ALWAYS LOOKING by the PORTUGAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

When the groom, at Quinta da Cheinha, in Guarda, kneels for the bride and friends to take photos, at the wedding party

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A Wedding Is a Small Universe

A wedding is a small universe where those present—just like stars, planets, galaxies, and all those other phenomena we so love to see in Hubble photographs—never stop revolving around one another and constantly composing images that simply need to be captured by an attentive wedding photographer.

However, just as the Hubble is incapable of seeing the entire universe at once, the wedding photographer also misses out on many things that could have been excellent pieces in the grand puzzle of the wedding day. But that’s just how it is, and there’s no point in getting stuck because of it. You make the most of what you see and what you manage to catch in time—like everything in life.

Photographer at the Wedding, On Top of the Moment

That’s how it was with this photograph. The wedding photographer was off in other galaxies, focused on some of the stars, when—with his always-suspicious eye—he spotted, at the other end of the universe, a groom down on one knee to the great delight of the bride’s moons, somewhere between joy and surprise. Luckily, the photographer is equipped with gear faster than Star Trek’s Enterprise transporter and, before he could even think, was already on top of the moment.

Just like that.

Point by Point:

• If we think of the bride and groom, the guests and family, the staff—whether at the ceremony or the party—as stars and planets, a wedding is a small universe.
• The wedding photographer is the telescope that allows it to be seen later in the photographs.
• Like a telescope, the photographer and their lenses can only see and photograph parts at a time.
• That’s never a problem, because it’s the only way to tell stories—bit by bit—which, once joined and sequenced in the wedding photos, show how it all was.
• That’s how it was with today’s photograph. I was focused on other stars when I saw this constellation taking place. As a wedding photographer, I observed, reacted, and captured.

You Need to Know:

• Any wedding is an endless web of interrelations happening over a day. It’s a true galaxy in constant motion that can only be seen in parts by the photographer responsible for capturing the unfolding moments. In the end, all those pieces are gathered and woven into a story—the story of the wedding day.

That’s what I want to do at your wedding. In that whirlwind of perpetual motion, you won’t be able to grasp the whole of what the day was, with you and those around you—your guests. You need someone to tell you the story. That would be me. Come meet with me so we can talk about it, and I can also show you the wedding albums.