THEY ARE SO MANY by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN ALGARVE
Photos of the bride and groom surrounded by guests congratulating them on their wedding and leaving the church
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Converting them into wedding photographs
The distribution. In heaps and industrial quantities. They are there, on a wedding day, in a way that is hard to find elsewhere with such abundance, quality, and sincerity.
The wedding photographer misses so many of them that even with countless assistants, it would be impossible to capture them all. They are in front, to the right, to the left, and, undoubtedly, moving back and forth behind, where the camera isn’t pointing.
It becomes frustrating, in such a bountiful harvest, not being able to catch them all, much like a sweet-toothed person in the most well-stocked pastry shop, knowing he can’t taste everything. Perhaps that’s why I love photographing weddings so much; I have a sweet tooth, and my slightly cheeky lens is always telling me, “Wow, with this, I never get tired of working and turning everything into wedding photographs.”
They are present throughout the wedding day
From my experience, walking through streets where they are rarely seen, on crowded trains where just spotting one improves my day, to beaches where they are more common—unsurprisingly, as those places bring much joy.
If my livelihood depended on finding them in those places, I might have to change the profession or start a new life, knowing I’d be deeply saddened, away from them and my beloved cameras with their, at least one, irritating yet creative lenses.
It’s true; I can’t imagine being without them, especially on a wedding day. Like sweets, they have something that turns any wedding photographer into an addict, never able to escape them. At least, that’s how it is for me, but unlike sweets, I’ll never need to worry about the quantity and I am always ready to capture more.
After all, who are they? The wedding photographer knows.
They drive me to run from one side to another, quickly deciding if they look better from above or if I need to almost lie on the ground to capture them just right. They make me swap out my lens that thinks it can do everything alone for another that allows photographing from afar to avoid startling them. Then, after everyone has had their fill, the wedding photographer needs a moment to catch their breath, such was the intensity with which they appeared in such a short time.
Although I know they’ll continue until it’s time to put away my cameras and lenses in their resting bag—to the great irritation of the one that never feels satisfied—and head home with that feeling we sweet-toothed folks have when we’ve had plenty but not so much as to feel sick. Haven’t guessed who these rascals are, present throughout so many words, sentences, and periods, some even paragraphs?
The smiles, of course, what else could it be?
Point by point:
- At weddings, there’s something that offers so many photographic opportunities that, if it were a sweet treat, all the wedding guests would be sick of them by day’s end.
- Nowadays, it’s very rare to find them on the streets and other places where people go and where they should always be showing. Thankfully, I’m a wedding photographer, where they abound.
- They make me run from one side to another, force me to always seek the best viewpoint, constantly change lenses, and even, imagine, take a short rest due to their sheer quantity. They are the smiles, of course.
You need to know:
- They will also appear in your wedding photos. They will be in such quantity and quality that it will be impossible to leave them lost on that day. To capture them, contact me, and I’ll take care of it.