Pushing the limits of wedding photography

And the winner is …  the Fearless Photographers! A great discovery we did last year with this “unique directory of the world’s boldest photographers who are not afraid to push the limits of wedding photography to surprise you with extraordinary images from your wedding day. It’s meant for bride and grooms who truly love photography”. Therefore only less than the top 10% of all images submitted for the 2-monthly contests are worthy to be called Fearless Awards and only these award winning pictures of the members are showcased on the site.
We immediately liked the concept of this group, created by photographers for photographers and apparently we were not the only ones, as the number of members bursted incredibly since they got rolling on January  first, 2011.
What attracted us the most was the idea of their ‘open’ contest, without limitations of categories or style; A great picture is simply a great picture. That’s why we are proud indeed to show off our round 9′s two most recent awards. Earned out of 5000 photographs, presented by 350 participating photographers. Touch down and off to the next round!

 

JOCELYN + ALEJANDRO • Destination Wedding at Xcaret • Riviera Maya

A LIFETIME JOURNEY
Photography by Vincent Ribon

“A wedding is not just one year of preparation, but a lifetime; because it takes a lifetime to find the right person to love and for love to find you”. At this instant a tear dropped while Jocelyn expressed herself, ready to leave Fairmont Mayakoba  for her wedding to Alejandro, who was waiting for his wife to be in Playa del Carmen. They did it traditional style with an exotic touch: after the Catholic ceremony there was also a Spiritual Mayan ceremony in the gardens of Xcaret. Euforia who, once again, did an amazing job with flowers, candles and decoration, created the perfect ‘love scene’ to celebrate the encounter of these best friends and lifetime lovers.

Getting Ready at Fairmont Mayakoba • Riviera Maya

Maud + Jonathan • Beach Wedding at Canibal Royal • Playa del Carmen

True Romance

Photography by Vincent Ribon

Cannibal Royal is absolutely one of our favourite beach clubs in Playa del Carmen and Maud, together with Maria from Weddings in Playa, transformed the place in an over the top romantic wedding scenery. The original choice of color (Orange and Pink) combinated with the turquoise augment of the backdrop,  together with a touch of handcraft, enlightened perfectly this ‘naturally beautiful’ american born french-jewish couple; a perfect combination that rocked the night away! During the enhancement of the pictures, we added a tone of green to create a contrast with Maud’s choice for coral red in order to let it pop out even better.
A traditional jewish ceremony must take place at sunset, therefore we decided together with Maud and her fiance to take the time to shoot more photographs in a relaxed casual session the day after. There, on an intimate beach close to Playa del Carmen, the bride shined as bright as on her wedding day.

 

JESSICA + GUILLERMO • Destination Wedding at Xcaret • Trash the Dress in Tulum

SPANISH HEART
Photography by Vincent Ribon

As a wedding planner in Madrid with Mexican roots, Jessica knew exactly how to create a wonderful wedding experience: traveling with her spanish love to one of the most magnificent beaches of her home country and invite their family to a very stylish ‘white wedding’ in Xcaret. Together with the team of Solen they created a very intimate atmosphere, especially during the church ceremony, by changing the traditional flower decoration by candles. Nothing would spoil the party: despite of an injured foot, Jessica kept her heels high all night and danced even through our trash the dress session in Tulum. Thanks to the people of Cesiak, we had access to an untouched part of nature in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, where the beauty of the Caribbean coast is breathtaking. This is where Jessica did pop up a fine accessory to give her destination wedding an extra spanish touch. We were very proud to be chosen as a professional by such a wedding professional!


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Photo by Alfredo Peral