MIRRORS, by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTALEGRE

The photo is of the bride with her bouquet, moments before going to the wedding ceremony at the Church of Santa Maria da Devesa in Castelo de Vide

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Peeking and wedding photographer

Peeking is one thing I love to do as a photographer. It is that casual behavior that everybody has when not being a part of the action, turn their eyes and catch that small part of the happening, sometimes with that blur that gives a completely different vision of the reality, almost dreamlike and, like a photo, stay printed in our mind without wanting to know what happened.

The mirrors, with the photo already made

I think that most wedding photographers have this peeking side. That is why a lot of the new wedding photos, at this day’s weddings, have that unexpected and without that frontal, and sometimes, dry of the things really there.

For me, everything is worth a peek at the almost closed door, the group of people that opens a corridor with my subject at the end, the small gap in the flower branch, and… mirrors. Mirrors have, themselves, the photo already made and give me all the freedom to choose the best piece for the best photo and, when I can do it, catch the right moment and have the cherry on the top of the cake. Here, it happened. Thank you Inês

Texto e foto: Fernando Colaço