NEW CONNECTIONS by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN GUARDA

Photos of the bride before the wedding ceremony and guests on their way to the church of Menoita, near Guarda

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Steering wheel enthusiast after photos

   It may not seem like it, but these photos have in common affection. When the wedding photographer was visited by Hélia and Paulo and they told me that I needed to go near Guarda, if I was interested in being their photographer at the wedding, I said, immediately yes.

Taking a trip at the end of September beyond Serra da Estrela was something that will motivate me and being a driver only for the necessary in my day and day life, I become a steering wheel and road worshiper when I need to go far away. If I go from my home, in Parede, to Lisbon it is a punishment, but running over 300 or 400km is a pleasure.

That is why I did not hesitate for a second and, of course, I want to go to that little church from Hélia’s childhood in a village beyond Guarda, called Menoita.

The couple left the wedding ceremony, husband and wife

   No, I did not lose my subject. One of the affections, not mine, belongs to Hélia for the village of her childhood and, especially, for the small church where she had happy moments and passed by rituals that were part of her growth.

After, like many of us, she walked too far too distant places and, sometimes, it is necessary to meet again with the important things and places. Her marriage with Paulo served perfectly for this reunion. I remember very well the day with the blue sky kissed by a smooth breeze from the hills, around, with the smells that only in those places we can find.

So, the couple left as husband and wife from that chapel, which was full of people and left out many of them guessing what was going on inside, but with the certainty that would be for celebration, right away.

These affections, in the wedding photos

  The other one is about care. The care of those who never want to stop taking care of us, assuring that everything is as it must be, with gestures knowing how to leave everything perfect, for the great moment of the ceremony.

Nothing better than the mother leaving anything undone. I already told, you here, that those caring gestures are the only ways to tell that they love, take advantage of those moments to show affection, as if they were kisses and hugs, with small directions for perfection. It is those affections, for places, others, and from others that I always find an abundance, when I am a wedding photographer. 

I must say, maybe, that they are the main reason why I always with the need to come back, either far away in Guarda or near me around Sintra, where I walk a lot. In the presence of these photos, I am sure of it.

Dot by dot:

• I enjoy driving to travel and being able to photograph and a wedding day in Guarda was an opportunity I immediately said yes to. Two pleasures.

• Affections fill most of the wedding photographs I’ve had the opportunity to capture. But some go beyond feelings for people. There are also places we belong to or simply like.

• Those who look after the bride and groom as they get ready before leaving for the wedding ceremony are nothing more than a huge amount of affection for them. The photographs prove it.

You need to know:

• It’s those little gestures, or those places, that are the glue that binds everyone together on a wedding day. The photographer just has to remind you that they were important. In yours too. Contact me to find out why.