, who loved the fact that he looks like the guy from Princess Bride.  She said, “Ok I can’t wait anymore.  I have to get a picture with you!”

They smashed the cake so quickly.  For a moment I was afraid that I missed it!  Phew.

The rest of the night looked like this.

And this. 

And this.

I won’t post anything too wild on here, but you get the point.

End of (my) night with the bride & groom. 

I can’t say how much I love destination weddings.  Not only because of the traveling, but you get to bond with people in a way that you usually can’t for a local wedding.  Destination weddings are usually a lot more intimate, laid back, and you get to spend a lot more time with your guests.  I wasn’t even a guest and I had a bangin’ time.  To be honest it was an experience that I was sad to leave behind.  Bitter sweet, actually.

Congratulations Esther & Daniel!  Good luck with the move to NY!