Wedding photographer in Mallorca

Weddings on this island rarely happen in a town square. They happen at a finca inland or on a terrace in the Tramuntana, and that moves the planning away from the church and onto the road. Getting ready is often at a hotel in Palma or a rented house, the ceremony somewhere else, and in July or August the drive between them can take twice what the map says. A wedding photographer here earns the fee in the timeline: reaching the venue before the guests, knowing whether the terrace faces the sunset or turns its back on it, and keeping the couple portraits for the last half hour of light instead of squeezing them in after a five o’clock ceremony. Around midsummer the sun sets at about twenty past nine, so an evening ceremony leaves that half hour free.

When to book in Mallorca

The island’s wedding season runs from May to October, and the best of it sits at either end: late spring and September, when evenings are warm without being heavy. A July or August date is entirely workable with one condition, which is a late ceremony. Under the high sun of mid-afternoon faces flatten and guests squint; after six, the light lowers and the heat begins to let go. In June the sun sets around twenty past nine, and the half hour before it is the one to keep free for portraits. Avoid putting the drive from church to venue at the busiest time of a summer Saturday, and if you are marrying in winter, keep a Palma option for the portraits in case the mountain road is closed.