Mayan Riviera Mexico Cenote Trash the Dress
One fabulous feature in Mexico to take advantage of are the cenotes – deep natural pits or sinkholes that expose groundwater underneath. These places are so unique, and each one seems to have its own personality and beauty. We LOVE photographing in them! With Danica and Ryan we found one that was completely underground with the smallest hole to climb down and into. I have to give Danica and Ryan props for being willing to go into and swim in this dark cave. It was a little creepy, with dangling roots from the top to the bottom hitting our legs as we tried to balance with cameras and lights so as not to get our equipment wet. Oh, and did I mention bats? But that’s what we love about our couples, they are willing to do what it takes for some awesome photographs, and that is why we hire them -just kidding, we know it’s the other way around :).
Geeky info: With almost no light where we were photographing our cameras would not autofocus. One of us held waterproof flashlights at the couple’s faces, while the other one auto focused. Once focus was achieved the flashlight went off right away so as not to affect the lighting in the scene which was achieved by multiple off-camera flashes.
by Susan
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