The morning after the wedding, your phone is likely blowing up with notifications. Everyone wants to see the photos. We live in a digital age where sharing our milestones on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok is how we connect with our community. You want to shout your love from the digital rooftops, and you want your photos to look amazing when you do it.
A common courtesy question I receive is: Can we share our photos on social media? The answer is an enthusiastic Yes! I want you to share them. However, there are a few best practices to ensure the photos look their best and that the artist behind the lens is recognized. This post explains the social media etiquette for sharing your Adrian Bonet Photography gallery.
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Index
Spread the Love: Personal Use Rights
The Importance of Crediting the Artist
Please No Filters: Preserving the Edit
Tagging Your Vendor Team
Final Thoughts
Spread the Love: Personal Use Rights
Your Personal Gallery
When you hire me, you are granted Personal Use Rights to the images. This means you are free to print them for your home, email them to your grandmother, and absolutely post them on your personal social media channels. You do not need to ask for permission every time you upload a photo to Instagram. These are your memories, and they are meant to be seen.
Web-Optimized Files
To make sharing easier, your online gallery allows you to download Web-Size versions of your photos. These files are smaller than the high-resolution print files, meaning they upload faster and look sharper on mobile screens because they don’t suffer from the heavy compression algorithms used by social media platforms.
The Importance of Crediting the Artist
Supporting Small Business
For independent artists like myself, word-of-mouth is everything. When you post a photo, I kindly ask that you Credit or Tag me in the caption or on the image itself. A simple tag (@AdrianBonetPhotography) or a caption line saying “Photos by Adrian Bonet” makes a massive difference.
Helping Future Couples
Think about how you found your wedding vendors. Likely, it was through seeing real photos from real weddings. By tagging me, you are helping other couples find their dream photographer. It is the best way to say “thank you” for the work, and it helps my business grow within the Riviera Maya community.
Please No Filters: Preserving the Edit
Respecting the Artistry
I spend hours meticulously color grading your photos to ensure the skin tones are natural and the colors of the Caribbean are vibrant. Therefore, I ask that you Do Not Apply Filters over the professional images. Slapping a heavy Instagram filter (like “Clarendon” or “Valencia”) destroys the professional editing work and alters the artistic vision of the photo.
Cropping Considerations
While Instagram often forces a square or 4:5 crop, try to preserve the original composition as much as possible. I frame shots intentionally, balancing the negative space and the scenery. Keeping the image uncropped (or using an app to fit the full image) ensures the photo is seen exactly as it was intended.
Tagging Your Vendor Team
Celebrating the Team
While you are tagging the photographer, don’t forget the rest of your team! Your Wedding Planner, Florist, Makeup Artist, and Venue all worked hard to make that photo possible. Tagging them is a wonderful way to show appreciation. They love seeing their work captured professionally, and they will likely share your post, giving your wedding even more love online.
Building Community
The wedding industry in places like Tulum and Cancun is a tight-knit community. When you tag your full vendor team, you help connect us all. It creates a network of appreciation that elevates the entire destination wedding industry.
Final Thoughts
Social media is the modern way we hang photos on our walls. It is how we share our joy with the world.
When you book Adrian Bonet Photography, I want you to be proud of your photos. Post them, share them, make them your profile picture. All I ask is that you respect the edit and tag the artist, helping me continue to tell beautiful love stories just like yours.