VELOCITIES by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTUGAL

Photos of the bride and groom arriving at the church for the wedding ceremony

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Priests and wedding ceremonies

There are times in a wedding photographer‘s day when it looks like he needs to be like the Enterprise ships from that TV series with the ability to warp or be like those quantum particles to be able to be everywhere at once hello mister Priest, I am the photographer who will be with you and the groom and bride, nice to meet you, are there any notes on what I can do in the use of space to capture the photographs that have asked me to take?

Note one from the priest one: see if the bride arrives as we are running late, and I have mass afterward. Note two from the priest: see if you don’t bother me, you can’t photograph here, there, and there, but that’s how it is. Note from priest three, the one I like the most: Have you ever said Mass? No. Then I’ve never photographed a wedding either; you do your job and I’ll do mine.

Respect and duty for the wedding photographer

It sounds a bit like a joke from a wedding photographer given to humor, but it’s a bit like that. That glorious morning that is not because it is sunny or rainy but because it is a day of love celebration, can become, for me, in anguish now see how I am going to do this or in the joy of trumpets in the baroque symphony, of course, Mr. Priest, I will see if the bride has already arrived so we can start the wedding ceremony.

I must clarify that whatever the result of that small and clarified conversation with the priest on duty, the wedding photographer will do everything to do what he was there to do and at the same time, with respect and obligation, be in the place and with the duty he has to the couple that trusted him. It is not always easy, but it has always been done.

Now let’s look at the speed part: the wedding photographer arrives from the bride’s house following the path that the modern gadget shows him.

Racer photographer and wedding planner

The bride comes driven by someone who knows all the shortcuts, and biased paths and loves to be like a racing champion and when I arrive, she’s already there waiting to enter but wait a bit I still have to talk to the priest, that conversation above, photograph the groom’s entrance with his mother and see if the musicians they hired are in place.

This is the organizing wedding photographer. Done. Now, the bride, like a soloist waiting for the conductor’s signal, I love the analogy, let’s go. The bride walks through the door and is always magnificent, of course, and with her father, she usually walks majestically and nervously down the aisle of the church through guests who follow her with their gaze to her proudly awaiting prince.

Then, afterward, at the front, they exchange rings and go on to be happy ever after under lots of flower petals and rice, but the wedding photographer will certainly not rest. It’s too early for that, there’s much, much more.

In other articles, I’ll tell you about it.

Dot by dot:

• As the day gets closer to the wedding ceremony, things take on an impressive speed. One of the things I quickly need to know is which priest will officiate at the ceremony.

• Of course, regardless of the outcome of the conversation with the priest, the wedding photographer will do everything possible to ensure that nothing is left unphotographed.

• After the races, the conversation with the priest, the coverage of the wedding ceremony, the shower of grains of rice to make them happy forever…there’s still a lot of running to do.

You need to know:

• That’s just how the wedding photographer is. He doesn’t just take pictures, he also does everything he can to make sure this day of happiness goes as smoothly as possible. He’ll do it on yours, too. So, contact me, now.