Bogotá
Elopements

Why elope in Bogotá

“Cloud city at 2,600 metres — moody, dense, and photographically unlike anywhere else in South America.”

Bogotá is the city people underestimate until they visit, and then cannot stop thinking about. At 2,600 metres, it sits above most weather, and on clear days the light has a crystalline altitude quality that you cannot find in lower cities. La Candelaria's colonial district — painted buildings, narrow streets, the Gold Museum, the Plaza Bolívar — gives wedding coverage a historical and architectural richness that is genuinely distinctive. The northern suburbs of Usaquén and the Zona Rosa offer a more contemporary luxury character. I photograph in Bogotá for couples who want Colombia's extraordinary qualities with a more urban, sophisticated visual vocabulary than Medellín or Cartagena provide.

The light

Bogotá's altitude pushes the sky to a deeper blue than any other Colombian city — almost Andean in its clarity on good days — which makes architectural portraits and wide establishing shots particularly striking. The city's dramatic clouds, when present, add a cinematic scale to images that is difficult to replicate at sea level.