About
Photography, without the uncertainty.
Luminaria matches you with a vetted local photographer, videographer or drone pilot in 20 destinations across Mexico. You see what a session includes and where its price starts before you ask; your exact price is confirmed in writing before you pay; and every session has a stated delivery date.
Why Luminaria
Four things you can count on
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Local photographers
The photographer who answers already works where you will be standing, and knows the hour a place empties and the permit it needs.
- 02
Transparent pricing
Every session shows its starting price, its length and its photo count. Your exact price is confirmed in writing before you pay.
- 03
Simple booking
Destination, session, date — and a reply within two hours. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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A consistent experience
The same promises in every destination: a stated delivery date, from 72 hours for villa & vacation rental photography to 8 weeks for wedding videography, and free rescheduling when weather makes a location unusable.
The photographers
How photographers are selected
The photographer who answers already works professionally in the place you are going to be, rather than travelling in to find it out alongside you.
Admission turns on published client work rather than on a portfolio assembled for the occasion. A portfolio shows what someone can do on their best day with unlimited time; published client work shows what they deliver on an ordinary one — and it is the harder of the two to fake.
If a photographer cannot attend through illness or emergency, a replacement of equivalent standard is arranged where possible; where it is not, every payment is refunded in full, as the terms set out.
Our promise, in the terms
Vetted local photographers
Every photographer lives and works in the destination you book, and is checked before taking a session.
Clear pricing before you book
Every session shows its starting price, length and photo count. Your exact price is confirmed in writing before you pay anything.
A reply within two hours
A coordinator answers your request, not an autoresponder.
A delivery date for every session
Stated before you book, from 72 hours for villa & vacation rental photography to 8 weeks for wedding videography.
Weather rescheduling
If lightning, a hurricane or tropical storm warning, or a closed site or beach makes the location unusable, the session moves to a new date at no charge.
Read the weather policyLocal location expertise
Your photographer suggests the spot, the hour when the light is right, and the permit if one is needed.
Questions about us
How do you choose your photographers?
Luminaria admits local professionals on their published client work and their experience in the destination they cover. Only photographers who work that destination regularly, and keep that standard, take sessions there.
Is the price on the site the price I pay?
The price shown for each session is where it starts. Your exact price for your date and location is confirmed in writing before you pay, and it covers the session, the editing and the private gallery; any permit or venue fee a location charges is named separately before you book.
What happens if the photographer cannot make it?
A replacement photographer of equivalent standard is arranged where possible. Where one is not, every payment is refunded in full, as set out in the terms of sale.
Which places do you cover?
20 destinations in Mexico: Cancún, Tulum, Los Cabos, Mexico City, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, San Miguel de Allende, Oaxaca, Riviera Nayarit, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Mérida, Guadalajara, Bacalar, Holbox, Todos Santos, Puerto Escondido, Guanajuato, Valle de Guadalupe, and Mazatlán. Each one has its own page with the locations photographers use, the hour the light works and the permit rules that apply.
Next step
Find your photographer
Tell us where and when. A coordinator replies within two hours with an available photographer and your exact price.