ALL TOGETHER by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN SINTRA

Some photos of the bride, groom, guests, and others at the wedding party at Quinta da Serra in Sintra

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Gathering for the wedding ceremony

Gatherings. What is a wedding day if not an excellent opportunity for gatherings? The wedding photographer finds two great moments of gathering, on the wedding day, that symbolize the bonds between everybody and the wedding couple, who decided to have them with them, to witness and celebrate the new connection.

The first one is the ceremony with the rings, and then yes, I do, where everyone, solemnly, approaches the attention of the ceremonial table and shares that crucial moment that changes the type of bond they had to the one they will have from there.

They are, already, husband and wife, but also, all the other family members are, from now on, connected with new bonds, and, in a certain way, they are responsible for each other in a family that has become bigger and, as we want it, stronger.

Gathering for the wedding cake-cutting

The other moment is the cut of the cake. After flying in small flocks according to the interest of the conversations and the degrees of the bonds, they gather again. They will share that gratitude in the form of a slice of cake, because the newlyweds do not want to let them go without offering it and, once more, assure that they are all connected by the affection and the love they have for them all.

The other gatherings during the wedding party

But, beyond these gatherings, for the really important things for every one of those who are there, the wedding photographer takes notice of lots of other gatherings, many of them reunions, that are an irresistible attraction for his lenses thirsty for moments too, then, blatantly, tell me you see if it were not for us you would be here doing anything and everything around would pass you by.

I say yes because contradicting them is not good, I also notice many of them, which you take advantage of very well. It is not worth it because, like that, I have them motivated to be aware and not let anything go away and, when everything is over, it is a beauty to see them quiet in the bag, because they believe that without them the wedding photographer, also, would not be with that great feeling of accomplishment, which is true.  

So, we wander around there and sometimes one or the other brings me moments of meeting according to our interests. Some of them paint, others talk and tell stories, others take care of each other, and others, simply, enjoy, they are there because they know that it is necessary to be and nothing else.

The wedding photographer captures all the moments

It is a time when the wedding photographer feels that time stays out of time and everything seems to be perfect as if he was a gardener in the moment of picking flowers for the wedding, being able to bring them but letting them stay, which is what photographs do.

Its power and magic are such that, without pinching anything in those who are gathering, it takes them so they never lose themselves in time and are always able to come back to the gathering that already happened.

The wedding photographer knows that and he can not waste time until it is time to change places and the time of gatherings is over, purposefully designed for him and his lens, as he thinks. But, he also knows that other photos will be around and ready for his restless lenses. Yes, it is like that.

Ponto por ponto:

• A wedding day is nothing more than an opportunity for encounters. Everyone there is connected for whatever reason, the main one being the bride and groom, who will be connected in another way once they are husband and wife. The wedding ceremony is that encounter place.

• The other big meeting of the day is when the wedding cake is cut. After the wedding guests have spent all day together, but in more or less separate groups, they all come together for the last sharing of the day.

• It’s with his lens, always eager to look for moments in these encounters to capture them as photographs, that the wedding photographer wanders between the other small encounters with the bride and groom and the guests and the small groups they form.

• The photographer, in these encounters at the wedding, is like a gardener picking flowers who, despite taking them with him, lets them stay in place, something that can only be done through photography.

You need to know:

• That’s exactly what I do. In the photographs, I bring back the moments of everyone’s meetings on the wedding day and, at the same time, I leave them there to continue meeting each other. I’ll do the same for your wedding. All you have to do is contact me and I’ll explain how.