I spent a few days shooting Andrea and Andy’s wedding in Cancun at the Dreams Cancun Resort and Spa. They had an international crew from Ireland, and they passed their time thoroughly enjoying themselves. We spent the day before the wedding on a boat called The Dancer, which involved lots of tequila, oversized syringes filled with some sort of Technicolor mystery booze, and a bunch of deck hands who were salsa dancing in superhero and elephant costumes.

The wedding day weather seemed ominous at first, and while Andrea was getting ready, her bridesmaids were staring out the window at the ceremony site, a little worried. The chairs were blowing away, the linens were flying off, and a little further down the beach, and entire 6-foot-wide umbrella launched into the Atlantic and floated out to sea. Andrea was completely unbothered, and remained so during the ceremony itself, which was marked but sideways rain and lashing wind.

Afterward, her, Andy and me took off for a little couples photo session, and somehow wound up on top of a breezeway where I was shooting them in front of the Cancun skyline. Pulses of light from my strobes alerted security, and we were soon greeted by an annoyed guard trying to coax us off the roof. Andrea turned on her charm, diffused the situation, and insisted that the guard hang out for a photo. He obliged, with a huge smile on his face.

After a rowdy reception, we took off in search of some cool cenotes for a day-after portrait session, but the ones I often go to were flooded. Recent rains had caused the river that flows underneath Riviera Maya to flood (I’m so over floods — we just had an epic one in my home of Estes Park!) but we thankfully found some others to shoot in.

All in all, good times and an awesome group of people. Congrats, you two! Hope to see you soon in Colorado!