Travel Wedding Photographer | Hawai‘i to New York & Beyond

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You’re gathering your favorite people from different cities, countries, cultures, and generations for a celebration shaped by what matters most to you. There are dinners to linger over, traditions woven throughout the weekend, and a dance floor you fully intend to be on.

You want photographs that bring back all of it, the people, the energy, the beauty, and the moments you didn’t even see happening, without spending the day thinking about the camera. That’s exactly how I photograph weddings: thoughtfully guided, closely observed, and with plenty of room for you to stay fully in it.

Editorial Wedding Photography For Couples Who Want Very Tradition Honored, Every Person They Love Included, And The Freedom To Enjoy It All

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Living between places and cultures has taught me that a wedding holds so much more than the story of two people. It holds families, traditions, histories, and the people who helped shape them.

I’m also bilingual in English and Spanish, so multicultural celebrations, big families, layered traditions, and more than one language filling the room feel especially close to home.

My approach to wedding photography is documentary at heart and thoughtfully guided in practice. I’ll offer direction when needed, and step away when moments unfold naturally.

The result is a gallery filled with beautiful portraits and lived-in moments you never could have planned. Photographs that bring back not only how you looked, but the people, energy, and feeling of the day.

I was born in Colombia, raised in New York, married my middle-school sweetheart, and now we’re raising three boys together!

Family Has Always Been The Center Of My World. It Turns Out, It Became The Center Of My Work, Too

ABOUT YOUR TRAVELING & DESTINATION PHOTOGRAPHER

Groom lifting the bride on a resort lawn during a joyful destination wedding portrait.

Super 8 and drone available as add-ons.

Digital, 35mm film, medium format, Super 8, and drone. Each one holds a different part of the memory, the clarity, texture, movement, and atmosphere of the day

5 Photography Mediums

FORMATS

From welcome dinners to farewell brunches, I can cover the full weekend, not just the ceremony and reception. Custom proposals available for every kind of schedule.

Multi-Day Weddings

THE WEEKEND

Not fully hands-off, not overly directed. I read the room, step in when it helps, and disappear when the moment is already happening.

Documentary & Guided

APPROACH

What makes my photography different

A FEW THINGS I BRING TO THE TABLE

Black-and-white wedding details featuring handwritten vows, rings, floral bouquets, and a lace veil.

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Everyone is welcome here. Every couple, family, culture, tradition, and identity deserves to be photographed with care, dignity, and respect. That’s the experience I provide every couple.

I’ll laugh with you, get to know the people you love, and pay attention to the energy in the room so I know when a little guidance will help and when the moment is better left alone.

The more comfortable everyone feels, the less the camera matters and the more the photographs begin to feel like the wedding you lived.

JUST AS IMPORTANT, I WANT TO BECOME SOMEONE YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE FEEL COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE AROUND.

I’ll fix the bouquet, adjust a hand, straighten a lapel, or give you a little direction when it’ll make the portrait stronger. You don’t need to arrive knowing how to be photographed, that part is my job.

And once we have what we need, I’m not keeping you there for another twenty versions of the same photo. Go hug your friends, have a drink and get back to your wedding.

YOU WON’T BE LEFT WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR HANDS, WHERE TO LOOK, OR WHETHER WE ALREADY GOT THE SHOT.

The moment you stop thinking about the camera is when the real photographs start.

Guided When You Need It.
Invisible When You Don't

THE EXPERIENCE

→ Pink Drink over coffee. Every single time.
→ Married to my middle-school sweetheart for 12 years.
→ Mom of three boys. Chaos tolerance directly benefits my career.
→ Colombia-born, New York-raised, Hawaiʻi-based. Fluent in English and Spanish.
→ Food Network marathon > most television. Non-negotiable.

A few things you’ll probably learn about me pretty quickly:

Close-up of a destination wedding photographer holding a vintage camera in a tan suit.

When I'm not working a wedding, I'm keeping up with my three boys, planning our next family Disney trip, or scouting the closest thing to a Michelin star wherever we land.

Presence Over Performance Isn't Just How I Approach Photography, It's How I Live Outside Of It Too

Luxury destination photographer smiling while holding a professional Canon camera.

- Anel + Partner

"Leslie’s work is absolutely stunning. The photography exceeded my husband and I’s expectations…I still look back at our photos and am just amazed by them. It’s just gorgeous! "