TARA & RAY’S AWESOME CARIBBEAN DESTINATION WEDDING
Just flew in last night from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Quite a shock from starting my day having coffee on the balcony in 80 degree sunshine to landing in New York in windy 20 degree winter temperatures. What better way to get back to work at home than by recalling the wonderful events of the past few days.
We arrived last Wednesday at the fabulous Majestic Colonial Resort, located right on the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean, on the east coast of the Dominican Republic. This resort is amazing…10 different restaurants, at least as many bars, a meandering lagoon swimming pool that is more than 1/4 mile long, a private beach on the ocean, shops, a covered outdoor theatre, etc, etc…you name it; it’s there!
The rooms are spectacular. Our clients treated us to a junior suite with a four-posted bed, a jacuzzi on a center island in the middle of the suite and a view of the enormous garden courtyard and pool. Wow.
We spent a little time that afternoon scouting out locations at the venue at which we would be creating photographs over the next two days. On Thursday we spent some quality time at the beach and poolside before meeting Tara and Ray for an informal photo session in the afternoon. We took lots of photos in and about the resort winding up at sunset on the beach, where Tara and Ray couldn’t resist the urge to plunge into the beautiful blue-green Caribbean waters!
Friday was the big day, so after suffering through breakfast on the balcony followed by some quality beach time we set out to photograph the wedding. We did some formal portraits in the grand lobby and lots of casual pictures on the beach during and after the sunset wedding ceremony followed by some after dark images by the pool.
We spent the day after the wedding lounging on the beach and poolside. Finally, on Sunday, we chartered the 35′ Bertram Sportfisherman “Chrispa” for some deep sea fishing. The captain put Vivian onto a 30LB class Mahi-Mahi which she masterfully handled on her first offshore fishing adventure.
These are just a small sampling of the images we created for Tara and Ray on their big day. The rest of their images will be on my web site shortly for your viewing pleasure after I finish the daunting task of editing down the 1,500+ images we created on location.
I want to thank Tara & Ray for the privilege of photographing their awesome Caribbean wedding and I especially want to thank Tara’s Mother, Tess, and all the rest of the Diaz & Rodriguez families for their hospitality…treating us every bit like family while we shared in this joyous occasion. It was an amazing opportunity…one that I’ll never forget.
