AGAIN THEM by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTUGAL
Photographs of the cutting of the cake, at the end of the wedding party
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The rituals of the wedding day
I like rituals. Even those I do not believe in the contents. I believe that rituals are a human need to build bonds with actions, things, moments, and people.
The wedding is one big ritual with sub-rituals that create good moments for the wedding photographer, that is, for him, like nectar to a bee, on a bright spring day. The cut of the cake is one of them. It must end the day, when all the other rituals are gone, which I already wrote about them in the past and, of course, will come again in the future.
It is the couple’s great thanks to all those who lived with them all this intensity, this strengthening of ties, between the newlyweds and all who were with them, knowing that they will go home with a heart full of love symbolized, that is another thing of the rituals, in a slice of cake that has nothing do to with flour, sugar, eggs, and other mixtures, but with affection, bonds and, of course, lots of love.
The site of the wedding cake-cutting
I learned this over time since the wedding photographer brought one, another, and then another. I must say, not as an excuse, but this cake that was born to be offered in slices, and as each one is like a kiss I love you or a hug, count on me sometimes is placed in places that do not allow the wedding photographer to shine.
As much as I try to be pedagogical wherever I go, I only get the conclusion that the person who counts least there is the wedding photographer, as must be. So, do what you can and the best possible way. Well, it is said, if someone of the wedding Quintas read this knows that the wedding cake tables in the darkness and the wedding photographers do not always marry well with each other.
Every slice of wedding cake is a gift of affection
However, this doesn’t matter at all. The wedding photographer must do what is important, pick up slices of the action of the cut, and be aware of the affections that happen when it is good, and when it’s not.
What is essential is that every slice of the cake, in this ritual, will look like all the others, where what is tasted has a stronger value than the simple act of putting into the mouth a mixture of flavors, mixed somewhere else.
The wedding photographer knows that the flavor does not matter, whether chocolate or vanilla, if more or less cream, with coverage or not, if straight or stages, with eating flowers or not. He knows, because he can see it in the photographs he takes, that what everybody is tasting, are the affections that bond them all together, are the confirmation of such ties, and, above all, full of thank you for the generosity of having been here with us.
That is what the wedding photographer will tell about the ingredients of the wedding cake.
That he knows, because the cake recipe belongs to another wedding professional and he does not tell.
Dot by dot:
- I’ve always loved rituals, even those that are mere fantasy, especially in movies. The wedding day includes several as it goes on. The cutting of the wedding cake is usually the last.
- I have to say, though, that it’s not the parts that need to be photographed where the wedding photographer has it easiest. Those who run the venues don’t care about him at all and cut the cake in the strangest places in terms of light for photographs.
- It doesn’t matter what the wedding photographer thinks or what the cake is made of. What matters is what it symbolizes, at the end of the night, during the wedding party.
You need to know:
- Although it’s true and the photographer can’t always get carried away with this last ritual of the wedding day, he always does his best to make sure it’s not forgotten. Your cake will also be in the photos. Contact me first for a nice chat.