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Jessica and Moshe had a gorgeous wedding at BAM! It really was my kind of wedding – the music was amazing, the venue was spectacular, the reception was minimal in order to give way to as much dancing as possible. I don’t know how well I’ve ever really conveyed this notion on my blog, however, my favorite part of every wedding I’ve ever shot is the dance floor. I cry at every single wedding I’ve ever shot – really it’s no big feat – I cry on the subway when I see good deeds and people that love each other (it’s a little out of hand – people are always asking me if I’m OK. I cry from joy! They don’t understand…). But I could go through a whole wedding day and never cry until we all get to the dance floor. There is something so beautiful about humans on a dance floor, humans that love each other, families, friends and lovers. Rarely do people have the chance to be so free with each other – it reaches across cultures, families, groups of friends. You get people dancing on a dance floor, and that’s when all the love in the room really starts to flourish. No one is in a bad or cranky mood – how can you have any cross feelings when swinging your hips to and fro? When Michael Jackson is telling you to Blame it on the Boogie? I mean, can you really even say the word boogie when you are not at peace with the world in that very moment??
I digress.
Jessica and Moshe had a beautiful, emotional wedding, in which I was in tears all day. I am so blessed to be present for such exchanges as the wedding between these two people, and their beautiful families and friends.
I shot quite a bit of film and Jennifer and Mark’s fantastic wedding! Naomi and I took a load off upon our arrival, and decided to walk to nearby downtown Puerto Moreles for fish tacos and guacamole.
Naomi’s feet.
Today will be a blogsplosion of images from Jennifer and Marks amazing wedding in Puerto Moreles at Cieba del Mar. It was so difficult not to post a million images because this wedding had all my favorite things -veils and skirts blowing in the wind, fuschia roses and bridesmaids dresses against a teal colored ocean, amazing shoes, a lot of crying, awesome lighting, an outdoor evening reception, awesome dancing, lots of tequila, pelicans, Cuban cigars, grass huts and amazing love all around. At every turn there was something beautiful, but it was just that which this amazing love was set against. And I believe that often, all is revealed on the dance floor. Amazing.
I’m positively drooling with excitement! Jennifer and Mark’s wedding at Cieba del Mar in Puerto Moreles, Mexico, was pretty amazing. Seriously. I drooled. All the way back home, feverishly editing photos on the plane until my battery died, and then I was sad. I got home only just hours ago, and I just can’t seem to stop!
It was so wonderful to hang out with this family again, and getting to know Jennifer and Mark even better. We began the weekend with a catamaran cruise out of Puerto Aventuras and a rehearsal dinner back at Cieba. Naomi (my trusty roommate/best friend/studio manager) did get a little sea sick:
Whew!
It was a long weekend, but my favorite kind. Naomi (my trusty roommate/best friend/studio manager) and I embarked upon a journey to Mexico to photograph Jennifer and Mark’s wedding, and we are now just getting back. And so I have returned to my home finding many goodies in the mail -including some film from some various weddings. I shot these at half speed with a Contax 645. I don’t shoot film at every wedding, but if the light is good and the colors are extra yummy, I’ve been known to make use of my favorite, but least used camera. At Nina and Marks wedding, it seems I shot quite a bit of it. Nina and Mark and film make me feel pretty great about the world after long and arduous journeys. Just a little yumminess to whet your appetite before the blogsplosion that will be Jennifer and Mark’s wedding in Puerto Moreles, Mexico ensues!!
It’s always so sweet when I get to shoot weddings within a family. Sungho, Donna’s brother, and Caroline are amazing together. It was pretty much the most laid back and relaxed wedding day I think I’ve ever been a part of, and believe me, that’s really saying a lot. Most of my brides and grooms are pretty laid back, and for that I am thankful. But even on this Saturday, there was a lot of time to relax, and also, for hilarity to ensue in the form of goofy mustaches.
You may remember Tiffany and Jared. Well, Jennifer, Tiffany’s sister, and Mark, her man, got engaged just days after Tiffany’s Jamaica wedding. I’m so excited and honored they chose me as their photographer. I’ll also be shooting their wedding in the Riviera Maya in a couple of weeks! Time flies!!
Their union, last Monday, was a perfect example of the extremely efficient process of getting hitched in New York City. I was supposed to meet them in the morning. But it turned out that they forgot to get the marriage license! Whoops! So the first item on the list was to take a number, and Mark’s sister was kind enough to wait in line for our number to be called while we went around and took some photos. Then it turned out that they had to petition to a judge at the courthouse next door to get married on that day, because Mark’s sister was in town from Chicago, so they wouldn’t have to wait the mandatory 24 hour period. And so, while I took a nap sitting up in City Hall Park (I was a little tired - I had just shot Cailen and Sean’s engagement session that morning and had woken up at 5a.m.), they managed to get everything taken care of in a surprisingly short amount of time. And as cranky and cold as many New York City officials can be, you really have to hand it to them that they run a tight ship -a tight, and cranky ship. 
In any case, it was great to get out with these lovely folks - and I’ll be shooting their wedding on Fourth of July weekend, and I’m so stoked to see Tiffany and Jared again, and to hang out with their lovely and fashionably well dressed family!
First of all, Cailen and Sean are great sports. They flew in from Chicago for their engagement session, and with a limited window we were able to make do with a (sort of) sunrise session last Monday morning. Unfortunately, when they arrived at my place at 6 a.m., there was a downpour so torrential that I wasn’t sure I could make do, and so we decided to start the day off at my local diner for breakfast, with the hopes that the skies would clear. I was so glad to share the early morning with these two lovely people that Husbone and I will be spending a lot of time with, when we shoot their wedding at her uncle’s amazing chateau in France this September. And ok, France is my favorite country, and I’m pretty much having seizures of excitement that we get to shoot a wedding there. And now, I think I might toss my cookies because I’m so excited that Cailen and Sean are up for my vintage inspired day-after shoot through the wiles of France!!
And now I’m tossing my cookies, having seizures and passing out while doing jumping jacks with excitement, that these two are so amazingly awesome, in love and fantastic, and will be so in my favorite country, as I take pictures beside my favorite person (that would be Husbone!). So yeah. Awesome. 
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Punam Bean, New York City
Vendor: Photographer
Website: Punam Bean Photography
About Me: Punam Bean is an international destination wedding and portrait photographer based out of New York City. She loves animals, and particularly longs for the companionship of a bulldog, in addition to that of her ever loving Husband. She eats pizza for breakfast every single day, and spends too much money on dresses. In this, her first year of business, she's booked 30 weddings all around the world, in New York City, California, Jamaica, Venezuela and Nigeria. Her images have been described as emotional, whimsical and elegant.
