Jillian Mitchell | Destination Wedding Photographer | Puerto Vallarta | Punta Mita | Sayulita | Mexico | Worldwide

Jillian Mitchell Photography | Destination Wedding Photographer | Puerto Vallarta | Mexico | New England | Worldwide bio picture

Four years ago I picked up everything and moved from Massachusetts to a small town in Mexico. This blog is about life, love, and photography in San Pancho, Nayarit and all of the beautiful places I am so lucky to find in my travels.

Through my photos I want to tell the stories that I am lucky enough to witness everyday. I hope that you can walk away with a little more about my life in Mexico in addition to the beautiful love stories I am privy to.

I am based out of the Puerto Vallarta and Boston areas, but I'm available for wedding and editorial work both nationally and internationally. I spend about half the year on the road for destination weddings and travel photography and love doing so.

I shoot both film and digital, but I love film a wee bit more. Whatever I'm shooting it's about the moments that I capture, not so much the medium that captures it.

Please contact me for a quote and we can put together a custom plan for your event. If you happen to be in my area hit me up and we'll get together for a Michelada on the beach. You don't know just how good it is...

01-27-2012

Rodrigo y Gabriela

editorial

I got an email a few weeks ago from a photo editor at the New York Times. I freaked out. The New York Times? For me that’s big. I have always had this dream to work for the Associated Press and travel the world documenting life, news you name it. Unfortunately for me magazines and newspapers have been on a downward slide combined with cell phones and personal photojournalism taking over. Actually it’s pretty fortunate for me because I love what I do and wouldn’t change it for the world and I get to shoot editorials like this on the side. For this assignment they needed someone to shoot two Mexican musicians who I also happen to be a fan of. Rodrigo y Gabriela are phenomenal guitar players who are incredibly famous internationally, but little known at home in Mexico. I traveled to their studio in Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo to shoot them for an article timed to print with the release of their new album Area 52 recorded with the band C.U.B.A. To read the Times article click here.

I’m not going to lie. I don’t think I could ever get tired of seeing Jillian Mitchell for the New York Times. Ever. Here are some shots of the studio and some outtakes from the shoot. I’m waiting on getting a hard copy of the paper brought down.

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01-20-2012

Game Changer

weddings

Sometimes you meet someone and you know it was meant to be.

The universe put you in the same place at the same time for a reason.

Words can not describe how I feel about being a part of Tannen and Peter’s lives. Last Saturday was (as Peter would say) a game changer. My life and career will be forever altered by being a part of their day. There is so much more to be said and lots of photos to be edited, but for now here are the polaroids we took around town together.

Game. Changer.

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01-16-2012

Lindsay+Brady | Sayulita, Mexico

Press . weddings

Lindsay and Brady got married at Villa del Oso in Sayulita. Besides the fact that they are both gorgeous they have equally amazing style. Lindsay wore Nicole Miller with Kate Spade shoes and Brady had a custom Ermenegildo Zegna suit which he rocked in the sun like it was nobody’s business. Wedding design and coordination was by the lovely Yazmin and Nierica of Sea of Dreams Weddings.

This wedding is also being featured on Jet Fete blog by the amazing Bridal Bar today so go take a look and leave some comment love!

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01-13-2012

Elizabeth+Kelly | Sayulita, Mexico

weddings

Elizabeth and Kelly were my kick off to a crazy fall wedding season and there couldn’t have been a better way to do it. It’s so hard to choose my favorite moment from this wedding. I don’t know if it was the awkward family photos, the break dancing, when Kelly’s almost brother-in-law started dancing to Put a Ring On It and didn’t realize there were only girls on the dance floor waiting for the bouquet to be tossed, or last, but definitely not least when Kelly’s sister caught said bouquet not once, but twice. So. Much. Fun.

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01-09-2012

Dominique+Murad | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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Dominique and Murad got married this past October in downtown Puerto Vallarta. Dominique has been visiting Vallarta since she was little so when the big day finally came it was an easy choice to have the wedding down here rather than in Canada. Also convenient was their friend Chawnalee’s gorgeous house on the hill at the beginning of the downtown area. Just the right amount of old school Mexican architecture, but with the amenities you can’t live without (like a red pool) and Chawnlee has found some amazing pieces throughout Mexico over the years to further add to the decor. Dominique is a trained sommelier so I knew there was a great party planned, but it got even better when Cocho (San Pancho local and our Friday night escape in Sayulita) was hired to be their DJ. To round it out Mishka presided over the ceremony. We were representing hard core.

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