Moments That Matter

Congratulations Chantelle & Balford! Have fun with all your planning for you vow renewal in Jamaica!!!

Wow! Now that is a story and review all in one... good job! All tho... I still perfer Westjet. haha

Best of luck with everyting.

ps - Where are the pictures?

Maybe now your mom will quit smoking! haha Great story... you must youtube the video and post it here.

Sometimes the best days of our life start off with things going wrong. I think that just puts everything into perspective and makes us appreciate life that much more!

Wonderful story!! Best of luck with everything.

I know its been said so many times... but its worth mentioning again. The resorts like The Royal... get soooo many inquiries everyday and I constantly see the wedding coordinators doing email when ever they can. They sometimes have their laptops with them at the reception and I see them working on email at night. It sometimes takes them a week to get back to your responses so be patient with them. As well... don't always send them a question whenever you think of something. Sit on it for a day and bundle all your questions up...makes it much easier for everybody and is more effective in getting information back to you.

Best of luck with all your planning.

As a photographer working here in the Mayan Riviera we deal mainly with destination brides from the USA and Canada. We have a standard $500 deposit for all our weddings with the balance due on or before the wedding. This is approx 25% down.

So 30% is not unreasonable. Just make sure your dealing with a reliable vendor and everything should be fine. Most deposits are also non refundable. This is due to the fact that once we take a booking, we start to turn down other work to reserve the date for you.

Best of luck!

Hi Ariesgrl!

Of course we do ... you can find our website in our signature below this post. The link is  http://momentsthatmatterphotography.com/

Hola all those brides/grooms/mother-in-laws/sisters/friends that are reading this and looking for a photographer for your big day out in sunny Mexico!

We are excited that your considering Lincoln or me to capture you day and hope you love what we do.
Best of luck with everything and keep smiling!!!

Lincoln & Lori

Who are we?

We are Lincoln Lehmann and Lori Lemiuex, a Canadian duo that has decided to move ourselves and our Wedding Photography down to Playa del Carmen. For us, our dreams of moving to the beautiful Mayan Riviera have come true! We are very excited to be following our passion for photography and warm weather!

Lincoln is orginally from Winnipeg and I am from Regina. Having grown up in the prairies, we were both growing tired of extremely cold winters and wind chills! In hopes of finding the greener grass on the other side, we both packed up and left the -40 degree weather. Our destination being... Calgary Alberta. Sure winter there is milder but... it goes on forever! Being close to the mountains, Calgary is known to snow almost every month of the year. Summer was also very mild, offering maybe one or two days that hit 30 degrees. Those "mild" winters and mild summers were hardly my defininition of better weather.

In our previous lives, we were both computer programmers for "Oil & Gas" in Calgary Alberta. Which also happens to be how we met. We worked about 10 feet away in the same cubicle area. As we worked away at our regular day jobs, Lincoln and I found ourselves wishing we had more time to focus on developing our skills as photographers. Having spent a few too many years in the frigid winters and working in an office, we decided to begin a career transition that could bring us to Mexico! We wrote down our goals and aimed to be living in Playa Del Carmen, working as wedding photographers by 2010.We began to spend most of our free time taking photography classes, reading books about creativity, praticing to enhance our technical skills, and job shadowing other professional wedding photographers. As we began to accept wedding bookings in the Mayan Riviera we decided to move our plans forward to March 2009!

How we got here:
When March 2009 came around we had quit our jobs, sold a property & two vehicles and liquidated most of our lifes collection of "stuff". We were down to only necessary items that would fit into our fashionable and free '97 Chevy Astro Van. And... so... we hit the road to Mexico, with our entire lives in the van. After 10 days crammed behind the wheel, lacking sleep, and a few vehicle problems, we finally pulled onto the home strech of road to our new lives in Playa Del Carmen!! We had travelled 6000 kilometers to the Mayan Riviera, in our more than jam packed van, with two animals (who hate each other). We finally arrived at our new warmer, palm-tree-filled home... the feeling... Priceless!

Now our dreams are coming true, and we are full time wedding photographers in Mexico! We both truly love what we do and to top it off, what started as a hobby, has now brought us to Mexico! We are extremely happy to have found our passion and sharing it with our destination brides!

