WITH THE PEOPLE INSIDE by the ALGARVE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

From photos of a wedding ceremony in a small chapel in the Algarve

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The place for religious wedding

Some time ago, there was a discussion about the difference between big churches and small churches. The photos of that post were from a Basilica very well known in Mafra. In that place of religious ceremonies, we feel so small and all that enormous inside involves us as if, suddenly, we were in the universe itself, which we just entered.

Of course, it is always a good subject, itself, for the wedding photographer who takes advantage of using all the possible points of view that the place offers to him.

The little chapel

But, in a small hermitage where, usually, there are no more than four white walls, very small, with an altar stripped of vanities, the wedding photographer does not have so much to offer to his lens and then does not give him back photos, to be present for gluttony eyes. So, I need to change priorities and fulfill, I may say, the void that the big churches have too much. This could leave me without an alternative, or maybe not.

Maybe not, because the wedding photographer is there, especially, to photograph the story of the day and the day is a day of people. So, he points his lens at the person inside and verifies, at once, that there will be nothing missing for him doing his job well in the chapel.

Objects of choice for wedding photographs

From the entrance of the groom and the bride, the quieting of everyone, the chairs that will leave many outside, the attention of the wedding couple to the priest’s homily, or even the bouquet of the bride quietly sleeping on the bench are privileged objects of the wedding photographer’s attention. So, with that, nothing is missing from the big puzzle that will be concluded in photos.

As you can see, does not matter where the wedding ceremony takes place.

Dot by dot:

• The subject of another article, large churches and small hermitages, was a wedding in the Great Basilica of Mafra. The only big difference, for wedding photographs, is that the photographer has more space to find solutions and points of view.

• In a small hermitage, the space is tighter, and the way of dealing with the subject of the photographs is closer, which can be an advantage for capturing those who fill the space, the guests.

• Since the wedding day is a day for people, there’s nothing like having them all together and making them the main and almost unique subject of the wedding photographer. Each space has its advantages for photography.

You need to know:

• It’s up to the photographer to know how to adapt to the places where a wedding takes place, the ceremony included. It will be the same for you. Come and find out more and ask any questions you may have. Contact me.