THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN LISBON
Photographs of other photographers photographing on the wedding day at Pézinhos no Tejo in Caparica, Almada
The other photographers
After the boom of smartphones, I found some commentaries on the internet about wedding photographers’ groups about how bothersome they feel about the guest photographers who fulfill weddings nowadays. Today, everybody with a camera inside a phone is a potential competitor with a contracted photographer.
The photo that wasn’t
Of course, I do not believe that even one of these competitors will have a story of the day compatible with the professional. Also, I recognize that on some occasions our work can be damaged by a more adventurous smartphone photographer in front of us for the same spot or just, at the perfect moment, hide from our subjects, the bride and groom.
Photographing the making of a photograph
However, from what concerns me, I am a great observer of those new ways to photograph. A selfie or the group photo to the guest photographer. And, sometimes, I photograph the photographer doing a…photo. Maybe because when I see them, I feel myself doing the same thing. It is just some respect. Being a photographer at a wedding is just an observation process and the other photographers belong, also, to the story of the day.
- In Pézinhos no Tejo na Caparica, Almada, Portugal