Anyhow, as if anyone is reading this....blah blah blah.....I will continue to post the awesome weddings that I have the privilege of shooting and share my imagery with all 3 (or so) of you who who checks out my blog, if not less :(
alright now, back to work! I believe I blogged about this a while back so for those of you who has been following this action packed blog will remember that I did my very first destination wedding last November and it was at the super luxurious and laid-back town of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!!! I was super stoked when Jenny and Gene came into my studio for the first time to check out my work, I could remember it being super busy in the studio because it was a weekend and I did a terrible job of explaining everything to them just because there were about 2 other couples wanting to check out my work at the same time, so I remember just quickly going over some of my work and pricing. But I remembered them clearly because they told me that they're having a destination wedding and I've been looking forward to it for a while! But after they left, I felt like I didn't present my work well enough to convince them of my work, but the for some miraculous reason, they had a really good impression of me and my work that they decided to fly me and my #1 assistant (my wife Jenny) out to their wedding and put us up in a beautiful suite at Villa del Arco in Cabo San Lucas!
Originally, in the back of my mind I was thinking.....SWEET.....we get to either arrive or get to stick around a few more days either prior or after the wedding to chill and relax, but just as my luck goes, we were super swamped at the studio prior to the wedding and I had a couldn't-miss-it-for-the-word event (only my baby's 1st birthday!) happening just the day after their wedding so our schedules were a bit crammed. Their wedding was on 11/5/2007 and had scheduled a welcoming dinner the night prior 11/4. anyone still reading this? Ok, I will continue.... We arrived at the airport at around noon and figured that we would get to the hotel in around an hour or so. But OMG, it was crazy at the airport, there were probably 30+ people soliciting to take us to our hotel.....and after much confusion and tightly hanging on to my gear and luggage, we decided to take one of the bus line that took people into the city. Which turned out to be a good deal but also turned into a sales tool for the Westin selling their time shares! So we didn't get to our hotel until around 3pm! 3 hour ride, you can imagine how pissed off my wife was after that.....(I thought they told you it would only be around 1 hour...!) After we got there we quickly unpacked our gear and got ready for work. We had only 2 hours to figure out how to get to the Gene and Jenny's hotel, the Esperanza Resort, and find them!
Alright, I think I've already pushed the limit of how much reading my blog readers will endure, so I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the Welcome Dinner....look for part 2 in a few days!
on our way......side note....so sad that all these airlines are going under :(
Free beer on the bus, but also a free selling of time shares.....FOR 3 HOURS!
The Esperanza Resort......such a nice place......ocean front views!
view.......nice!
one more
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gene & jenny
me like this one the most!
wedding rehearsal
sunset kiss...
such brilliant shot......by my lovely wife, Jenny
The welcome dinner was at the fully loaded tequila bar and restaurant Pancho's
now to show you some details...
beautiful and happy couple!
I didn't try any of this on this trip, but had some Don Julio.....so good! And from what I heard, it kicks Patron or other tequila's ass.......so smooth!
Jenny and her girls
Gene and the boys proving their soberiety
we had nice music to go with our dinner
and they're off....
that's just what I had in the 1st 15 minutes.....(right!)
this is probably the most amount of shots taken by a group of people that I've witnessed to date
night view of our resort, the Villa del Arco
stay tuned......wedding day imagery coming soon...
