As if Lori & Justin’s destination wedding at the Grand Palladium Resort White Sands in Riviera Maya, Mexico wasn’t gorgeous enough, they hired us to shoot a day after session with them. They knew they wanted to make the most of their destination wedding so we started discussing the options of shooting the perfect day after session to capture the natural beauty of the Mexican landscape. Riviera Maya is known for its very unique topography (karst topography… the proper terminology Bradford wanted me to add) covered in crystal blue cenotes. A cenote essentially is a sinkhole that is filled with fresh groundwater. Most are covered in stalagtites and stalagmites just like a normal cave, yet they are filled with water. Didn’t realize you were getting a geography lesson here did you now? Cenotes are absolutely fascinating to behold and with their tempting cold waters, most welcomed after hiking in the humid and often oppressive Mexican heat. So lets get on to the pictures how about it. I hope you enjoy.
So the “blog size” really does this image no justice but in its full and larger than life glory it is perfect for printing onto canvas and hung on a large focal wall. Hello beautiful!
below is still one of my favorites regardless of what everyone else might think. (ps: all who think against me think wrong) 
and under the water we go…
Lori and Justin you guys were an absolute pleasure to work with. We love how you were open to any idea we had and held your breath for much longer than necessary just for us! To all of you photographers who have yet to do any underwater shooting, it can be quite tricky. For these images Brad had to hold me underwater (thanks for letting me back up for air baby) so that I didn’t add any unnecessary motion to the image and Lori and Justin also had to try to anchor themselves to the cave floor to hold poses long enough to be captured. These guys truly deserve a trophy for being underwater super models!
Much love to you both!
Mel & Brad
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