Matt Adcock

Awesome story Chelsea! guess what we just finished editing???? slideshow is ready, check your email

LE REVE, hands down. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/73510/del-sol-photography-hotel-lereve-bdwf-promotion

Hola Carly, We totally love chasing the candid moment and I feel the same way about photos that are taken of ME. Whenever I'm camera aware it always feels fake or totally staged and when I try to pose... total fail. Being that we are always going to functions and people shoot a lot of photos of us, this is always a big one for me... Usually, when I'm lost in the happiness of my moment, I feel like I photograph well. Keeping this in mind, we try to shoot our clients as if we were in their shoes... if we think they feel awkward then we sense it in a big time way and change things up. I think the absolute best advice is to couples is to remember WHO your their with and that every second of celebration should spent with them, total excitement and sharing of this moment together will yield a killer candid photo... try your best to forget about the camera and just enjoy your partner. Thats our "secret recipe for success." cheers to the candid moment

Thank you I love it that sometimes people take risks and fun things do happen Saludos!

Awesome Sara... Nice to see your new website amiga Thank you for helping with our brides senorita! abrazos desde playa

Recently, we just covered 4 or 5 trash the dress / weddings / engagement proposal shoots, ALL IN THE RAIN. Yep, 100% during Hurricane Rina. Here is Becky & Sean's trash the dress hurricane style...http://delsolphotography.com/blog/content/galleries/?gal=527

Just a follow up to this: Here is one with a little color filtering onto their skin... this is tough, the warmer the fabric gets, the harder the filter. Anything RED or PINK is an absolute NO WAY JOSE... simply put, a huge mistake.... Here is the slideshow from the above Al Cielo wedding with BLUE fabric: http://delsolphotography.com/blog/post-963/Amber-Stefan-Al-Cielo-Photos-by-Matt-Adcock

We are always asked, what can we do to have better wedding photos, can we pose better, can we do this or that, etc... Our response is simply to ENJOY yourself, love your loved ones and be spontaneous. Everybody seems to be programmed at weddings to stand there, all formal, guys with hands straight down by their sides, or coupled together in front of them, mostly looking RIGID and really uncomfortable. We find that if people just simply enjoy what they are doing (just forget about rules or what society has programmed you to do) and live a little. Please understand, I'm not asking people to jump off a bridge for attention, but in some cases, jumping may apply. Sol had NO IDEA that this guy was going to jump, and neither did anyone else. Looking back at this, Soleil and Nathan are probably now thinking that this moment will live a long long long time in their memory. I mean, is there a way to celebrate JOY or PURE happiness? I don't think so. I officially give this guy PROPS for jumping, taking a risk and simply celebrating the love of his best friends with a LEAP OF FAITH. So here is to having FUN and letting go of society's rules and regulations and just enjoying yourself at weddings! PS. I'm going to make a prediction here... Sol Tamargo is likely going to win many international awards for this photojournalism GEM....simply put, its amazing. All photographers (including myself) daydream about moments like this presenting themselves.... being at the right place at the right time gets the job done. Here is our 2nd shooter's perspective of the event... Not only is Sol shooting with the camera at full reach extension above her head, she is NAILING the focus and timing of the jump... wow. And what I love is that this was a real moment, bride and groom kissing and their kiss was not going to slow them down... here is their kiss... I officially give this guy HUGE props for taking a risk. He may have stole the spotlight in some eyes, but in my book he displayed true love and everlasting happiness for taking his plunge... what a dedication amigo! We posted this on facebook and have a huge list of some of the worlds most amazing photographers commenting on this, you can see our post here... please give us your feedback If your interested on reading the story of their magical day, Sol has blogged the event here: http://bit.ly/rqlSya Any comments or suggestions or ideas?

We recently shot a wedding at the Royal in PDC that included a VERY SPECIAL element, one that makes it so unique that I have personally never witnessed it in my career. After the Vanessa & Greg got married, Her mom and dad walked down the isle to do a Vow Renewal... WOW, this has to be one of the most emotional families and the photos tell their story. Don't miss this one, it may even make you emotional... Here is their slideshow and we feature images plus her testimonial that gave me goose bumps on our blog post at del Sol. Here are a few of my favorites from Vanessa & Greg's wedding: hope you enjoy This one gave me goosebumps, totally...

