The bride smells a flower with the groom beside her, looking up, in the pre-wedding session in Chiado, by the wedding photographer in Lisbon, Portugal.

The photographer and the lessons they taught him for weddings

LEARNING by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN LISBON

The bride smells a flower with the groom beside her, looking up, in the pre-wedding session in Chiado, by the wedding photographer in Lisbon, Portugal.

Some photos from an engagement session wandering around Chiado, in Lisbon


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In the quest for style

   Once more, the wedding photographer was finding some photos, for the posts in the blog, and came across those of Bruno and Vanessa. I did not resist picking up some more from those of that afternoon, some years ago, in Chiado, Lisbon.

The wedding photographer was searching for his own identity, to know how to best photograph a subject relatively new to him, the wedding and pré wedding, and they did not have an idea how important their challenge was for the style that, later, after being debugged, it defines me in the eyes of others, especially those who may be interested in my help and assure the best memory they can have for the day they chose, eye to eye, swear yes to each other.

The beautiful Chiado, the subject for my lens

   That is true, the wedding photographer did not though that the challenge was, on the one hand, simpler because you do not need to tell us what to do, we are just walking around and dating and you will take advantage of the best you can do, in the places important to us and we assure to you that they are all very good places to photograph and very friendly of your lens, a thing I already knew because I knew them, the places, like my hands.

The old and beautiful Chiado where I was able to move around since my youth and, for other reasons, was a great subject for my lens and photographic cameras that have accompanied me throughout my professional life and beyond. So, I accepted immediately and it was only needed to follow the events like a canoeist who descends on an unknown river.

The flow of a wedding day

   That is funny that this session was a few days from a wedding that was, also, very important for my learning and showed me the way to go and, with joy, gave me good results and lots of satisfied clients over the years that followed. You may ask what I learned, or better, what was so clear to me in that so important session.

The ability, to quickly, read expressions, to know the best point of view to capture with harmony the state of mind, the postures that give me the know-how and how well to build and integrate all that in the space, so-called composition. I learned that just a simple note is enough to put away the embarrassment in front of a camera, because of the lack of habit, and, especially, I learned that following the event and not interfering is the best way to do it, photographically.

The lesson was the best to follow the flow of the wedding day. Yes, the wedding photographer learned and he is, forever, grateful for the lesson.

The bride and groom, at the dating session in Chiado, sitting on a double bench, laughing.
The couple chatting happily before the wedding, on a bench in a street in Chiado in Lisbon.
The groom with a smile and with the bride in the background, blurred, as they talk.
Bride's face at the pre-wedding session at Chiado in Lisbon.



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