What we think:
Not too long ago, little girls would dream of their wedding day as an elaborate and extraordinary event. Those times are changing and couples are envisioning smaller, more intimate weddings, in a location that radiates romance. To me, a wedding is an intimate gathering, where a couple can express their deepest feelings for each other. Vows are exchanged in a setting where they can feel there is nothing else in the world that matters, except their love for each other.

I stood up for my sister at her wedding in the Mayan Riviera and as we stood at the gazebo on the beach all you could hear were the sound of the ocean. It’s amazing how the peaceful, soothing sounds of the waves rushing onto the land can suppress everything else around you. You can truly live in the moment and concentrate on what’s really important in life… each other.

If this is what you've been dreaming, the Mayan Riviera coast is the perfect destination for you.
 

What we do:
Our photography style is called Portrait Journalism. The name implies a perfect blend of traditional and modern photography, the best of both worlds! Our wedding photography is all about having fun, staying relaxed and telling your story. We are not the photographers who ask you to stop what you're doing and smile. Most of the day we'll be urging you and your guests to ignore us. We merely observe your day and capture it just as it happens. Of course, this does not apply to group or couples shots. During the group shoot, you can expect that we will take charge and guide your family on where to stand, when to smile, etc. During the couple shoot, we work to set you into position while also ensuring you look comfortable and natural in front of the camera.

We look forward to meeting with you and sharing our passion for photography, creativity and having fun.


Lincoln Lehmann & Lori Lemieux
 

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! Our site is filled with tips and tools for brides planning a destination wedding in the Mayan Riviera. Email us if you have any questions!

I would say it all depends on the vendor. We accept a lot of forms of payment before you come. Paypal, wire transer, email money, bank transfer. Once you are here, we only accept cash either pesos or dollars. Paypal will freeze your accounts if you try and make payments out of Mexico since it looks like your account information has been stolen. This is a good thing! But it takes sometime after they do that to get the account unlocked. I would not make credit card payments here unless you have a trusted vendor.

Best of luck!

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! Sandos is a great hotel and a decent size. Location is perfect located right on the golf course in Playacar. The beach is public but the wedding site is near the end and they do a great job of isolating the "extra guests".

Have fun with all your planning!

Congratulations and welcome to the forums Kristy! We have a lot of planning information and tools on our website. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Best of luck and have fun with all your planning.

Congratulations Jennifer and welcome to the forums! Have fun with all your planning!

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! Dreams Tulum is one of our more popular resorts that we capture weddings. Its a great location and have so many picturesque spots! You will love it.

Our website has a lot of planning tips and tools for you to use. Have a look and let us know if you have any particular questions or would like to view images from this resort.

Have fun planning!

Hope you have fun Dafne! Great location!!!

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! We have shot the Royal in Cancun and it is a great location. You definitely have to work to make sure you leave out all the "extra" guests! The gazebo there does help though.

Contact us if you would like some pictures from this location. Have fun with all your planning!

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! We have captured many weddings at Secrets Maroma Beach and it is a fantastic location. You will love it!

Take care and have fun planning.

Congratulations Natasha and welcome to the forums! We have a lot of our website dedicated to helping brides plan their destination wedding. If you have any particular question, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Congratulations Talana and welcome to the forums! It will be hot regardless of what time you book it. Of course, 5:00pm will be a bit better. I would be more concerned with how much time this gives you for couples pictures and family pictures after the wedding.

Best of luck with all your planning.

You could have your reception just north of Playa del Carmen at Blucacao Beach Club. It is a beautiful location that does host wedding receptions.

Best of luck with all your plans.

Lincoln

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! Where is  Iberostar Rose Hall Suites? 

Congratulations Judy and welcome to the forums! We just finished caputuring 2 weddings last week at Dreams Tulum. You will love the location... so picturesque!

Best of luck with all your plans.

Lincoln

Congratulations Cindy and welcome to the forums! All I can say about hotel responses... is that here in Mexico they are very slow. You can send another one if you like, it won't affect the response time at all.

Best of luck with all your plans.

Congratulations and welcome to the forums!

Congratulations and welcome to the forums! Best of luck deciding where to go Erica!!!