HERE WE GO FOR THE WEDDING CEREMONY, IN ALGARVE

From photos of the bride leaving for Club Nau, Praia Grande in Ferragudo, Algarve, for the wedding ceremony and party

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Stealing Moments in Photographs

There it is—time to go. After a few hours spent stealing moments only to give them back later, the wedding photographer is a good thief—he returns everything. Brides and their attendants transform and move toward this long-awaited moment, and finally, the door opens to lead the bride toward the beach turned into a celebratory altar.

I’ve already written here about these moments—always different—that I call connections. Like those necklaces that need small links to support the main decorations, and without them, the necklace wouldn’t exist. In the same way, the wedding photographer turns these moments into photos—often unexpected—that will link the main groups of preparation, ceremony, and celebration. Between them, there’s no shortage of connections.

Beach Turned into a Wedding Ceremony Altar

On the other hand, and given their spontaneity, these moments are always desired by any wedding photographer eager to prove themselves quick to notice and efficient in execution. Everything feels rushed because what is to come cannot wait—even if, at times, it does. There’s always something new to capture in any… connection. Like the one that’s about to happen soon, on a beach turned into an altar.

Point by point:

• After a morning of hairstyles, makeup, and dressing up, the bride is finally ready to head to the wedding ceremony.
• I call these moments on the wedding day connections:
  • They are movements from one place to another.
  • They don’t carry the weight of the big moments of the day.
  • But they are capable of producing great wedding photographs.
• The path that connects the bride’s house, where she carefully got ready, to the ceremony is like a link in a chain meant to tie the parts together.
• It’s great for the wedding photographer because it helps complete the story of the day and for the photos because it’s already filled with emotion.

You need to know:

• I’ve always loved photographing this part of the wedding day. Not only because it completes the story I’m there to tell but also because of the images these in-between moments can offer me. There’s a mix of emotions in the bride that I like to bring out when I complete the story in the wedding album.

Your departure for the ceremony will be one of those subjects I never miss. From the first wedding I photographed, it’s always been that way. To find out more, let’s schedule a meeting where I can show you much more, and we can talk about how your big day is being planned.

• In Club Nau, at Praia Grande em Ferragudo, Algarve