as the COLDPLAY song goes VIVA LA VIDA! loosly translated, Viva La Vida means Living Life! (right Nils?) if living life is what Ashley and Nils plan to do in their marriage, they certainly started things off right. they threw quite a party at the AZUL BEACH RESORT AND SPA for 30 of their closests friends and family. the ceremony was beautiful and we had a lot of fun running around on the beach the entire wedding party. Ashley and Nils, i was honored to be a part of your incredible day. many blessings on your marriage. my good friend Jason Wells shot with me and we ended up with nearly 6000 images...a tough edit to say the least. here's my favorites from the day:

the rings.

ahhh window light.

this one was inspired by Steven Spielberg

the ceremony location...not a bad spot eh?

this is my favorite of the group shots for two reasons. 1. I love the compositio and 2. the beach walker in his speedo.

i borrowed someones private dock for these next couple of images...thanks...whoever you are.

love the iight in this one.

Ashley looking beautiful...again.

i love this shot of Ashley listening to the toast by her best friend, she is so elegant.

this is what i do when i should be working at a wedding.

one of my favorite things to shoot is details...i always feel like it is the best way to communicate a sense of place.

i pulled Chelsea aside to dial in the settings for my off camera flash and we came away with this great image of her.

and then Ashley and Nils took her spot and stole the show.

a great detail by Jason

for all the photographers out there this shot is done by moonlight. Jason shot it. f-3.5 at 2.5 seconds with 120mm lens, thank you image stabilization and beach chair tripods.

the final dancing shot.