THE PHOTOGRAPHER by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN LISBON
Always the portrait, even if it was not been asked for. Although I already wrote here that I do not have any inclination to photograph animals, I admire their photographers very much. They are expert portraitists with a characteristic that I envy, the good envy, and I try to imitate them, once in a while, as a wedding photographer. Patience.
So, sometimes I pick up my telelens in one camera and, with the patience of those who know that waiting pays off, far away, I choose one or two characters walking the event and, sooner or later, I know that they will offer me that gesture, that moving or reacting to someone attention. I do not know about the other wedding photographers, but, that part, it is only me, my cameras, and my subjects. I completely forget the wedding itself.
It is as if my commitment to the couple was off for some time and I deliver myself to something that only belongs to me. It is like meditation. Me, my cameras, and some moving walkers offer me those things I like so much. My own universe and nothing more. In those moments I am just a photographer. The wedding one will come in moments. It is a wonder.