Destination Wedding Photography — Mexico
So you can live it twice.
Your wedding day passes once. Your photographs are how you get to go back — to the nerves, the laughter, the people.
“David did such an incredible job capturing our wedding in Valle De Guadalupe and making us feel immediately comfortable (even though it was actually the first time we had met in person coming from New York).”
Alanna M.Married in Valle de Guadalupe · coming from New York, NY
You know that feeling?
Someone says now look at each other and laugh — and suddenly nothing about the moment is yours. You hold the pose. You hold the smile. Months later you open the gallery and think: that’s what we looked like. But it isn’t what it felt like.
Here’s what I figured out a long time ago: people don’t relax because someone tells them to relax. They relax because the person in the room is relaxed. So I talk. I joke. I ask about the aunt who’s already dancing before the band starts.
Five minutes in, you forget there’s a camera. That’s when your real wedding shows up — and I’m already there.
Photographs of how it felt. Not just how it looked.
Why I work the way I work
I learned this at my own wedding.
When I got married in 2003, our photographer was a friend. A talented one — but weddings weren’t his world. Nobody warned him the sun would be gone by 4:30. He didn’t know which moments never come back.
The photographs I have are fine. The ones I don’t have are the ones I still think about.
That’s why, 600+ weddings later, I still study the light at your venue before we lock the timeline. I know when the sun drops behind the hills in Valle de Guadalupe in October — and I plan your day around the moments that only happen once.
- Years behind the camera
- 28
- Weddings photographed
- 600+
- Fearless Awards
- 12
- ISPWP worldwide
- Top 20
In their words
“The quality of his work, his professionalism, his talent and his awesome attitude were all 10/10. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!”
Casey H. — Married in Valle de Guadalupe · coming from Santa Barbara, CA
“No one could have captured all the energy and magic of our wedding better! … Seeing our photos is like reliving our wedding. … We would choose you a thousand times DJ!!”
Roser P. — Married in Valle de Guadalupe · Riviera Maya
Three steps. That's the whole plan.
Tell me your date
WhatsApp or email — whichever feels easier. I answer within 24 hours and tell you straight away if your date is open. I photograph a limited number of weddings each year, on purpose.
We plan it together
I study the light at your venue, help shape your photography timeline around the sun, and we do a save-the-date session — so by the wedding, being photographed already feels familiar.
Live it. Then live it twice.
On the day, your only job is to be in it. Weeks later your gallery arrives, and the day comes back — the nerves, the laughter, the people. As many times as you want.
Collections starting at $2,900 USD.
The full pricing guide below has the rest.
I only take a handful of weddings a year — fewer than 20 — because I'd rather give yours everything than spread myself thin. So your date is either still open, or it's already promised. Tell me yours, and I'll tell you straight.
Things couples ask me
Do you travel for weddings outside Valle de Guadalupe?
All the time. I live in Valle de Guadalupe, and I photograph weddings across Mexico — Los Cabos, Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico City — and in Europe and several other countries. For destination weddings I arrive at least a day early to walk the venue and watch what the light does. That habit has saved more sunset portraits than I can count.
We’re planning from another country. Is that a problem?
Most of my couples plan their wedding from far away — New York, San Diego, Mexico City, London. We plan everything over video calls and WhatsApp, I share what I know about your venue, and often the wedding day is the first time we meet in person. By then, it never feels that way.
How far in advance should we book?
Popular dates in Valle de Guadalupe — especially October and November, around harvest — tend to go 8 to 12 months out. I take a limited number of weddings each year, so if you have a date, write me early. And if your wedding is sooner than that, write me anyway: some beautiful dates simply stay open.
Do we need to give you a shot list?
Just one: the family groupings, with names. Here's something I figured out years ago — a long shot list keeps everyone looking at a piece of paper instead of at each other. Give me the family combinations you need and the few details you truly care about, and trust me with the rest. The best images from your wedding will be the ones nobody could have put on a list.
What if we're awkward in front of the camera?
Almost every couple tells me this, and it has never once turned out to be true. I don't pose you into shapes and step away — I stay close, I talk, I make you laugh for real. Five minutes in, you forget there's a camera. The save-the-date session helps too: by the wedding day, being photographed with me feels like hanging out with a friend who happens to be holding one.
If the photos don't grab you, I'm not your guy — trust your gut on that.
But if they do, and something else is stopping you — the date, the budget, one nagging question — that's not a no. That's a let's talk.
“His pictures are stunning and help you relive the in between moments you want to remember.”
Alanna Morgan · Valle de Guadalupe
You don't need a plan. Be yourself — I'll make it work.
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