Heather & Andrew decided to celebrate their wedding inside the Ritz Carlton Hotel, a challenge for any photographer, as there are not many pretty places around to photograph or good light to work with.., so be fast and creative is a must to successfully photograph in this circumstances.

Matt was in charge of this wedding, I was only second shooting him.

Here in the blog I am posting some of mine, but you can Open a Slideshow to view more of the whole wedding.








I shoot all these Heather's portraits on her way down to the ceremony, right at the hallway outside her room., thanks to her bridesmaids that helped me holding my off camera flash. I had a red and a blue gel to add some color to the wall and make the photo kind of fashion look.























If you want to see more images, please Open a Slideshow to view more of the whole wedding.

Sol Tamargo - Destination Wedding Photographer

ESTOY FELIZ!!!!! = I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! Matt and I placed an image on the most recent WPJA Contest!! , this is really a BIG honor among the wedding photojournalist industry, since there are thousands of great photographers around the world compiting...., every year the number grows, and it gets harder to place an image...

And , here we are!!!!.... one each..

Matt has a FIRST PLACE!!!!!!



I got a 7th place




This contests area a great way to keep challenging ourselves trying our best to capture great images at everywedding.

Check out the WPJA Website to view all the Award Winning Images in the contest, it is really cool!!!

Matt and I are very proud to offer our Associate Photographer Coverage, Vincent Guihard.

Vincent has been working as a part of Del Sol Team, second shooting at Sol's and Matt's weddings, and recently we are commission him to shoot weddings on his own under our contract.









His work is great, he shoots the images, and our studio edits and delivers the final product to our clients.

Check out the website to see some of this great work.

www.delsolphotography.com/vincentguihard

Packages starting at $2,500 usd.

I'm most of the time working at the beach, but these days, I'm having the opportunity to shoot in different conditions, in this case a huge beautiful catholic church.

Matt was hired by this couple to shoot the wedding, I came as a "bonus'.. haha... (since I happened to be around...), so I wasn't the primary photographer, I only second shoot him, and enjoyed my self... I specially liked my time with Marisol... I adore to shoot brides!!!... she was so happy and excited about the day!...

Marisol & Ken are a fusion of Europe & Latin, their families came from very distantes countries to be here with them, it was really nice to see everybody showing their love and support for the new couple.

Check out the SLIDESHOW, click here to see more images including Matt's shoots that as usual are fantastic.

Here are a few from my camera:












I had like 5 minutes to shoot "the bride" prior the ceremony, so we walked inside this little patio in the church, it turned out great, as she was perfect, smiling, and glowing...



Matt shoot this one inside the church, I loved the architecture and stained glass... gorgeous..


A few seconds before Marisol walked the aisle with her dad... the anticipation of the big moment coming ... I can you feel it??...












From the moment the service was over to "we have to leave" to go to reception... only a few minutes... totally a different deal that what I am use to at beach weddings,... we have to be super fast, and use creative light to get these images, ... fun, but challenging..



First Dance..and reception fun moments..








As Latin wedding tradition... this one ended almost at 3:00 Am... whew.... Matt and I were totally wore out after shooting more than 10 hours in a row, but at the end of the night we came back home smiling, a wedding story was captured!!!... How cool is our job!!

To see MORE images open the SLIDESHOW, click here


Sol Tamargo - Destination Wedding Photographer

Diane & William got married the day before, a lucky date 07-07-07 . They are a wonderful couple and were so excited about having more photos the next day that they didn't care about waking up early in the morning to get dressed again, and ready for the fun!.

We are at Captiva Island, at the South Seas Resort , the day is gorgeous! and we are heading out to take some photos .

The session started at the golf course, a couple of photos there, and then we headed to the beach...., I was still warming up, thinking that I will get some photos at the beach shore, some romantic stuff, and then possible getting in the water. Diane was wearing her beautiful wedding dress, and I wasn't sure that she will actually get in to the ocean..(some brides are very worried about actually trashing the dress)

Well, before I could even suggested, she was in, all the way, diving!, and all I could do was to follow the action and get in the water my self...

Any photographer will know that this is a very risky thing to do, specially when you are using a fish eye and have to be really really close to the moving subject and in the ocean..

I was very lucky to have my photographer friend Nina Sutherland helping me out that day, holding my stuff and being my "movil off camera flash"

This kind of amazing couples, and the opportunity to shoot fun images that are a celebration for the marriage, is the biggest reward of being a wedding photographer., I can't wait for my next one!

Much Love for Diane and William!!!


Click Here to Open a SLIDESHOW!! with more photos



























Click Here to Open a SLIDESHOW!! ... more photos

Sol Tamargo - Destination Wedding Photographer - Trash the Dress