Weddings
Your whole day told in images. From the first cup of coffee before you get dressed to the last song of the night.
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“Your wedding will go by fast. The photos that remain will last a lifetime.”
Photographed by Jorge Ortiz Jarquin · Capuchinas, Antigua
Antigua Guatemala
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- —Your mother's face when she saw you walk in
- —The second before the kiss
- —What your brother whispered in your ear
- —That's what I photograph
I know this city because I grew up here.
That's why I know where to look.
I was around eight. My mom used to take us to the plaza on Sundays with a ball and a thermos of hot chocolate. I'd play outside the arch while the other kids ran around the ruins.
Twenty years later, I photograph weddings in those same ruins. Couples kiss where I used to fall with my ball. Brides walk down the cobblestones where my mom used to hold my hand.
Antigua isn't my favorite location. It's my memory. That's why I know exactly where the light falls at five in the afternoon, which balcony nobody will show you, which street turns magical when it starts to rain.
You'll come here one day. I've been here my whole life.
Four weeks later
It's an ordinary Tuesday. You at home. I open the full gallery.
You didn't expect to cry again.
Two hundred, three hundred, sometimes six hundred photos. Your wedding told whole, not summarized in a selection.
The one of you adjusting your veil. The one where your brother hugs you and you're both laughing. The ones you didn't even know existed because you were living the moment and I was right behind you.
I deliver all of them. Not the ten best. All of them.
Because ten years from now, you won't be looking for "the best photo of your wedding." You'll be looking for the look on your dad's face. And that look either exists in the gallery, or it exists nowhere.
250+
Weddings documented
4 wk
Full gallery delivery
24 h
Sneak peek
Before you keep reading
How do you want your wedding
to look ten years from now?
This is the question I ask every couple before I start working with them. There's no correct answer.
But the answer changes everything: where I stand in each moment, which moments I chase and which I let go, what light I choose, what frame.
Look at these three. Maybe you imagine something similar. Maybe very different. The important thing is that you start imagining.
Antigua has its secrets
If you haven't picked a venue yet,
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Every place in Antigua has its own personality. Convents that become cathedrals in afternoon light. Hotels with colonial courtyards that fill with candles at seven. Ruins where the sun enters like a small miracle, every day, at the same hour.
I've photographed weddings in all of these. I can tell you which one matches your vision. Which one has the best light at the time of your ceremony. Which is the most intimate. Which is the most impressive.
Sometimes the decision is easier than it seems.
How we can find each other
Three different doors
for taking photographs.
After the wedding
What couples remember,
years later.
“Three years went by and we still open the full gallery when we feel far from home. It's the only way we have to come back.”
“Jorge arrived two days early to meet my family. On the wedding day he felt like another cousin. The photos show it.”
“We asked him to shoot a second wedding — my brother's. That says it all.”
Before you write to me
What couples
usually ask me.
It depends on how many hours, whether there's a pre-wedding session, and whether the wedding is one day or several. Most of my full weddings start at USD $2,400. When you tell me your date and your vision, I'll send you the detail.
Sneak peek in 24 hours. Full gallery in four weeks. Between 500 and 1,000 photos depending on the length of the day.
Yes. When we talk, I'll send you one or two full galleries from recent weddings. I want you to see exactly what I deliver.
Dates from November to March fill up 9 to 12 months in advance. The rest of the year, 6 to 8 months is usually enough. If your date is closer, write to me anyway — sometimes there's space.
If your wedding is in Antigua, there are no travel expenses — I live here. If it's in Atitlán, Acatenango, or outside Guatemala, I'll send you the detail from the start. No surprises in the final invoice.
Yes. I grew up between both languages. The whole process — from the first meeting to delivery — in whichever language you prefer. I also communicate with your international guests and local vendors without issue.
Yes. Some ruins (Capuchinas, La Recolección, Santa Clara) require permits in advance and have a cost. I'll help you with the paperwork if your venue doesn't include it.
We start with a virtual meeting to get to know each other. I ask how you met, and how you want to see your wedding ten years from now. That last question changes how I photograph everything else.
Yes. You'll need a passport, an apostilled and translated certificate of single status, and a notary public. Many clients prefer to do the legal part in their home country and the symbolic ceremony here. I can recommend trusted planners and notaries depending on your case.
Last question
How do you want to see
your wedding ten years from now?
That's the question I start every conversation with.
Tell me who you are, where you're getting married, what you imagine. Sometimes it's a big wedding with the whole clan. Sometimes it's just the two of you in the ruins. Sometimes you don't know yet.
The answer changes everything: how I prepare, where I stand in each moment, what photos I chase and which I let go.
If you want to answer it now, write to me.