Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Wedding in Durango, Mexico

I was in the beautiful city of Durango, Mexico to photograph the wedding of Sabrina and Salvador, one of the coolest weddings I've done. In Mexico, it is not customary to have a bridal party so the photography is concentrated on the bride and groom. It is also customary for the ceremony to be at night time so the bride and the groom have to see each other before the ceremony to go to a location to take photos. This turned out to be such a great time because we allocated two hours for photography and let me tell you, had they given me four hours, I would have still been short! The location we went was amazing, Internado Juana Villalobos is a colonial landmark of the city that used to be a school and not is a cultural center and museum. At the time of the session, in the big central patio, they had old dance music, I think it was "danzon" and there were old couples remembering their young days. I had never seen people that age dancing with so much energy! It was also interesting dealing with the "street" photographers that sneaked into the church to photograph the wedding in hopes to go to the reception and sell their prints, I was NOT prepared for this! Sabrina and Salvador, it was a delight working with you, best wishes! I want to specially thank my sister Eliana for putting up with me as my assistant. She's an amazing photographer as well and she accepted to be my assistant for this wedding, she could read my mind and anticipated all my movements! My wish of having a double of me has come true! Love you sis!