ONE MORNING IN THE GARDEN by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTUGAL

The photos are from the pre-wedding session in the Conde de Castro Guimarães Garden in Cascais

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The people I photograph

When I do portraits on the exterior I am a shadow photographer. I explain. I like the molding of the light when it is soft and gives that characteristic to the people I photograph. Nothing is worse than a wrinkled face, closed eyes, and dark shadows in front of a beautiful couple just a few days before the wedding.

It is easier and better, to photograph in the shadow if it is because the sun is mellowed by soft and not rainy clouds, by leafy trees that challenge the hard and hot sunlight never a friend of a quiet photo session, or by some walls that also are great backgrounds for timeless photos.

Sleepy sun with that light for the photos

That is why I go early or late. On that September morning, with Ella and Markus, the sun was still a bit sleepy and the big and lovely trees of the garden Parque Carmona, in Cascais, offered me that light that makes me proud doing what I do. Even if I am not at a wedding it is fun to be a photographer.