ALWAYS ON THE LOOK by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTUGAL

Photos of the bride’s friends and her during the wedding preparations at Quinta da Cascata in Cadaval

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The bride’s friends on the wedding day

Returning to the theme of friendship or how we care for one another. Nothing reveals solidarity more than a task that must be done, whether through offering opinions, correcting something, or simply having the patience to wait. The bride’s friends, while she moves through the process of becoming one in truth, pass the time chatting, helping each other with makeup, or checking in the mirror to ask, “Is this good like this?”

It’s up to the wedding photographer to find, in those processes, space to be like those birds known for stealing shiny things for fun, capturing moments that keep appearing as if in an orchard full of ripe fruit ready to be picked.

Moments of connection between people at the wedding

It is in these moments that I begin to notice the bonds between people — in the way they care for each other and take on little tasks to help the one beside them, in how they accept being asked for advice in a decision, all while giving the wedding photographer their main reason for being there. And of course, he takes advantage of it.

Point by point:

• When getting ready for the wedding day, the bride is with her friends:
  • Who helps her with everything she needs
  • Who gives opinions on things during the process
  • Who talks about the most varied subjects
• The wedding photographer knows this and makes every effort to:
  • Capture the photos they naturally offer
  • Tell small stories between the bride and her friends
  • Have plenty of moments they provided in the wedding photos
• The connections between people on the wedding day are one of the most important elements of my work throughout the day:
  • In gestures of friendship
  • In affection
  • In the readiness to help
  • In the sharing of emotions
• Everyone has a place beside the bride throughout the wedding day. The photographer must know how to carry what they do into the story so nothing is left untold.

You need to know:

• A bride’s morning is full of moments that any wedding photographer loves to turn into photographs. For my part, I know I have plenty to capture while she’s getting her hair done, her makeup applied, and being helped into becoming a true bride once the dress fits.

• Those who are with her are just as important to the story of that morning. Friends have special bonds that show themselves at the most important times, and what the bride does throughout the morning is loaded with emotion, needs, and help. Her friends won’t fail her in those moments.

• The wedding photographer knows this and takes the opportunity to enjoy the photos that emerge through their conversations, affectionate gestures, humorous moments, and moments of closeness.

• The photos that come from that are authentic and will serve to confirm it for as long as they are asked to be seen. That’s what they’re for — to return to when they became photographs.

Bringing the moments of your wedding into a revisiting whenever necessary is my job, through the photographs I’ll bring from it. Come and see how — let’s schedule a meeting. I have so much more to show you.

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• In Quinta do Castro In Cadaval, Portugal