Jamaica, 2005

A friend asked if I would photograph her destination wedding, in Jamaica. Yes. Barbara and I stayed in the resort facility with the couple’s friends and family and photographed the various activities, formal and incidental.

After the last of the goodbyes, and all departed, Barbara and I headed to the other side of the island for a few extra days, to what sounded like a fun, quiet getaway place, next to the beach. This was December, and being able to bask on the sand for a little while felt great. I really liked the place. Interesting island architecture, vibrant colors, vegetation on the verge of taking over, giving everything a “back to the garden” feeling. I could have wandered around the place photographing it for days, as the light continuously changed the landscape.

The problem was that an opening in the mosquito netting allowed a swarm of very small biting critters into the bed overnight; bugs with the discriminating taste to only bite Barbara, and not me, for whatever reason. Based on her misery the next day, they must have been ferocious in their attack. I don’t think I will ever get her to go back to Jamaica.

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