Royal Caribbean<\/a> Cruise Wedding.\u00a0 In fact, the year before I did a smaller one on one of their smaller boats.\u00a0 It was also just a three day cruise (this wedding was an incredible 7 days out at sea!).\u00a0 \u00a0Having had this prior experience, it really made a big difference in my own confidence going into this one because of all that we learned from working a wedding on a big cruise ship.\u00a0 \u00a0The fact is, cruise weddings are NOT easy (in terms of photo logistics).\u00a0 First of all, you have limited space everywhere along with people that are also, well..\u00a0 everywhere lol.\u00a0 Then, you have to deal with other factors such as the boat staff and just in general everything kinda feels restricted vs. not being on a boat.\u00a0 Well..\u00a0 so I thought.\u00a0 You see, this WAS the experience we had during the first Royal Caribbean Cruise Wedding.\u00a0 So, understandably we were planning on this again (just on a bigger ship).\u00a0 However, we were shocked at just how easy it was this time around.\u00a0 We had zero problems, no push back from the staff and everyone was super respectful.\u00a0 In fact, this Royal Caribbean Cruise Wedding even had a wedding planner on-board that HELPED us with anything we needed!\u00a0 THAT was amazing.\u00a0 So, its clear that the experience that you will get really depends on the level of cruise that you book.\u00a0 Like with anything in life I guess, the more you pay the better experience you can expect.\u00a0 This was the case on the Allure Of The Seas.<\/p>\n[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]So, why hire me?\u00a0 Why pay me my rate and then pay for my room on the cruise to shoot your wedding, when they already offer a “wedding package” that has a photographer on the boat?[\/perfectpullquote]<\/p>\n
Simple.\u00a0 It sucks.\u00a0 Period.<\/p>\n
Let me explain so that you don’t think this is just a subjective and bias statement.\u00a0 If photos are of importance to you, read on..<\/p>\n
First of all, any Royal Caribbean Cruise Wedding (or any cruise line for that matter) will offer you a wedding package with photos.\u00a0 The problem, is that this is all taken by “Bob” the guy who is working that day on the boat.\u00a0 Or, maybe it’s “Melissa” if its on a Sunday and shes working.\u00a0 Who knows.\u00a0 Frankly, it does not matter anyway.\u00a0 They are all trained to do the same thing.\u00a0 The same shots, the same way.\u00a0 They are not paid to be “creative”, they are paid to be on the boat and get a job done.\u00a0 They are not going to post anything on Instagram, they are not trying to “move the world” for you because its their whole life on the line lol (being serious).\u00a0 They are trying to get the basic shots, and get to a dinner break.\u00a0 Their mind is on what they are going to be doing tomorrow and not their clients dreams and ideas.\u00a0 The simple truth is that if any, ANY of the cruise photographers REALLY wanted to be a pro photographer they would find work off that boat and make a name for themselves.\u00a0 They dont because they get nice benefits, and have a chance to learn at the same time (so its not all bad for them) but for you.. thats not a good thing.\u00a0 I would not want a new person working on my car, much less attempting to take creative shots on my wedding day.\u00a0 Do you kinda see my point?<\/p>\n
Thankfully Kara was waaaaaay ahead of me.\u00a0 She knew this from the start and wanted to get someone in that could really get some results.\u00a0 She picked me am I am so glad that she did.<\/p>\n
Okay, before we get into the images below..\u00a0 \u00a0check out some behind the scenes video that we did from this trip!\u00a0 This is one of my all time fav. videos.\u00a0 \u00a0I have two versions..\u00a0 one is a quick 60-sec preview and the other is the full 18-min episode \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Here is the quick 60-sec recap:<\/h3>\n