Two figures, the tide going out.
Riviera Maya · México
Married on the Riviera Maya.
One coastline, five wedding worlds.
From Puerto Morelos
to Tulum.
One coastline, five wedding worlds,
photographed at golden hour.
The corridor
One coastline. Every venue.
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Playa del Carmen
Rooftop receptions, Playacar beachfront and the widest resort choice on the corridor. Grand Velas sits just north.
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Akumal & Xpu-Ha
Protected turtle bays, Hotel Esencia and the calmest water on the coast. Quiet, private, editorial.
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Tulum
Jungle chapels, boho beach clubs and the cenotes minutes inland. The corridor's most editorial closing act.
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Mayakoba
Banyan Tree, Rosewood and the private canal network. The luxury benchmark of the Riviera Maya.
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Riviera Maya, México
Riviera Maya Wedding Photographer
Editorial wedding photography along the full Riviera Maya corridor. Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, Akumal, Tulum and the Mayakoba resort complex. One bilingual team, one golden hour standard, and your finished gallery one to three business days after the wedding.
500+Sessions Delivered
5.0★47 Google Reviews
1-3Day Gallery Delivery
Why IVAE on the Riviera Maya
One Coastline, Five Wedding Worlds
The Riviera Maya is not one place. It is an 80 mile wedding coastline running south from Puerto Morelos through Playa del Carmen, the Mayakoba resort complex, Puerto Aventuras, Xpu-Ha and Akumal to Tulum, and each stretch has its own light, sand and architecture. A fishing village pier at first light. A five star canal resort at golden hour. A jungle chapel above the Caribbean. A cenote the morning after. We photograph weddings along the entire corridor, and we plan every one around what its exact stretch of coast does best.
Puerto Morelos keeps a bohemian fishing town calm twenty minutes from the airport. Playa del Carmen brings walkable energy, rooftop receptions and the widest resort choice on the coast. Mayakoba is the luxury benchmark, four five star properties on a private canal network that we cover so often it has its own dedicated Mayakoba wedding page. Akumal and Xpu-Ha hold the protected bays with the calmest water for portraits, and Tulum closes the corridor with jungle, boho architecture and the cenotes. If you are still choosing where to marry, our Riviera Maya photographer guide compares the areas in depth.
The Golden Hour Method
Every IVAE wedding gallery is built backward from sunset. We confirm the exact golden hour for your date, place the ceremony sixty to ninety minutes before it, and reserve the last twenty minutes of direct light for the two of you alone. On the Riviera Maya that discipline matters more than any camera: the coast faces east, so mornings give soft pastel light over the water and evenings give warm side light through the palms. We scout your venue at the ceremony hour, mark the frames in advance and guide you through natural movement while the light peaks. It is the reason the galleries read editorial instead of posed.
Bilingual, Local and Fast
IVAE Studios was founded in Cancún by Vianey Díaz, who has spent more than ten years photographing this coast. The team is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, which keeps both sides of a binational guest list at ease, and being local means no flights, no hotel minimums and no travel fees anywhere on the corridor. After the wedding, your complete edited gallery arrives in one to three business days through a private 4K gallery. For couples marrying elsewhere in the country, our destination wedding photography in Mexico page covers the full map, and if your celebration includes a cenote, start with our cenote photographer in Tulum guide.
Our Services
Riviera Maya Wedding Coverage
Every Riviera Maya wedding is built around the stretch of coast you chose and the way the light moves through it. Coverage spans the welcome night, the wedding day and a next day editorial, on the beach, in the jungle or inside a cenote.
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Wedding Day Coverage
Six to twelve hours across getting ready, first look, ceremony, golden hour portraits and the reception, anywhere between Puerto Morelos and Tulum. A timeline built around your date's exact sunset.
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Welcome & Rehearsal
Welcome dinners, beach bonfires and rehearsal cocktails in the days before. Two to four hour evening coverage that documents the reunion before the vows.
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Next Day & Cenote Editorial
A slower session the morning after: trash the dress in a Tulum cenote, fresh styling on an empty Akumal beach or portraits on the Mayakoba canals. Quieter light, magazine frames.
04
Proposals & Engagements
Discreet proposal coverage from a hidden vantage point and relaxed engagement sessions along the corridor. We coordinate with your concierge so the surprise stays a surprise.
Portfolio
The Riviera Maya Through Our Lens
The Corridor
Where We Photograph Weddings on the Riviera Maya
Eighty miles of coast, five distinct wedding worlds and the cenotes behind them. These are the areas we return to, each with its own hour of best light.
Playa del Carmen
Rooftop receptions, Playacar beachfront and the corridor's widest resort choice. Best one hour before sundown.
The Hub
Puerto Morelos
A protected reef lagoon and a fishing village pier. Calm water, soft mornings, twenty minutes from the airport.
The Quiet North
Akumal
Half Moon Bay and the turtle grass shallows. The calmest sea state on the coast for water portraits.
The Bays
Tulum
Jungle chapels, boho beach clubs and cenotes minutes inland. The corridor's most editorial closing act.
The South
Mayakoba
Four five star resorts on a private canal network. The luxury benchmark of the Riviera Maya.
