It was our honeymoon. My wife and I had decided that heading to the Caribbean for a week would be a great way to recover from all of the wedding planning.

As a photographer I was immediately drawn towards a little jewel of an island where we could have some scenic solitude. We knew that we wouldn't have air conditioning but we didn't know that sand-fly season would start earlier than usual.

To make a long story short we spent most of the week avoiding the biting pests and trying as best we could to get a full nights sleep.  Something that is not so easy to do when it's 80 degrees with 80% humidity and you're covered in 100+ itchy bites.

Now almost exactly a year later the memory of the biting pests has faded for me, not so much for my wife. And we are left with pictures that would make it hard to believe that we were treated to anything less than paradise during our first week of mariage.

So, can good pictures overcome a terrible vacation? Perhaps not immediately but I'm sure that in our case we will be able to look back and remember things in a more positive light in part because of the beautiful images.