Portland Oregon Wedding and Portrait Photographer
I had the pleasure of getting to know Gabby and Andrea over the years and when the chance came up to do portraits with them at the beach, and I was available, I was very happy!
I lost one of my Alien Bee’s Cybersync’s to the ocean, but it was worth it! We picked a cool beach, and did some beach portraits with the waves crashing at Puerto Vallarta!
This is first of the series of sneak peeks from my weddings from my last Mexico trip. Amber and Matt tied the knot at Villa de Roja, which is directly on Playa de San Francisco. Beautiful location! The reception was at the amazing Mar Plata Restaurant, run by Bruno. Mar Plata is one of the best restaurants I have been to, so if you are in the Sayulita, Punta Mita, Bucerias, Puerto Vallarta or Nuevo Vallarta area, make sure to visit them.
Here is the coolest thing: the wedding party was followed by a super friendly dog the whole week, and he invited himself to the wedding and the reception too. In fact, the doggie was so loved, Amber and Matt adopted the doggie and he is arriving in US soon!
Hediyeh and Anoush basically had a 4 day non-stop party during their time in Sayulita. They had a beach party the night before the wedding, which included a mariachi band, an excellent DJ, who spun upbeat club beats all night long, and a surprise fire dancer near the end of the night. On the wedding day we were a top the beautiful Villa Amor Hotel, with views of the surfers and fishermen on the Sayulita beach. As family’s gathered below in the courtyard Hediyeh and Anoush appeared at sunset and joined in the festivities, with lots of great food, tequila, dancing, dancing and if you can believe it….more dancing!!
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Cool Rings
Annie and Tom took the plunge in San Pancho, Mexico. Well, the day after the wedding they took the plunge, into the swimming pool! You will see what I mean.
The wedding ceremony was at the garden of Villa de Roja at San Pancho (or San Francisco), overlooking the ocean with a beautiful sunset for accent!
We then proceed to Mar Plata restaurant, a beautiful restaurant, located right across the street (near Costa Azul Hotel as well).
Sayulita and San Pancho area has some great wedding planners, as I mentioned at Mercan and Joel’s wedding, and this was not an exception. Debbie Barran, of Down the Isle, did a great job at the rehearsal, wedding day and the breakfast the day after.
So more about the pool plunge and couple other photos taken the day after the wedding. I started offering day after sessions for my couples as part of some packages, especially works for multi-day destination weddings but this is not just limited to destination weddings. I have done some in Portland as well. It does not have to be the day after either. The idea is to do a fun photo shoot without the stress and time constraints of the wedding day. You can see some at Stephanie and Jared’s wedding (towards the end)and also Christina’s bridal portrait session. Another option I offer is something you can see at Mercan and Joel’s photos. We covered their welcome party the day before the wedding.
I also want to note that Villa de Roja and Mar Plata were fantastic locations. According to Virtual Vallarta, the prestigious American magazine Conde Nast Traveler ranked Mar Plata restaurant as a Hot Table, a classification of 95 new restaurants made by anonymous correspondents around 30 countries. Pretty cool for a restaurant in a tiny little town.
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Dad steaming the dress
Floating candles for the pool
Place cards were little notes on the glasses
off to Mar Plata
Annie’s dad secretly wrote, sang and recorded a song for her on his computer with multiple tracks! This is the cd:
Stealing a little kiss
During the toasts
The day after sessoin. I got in trouble again a the ocean. These waves find a way to get me (camera ok this time)
Another resident of Villa de Roja:
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Yanet and Jose, both from Mexico, had their beautiful ceremony at the small church in the small plaza in Sayulita, Mexico. Their friends and family joined in for the occasion. It also happened to be Dia de los Muertos, a nation wide celebration in Mexico. There were many street artists performing in the plaza after the ceremony. The wedding party had reserved the classy and tasty Calypso restaurant above the plaza for their reception, so we had a birds eye view.
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Looking down at Sayulita’s waves from the infinity pool.
Through the intricate wood carving on the door.
Limes. Check. Hot Sauce. Check. Bouquet. Check
Photogs ride in the back!
Nacho sharks! Look out!
The festival below in the plaza.
Nice shot Yanet!
Tequila always seems like a good idea at the time…until.
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Rachael and Rainer’s wedding at Villa Violeta in San Pancho, Mexico was an amazing tropical event!- The beautiful colors, great decorations, and the overall setting of Villa Violeta was a great photographic extravaganza! They had their wedding on a private beach accompanied by their beautiful friends and family.
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The beach view from Villa Violeta.
A very cute dress, and shoes too!
A world trained chef prepares a delicious feast.
Wedding crashers!
A beautiful evening in Mexico.
One tequila down…
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Jodi and Chris’s wedding was an energy filled affair at Don Pedro’s Palapa in Sayulita, near Puerto Vallarta. A lot of their friends and family made the trip to see them get married at sunset. It was a great time to be remembered by everyone!
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I had the pleasure of photographing Mercan and Joel’s wedding at one of the most beautiful places ever, Rancho Huracan (near Sayulita and Punta de Mita). It is in a jungle setting with 5 different casa’s, an awesome infinity pool and just great architecture. We photographed the rehearsal party and then the wedding the next day. Mercan and Joel are a very gracious and fun couple. The wedding was coordinated by Andrea and Gabi from Sayulita Dream Weddings. They did a phenomenal job, in fact, everything ran smoothly. We had a beautiful sunset as well.
Here are the photos, if you want to see more, check out this slideshow.
