Mexico - Vamanos!

When Fairmont came to us to create an image and content library for their new Spa rebranding campaign we had to suggest some locations to capture a wide variety of natural elements. We knew our amazing backyard of British Columbia would allow us to capture big forests and mountains and some wintery landscapes and needed a location to contrast with that. After some research and conversations with colleagues we decided on the Yucatan region of Mexico. We hired the awesome production team at Yucatan Productions and jumped into production planning, location scouting and casting.

We travelled with a solid team of four - Hubert, myself and then Byron & Carlo from Alterna Films - and a gear package to capture stills, video and drone aerials.

The daily team Coca Cola to beat the heat!

After some delays with our gear in customs (turns out the Cancun airport carnet office changed their hours the week before we arrived to be closed on weekends and we had a hold on our gear for 2 nights!) we hit the road and got shooting. That was an amazing production reminder to ALWAYS schedule contingency time in the schedule to deal with unknowns and always have a plan B or a local production team who can help you make a Plan B quick!

Amy standing in for the model while Carlo and Byron prepped the drone shot as the water temps in the cenotes were less than ideal for the local talent!

Carlo catching the drone from our boat tour through the mangroves.

We had the absolute delight of travelling around the region shooting beautiful landscapes and cenotes and beaches. To maximize the ideal light our daily routine was to get up and shoot sunrise at the busy tourist locations before they opened to the public, then take a midday break for food and scouting/prep and then shoot sunset before some nightly tacos.

Sunrise beach shoot.

Beachside production meetings over the harsh midday sunlight hours.

Cenote action shots.

Shooting Stills, Video and sometimes Drone all simultaneously to capture magic light!

We are excited to share the full campaign with you later this year after we complete Part 2 in B.C! Stay tuned…