Everything worth knowingbefore you say yes
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Texts for anyone planning a wedding on the island: how the light falls, what the stone does, the order in which to decide, how a wedding is quoted, and what to ask before signing with a house.
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What is a post-wedding shoot, and when to do it
The couple session held after the wedding: no schedule, no guests and the light the day could not give you.
Getting married in Formentera: what to know
A small island with no airport and protected areas: what changes when you marry there.
A wedding in Ibiza or Mallorca: how to choose
Two islands, two scales and two ways of receiving the light: what changes and how to decide.
When to marry in Mallorca and Ibiza, month by month
Temperature, rain and light from April to October on both islands, with AEMET data.
When the light goes in Mallorca, month by month
A sunset table for 2027 and the rule that explains why the hour of the sun is not the hour of your light.
Stone estates in Mallorca: how the light falls
Marés, dry stone, courtyards and cloisters: the stone decides how the light falls at midday and how it takes its leave in the evening.
What do I need for my wedding, and in what order
What you decide without speaking to anyone, what requires an email, and the order that saves the most time.
How a wedding is quoted
Four factors and one principle: this page publishes no figures, and every quotation is given in writing.
Civil or religious ceremony at the estate: what to ask
No answer counts until it is in writing and confirmed by whoever has the competence to give it.
Out-of-town guests: where they sleep and how they arrive
Sleeping, arriving and the day before: what to settle before choosing the house.
Weddings in Aranjuez and Chinchón: the town is the backdrop
South of Madrid the town itself is the backdrop. What to know about light, heat and venues before you choose.
Weddings in Madrid hotels: how to get good light without a garden
With no garden at dusk, a hotel wedding is settled indoors. How to plan it.
Weddings in castles and palaces near Madrid
Marrying in a castle is a technical decision as well as an aesthetic one. Six venues and the questions that matter.
Weddings in the cigarrales of Toledo: historic estates facing the city
Historic estates facing Toledo: their particularities, the best hour of light and what to ask before booking.
Destination weddings: arriving the day before
Marrying far from home calls for a different way of organising. Here is what changes, and why.
Finca Castillo Monteviejo, El Molar: the light of a castle with a garden
A French-inspired castle and ten thousand square metres of gardens. When to look at it and how the day unfolds.
Finca Solimpar, Leganés: gardens without leaving Madrid
A nearby estate with accommodation and its own kitchen. What changes when nobody has to take to the road.
Wedding photographer in Ibiza: when the best light falls
A wedding on the island is not a city wedding with a better backdrop. The timetable, the logistics and the light all change.
A wedding in Mallorca: when the best light falls
When the good light falls on the island, what changes by crossing the sea and how a destination celebration is approached.
Where to marry in Mallorca: zones, light and sunset
Tramuntana, Es Pla and the bay of Palma: the light of each zone, when the sun sets in 2027 and what to ask the venue.
Weddings in mills and sheep-shearing barns: working buildings made for celebrating
Thick walls, genuine beams and water or open country all around. What they offer and what to ask.
Weddings in monasteries, abbeys and convents near Madrid
Seven venues with centuries behind them: what to know about the ceremony, sound, conservation and light.
Weddings in the Sierra Norte of Madrid: estates at the capital's door
Genuine countryside about forty minutes from Madrid: what the area offers and how to make the most of its light.
Civil ceremony at the same estate as the wedding
Whether the rite can be held where the dinner follows, or whether you must travel. And what to ask.
When to start planning a wedding
As soon as a date is in mind: the venue rules, and no website publishes its calendar.
When to hold a pre-wedding session, month by month
"In the afternoon" is not an hour: in Madrid the afternoon starts at four in December and nearly eight in June.
What a wedding photographer costs: what it depends on
A wedding is not twelve hours: it is many more. Here, what moves an estimate and the questions that clarify it.
Where to marry: Madrid, beyond Madrid and the islands
Three geographies, three ways of understanding the light of a wedding, and the questions that order the choice.
Where to hold a pre-wedding session in Madrid: light first, location second
The most cited parks are not always open when the light is good. How to choose the place from the month and the hour.
Wedding estates with accommodation near Madrid
Where out-of-town guests sleep, and why beds on the estate itself make the celebration last.
Estates and country houses for weddings in Mallorca, by area
Four areas, four kinds of light: how to choose the place of a wedding on the island before settling on date and budget.
Photographs and film by one team
Photographs and film are two readings of one day. It helps that the same gaze signs both.
Wedding photographer in Mallorca, Ibiza and Madrid
What decides how your day will be remembered is precisely what a portfolio does not show.
Wedding timetable: the half hour that decides your photos
One half hour of the day decides how half your photographs will look. Here is how to fit it in.
When you will receive the images of your wedding
Few couples ask before signing and all of them ask afterwards. What to say, what to put in writing and why a lead time does not measure quality.
The pre-wedding session
An unhurried rehearsal, so you reach the important day with the camera already forgotten.
