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The adorable Lauren and Jamey were the second, and final, recipients of a Weddingbee giveaway I did a couple years ago. They were married at the lovely Rockhouse Hotel in Negril, Jamaica.

A few images…

The adorable couple, at their rehearsal.

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I consider my career to have been built in the short period after Mrs. Tulip posted a few of my images on Weddingbee for the first time. It was in the wake of that blog post that my whole business was built. I booked 15 weddings that week. It was insane. I went from dreaming of being a wedding photographer, to, well, being one. One of those very first weddings that I booked in this wave was with Tiffany and Jared. I think maybe we went from phone call to contract in 30 minutes. First off, they were getting married in Jamaica. And second, and consider this stereotyping if you will, but they are both from my most favorite part of the country. So I had a feeling that this would be a good thing. I had a great feeling that we would get along.

I so love doing destination weddings, because it’s an opportunity to really dig in. Be part of a family, but still on the outside. You are privvy to intimate moments. You are right there with them through triumphs and tribulations.

Husbone and I arrived late (well, it felt late) Friday evening. After a long bus ride we arrived at Tensing Pen, which I had only seen pictures of on Flickr and on their website. It certainly looks beautiful, but I think that the images on the website really don’t do it justice. And upon our arrival, I could only hope to.

The waters were torrential. Perched on cliffs, woven into coves and spreads of rocky black earth and coral, Hurricane Paloma, though at that time plowing through Cuba, wrenched the ocean into a twisted disarray. It sounded like explosions. It looked really scary:

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