Thank you for posting AMIGA! I totally love your wedding and Le Reve and am so excited to find more brides who want to get married here! Here is one of my FAVS! I still can't believe that you had 3 different rainbows during the wedding. WOW. I love this group shot Here is a quick link to our blog post featuring more images... http://delsolphotography.com/blog/post-1151/Eugene-Jihye-Hotel-Le-Reve-Photos-by-Matt

Gracias Future MrsF! We love our job and to get to swim with mermaid brides ON A REGULAR basis is seriously a dream job. With all this fun behind the camera, our inspiration flows like a erupting volcano! Here is another one of my recent favs... A photo slideshow from our recent session with Dammon & Jessica

Just wanted to post a few of my recent UW favs.

Hola Gabi... We just wanted to say THANK YOU again for your help at Soleil & Nathan's wedding at Ceiba recently.... I wanted to post just a few of our favorites.... I must say, Sol is an amazingly talented artist to be in the right place at the right time and to get a groomsman jumping into the ocean as the recessional was happening, just UNREAL and unscripted, she had no idea. I love this photo so much. ALL Details by Planner 1 Events.... More of Gabi's amazing details in the full slideshow: http://delsolphotography.com/blog/content/galleries/?gal=521

We recently published this wedding from Le Reve: http://delsolphotography.com/blog/content/galleries/?gal=518 amazing views and amazing staff... if you didnt see her review on the property, its a MUST see: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/le-reve-hotel-spa/reviews/5229 hope you LOVE... saludos!

Gracias amiga Here are a few more FUN rain photos More from Jennifer & Steve's rainy wedding at Le Zebra in Tulum Mexico... and I really love this one A bit more from Kendra & Kurt's Rainy day blowout at El Pez in Tulum. Cheers

I'm obviously biased..... so I'll let our brides do the speaking for me.... here are more than 100 very real testimonials... As of Oct 3, 2011: Here are 64 reasons why you hire del Sol http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/del-sol-photography/reviews Here are 37 reasons why you should hire La Luna http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/la-luna-photography/reviews/ (keep in mind, you can PM any one of these brides) Hope that helps cheers! matt

And Here is the Terrace at night Here are a few recent slideshows for more photo motivation.... Sara + Danny - Photos by Matt Adcock Shannon + Robert - Photos by Vincent Natalia + Justin - Photos by Sol Tamargo and Vincent Jacquelyn + Mark - Photos by Matt Adcock Kelsey + Royce - Photos by Vincent I just LOVE this shot.

HOLA Amelia WoW, been a while since I've connected with you amiga LOVELY wedding you had at Kool.... For rain, I'm not sure what they would do though .... Here is a shot of the dance floor area... Love the decoration and lighting Awesome colors.. so we can get shots like this: A few from Chau & Ross's wedding. I really like the view photographers can get from above:

Thanks Sara Here is one showing the lobby area with reception down by the water...

Happy to see you Kelly For sure, not too much actual trashing going on, it will be clean after we give it a spin in the cenote here is another one that I love: adios Kelly.... TTD coming soon!

PRICELESS. I also love this one of him: and this one... OH, and lets not forget what MR LUCKY was looking at: last but not least.... LOVE this photo story, they did an incredible documentary job on this one....

Hola Lynn... thank you for trusting our creative vision.. I LOVE THESE! here are a few of my favs: Room with a view? WOW, what a killer shot. I just love your smile Lynn.... Just speaks happiness at its best to me. Ok, maybe the happiness level just got raised up a little... wow, overcome by emotion. Look at the expression... pure joy! Is this real? The light in the background is SICK.... Ok, The above photo was sick...but this one is CRAZY awesome.. ufff....just beautiful and the background is another world. SEXY I can't believe my eyes... this is high end and wow, amazing room shot! Thanks for posting lynn, we love these too

Juan Recently shot this wedding at MP, UNREAL rainbow + RED sky...... Can you believe this rainbow? Check out the slideshow: http://delsolphotography.com/blog/content/galleries/?gal=481

CONGRATS on booking Sara! You will be very happy with her!

Yes... its a full on obsession. We have transportation to pick you up, we take you on a tour to see some locations that are unbelievable, just natural eye candy. We have wetsuits and I usually go underwater with a tank and do some diving on these shoots. Our team also is assisting us (1 assistant on lighting in the water) and 1 assistant outside the water... to get results like this, it honestly is quite a lot of hard work and ultimately if it all comes together a technical master piece. Just understand the amount of equipment used at any one of these sessions rivals that of buying a house. good luck and we hope you choose to have fun with your day after session... here is one more photo for inspiration: Check out this blog post actually for some KRAZY killer underwater moments along with a beach session to follow: http://delsolphotography.com/blog/post-1013/Jenna-Gary-Cenote-Trash-the-Dress-Photos-by-Matt-and-Sol hope you enjoy PS...water is a little cold 68 degrees year round! Normally HOT outside though.