The Benchmark
The Cenotes
Limestone caverns with midday light shafts and still turquoise water. The day after session no beach can copy.
Inland
How It Works
From Inquiry to Gallery
01
Connect
Share your date, venue and vision. We respond within 24 hours with availability and a tailored proposal.
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Plan
Receive a guide covering wardrobe, locations and a timeline built around the exact sunset for your date. We handle your venue's vendor paperwork.
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Create
We arrive early to scout light, then guide you through natural movement during the most cinematic window of the day.
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Deliver
A curated preview within about 48 hours. The complete edited collection in one to three business days via private 4K gallery.
Venue Experience
The Riviera Maya venues we photograph most
We are an independent studio, not the in house photographer of any resort. For each property below we handle the outside vendor paperwork directly with your wedding coordinator: insurance, agreements and crew lists, filed before the deadline.
Overwater chapel · Lagoon
Canal ceremonies · Agave Azul
Grand ballroom · Beachfront
Private estate · White sand
Xcaret weddings · River coves
Cavern light · Day after
Client Stories
Words from Our Couples
Real 5 star Google reviews from the 47 our clients have left the studio.
★★★★★
Such a great photographer. She made it feel relaxed and comfortable. Quality was great. Communication was great. One of our best memories in Cancun for sure.
Joni BlakeGoogle review, 5.0
★★★★★
I cannot recommend IVAE Studios enough. From the initial contact until the photos were delivered the communication and customer service was outstanding. My husband and I visited Cancun for our 10 year anniversary and wanted some photos.
Laura StubblefieldGoogle review, 5.0
★★★★★
Oh my goodness, if you are in the area IVAE Studios is the most amazing. We had so much fun at our photoshoot. We are somewhat awkward in front of the camera, but Vianey did excellent posing us and making us feel comfortable.
KalinGoogle review, 5.0
The frames between the vows.
Akumal, the bay gone quiet.
A dress, the breeze, the jungle line.
Canal light, in the last minute.
Tulum, mid-laugh.
The groom, one breath before.
FAQ
Everything You Need to Know
No. Our Riviera Maya wedding coverage includes travel to every venue on the corridor at no extra cost, from Puerto Morelos in the north through Playa del Carmen, Playacar, Mayakoba, Puerto Aventuras, Xpu-Ha and Akumal down to Tulum. We are based in Cancún and drive this highway every week, so the commute is already built into our pricing. The only time a travel line appears on a Riviera Maya quote is for destinations beyond the corridor, such as Bacalar, Holbox or Isla Mujeres by ferry, and we confirm that number in writing before you book.
Yes, and it is one of the most requested additions to a Riviera Maya wedding. The limestone cenotes around Tulum and Puerto Aventuras sit minutes from most wedding venues, and a morning cenote session the day after the wedding produces images no beach can: light shafts through the cavern ceiling, still turquoise water and a dress floating in it. We scout the cenote in advance, arrange the location entry fees, coordinate early access before the crowds arrive and guide you through the water work. Most couples pair it with a trash the dress or a fresh styling session.
November through April is the dry season: low humidity, calm seas and predictable golden hours, which is why the corridor's peak wedding calendar runs January through March. May through October brings warmer temperatures and brief afternoon showers that usually clear before sunset, and September and October carry the highest tropical storm risk. Seasonal seaweed (sargassum) varies by year and by beach, so for a May to August date we suggest venues with protected bays such as Akumal, or a cenote or garden backdrop as a backup. We build every timeline around the exact sunset time for your date.
Most do, with conditions. Nearly every large resort on the corridor keeps a preferred vendor list, and an outside photographer is usually admitted with an external vendor fee or a day pass, commonly between 100 and 1,200 USD depending on the property. Some venues waive the fee if the photographer stays one night as a guest. We handle the entire approval with your wedding coordinator: insurance certificates, signed vendor agreements and crew lists, submitted before the property deadline, which can be one to six months ahead of the date. Tell us your venue when you inquire and we will confirm its current policy the same week.
Our most frequent assignments are inside the Mayakoba complex at Banyan Tree Mayakoba and Rosewood Mayakoba, at Grand Velas Riviera Maya between Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos, at Hotel Esencia in Xpu-Ha, and at Hotel Xcaret México with the Xcaret park ceremony venues. We also cover boutique beach clubs in Tulum and Akumal and private villa weddings along the corridor. Each property lights differently, so we scout your ceremony site at the exact ceremony hour before the day.
We accept a maximum of twelve weddings per year, so peak dates go early. For Saturday weddings between January and April, eight to fourteen months ahead is the safe window. Off peak weekdays in May, June or September can sometimes be reserved three to six months out. Once your venue contract is signed, send us the date and the property and we will confirm availability within twenty four hours.
Fully bilingual. Vianey and the team work in English and Spanish on the day, which matters when half the guest list flies in from the United States or Canada and the other half from Mexico. Delivery is one of the fastest on the corridor: a curated preview within about 48 hours and the complete edited collection in one to three business days, delivered through a private 4K online gallery ready for download, sharing and print orders.
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