Fairmont Mayakoba Photographer · No Booking Fee, Every Occasion

What We Photograph Most for Fairmont Mayakoba Families

Almost everyone who writes to us from this resort is travelling with people they do not get to see together often enough — three generations in one villa, cousins meeting for the first time, a brand-new baby on their first trip to the beach. These are the three sessions we photograph most for guests staying here.

Family portraits

The one everybody actually wants: all of you, in focus, in the same frame — the picture that ends up printed and framed instead of buried in a camera roll. We line up the full group first, then break it into parents-with-kids and grandparents-with-grandkids without moving anyone twice, so nobody is left holding a phone. Our family photoshoot guide for Playa del Carmen covers outfits and how an hour on the sand really goes.

Babies and little kids

With a toddler or a baby on their first beach, the whole session bends around one small person — so we work fast while the mood holds and let little ones move instead of asking them to sit still. Xcalacoco's calm, shallow water earns its keep here: nobody is anxious about a wave, and the frames parents print are almost always the ones where a kid is mid-run. Our mom-and-baby session guide covers timing a shoot around naps and feeds.

The multi-generation trip

Grandparents in four pictures, the kids in four hundred, and not one frame with all of you together — somebody always ends up behind the camera. This is what we get asked for most from this resort, which is why we ask for a headcount in the first message: a group of twelve needs a different piece of beach than a group of four. Our group session guide shows how we pace a shoot that size.

Where We Meet Families From Fairmont Mayakoba

The Mayakoba complex sits behind its gate roughly 8.5 kilometres north of downtown Playa del Carmen — a 15-minute drive we keep you from making, because we do not send families into town at all. We meet you at Playa Xcalacoco, the free public beach next to the complex, which means there is nothing to book and nothing that can cancel your morning. We send the exact pin over WhatsApp the day before, and for couples or groups of up to four we can arrange to pick you up.

That beach earns its place for one reason above the others: with small kids, calm water is everything. Xcalacoco carries a Blue Flag, its shallows stay gentle, there are lifeguards on the sand and showers and bathrooms a few steps back — which means you can rinse the salt off a toddler and change a baby without the morning ending early. Punta Esmeralda, a little further along the same public coast, is the quieter alternative when you want almost nobody else in the frame.

Want one frame that belongs on a wall rather than in an album? Ask about our flying dress photoshoot at Fairmont Mayakoba — metres of fabric in the morning breeze, made for a trip like this one.

Is this trip built around a ceremony? Our Fairmont Mayakoba wedding photographer guide covers ceremony coverage on this coast.

No Session Fee — You Pay Only for the Photos You Love

Pricing is refreshingly simple: there is no session fee. You pay $15 USD per photo with a 10-photo minimum ($150 USD), or choose a group package from $200 USD when the whole family wants in — so you only ever pay for the images you love. You can see everything we offer, and hundreds of recent sessions, on our Playa del Carmen photographer page.

Every hotel has its own rules about photography on the property. We know how each one works — message us and we'll tell you exactly what your options are where you're staying.

Almost nobody who books us has been photographed properly before, and they usually apologise for it in the first message. There is nothing to apologise for — we direct the whole thing, and you can see how that turns out on our Playa del Carmen photographer page. Send us your dates and your headcount, and we will tell you which morning to keep free.