Why no estate publishes its rates
A wedding venue is not a catalogue product: what you can ask, and in which order, to compare two proposals rigorously.
What your wedding estimate depends on
Every wedding is different. That is why an estimate is prepared to measure and in writing.
Eight questions before choosing who photographs your wedding
Three proposals arrive and all three look alike. What truly sets them apart is almost never written down.
How far ahead to book your wedding suppliers
Almost none publish their lead time. What is known, what to ask, and how to order the bookings.
Mallorca, Ibiza and Madrid: few wedding suppliers work in all three
Three markets that barely touch. What this means for those celebrating far from home.
Wedding suppliers in Ibiza: do they cross to Formentera?
On an island, transfer decides. What to ask and how to check that a supplier is still active.
Wedding suppliers in Madrid: what to ask before writing
Planners, catering, flowers, music, cake and beauty: what their websites say and what to ask.
Wedding suppliers in Mallorca: what changes on an island
Planners, catering, flowers and music from afar, and why the evening light fixes the schedule.
What you need for a church wedding
Documents for the marriage file and why each parish sets its own lead time.
What you need for your wedding, in order of availability
What you can decide alone, what requires waiting for an answer, and the order that saves the most time.
What to wear to a pre-wedding session
No white? What is repeated is not what the guides say, and light matters more than the wardrobe.
Wedding videographer in Madrid
Photographs and film on the same day, with a single gaze and one colour.
Marrying in Mallorca from abroad: the decisions, in order
What to decide first, what can wait and whom to trust with the ground when you plan from another country.
What it costs to marry in Mallorca: what it depends on, without numbers
Transfers, accommodation, season and permits: what an island adds to the bill and what to ask before comparing.
Where to hold a wedding in Mallorca: types of place and what to ask
Five kinds of place and what to ask each one in writing before you fall for the setting.
Civil wedding in Mallorca: the legal ceremony and the symbolic one
What is legal, what is symbolic and how to order the day before you settle place and hour.
Wedding in Mallorca if it rains: what to settle beforehand for a plan B
Six things to settle with the venue while the sky is still blue.
Outside catering and music at a wedding in Mallorca: what to ask the house
Two questions that change the day, and how to put them in writing before you fall for the house.
Wedding album: what to do with the photographs and film after the wedding
Choose, print and keep: what to do with the wedding once the day has passed.
Marrying in Madrid from Mallorca: how a photo and film team travels
What changes when the team sets out from Palma and the wedding is in Madrid.
Where to hold a wedding in Ibiza: types of place and what to ask
Five kinds of place and what to ask each one in writing before you fall for the setting.
The day before the wedding at an estate: what to settle
Arrivals, rehearsal, plan B and objects: what is worth settling before the day begins.
First look at a wedding: seeing each other before the ceremony
A moment alone: what changes when the couple see each other before the ceremony.
Wedding family photos: how to organise them without losing the cocktail hour
One list, one person, one place: the family session, without taking the party from anyone.
Intimate wedding in Mallorca: how to plan a small wedding
Few guests, great care: what changes, what stays the same and when it makes sense.
Drone at a wedding: what the rules allow in Spain
People, place and permits: what to know before asking for aerial images.
Couple portraits at a wedding: how long and where
When, how long and where: the half hour for the two of you within the day.
Confetti at a wedding: what you may throw and what to ask
What to throw, where and when: a moment of seconds that is settled in writing.
Wedding speeches and first dance: how to be heard and seen well
Who, when and with what sound: what to settle before dinner.
Children at a wedding: how to include them in the photos and the film
Role, rhythm and permission: the youngest guests, inside the day and the story.
Documentary or posed wedding photography: how to choose the style
What each style means: how to spot it in a portfolio and what to ask.
Pets at a wedding: dogs at the ceremony and in the photos
What to ask, who looks after them and when they appear: what to settle before the day.
Wedding trailer and film: what each one is and which to choose
One piece to share, another to watch: how to decide which suits you.
Bilingual wedding: how to plan the ceremony and the speeches in two languages
Who translates, in what order and what is printed: what to agree before the day.
Wedding party photos: night light, dancing and the bar
When night falls: what to tell people so the party can be seen too.
Wedding getting-ready photos: what to have ready
What to keep to hand, where and with whom: the morning nobody sees and everybody looks at afterwards.
Grandparents at your wedding: how to look after them and photograph them calmly
Without hurry or fatigue: plan the day to their pace, and have it show.
Wedding detail photos: flowers, rings and stationery
The small things: what to gather, when to take them and who to coordinate with.
Wedding film moments: what to tell the team and what you need not ask for
A short list: what only you know, and is worth telling whoever films.
Choosing a wedding date in Mallorca: day of the week, holidays and long weekends
Beyond the month: what changes with the day of the week, the holidays and the long weekends.
Getting to Ibiza for a wedding: airport, ferry and guest transfers
Two ways in: how guests and the team arrive, and how they get around on the wedding day.
Wedding insurance: what it usually covers and what to read
Before you sign: what a policy promises, what it leaves out and whom to ask.