BEFORE by the SINTRA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

Bride and groom portraits taken at Quinta da Serra in Sintra

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When the light is ready for photos

There is a moment, during the day of the wedding, that makes me start to be a little nervous, looking for the newlyweds and the sun outside and seeing that it is starting to deliver the light I know that will draw beautiful frames, as this wedding photographer love it so much.

It is already scheduled, but the wedding photographer can not boss the couple and take them away from the pampering of the guests that do not stop to wrap them with nice words wishing them the best, tell them stories from the time they were kids, showing them that they are bonded or to some last-minute adjustment from who is charged to not let the party loose the party time.

When the light can escape the photographer at the wedding

The wedding photographer bites their lip, walks without stopping, go to the door to see if the sun does not decide to go down faster or change the course and make them flee to another side of the light he loves so much or, even, if some bad temper wind suddenly appeared exactly for the wrong side undoing that elaborated hairdressings, so carefully done.

When we have an objective on the way and the moment is approaching, all of us know about our ability to dramatize and feel that everything is against us and our goal is in jeopardy of being finished, as we intended. Well, newlyweds, sun and wind, the wedding photographer does not have any problem with you in particular, but he just wants the three of you to let him deliver the most beautiful result and the best way he can do it. If one of you fails him…

When, after all, light has served well in wedding photography

Of course, all that affliction is only for a moment, that for the wedding photographer was an eternity, as always happens when we have the pressure for what must be done right now. Maybe it is his exaggerated personality that gives him that tension.

But, as always happens, we are ready, let’s go and we have the exact light that I wanted and we can start our photographic walk and do some portraits.

That portrait was the first thing that photography had done, and never let it go away, until the moment that it was my time to do it and turned into such a desire that, sometimes, makes me lose my composure a little when I am just starting to go on with it.

Please, do not make a bad judgment about the wedding photographer in me, it is just because it is stronger than me.

Those things…

Dot by dot:

• When the evening of the wedding day arrives, I start to get a little nervous because it’s time to photograph the bride and groom, alone, as agreed. But what was agreed doesn’t always match up with what time the sun is shining.

• There’s always something that delays the bride and groom, someone who wants to congratulate them, a friend who has a last-minute story, or an indication for the venue staff. The sun doesn’t wait, the wind can change its mood, and the right time for the photographs can change.

• Portraiture was the wedding photographer’s first reason for becoming one. So it’s only natural that, when the time comes, for the portrait, he gets a little too demanding when it comes to going for it. It’s only because he likes it so much.

You need to know:

• The portraits were taken in the beautiful garden of Quinta da Serra in Sintra, the one opposite Linhó.
• When you find the photographer a little anxious, at the time for the portrait, of your wedding, don’t be surprised. He’s just like that, he loves them. Contact me to find out more.