Colorado wedding and elopement photographer
Hi there! I'm glad you're here. I'd love to tell you all about me, but it would be a telenovela, so I will try to keep it short.
The essentials: Miami born and raised, both of my parents are Cuban immigrants. So how’d I get to Colorado? Wellll… I met this guy on a white water rafting trip. It was his first time guiding a rafting trip on the mighty upper Colorado and he almost flipped the boat and drowned my sister. I came to Colorado for a post college graduation hurrah, and somehow ended up with a future husband. If that doesn’t make you believe in fate I’m not sure what will. Now that former raft-guide-turned-husband and I live the no-coast life with our beautiful daughters - sassy, sweet Luna and brave, rambunctious Margot. Our three-legged wonderpup, Bowser, is also along for the ride with us.
Diving Deeper (AKA T.M.I): I think and dream in Spanish and English. Sometimes I feel like I have two forces pulling on me - one is the gregarious, passionately honest Miami native with Cuban roots. The other force is my adopted Colorado nature — chill, worry-free, slowed down. These days I tend to gravitate towards the more laid back vibe, but I'm also always transparent and willing to stand up for what is right.
In my family, everyone is Cuban and opinionated and loud and cheap. And I loooove them. I’m proud of who I am and where I’m from. Even though I don’t miss the humidity at all (every day is a great hair day here) and I prefer beer to wine these days, I still love hoping on a plane and visiting/shooting in Miami.
Yet, you can take the girl out of Miami but you can’t take Miami out of the girl. I still love my mom’s frijoles negros, bitter espresso with lots of sugar, saucy telenovelas, impromptu dance parties and conversations that get straight to the heart without the small talk. And nothing makes me feel more at home then putting on a song my abuelito used to listen to.
How I work: You won't find super posed moody couples or 57 ring or dress pics in the images I deliver. You'll find lots of candids of people dancing their sweaty hearts out (the reception is my FAV!), kids picking their noses, all the tears, all the belly laughs, your friends taking a shot at the bar, and sentimental dads - the stuff that matters. It is so important to me that I embrace the role of a witness on your wedding day. For a long time, I believed that every wedding I shot had to follow some sort of Pinterest rubric. Now I know that every wedding is wonderfully, beautifully unique and authentic in it’s own way, and I strive to capture that as truthfully as I can, keeping in mind what will matter most to you and yours in 20, 30, 40+ years.
