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Cuban cars in Old Havana – Habana Vieja – before photographing a wedding in Cuba.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2014
old Cuban cars in Havana

Cuban car in old Havana with two little boys playing by the side.

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inside a Cuban car

Inside a classic Cuban taxi car

Cuban classic cars in old Havana

Real life in Cuba as a Cuban lady walks past a red and white classic car

Cuban cars in old Havana, Cuba.

Blue and white classic car taxi in Havana

Classic Cuban car in Old Havana in blue and white.

An elegant young lady in black walks past a blue and white classic Cuban car and a red moped. Arty photos in Old Havana.

Real life in Cuba - old classic car and Cuban kids.

Two little Cuban boys playing by a classic car in Habana Vieja

Red and white classic Cuban car in Old Havana

Red and white classic Cuban car in Old Havana

Real life in Cuba - colourful classic cars on the road in Havana

Colourful classic American old cars driving along a street in Havana on the way to the town centre

 Cuba and classic Cuban cars

Red classic Cuban car

Cuban classic car driving along the streets of Old Havana

These Cuban cars just keep on and on, as you can see with this one looking immaculate as it is being driven along the streets of Havana

Real life in Cuba - classic cars and young people hanging out/

Kids the world over hang out in the streets listening to music. However music is deeply embedding in the soul of all Cubans. To the right a classic American car is being repaired at the roadside

Roadside repairs of a classic Cuban car

Roadside repairs of a classic Cuban car

Real life in Cuba as an engine is taken apart in the street

Real life in Cuba as a classic car engine is taken apart in the street.

Real life in Cuba - man repairting his old American car in Havana

Under the bonnet of a classic Cuban car.

This was my 6th visit to Cuba since 1996, but the cars have not changed.  I was in Havana to photograph a real Cuban wedding – on 14th December 2014 –  but couldn’t resist spending a day in Old Havana just taking pictures of cars and people.

 

I actually met my husband here, on the last day of my very first trip to Cuba, but it wasn’t till my second visit 18 months later that we got together.  I had just completed a 6 month’s rapid course in Spanish, but even so by head ached after spending hours and hours talking in Spanish on that second visit that change the course of my life.   He was working as a Sound Designer /Recordist/Engineer at Cuban TV, and I had just graduated from  Huddersfield Uni. Fortunately he was a very accomplished English speaker too, so no problems of communication at all.

I spent my first week cycling from Havana to Trinidad (a town in Cuba)  – a distance of about 250 km – in aid of the National Deaf Children’s Society, then in the second week stayed with this lovely Cuban family I had met on the last day of my initial visit when on a study trip. They had a 50 year old fridge that needed a new motor, so I made it a condition that I was allowed to pay for that to be repaired.  Towards the end of that week, we went into Havana to try and get an umbrella repaired  – yes repaired  – and on our way back as we were waiting for a bus, I asked Jorge why he didn’t consider coming to the UK to work.  his reply was that in order to work in the UK, he would need to be married.  Without even thinking , I replied,

 

“Well that can be arranged!”

15 years on , we are still married, so sometime things are just meant to be.

 

 

 

Real life in Cuba - Cuban taxi more than 50 years old and still on the road.

Cuban taxi more than 50 years old and still on the road.

Cuban art photo

Art picture of classic Cuban taxi.

Cuban street life with classic car and local Cubans.

Cuban street life with classic car and local Cubans.

Cuban taxi - over 50 years old.

Classic Cuban taxi in Old Havana December 2014.

Strong image of a Classic Cuban car in Havana.  Copyright Reel Life Photos

Love the grille in the front of this car.

Art photo of Cuba

Art photo of the back of an old car by a Cuban window in Havana.

Roadside mechanics - real life in Cuba.  Copyright Reel Life Photos

They have no private space of garage so just set about repairing their cars where they stop.

Real life in Cuba - classic Cuban  cars still driving round Havana.

Cuban streets are so full of beautiful old cars!

Cuban cars in Old Havana. Copyright Reel Life Photos.

A classic Cuban car driver spots my camera and waves to me as he drives past.

Real life in Cuba .  Classic cars an old motorbikes.

Cars and mopeds being driven through Old Havana.

Woman hailing a share taxi in Old Havana.

A Cuban taxi stops to see if it can get a new passenger.

