ABOUT THE RIVIERA MAYA
The Riviera Maya stretches for two hundred miles of Caribbean coastline.
White sand, turquoise water, cenote jungle, ancient ruins. Every stretch of it photographs differently and all of it is extraordinary.
I shoot across the full Riviera Maya corridor. Barefoot elopements on the beach in Tulum, resort weddings at Mayakoba and the Grand Velas, cenote ceremonies deep in the jungle near Akumal, rooftop celebrations above the streets of Playa del Carmen. Each location has its own light, its own character, and its own version of what a Caribbean wedding can look like.
The Riviera Maya rewards photographers who know how to move between settings quickly and read each one on its own terms. I know this coastline well. Give me your venue and I will show you what it can do.
My approach in the Riviera Maya
Cinematic, unhurried,
always honest.
I don't direct. I observe, anticipate, and disappear into the background until the light and the emotion align. Then I'm exactly where I need to be.
Riviera Maya light changes fast. The Caribbean morning is soft and clear before the heat arrives. Midday is brutal and demands shade and patience. The sunset on the beach turns everything amber and deep for about twenty minutes. The cenote light is something else entirely, filtered through jungle canopy and reflecting off turquoise water. I build every timeline around those windows.
My work has been featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times, Over The Moon, and Magnolia Rouge. I've been named one of Rangefinder's 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography.
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"We got married at Mayakoba and JL was everywhere at once. He knew the property better than the staff did. Every location, every hour of light. The photos feel like the best version of a place we already loved."
CLAIRE & THOMAS · MAYAKOBA, RIVIERA MAYA