ABOUT TULUM
Tulum is unlike anywhere else on the Caribbean coast.
Jungle meets sea. Cenotes carved into limestone. A place that makes every frame feel ancient and alive at the same time.
Tulum draws couples who want something raw and cinematic. Barefoot ceremonies on the white sand below the ruins at dawn, elopements in cenotes lit by shafts of light through the jungle canopy, intimate receptions on private beach club terraces as the sun drops into the Caribbean. The setting here does things for a photograph that almost nowhere else can.
I shoot weddings and elopements in Tulum knowing the place well. Where to be at sunrise before the beach fills up. Which cenotes give the best light and at what hour. How to move through a Tulum day and come back with images that feel true to the place and completely personal.
My approach in Tulum
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.
Tulum light moves fast and rewards preparation. The sunrise on the beach is extraordinary and lasts about twenty minutes before the heat and the crowds arrive. The cenote light is specific: shafts filtering down through the canopy, reflecting off turquoise water, completely different from anything above ground. The sunset on the Caribbean side turns everything amber and deep. I know all three and I plan every timeline around them.
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 eloped at a cenote in Tulum and JL made it feel like the most cinematic thing we have ever done. He knew the light down there. He knew exactly where to stand and when. The photos do not look like anyone else's Tulum photos."
LUNA & RAFAEL · TULUM, MEXICO