Oaxaca
Destination wedding photography · Puerto Escondido
In short
Destination wedding photography in Puerto Escondido starts at $1,800: 8 hours on location with a photographer who works in Puerto Escondido, and 500 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 6 weeks. Your exact price is confirmed in writing before you pay.
Why choose destination wedding photography in Puerto Escondido?
Puerto Escondido is a surf town on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, about 2.5 hours from Oaxaca city since the 104.3 km Barranca Larga–Ventanilla highway opened in 2024. That is what decides how a session is planned here: the photographer you work with lives in Puerto Escondido and works across Oaxaca all year, so they are not seeing the place for the first time alongside you. That prior knowledge is the difference between a session that keeps to its schedule and one spent looking for a frame.
The hour matters more than the location. For Playa Zicatela, the window to aim for is sunrise for the surf, or late afternoon as the light turns warm on the spray. The session runs 8 hours and is built around that window rather than around your diary — it is the one variable that genuinely changes the photographs, and it costs nothing.
What does the session in Puerto Escondido look like?
Coverage runs 8 hours and follows your schedule rather than a fixed route. When a gap opens for composed frames, we step out to Playa Zicatela or Punta Zicatela (La Punta), so as little as possible is taken out of the day.
What does destination wedding photography in Puerto Escondido include?
- 8 hours of coverage, from the last hour of getting ready to the first dance
- 500 edited photographs in a private online gallery
- Full gallery delivered within 6 weeks
- A planning call and a written timeline built around sunset and the venue’s own rules
- Outside-vendor registration with the venue coordinated alongside your planner
- A rain plan agreed in advance for every outdoor part of the day
Permits at these locations: Playa Zicatela: No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; no water shots, and anything set up on the sand is cleared with ZOFEMAT or SEMARNAT first Punta Zicatela (La Punta): No published fee for a handheld session on the beach; clifftop hotels and restaurants set their own rules for outside photographers Playa Carrizalillo: No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; the cove is reached on foot down a long stairway from the clifftop Playa Bacocho: No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; strong surf means no water shots, and beach-club areas are private Puerto Angelito: No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; palapa restaurants on the sand control their own tables and shade
FAQ — Destination wedding photography in Puerto Escondido
Destination wedding photography in Puerto Escondido: what time should we book?
For a session at Playa Zicatela in Puerto Escondido, aim for sunrise for the surf, or late afternoon as the light turns warm on the spray. At a busy location, two hours either way changes what can be framed at all.
Do we need a permit to photograph in Puerto Escondido?
At some Puerto Escondido locations, yes: Playa Zicatela (No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; no water shots, and anything set up on the sand is cleared with ZOFEMAT or SEMARNAT first); Punta Zicatela (La Punta) (No published fee for a handheld session on the beach; clifftop hotels and restaurants set their own rules for outside photographers); Playa Carrizalillo (No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; the cove is reached on foot down a long stairway from the clifftop); Playa Bacocho (No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; strong surf means no water shots, and beach-club areas are private); Puerto Angelito (No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; palapa restaurants on the sand control their own tables and shade). The photographer tells you at booking which authorization applies and what it costs, not on the day.
What happens if the weather turns in Puerto Escondido?
If lightning, a hurricane or tropical storm warning, or a closed site or beach makes the planned Puerto Escondido location unusable, the session moves to a new date at no charge. Overcast skies and light rain are working conditions, and often good ones.
When do we get the photos from Puerto Escondido?
A session in Puerto Escondido is delivered within 6 weeks, in a private online gallery: 500 edited photos, downloadable at full resolution from any country.