RANDOM by the PORTUGAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
The photos are from the dance floor at Casa de Reguengos during the wedding party
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The stages of the wedding day
There are various stages for which a wedding photographer must be prepared. Some force me to be very focused because what is happening has the obligation of not being able to run out of memory, others give me certain freedom where I can choose more freely where I can better compose my photos and, even, somewhere I can delight myself with that wait, wait, wait…now.
Despite that more or less design, a wedding day is full of acts, like those of the theater, that with more or less fastness, more or less calm offer to the wedding photographer lots of reasons to continue being it.
Photographer amid unrest
I have that part or act, where I am on my own and I use it as I feel I like it, as long as I get the story told.
As soon as the dance takes off, and all the people run to the center of the music, releasing energy, joy, and restlessness, the wedding photographer picks up their cameras with the right lenses, that know for the moment, and starts to run, constantly, inside that disheveled forest as if the winds that move it were replaced by songs and beats wisely chosen by a DJ that knows about the business and, in the end, he will leave with delicious fruits offered by this grove.
Harvesting all that crop, for the photos in the wedding
It is true that several times, I ask myself how that energy is so attractive to me when, after many hours as a wedding photographer, I find my own and go harvesting all that crop, that I can not, ever, take advantage of to transform it in photos, that we love so much.
Also, I ask myself how the guests, suddenly, since the first beat on the loudspeakers, jump from the tables where they were languidly seated after a tasty meal and untie that madness.
I am glad they do it, that is why I am there.
Dot by dot:
- Each phase of a wedding day requires a different approach from the photographer. In one phase, you’ll have to be more attentive and focused, in others, you’ll have to react very quickly, and in others you can wander around, almost nonchalantly, taking photos that come in abundance.
- The dance floor, as soon as it starts, after the newlyweds have opened the dance, is part of the last option. There is no specific direction, preparation, or technique. It’s just like the people dancing. They dictate the wedding photographer’s behavior for the rest of the evening.
- Such is the energy, the euphoria, and the choreography, or lack of it, that I often wonder how I managed to get this or that shot, such was the madness that the beats of the music imposed. That’s how it is, and that’s a good thing.
You need to know:
- The dance floor photos were taken at Casa de Reguengos, where the wedding party was held.
- It won’t be the photographer at your wedding who dictates how everyone dances and has fun. On the contrary, he’ll just be in charge of taking pictures of who and how they dance. It will depend on your guests. Contact me and we’ll arrange everything.
