Rainy Dreams Las Mareas Wedding | Lauren & Mike

Rainy Dreams Las Mareas Wedding | Lauren & Mike

Dreams Las Mareas

Lauren and Mike’s Dreams Las Mareas wedding

Lauren and Mike celebrated a destination wedding at Dreams Las Mareas in Costa Rica. Rain became part of the day rather than something to hide, and the celebration continued through the ceremony and reception. The following day, they travelled to a waterfall in Bagaces for a second portrait setting.

This gallery follows their story from getting ready and tropical rain to the ceremony, evening celebration and next-day waterfall portraits. It is a first-hand visual example for couples researching what a Dreams Las Mareas wedding can look like when changing weather becomes part of the photographs.

Newlyweds kiss beneath sunbeams in a tropical forest.

What happened when rain arrived

The photographs show heavy rain, umbrellas and a wedding party that kept moving through the weather together. Later frames follow Lauren and Mike beneath the floral arch, sharing cake and dancing under string lights with their guests. The rain is visible and honest; it does not need to be edited out of the story.

Two-photo portrait of the bride holding her bouquet in the forest.

Portraits at a waterfall in Bagaces

On the day after the wedding, Lauren and Mike travelled to a waterfall in Bagaces for more portraits. The sequence moves through large tree roots, shallow river water and the waterfall itself, giving the story a distinct second-day chapter.

Their white wedding clothes stand out against deep greenery, exposed tree roots, river water and falling water. The result feels different from the resort celebration while still belonging to the same wedding story.

Wedding invitation suite, rings and watch arranged beside flowers.
  • Couple laugh while spraying a bottle in a shallow river.
  • Photo collage of the couple beside a waterfall after their wedding.
Newlyweds embrace beneath sunbeams in a forest.

Lauren and Mike’s wedding and waterfall photographs

  • Newlyweds stand together among large tree roots.
  • Newlyweds laugh while seated on tree roots in the forest.
  • Newlyweds stand beneath sunbeams among forest trees.
  • Newlyweds embrace near rock and falling water in a forest.
  • Groom carries the bride piggyback along a forest path.
  • Black-and-white portrait of the bride holding her bouquet.
  • Groom carries the bride piggyback near a waterfall.
  • Couple embrace beside a shallow forest river.
  • Couple play together at the edge of a shallow river.
  • Couple stand together in a shallow river beneath trees.
  • Bride poses with bridesmaids while getting ready, in black and white.
  • Couple walk hand in hand along a forest riverbank.
  • Couple splash into the shallow river together.
  • Couple playfully splash water at each other in a river.
  • Bride reads a letter while getting ready, in black and white.
  • Bride writes a note at a desk before the ceremony.
  • Bride looks through an album beside her hanging wedding dress.
  • Bride smiles while seated beneath her hanging wedding dress.
  • Bride opens a gift box on the bed beside her wedding dress.
  • Bride smiles for a seated getting-ready portrait.
  • Bride reads a letter on the bed before getting dressed.
  • Bride stands in a doorway wearing her white getting-ready outfit.
  • Black-and-white portrait of the bride in a doorway before the ceremony.
  • Attendant helps the bride fasten her wedding dress.
  • Wedding party shelters the bride with umbrellas during heavy rain.
  • Bride, groom and officiant laugh together beneath the floral arch.
  • Newlyweds raise their joined hands as ceremony guests celebrate.
  • Groom playfully touches the bride's face as she eats cake.
  • Bride dances beneath outdoor string lights at the reception.
  • Four wedding guests pose together in front of a Pura Vida sign.
  • Group of women pose together with glow sticks at the reception.
  • Newlyweds dance while reception guests wave glow sticks.
  • Newlyweds pose mid-dance beneath outdoor string lights.
  • Groom dips the bride beneath string lights during the reception.
  • Newlyweds kiss beneath string lights at the reception.

What this real wedding can teach couples

This wedding is visual inspiration, not a promise about the weather on another date. For any destination celebration, the useful plan is the one that protects the people, the timeline and the experience while still leaving room for honest photographs.

  • Ask the venue and planner which covered alternatives are currently available and who makes the final weather call.
  • Leave transition time in the schedule so guests and the creative team can move without rushing if conditions change.
  • Keep umbrellas, towels and essential personal items where the wedding party can reach them quickly.
  • If a second-day portrait session matters to you, plan its access, travel, timing and permissions separately from the wedding day.

Those questions are more useful than assuming every tropical wedding will be sunny—or that rain automatically ruins the photographs. Lauren and Mike’s gallery shows how different parts of one celebration can remain connected even when the light, weather and location change.

Dreams Las Mareas wedding questions

Where did Lauren and Mike get married?

They celebrated their wedding at Dreams Las Mareas in Costa Rica.

Did they take the waterfall photographs on the wedding day?

No. The wedding story identifies the waterfall portrait session as taking place the following day in Bagaces.

What can couples learn from the rain in this gallery?

The photographs show umbrellas, heavy rain and a celebration that continued. Couples should confirm a current weather backup with their venue and planner because every date, timeline and set of conditions is different.

Who photographed Lauren and Mike’s wedding?

Adri and Lucas photographed this wedding story. They are a bilingual Costa Rica wedding photography and film team, and both have worked at weddings since 2013.

Planning your own Costa Rica destination wedding?

Tell us your date, venue and the kind of celebration you are planning. We can talk through the visual priorities and the questions your planner and creative team should coordinate before the wedding.

Contact Adri and Lucas

By Adri and Lucas — a bilingual Costa Rica wedding photography and film team. Both Adri and Lucas have photographed and filmed weddings since 2013.