Overview

On June 15, 2025, St. John Media documented Taylor and Kyler’s destination wedding at Excellence Riviera Cancun, a luxury beachfront resort along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

Joey St. John and Kiernan Gallagher traveled from Philadelphia to Cancun for the multi-day celebration, arriving on June 14 to capture the welcome dinner before providing 12 hours of wedding-day coverage.

Taylor and Kyler’s story with St. John Media began long before the trip to Mexico. The couple originally discovered the company through social media while living in Oregon, demonstrating how wedding filmmaking can connect people across the country and around the world.

Coverage extended beyond the wedding ceremony itself, allowing St. John Media to document the welcome dinner, wedding preparations, beachfront ceremony, reception, and the atmosphere surrounding the celebration.

The result was a collection of wedding films that captured both the major moments of Taylor and Kyler’s wedding and the experience of celebrating with their closest friends and family in Cancun.

A Destination Wedding at Excellence Riviera Cancun

Destination weddings bring together travel, beautiful locations, and personal celebrations in a way that creates opportunities for cinematic storytelling.

For Taylor and Kyler, that experience unfolded at Excellence Riviera Cancun, a beachfront resort in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, located between Cancun and Playa del Carmen.

St. John Media arrived in Cancun on June 14, following an overnight journey from Philadelphia, with Joey St. John and Kiernan Gallagher bringing the cameras, audio equipment, and production gear needed to document the celebration.

The resort provided an ideal setting for a destination wedding, with beautiful beaches, tropical surroundings, and an accommodating staff who helped make the experience enjoyable for both the couple and the production team.

That evening, St. John Media filmed approximately three hours of coverage during Taylor and Kyler’s welcome dinner.

The gathering provided an opportunity to capture the atmosphere before the wedding day, documenting the couple spending time with their family and friends as everyone settled into the destination celebration.

A Beachfront Wedding on the Caribbean Coast

On June 15, Joey and Kiernan provided 12 hours of wedding-day coverage, documenting Taylor and Kyler’s celebration from the preparations through the evening festivities.

With two videographers working together, St. John Media was able to capture multiple perspectives throughout the day, documenting both the planned events and the smaller, spontaneous moments that make each wedding unique.

The ceremony took place along the Caribbean coastline, with the ocean and sandy beaches of Excellence Riviera Cancun providing a beautiful natural backdrop.

Taylor and Kyler exchanged their vows surrounded by their loved ones, creating a ceremony that combined the intimacy of their relationship with the scenery of a destination wedding.

Throughout the day, the team focused on capturing the details, emotions, and interactions that would ultimately shape the couple’s wedding films.

From the ceremony to the moments shared along the beach, the goal was to create something that felt personal to Taylor and Kyler while showcasing the environment that made their wedding distinctly Mexican Caribbean.

Celebrating at Excellence Riviera Cancun

Following the ceremony, the celebration continued at the resort with Taylor and Kyler’s family and friends.

St. John Media documented the reception, including the couple’s first dance and the moments that unfolded throughout the evening.

The reception provided a different atmosphere from the ceremony, shifting the focus from the emotion of exchanging vows to the energy of celebrating together.

With the Caribbean Sea nearby and the resort providing a beautiful backdrop, the evening brought together everything that makes destination weddings memorable.

These moments became an important part of the finished wedding films, helping preserve not only the formal events but also the personality and energy of the celebration.

The Logistics of Filming a Wedding in Mexico

International destination weddings require additional planning beyond a traditional wedding production.

For Joey St. John and Kiernan Gallagher, traveling from Philadelphia to Cancun meant transporting professional cameras, audio equipment, and other production gear through international airports and Mexican customs.

One unexpected challenge involved the importation of professional camera equipment into Mexico.

During the arrival process, the team encountered a customs assessment of approximately 19% of the declared equipment value, an additional expense that highlighted the importance of understanding international equipment regulations before traveling for professional productions.

Despite the logistical challenges, the production itself felt familiar.

After filming numerous destination weddings, Joey and Kiernan had developed a workflow that made international productions feel increasingly routine.

From coordinating equipment and travel to working in unfamiliar locations, the team approached Taylor and Kyler’s wedding with the same preparation and attention to detail as any other St. John Media production.

The experience reinforced how much destination wedding filmmaking depends on both creative storytelling and the logistical preparation required to execute a production thousands of miles from home.

Telling Taylor and Kyler’s Destination Wedding Story

Joey St. John and Kiernan Gallagher traveled to Cancun from June 13 through June 18, 2025, with the wedding celebration taking place on June 14 and 15.

Following the wedding, the team spent additional time enjoying the surrounding area before returning to Philadelphia.

From the welcome dinner and beachfront ceremony to the reception and first dance, each part of the celebration contributed to the final collection of films.

St. John Media produced multiple wedding films for Taylor and Kyler, including a trailer, a medium-length wedding film, a ceremony film, and a first dance film.

For St. John Media, Taylor and Kyler’s wedding also represented something meaningful about the reach of modern wedding filmmaking.

A couple living in Oregon had discovered a videography company based on the East Coast through social media, ultimately bringing the team to Mexico to document one of the most important days of their lives.

It demonstrated how meaningful connections can begin online and develop into opportunities to tell stories anywhere in the world.

The result was a collection of films that allowed Taylor and Kyler to revisit their wedding day, remember the people who celebrated alongside them, and relive the experience of getting married on the beautiful beaches of Cancun.

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