Old Cuban taxi in Havana.  Copyright Reel Life Photos

Cuban taxi in Old Havana.

Real life in Cuba

Lime green Cuban taxi driving past a street in Havana with peeling paint.

Brown classic Cuban taxi car in Havana

Street in Old Havana with classic Cuban taxi car driving past.

Street in Cuba with red classic taxi car in Old Havana

Red and white old American car used as a taxi, driving past pedestrians walking along the pavement in Old Havana. (Habana Vieja)

Old white taxi  - classic American car in Cuba

Classic white Cuban car used as a taxi in Old Havana

Real life in Cuba, Cubana and classic old cars in Havana.

Real life on the streets of Old Havana

Real life in Cuba - Cuban cars in Havana

Cuban lady looking at an old American car in Havana

Cuban cars in Old Havana - a street in Hbana Vieja.

Cuban cars in Old Havana drive past as girls cross the street in Habana Vieja

ClassicCuban street scene  in Old Havana with old American cars

Classic street scene in Old Havana

Old Cuban cars in Havana still work as taxis.

Old American car used as a taxi in Havana

Lime green and white classic Cuban car in Old Havana

Lime green and white classic Cuban car in Old Havana

Lime green car in Old Havana,  Cuba

Close up of the lime green car with white roof in Old Havana.

Life in Cuba, car, moped, and Cubans

Blue car by candlewick twisted (sugar candy?) columns

Old Cuban car in Havna

Blue Cuban car in Old Havana

Old American car in Cuba

Blue car in Havana.

Red motorbike with sidecar in Cuba

Conversation piece: red motorbike with sidecar in Havana.

Rickshaw and old American car in Cuba

Red, yellow, green and blue!

Classic Cadillac cars in Cuba

Old Cuban cars by El Malecón.

Old Amercan cars in Cuba.

Havana may look as if it is crumbling, but in reality it is full of life.

Dramatic photo of street in Havana in the winter.

Street in Havana

Old Cuban cars.

Old Cuban cars everywhere, gleaming in the sunlight.

Life and old cars in Cuba

The appeal of Havana is in the feeling that time has stood still.

Old Amercian cars in Cuba

Love this shiny blue classic car as it drives past the tall decorative columns of a 100 year old block of flats in Havana.

Old Cuban cars in Havana

Symphony of colour in yellow, blue and green.

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Plaza de Maceo, Havana, Cuba with old Cuban cars at night.

Old cars going past Plaza de Maceo in Havana, Cuba at night. on el Malecón.

 

 

 

 

Real Cuban wedding in Havana, Cuba

Saturday, December 20th, 2014

Its not often I get to photograph a wedding in Cuba, so am excited to post these first few pics following my recent trip there for this wedding.  It isn’t set in a glamorous hotel or on an exotic beach, but the happiness in the couple’s faces shows the true meaning of a wedding day.

If you are planning to get married in Cuba, or are having your wedding reception abroad then get in touch , as we only charge the same as a UK wedding, other than a bit of hospitality if I don’t know anyone in the particular country your are getting married in.   I have places to stay in The Seychelles, The Gambia, Cyprus and Cuba, and possibly others in different countries, depending on the towns.  I am happy to travel anywhere really, and have already covered weddings in The Ice Hotel in Sweden, in Australia, Norway, Nigeria, Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, France, Southern Ireland, Cyprus, Gambia and The Seychelles.  We can come as a video-photography team or I can also shoot some video footage, as well as taking photos.

xx Elaine and Jorge

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Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Cuban wedding dress

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

The bride’s friends fuss round her as they arrive to help her get ready.

A male friend sits by as he knows he can't do much at this stage to help the bride get ready

A male friend sits by as he knows he can’t do much at this stage to help the bride get ready.  As you can see it is Christmas time too – 14th December in fact .

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Bride’s wedding shoes hanging on the base of an old sewing machine, in this lovely house in Cuba.

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Simple makeup.

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Artistic room in Havana where the Cuban bride is getting ready for her wedding, as a friend applies her makeup for her.

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Hair tweaking as the tiara goes on

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Hairspray lovingly applied and duplicated in the mirror reflection. The natural light adds to the magic.

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Now the male family friend can help out by doing up the bride’s shoes.

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Look at your shoes. You look so pretty.

Real Cuban wedding in Havana , Cuba

Happy bride in Cuba!

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