The journal
Writing on destination wedding photography, the cities worth getting married in, and what separates images that last from images that fade.
Medellín is no longer Colombia's secret. But it remains one of the most genuinely extraordinary wedding destinations in the world — for the light, the fincas, the flowers, and the particular quality of warmth that the city and its people carry. A working photographer's guide to getting married here.
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Colombia offers three completely distinct visual worlds within a few hours of each other: the eternal spring of Medellín, the colonial gold of Cartagena, and the highland drama of Bogotá. Here is what no one tells you about getting married here.
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Golden hour — the forty-five to sixty minutes after sunset — is the single most valuable window in a wedding day for photography. Most couples lose it to cocktail hour without realizing. Here is how to protect it.
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Most couples spend more time choosing a caterer than a photographer, then spend the rest of their lives wishing they had reversed those priorities. Here is how to find a wedding photographer who will create images you actually love — not just images that looked good on Instagram.
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There is a counterintuitive truth about destination weddings that most photographers know but rarely say out loud: being somewhere unfamiliar makes people more present. And presence is everything in wedding photography.
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Film wedding photography is having a genuine resurgence — not as nostalgia, but because couples are increasingly asking for images that feel less processed and more true. Here is what shooting on film actually means for your wedding photographs.
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From the colonial warmth of Cartagena to the golden light of Tuscany, these are the cities where light, architecture, and culture align to make every photograph feel like it was composed by the city itself.
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