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Family, couples, maternity, engagement and weddings, photographed where the jungle meets the sand. Golden hour only, bilingual direction, and the complete 4K gallery in 1 to 3 business days.
Plan a Tulum SessionNinety minutes south of the airport the coast changes character completely. The hotels turn low and wooden, the jungle comes right down to the sand, and the beach road runs narrow between the two. It is darker, greener and more textured than the open Caribbean strand at Cancún, and it asks for a different way of working.
The light arrives later here because the tree line holds it, and it leaves faster for the same reason. A Tulum session lives or dies on the hour it starts. Ten minutes late in the jungle is not a small thing: it is the difference between warm light through the palms and a flat grey frame.
We photograph Tulum weekly, from the beach hotels down to Sian Ka'an, and we plan every session backwards from the exact minute the sun clears or drops behind the canopy on your date.
The same studio, the same direction and the same delivery, whatever the reason you are here.
Up to 10 people on the beach or the jungle path, with the pace set by the youngest person present. Wardrobe consultation before the date so nobody clashes with the green.
The reason most people come to Tulum. Beach road, hotel terrace or a quiet stretch of sand, timed to the last hour before the light goes.
Soft, unhurried and shot low so the horizon does the work. Best at the very start of golden hour, when the sand is still cool enough to walk barefoot.
Surprise proposals planned to the minute, with the photographer already in position before you arrive. The reveal, the reaction and then a real session once the nerves pass.
Full coverage from getting ready to the party, or a two-person elopement with a witness. See the dedicated Tulum wedding page for how the day is built.
The freshwater caves inland, including underwater work. Cold light, slow pace and a permit to check before we drive. Details on the cenote page.
From Playa Paraiso down to the Sian Ka'an gate, the boutique properties share a look: wood, rope, palm and low light. Guests photograph freely, and most properties ask that outside photographers check in first.
Wide open sand with the ruins on the headland behind. Public, federal and free to photograph, busy from mid morning, extraordinary at sunrise.
Inland from the road the vegetation closes over the track. Green, textured and dark: it needs the first hour of light, not the last, and it needs a photographer who knows where the sun lands.
Dos Ojos, Gran Cenote, Casa Cenote and the smaller ones. Entrance fee per person, professional gear sometimes restricted, and a light that behaves like nowhere else on the coast.
The ruins above the sea are the postcard of Tulum. Professional cameras and tripods require an INAH permit applied for in advance and paid per day. The beach directly below carries no such rule.
The biosphere south of town is another world and another hour of driving each way. Worth building a whole morning around, not worth squeezing in.
Tulum is the one place on this coast where being late does not just cost you warmth, it costs you the frame entirely.
The tree line stands where a horizon would be in Cancún, so usable light ends earlier inland than it does on open sand. We start the jungle work first and finish on the beach.
The coast faces east. Sunrise gives you the sun itself over the water and an empty beach; sunset gives you soft sky and shadow. For couples we often choose the morning, tired as that sounds.
Sargassum lands here between April and August and the beach road takes it directly. We check the current week and move north or inland when it is heavy.
The single beach road bottlenecks at sunset. We build in the drive so nobody arrives at the location as the light is already going.
Where you are staying on the beach road decides how far you walk and which stretch of sand is yours. We reply the same business day.
Two locations, the exact meeting time, and what to wear for green light rather than blue. If a permit is needed we say so before you commit.
A curated preview inside 24 to 48 hours and the complete 4K gallery in 1 to 3 business days, downloadable in full.
Yes, weekly, and there is no travel charge. Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Akumal, Puerto Morelos and the rest of the Riviera Maya are inside our normal working area.
Sunrise, more often than sunset. The coast faces east, so the morning gives you the sun over the water and an empty beach, while the jungle loses its light early because the canopy stands where the horizon would be.
Not with professional gear unless you have an INAH permit, applied for in advance and paid per day. The public beach directly below the ruins has no such restriction and gives you the same coastline.
Between April and August, often yes, and the beach road takes it head on. We check conditions the week of your session and move to a cleaner stretch or inland to a cenote if needed.
Constantly. The jungle paths and the quieter hotel beaches work well for it, and we set the pace by the youngest person rather than by a shot list.
Yes, and it is one of the places we plan them most. We agree the exact minute and position beforehand, photograph the moment from a distance, and then do a proper session once the shock wears off.
The same as anywhere on this coast: portrait sessions from 850 USD, weddings from 1,800 to 5,500 USD. The full breakdown is on our prices page.
Send your dates and where you are staying on the beach road. We reply the same business day with the hour that works, two settings and the delivery date in writing.
