Hajnalka and Dwayne were married on May 26, 2010 at the Majestic Colonial, an all inclusive resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Dawn Fairbanks of Destination Weddings By Dawn worked her magic (as usual) and found the ultimate location for their wedding week (May 21 to 28th, 2010). With Jacuzzi bathtubs in every open-concept room and a bottle of champagne (and chocolate in the fridge) waiting upon arrival, this resort proved to be not only beautiful but truly romantic. The staff, service and food were all fantastic and the resort had by far, the best Michael Jackson tribute show I have seen so far in the Caribbean. Seriously.
Shortly after arrival, Hajnalka & Dwayne had a gathering to welcome their guests and provided each couple with monogrammed beach bags containing care packages that they had put together themselves. The beach bags were a great personal touch and contained suntan lotion, motrin, an itinerary for the week and inflatable beach toys amongst many, many other useful items.
Even on a destination wedding, you can't guarantee the weather and Hajnalka was getting very nervous about her outdoor ceremony as the rain had been persistent all week. But the clouds rolled away just in time for the ceremony and the drops of rain only started to fall again minutes after the last of the portrait photos were taken on the beach. The fabulous resort staff waited to the absolute last second to set-up their preferred ceremony site to ensure that Hajnalka and Dwayne had the wedding of their dreams. The gazebo (ceremony site) was perfectly surrounded by lush, tropical gardens. Their reception was held indoors in a private hall which was perfect as the rain poured all night. The next morning though we awoke to a beautiful day and captured a trash/love the dress photo session which had Hajnalka and Dwayne climbing palm trees and getting completely coated with ocean water and sand. These two are amazing and always up for anything; truly a photographer's dream couple, as you can see in this fabulous video that I shot of Hajnalka taking the "safe" but very long way up the tree....
We finished off the week with a candid photo session of the group swimming, relaxing, and playing frisbee on the beach on the most incredible sunny, blue-sky day. It was a perfect afternoon to finish off the week!
For these and more photos of this incredible wedding week, please click here.
Shortly after arrival, Hajnalka & Dwayne had a gathering to welcome their guests and provided each couple with monogrammed beach bags containing care packages that they had put together themselves. The beach bags were a great personal touch and contained suntan lotion, motrin, an itinerary for the week and inflatable beach toys amongst many, many other useful items.
Even on a destination wedding, you can't guarantee the weather and Hajnalka was getting very nervous about her outdoor ceremony as the rain had been persistent all week. But the clouds rolled away just in time for the ceremony and the drops of rain only started to fall again minutes after the last of the portrait photos were taken on the beach. The fabulous resort staff waited to the absolute last second to set-up their preferred ceremony site to ensure that Hajnalka and Dwayne had the wedding of their dreams. The gazebo (ceremony site) was perfectly surrounded by lush, tropical gardens. Their reception was held indoors in a private hall which was perfect as the rain poured all night. The next morning though we awoke to a beautiful day and captured a trash/love the dress photo session which had Hajnalka and Dwayne climbing palm trees and getting completely coated with ocean water and sand. These two are amazing and always up for anything; truly a photographer's dream couple, as you can see in this fabulous video that I shot of Hajnalka taking the "safe" but very long way up the tree....
We finished off the week with a candid photo session of the group swimming, relaxing, and playing frisbee on the beach on the most incredible sunny, blue-sky day. It was a perfect afternoon to finish off the week!
For these and more photos of this incredible wedding week, please click here.
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