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1500 for three days worth is an incredible deal. But, only if you like what you would be getting. You could probably find a photographer for under two thousand that would do the wedding day and reception. But, probably not as much as this relative would be doing. Maybe ask him to see more photos? Even if they are not destination wedding photos, you still get an idea of his work.

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Adcock Are you suggesting that people do not enter into any cenote at all? . In some ways .......... yes! There are many many things I would love to do, but refrain from out of respect for people, the environment, culture, etc. Things like .. climbing all over Mayan ruins, visiting "quaint" indigenous communities, snorkeling in at risk areas. Those are just some examples in Mexico. Hell, I don't think I would stay at a Dreams resort again because they have a "Swim with the Dolphins" thing at their Cancun resort. So, yes I put my money where my mouth is. Not the other way around.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan thanks jason! I really appreciate that you always chime in with envonmently friendly tips. the cenotes are truley amazing & need to be protected. We made sure to keep our pictures where we might stir up some sediment to areas that are pathways where people regularly walk. Nothing wrong with that! I was just pointing it out to spread some awareness about respecting the cenotes and the people that own and run them.

the shot where the bride is standing on the bottom of the cenote is a big big big no-no. That stirs up sediment in the cenote which disrupts visibility as well as the ecosystem of the cenote.

Arecibo Observatory? Or the town of Arecibo? Just curious. Either would be awesome in my opinion.

I made a thread a while back listing tons of stuff and links to everything. Check it out here. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t3325

Aint puppy breath the best? Until they get older and sometimes it smells like they licked a used diaper before kissing you. Awesome photos too!

Akumal - DiveShop There is one option. I have heard nothing but good about it too. The Akumal Dive Shop seems to be consistently good.

I say, go with your gut feeling. Price be damned!

One more thing with Vanessa is that she is very accommodating as far as editing styles. As a photog wanna-be myself, I knew what we liked and did not like as far as editing and Vanessa even went as far as to include the un-edited versions of the photos for me to tinker around with.

Another thing to consider is if the packages are comparable. We always use Liberty Travel and the pices our agent quotes us include things like transfers, all taxes, etc etc.

LIke others have said, the bus is 6 pesos (approx $0.60). What other hotels are you looking into?

If it is in Trenton, we could probably stop by for a quick hello. My brother and my two awesome nieces and little not-even-one-yet nephew live at Fort Dix which is in that area. We never get to see them because it is about a 4.5 hour drive to get there. I would feel awful if we drove all that way and did not spend all the time we could with the little buggers. So depending what time of day everyone is going to be meeting up, we could stop by for a minute either before or after we see the kids.

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB So round two didn't go much better then round one..lol I still can't seem to get the ISO & AP setting correct. But here are some shots from today. [/img] More great work Tammy! Are you using a tripod for any of that? Just curious because I can never seem to be able to hold the camera still when taking real close up stuff like that. As far as playing with the aperture settings.... a good idea may be to do a bracketing sort of system. Set the camera to aperture priority, then do one shot at the original program setting. After the first shot adjust the aperture up and down from there to play with depth of field. For example.. shot 1: 1/250 at f5.6 (just a random setting for the example) shot 2: 1/500 at f4 shot 3: 1/1000 at f3.5 shot 4: 1/125 at f8 shot 5: 1/60 at f11 they all are the same correct exposure but using different fstops adjusts the depth of field to play with how much or little of the photo is in focus.

You gotta love the 50mm. I have a 50mm 1.8 for my camera and I use that nearly all the time. Such a great deal on them usually too. I think I got mine for about $90. As far as how I am feeling........I am doing very good! I am nearly pain free for the first time in years. The surgery recovery was a lot easier and quicker than I thought it would be.

Quote: Originally Posted by adias.angel My mother emails this morning to let me know that she won't consider us married unless it is in a Christan Ceremony!!! So, live in 'sin', make little heathen babies and howl at the moon and worship a goat! Fuck that. That is blackmail and anyone who is 'religious' and a good christian would not want to use intimidation, fear, blackmail and threats to get you to do what they want. In the name of 'god' of course. I do not think you should have to do anything you don't want to just to appease someone or any group of people. It is not their fucking wedding!! The only thing that should matter on that day is you and your husband. Not what other people want you to do. People get so asshole-ish when it comes to weddings. Do this, do that, I don't like chicken, it's too hot, I can't wear blue, invite my friend, don't invite that person, blah blah blah blah. It's downright selfish and rude. People always try to make things about themselves instead of being happy and considerate of other people. "So how do you really feel about this Jason"

Quote: Originally Posted by trisha0612 My beef was the lighting (i had a hard time putting on makeup) and the shower kind of felt like a trampoline. I was bouncing everytime I took a step. I had the same problem in the room I stayed in the night before our wedding. Other problems were that the AC barely worked, the mini fridge was not cold, the lighting sucked and a few small other things. I think part of my problem was that Karen and I had been staying in one of the Dreams Jr Suites up until that night and I had gotten spoiled. Quote: Originally Posted by Karen For our wedding last year, we stayed in the Dreams Jr Suite Garden View/Ocean View. I was very happy with our room. It was clean and nicely decorated. Our shower was huge with a whilpool tub. The only down side was that our room was over the night club so techno music was our lulabye each night. Jay stayed in a deluxe ocean view room the night before our wedding. He said it wasn't as nice. Come on...you know you loved the techno every night. BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP then a long pause......think its over......BUMP BUMP. Fucking shit.

That is awesome Tammy! I swear, I am becoming a huge fan of your photos! What kind of lens did you get? I have always kinda wanted one but never went for it for some reason.

Awesome photos everyone! I really liked the 'c' photo using the jet engine. Very cool. Gotta go work on the D & E this weekend.

Quote: Originally Posted by kacie3344 OOO La La... I would LOVE to join everyone. Only 1 problem... I'm in NYC with no car. I'm still a little new up here, but I'm pretty sure I can figure out the Path trains in New Jersey. Or carpool with someone coming from NYC. As long as Karen and I can make it we would be willing to meet some NYC people somewhere in between to carpool with. Especially if the place where everyone is getting together is in northern Jersey somewhere.

It's a possiblility that the photographers monitor could be out of whack as well when they were editing the photos. If every single photo has a color cast to it, it would be an easy fix for them to go back and do a batch edit of all of them. I would contact them and see what they say.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride I would love to go but it all depends on where it would be. If its a long car ride then I can't do it b/c I have problems driving long distances but if its not too, too, far then I would def love to do it. We could carpool too if that would help out.

I finally got home to be able to upload the 'c' picture I took today. I really did not have many things to choose from while on my lunch break. I was limited with time and even more so by subject. So, here is the 'b' and 'c' photos I have. I already posted the 'b' but I want to keep with the thread and do both. I love your 'c' photos too Tammy! Very cool looking.

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t1058 There is tons of info in that post. It is a sticky right in the wedding attire section of the forum.

I will see what I can find while walking to the post office on my lunch break. Gotta go mail Glenda's wedding photos to her