Mazatlan is my new favorite spot in Mexico I think. I am so glad Amy & Matt chose us as their Mazatlan wedding photographer at Mayan Sea Garden so we could visit this beautiful city in Mexico. It is a city of 400k people, and primarily the industry is either Mazatlan weddings, shrimp fishing or tourism (biggest shrimps I ever seen!)
Amy is one of those brides who is low key but super organized. Everything was well planned, but you never got the feeling that there was an ounce of stress the entire time. She created a wonderful Mazatlan travel guide with her mom, and it was better than any travel book on Mazatlan I ever seen. I will be posting it here so other Mazatlan brides can use it for their Mazatlan wedding or just as a Mazatlan wedding travel guide! We also joined the wedding party for a great Mazatlan city tour the day before the Mazatlan wedding and also at the rehearsal dinner. Homey, who is a licensed travel guide, is a good friend of the family and is very knowledgeable and friendly, and he showed us all over the city. Since we had a day after session planned (I will post that later), he also took notes of places I liked.
We stayed at the Pueblo Bonito Mazatlan (a sister resort to Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay) and zipped around town in the fun Pulmonia’s, the open air taxis that literally mean pneumonia in Spanish. So much fun! Pueblo Bonito Mazatlan is a nice resort, with kitchen in rooms, so that was great for some cooking, but next time I will book the Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay – it is so amazing.
The wedding day, we took the pulmonia to the Mayan Sea Garden. It is a beautiful resort, in Nuevo Mazatlan. We took some pictures of Amy and Matt getting ready, a few group shots and then to the reception. Amy looked beautiful and Matt had some tears when they first saw each other. It was a great day for photography. The sunset wedding ceremony was officiated by Pastor Jorge, another long time friend of Amy’s parents, and he sang a beautiful song to them (and later to his wife too, what a great voice!). Both ceremony and reception were at Mayan Sea Garden.
The rest of the day was punctuated by a gorgeous sunset. Amy, Matt and Sydney took a little time off from the wedding and went to the beach at sunset and we got some great shots there too. Mariachi‘s were playing some great music to set the ambiance. One of the mariachi’s also decided to taste the cake a little ahead of time – I caught him in the act, check out the photos below! The cake was decorated with sea shels and a Mazatlan cake topper and was by Mama Dulci.
Wedding Location: Mayan Sea Garden Resort
Friends and family can see the full set and place orders here (you can get the password from Matt and Amy).
Mayan Sea Garden:
One of my favorite Mexican artists: Mara
Super Hot
Sunset Wedding
Mixing of the sands
Goodie bags for kids at wedding
Beautiful wedding cake at sunset:
Beach in front of Mayan Sea Garden
Mr. Mariachi
Caught in the act – he was tasting the cake before the cake cutting 🙂
What a gorgeous setting
Pastor Jorge singing
First dance
Evrim….WOW! Looking at these pictures brings everything back…I can smell the clean air, feel the sun on my face…and feel the love surrounding us on our very special day. Thank you for being there with us and providing us with these incredible pictures that we’ll be able to look back on and enjoy…at our 50 year anniversary! (Will you come photograph that for us???)
Absolutely beautiful… looks like a perfect day! The photos are incredible, several of them could easily mistaken for art prints or postcards instead of wedding photos… just gorgeous!
i really cried when i looked at these photos, just to see the family in all of them. hello to all of the baker and associated family. i love all of you. congratulations amy and matt!
love, shannon
Absolutely gorgeous pictures! I loved looking through them all….some of my favorites were the day after shots…STUNNING! You looked beautiful, Amy, and so happy. Congrats!
The pictures were great. You were wonderful and very professional while taking the pictures. Thanks for the memories of my son and daughter-in-law’s wedding.
These pictures are incredible. Many of them should be hanging in an art gallery and/or on a wall in someones home. The colors of the Gerbera’s are so vibrant. The b&w photo of Amy and her nephew is wonderful as is the picture of Mr. Mariachi. I could comment on many more pictures but will repeat myself instead and say they are incredible. Amy, you looked especially beautiful and so happy. Congratulations to you and Matt.
beautiful pictures! I actually helped Amy set everything up while i was the concierge at the hotel, how funny! i was just searching weddings in mazatlan and this is what came up first. i was working as a concierge btw. i hope they are still having fun and may the rest of their marriage continue to be blessed
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fantastic shots. I*m going to be in Mazatlan in a couple of days!