THE INTERVAL by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTUGAL
From photos of a very hot day at the Pousada Castelo Palmela, after the wedding ceremony
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Wedding on a summer’s day
It was one of these days that the Summer, in Portugal, usually offers us. It was the hottest day of the year and, for Northern European people who came here because of it but were not used to his toughness, the shadow was the best remedy and frustration, at the same time.
The wedding photographer, born and raised here, where he, the sun, likes to be inclement, has his cells used to that state of the soul, on the day chosen by him, that just makes us want a cool shade and, languidly, let the time pass away.
Turning guests into photographs
It was as if the wedding photographer used, I repeat, to the today I want it of the sun, transforming in photos the way how the guests, and my wedding couple, were entertained surrounded with fresh liquids and small talk. The children, of course, can support the better temperatures with the energy that does not let me stay quiet all the time and, here and there, offer me those gifts beloved by my lens. I say thank you and take advantage.
The subjects the wedding photographer encounters
Adults, of course, are more relaxed because the heat does not let them move around, and they use the seats to spend hours until the fresh air shows up and life starts over, as it was scheduled. It was the wedding with more gathering time between the ceremony and the meal, only possible after the sun in bed, because the place with the tables was more like a giant pan ready to cook than to be used with the result of the cooking.
I can not say that troubled the wedding photographer because, as always, he found the subjects that never let his cameras and lens quiet, because they do not care about temperatures.
Always working.
Dot by dot:
- I remember well that hot summer’s day that forced everything scheduled after the wedding ceremony to be changed. Not for the wedding photographer, who is used to the inclemency of the sun, but for the bride and groom and their guests who had come from the cold.
- So, until the sun decided to let some cooler air through, everyone was chatting, the children were playing or sitting on their parents’ laps, and the photographer was taking advantage of all the photos that were still being taken on the afternoon of the wedding.
- Never before or since have I attended a wedding with so much time for the bride and groom and their guests to spend together before the meal. This wasn’t a problem for the photographer at all, because the photographs weren’t bothered by the heat.
You need to know:
- This intensely hot wedding day took place at the Pousada Castelo Palmela.
- Whatever the sun wants for your wedding, don’t worry, the photos will still be there and I’ll bring them. Come and see me at a meeting. Contact me.
