Proposal photography

The plan starts with a main spot and a fallback. In Mexico the usual choices are a beach at sunset in Tulum or Los Cabos, a rooftop in Mexico City, a cobbled street in Guanajuato, or the deck of a boat in Isla Mujeres, and every one of them can be crowded, windy or rained out on the day. The photographer arrives first, takes a position that reads as another visitor with a camera, and waits for a signal you choose, so the frames start when you are ready rather than at a minute somebody guessed.

Venues matter. A restaurant, resort, beach club or boat operator decides whether an outside photographer may work on its property, and some charge for it or offer their own proposal setups. We tell you what to ask and when, and the photographer coordinates with the venue’s staff on the day once you have their agreement. If the weather makes the location unusable, the session moves to another date at no charge, and the fallback spot exists so that light rain does not have to stop anything.

After the yes comes a short portrait session, while it is still happening to you, which is where many of the 20 edited photos come from. The gallery is delivered within 5 days, because people want to share the news while it is still news. Proposal photography covers stills only; a filmed proposal is a separate service with its own operator, and an engagement session for save-the-dates is a different booking, usually made months later.