Hi, I'm Ariel
Wedding photographer in Santiago, Chile. Documentary, natural and emotional — which is the long way of saying I would rather wait for something to happen than ask you to perform it.
There was always a camera in my house
My dad took photos. He wasn't a photographer, but there was always a camera lying around, and I grew up watching that: someone deciding that an ordinary moment was worth keeping.
I came to weddings as a guest. At one wedding the photographer handed me his camera for a while, half out of politeness, and I started watching the party through it. I couldn't have explained it that day, but something clicked: at a wedding everything happens at once, and it happens only once. The nerves before walking in, the look they exchange, the hug nobody planned. If you don't take it, it's gone.
That's what I do now. I work out of Santiago with a documentary eye, moving quietly so I can record what actually happens. My goal isn't for your photos to look good on Instagram this week. It's for you to open them in twenty years and feel that day all over again.
I travel throughout Chile, and if your wedding is abroad, there too. Just tell me where.
Pretty photos are forgotten. The ones that feel real are not.
That is why I will not direct you all afternoon. Every wedding has its own rhythm, and my job is to be there with my eyes open. If I say something it will be brief: to move you into better light, or so you do not miss what is happening behind you.
From the first video call to your gallery
01 We book
- You write to me with your date and location
- We talk with no obligation and I show you complete weddings, not just highlights
- We confirm with a 30% deposit and a signed contract
- The balance can be paid up to the wedding day, in instalments or in one go
02 We plan
- We talk through which moments matter most to you
- We review the venue, the timings and the light
- I coordinate with your wedding planner and videographer
- If you add the pre-wedding session we shoot it here, so that on the day we are not strangers
03 The day
- I arrive on time and move without interrupting
- Continuous coverage according to your plan
- Every file backed up twice, on the spot
- My job is for you to forget there is a camera
04 Your photos
- A preview of images within 3 working days
- All edited photos in your private online gallery
- High resolution, ready to download and share
- Your images backed up for 2 years
What everyone asks me
It depends on the type of wedding and the hours of coverage. I have plans for civil ceremonies and intimate weddings, and plans for a full day. Write to me with your date and I will send you the full breakdown the same day.
Between 200 and 350 for a civil ceremony, and between 600 and 700 on the Essential plan. On the Full Story and Signature plans there is no fixed limit: I deliver everything worth you having.
Yes, they are included in every plan. Being documentary doesn't mean denying you the portrait with your parents and grandparents: those photos will matter enormously in twenty years. What I do is get them done fast, from a short list agreed in advance, so you don't spend half the party posing.
Yes. I travel throughout Chile and I also work abroad if your wedding is outside the country. Travel is agreed transparently and at cost, with no hidden markups.
It isn't just about having more photos. It's so that on the wedding day we are no longer strangers: you get used to the camera and I learn how the two of you look at each other. It shows enormously in the photos from the day.
With a 30% deposit and a signed contract. Until that happens, the date stays available to another couple. The remaining balance can be paid up to the wedding day, in instalments or all at once.
I record to two cards simultaneously throughout the day, so if one fails the other has everything. Afterwards I keep a backup of your images for two years.
If your wedding is in 2026 or 2027, write to me today
Tell me your date and your location. I answer personally.
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