Tim and Fernanda's Wedding | Quito, Ecuador

Last month I dusted off my passport and hopped on another plane. I flew south to Ecuador for the wedding of two amazing people. Tim and Fernanda asked me to fly down to to Fernanda's hometown of Quito to photograph their wedding. It was by far the furthest I have traveled for a job. But it was so worth it! I loved photographing the gorgeous hacienda that hosted the wedding. Everyone from the wedding party to our bus driver, was warm and welcoming. Fernanda and her mom did a pretty amazing job of coordinating this beautiful day from half way around the world. Thank you, Fernanda and Tim, for the honor of being a part of your wedding!

Here are a few favorites and a sweet slideshow.
PS a shout out goes to Peter for his guest shooting during the ceremony. Thanks!

Traveling in Ecuador

Last week I dusted off my passport and hopped on another plane. I flew south to Ecuador for the wedding of an amazing couple. It has been a whirlwind week of new sites, sounds, and experiences. I knew very little of Ecuador before I came. Here are a few of my observations: My Spanish is more than rusty. This was proven when I went to Burger King to indulge my craving for french fries and ended up with 2 #2 combo meals with some sort of fruit punch soda. Quito is on the equator, yet is just as cool as Alaskan summers (surprise, surprise!) I love watching the clouds play at the tops of the Andes mountains that surround the city. The Ecuadorians don't understand Japanese. Their national currency is the US dollar. Juan Valdez has coffee shops here,and I thought he was Colombian.

Today was my "be a tourist" day. I booked a day trip to the rainforest nearby. I was picked up at my hotel at 6:30am and driven 2 hours west to Bellevista lodge where we were treated to breakfast in the jungle treetops. Then we put on rubber boots and hiked into the jungle for 3 hours looking for birds, bugs, and plants with our guide. We splashed up a creek,scaling small waterfalls with ropes before coming to the big waterfall. Then it was quite a climb out of the jungle and back to the lodge for lunch. Humming birds were everywhere. It was such an amazing sound to have them diving around you. I spent most of the day with a family from Surrey, England. And was more than a bit jealous when they headed off to the treetop zip lines and I headed back to Quito. Next time....

Tomorrow is my day for shopping, packing and meeting some new friends.