Cartagena destination wedding photographer — editorial black and white bridal portrait with veil

Cartagena, Colombia · Available Worldwide

Destination wedding photography, told with an editorial eye and a timeless heart.

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A Reflection of Your Essence

From the first glance to the last dance, I'll be there to hold every moment of joy you share.

As a Cartagena-based destination wedding photographer, I help you freeze time and return to it. My goal is to give you editorial wedding photography that brings you back to those happy instants — where you're simply yourselves, surrounded by the people you love.

Together, we'll create timeless wedding photographs to treasure forever.

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This Is What It Feels Like

Real wedding moments, captured with elegance and editorial intention.

Cartagena wedding photography — groom embracing bride, editorial couple portrait
Destination wedding photographer — black and white portrait of a couple sharing a kiss with an orchid bouquet
Editorial wedding photography — bride with orchid bouquet beside a gilded Moorish mirror
What Shapes My Work

Not just what I believe in — but how I'll show up for you.

  • Honesty
  • Emotion
  • Freedom
  • Details
  • Connection
  • Timelessness
  • Trust
  • Light
  • Love
Featured Love Stories

Real destination weddings, photographed across Cartagena and beyond.

Said & Cari's destination wedding in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico · July 2025

Said & Cari — A Terracotta-Walled Wedding in San Miguel

Colonial stone, sun-bleached orange walls, and a veil that moved like it had somewhere to be — a wedding built entirely on golden light and quiet drama.

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Coming Soon Jessica & Sergio's wedding in Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

Jessica & Sergio — Fireworks Over the Walled City

A vintage convertible, a rooftop dome at sunset, and a sky full of fireworks over Cartagena's old town.

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Coming Soon Nicolle & Taylor's wedding in Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

Nicolle & Taylor — An Antique-Throne Celebration

Blush walls, a candlelit staircase, and a veil caught mid-flight beneath a sky of fireworks.

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Meet Rafael

Family is where I found my inspiration.

Wedding & destination photographer based in Cartagena, Colombia — traveling worldwide, wherever love calls.

In the family — the blood and the chosen one — I found the threads with which I weave my inspiration. It's in our connections where everything is found, and that's why I love portraying the human relationships that give us life.

To this day, I'm still obsessed with going through the old family albums my mother put together when my brother and I were little — amazed to find something new in those sticky old pages every time. That's the power of photography: to freeze a moment in time and give it back to you, again and again.

Over more than 12 years behind the camera, I've learned what really matters — and that's why I've spent my life photographing it. I'm a lover of simple things.

The heart of my work

Life doesn't stop. But being able to look at a photograph and return to that exact instant — to that moment you were happy — is a feeling like no other. I hope your experience with me, in front of my lens, feels like a place you'll always want to come back to.

Weddings are often called "the big day." But really, they're the beginning of great, rich lives.

In 2019, one of my images was featured by Business Insider among the world's best wedding photographs of the year, and Zankyou has recognized me among the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in Colombia.

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Rafael Delafiut, Cartagena destination wedding photographer, on location with his camera Family
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Cartagena, Colombia
You Should Know This About Me

12+

Years behind the camera

Cartagena

Based here, traveling wherever love calls

2019

Featured by Business Insider

Top 10

Wedding photographers in Colombia — Zankyou

"Love is the most powerful energy there is — and only love can transform our lives for the better. That's why I decided to photograph it."

A Lover of
Simple Things

Connections that distance and time can't break.


I'm driven by a passion for what I do — I give everything I can, and treasure every moment, every word, every hug I'm given.

The Way They Remember It

What couples say about their Cartagena wedding photographer.

Uchipuchi, Cartagena wedding client at Hotel Bastión

Working with Rafael for our wedding was honestly one of the best decisions we made… the final gallery didn't just document our wedding — it felt like it told the actual story of our day, with all the emotion intact.

— Uchipuchi, Hotel Bastión, Cartagena

Jessica & Sergio, Cartagena wedding client

Rafael captured our wedding in a way we still can't get over. He felt like part of the day, not just someone behind a camera… the photos turned out incredible, full of real emotion.

— Jessica & Sergio, Cartagena

Jessica & Lou, Cartagena wedding client

From the first message to the final gallery, working with Rafael was effortless… every time we look back at our wedding photos, they take us right back to that day.

— Jessica & Lou, Cartagena

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