THE SHY by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN ALGARVE

From the photo shoot on the afternoon of the wedding party, on the beach in front of Club Nau in Ferragudo, Algarve

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Not all are photographic models

The wedding photographer is not always able to free the photographed ones from the discomfort that a pointed camera can cause. I know what I speak because, despite constantly imposing my presence with lens cameras on others over many years, I completely panicking if I feel one is pointing at me.

Stuff. But that’s why I have great respect for my subjects. That’s what photographers call about what or who they photograph, and I always try to help overcome that, at the very least, discomfort. Not all people will have to be models for the wedding photographer, as if that was the most natural thing to do, despite the century and a half that the cameras have been out there.

Making the wedding photographer invisible

On the other hand, as you must understand, this is a challenge I accept so that I can get to the end of the wedding day and have fulfilled, well, my task.

Of course, there are tricks. I remember Tiago well on his wedding day with Sonia.

As soon as I got close to him, early in the morning, and pointed my first lens at him, I felt a discomfort that lasted until the end of the day when, finally, after all the partying, I packed up my cameras and lens and headed home, satisfied with what the day and they had offered me.

I tried to make myself misunderstood, that I had no interest in that groom, I arranged with the bride to disconnect him from the presence of the wedding photographer but, although as the day went by I became more invisible to him, there was always a distrust left and, in the photographs it became noticeable that discomfort.

The truth is what matters in photographs

However, I can’t say that this worried the wedding photographer, and I thought I hadn’t done my job well. On the contrary. It’s up to me to bring in the photographs, the most truthful truth that I find, and that was never left undone because that shyness, or discomfort, in front of the lenses, a little gossipy also did, has done and will be part of this truth that I always pursue.

I know, for sure, that every time any of these brides and grooms, shy in front of wedding photographers’ cameras, find in front of themselves the photos that they offered and the photographer accepted, they will smile just like me… because that’s how we are and that’s how we stay… in the photos.

Dot by dot:

• When I’m a wedding photographer, I sometimes come across brides and grooms or guests who don’t feel comfortable in front of the camera.

• To make either the bride or groom feel at ease, I use various tricks. From chatting, asking for help from those nearby to disguise myself, or resorting to my famous invisibility.

• But, what interests me is the truth that the wedding photographs need to contain. Most of the time, I just shoot.

You need to know:

• You don’t need to be a photographic model to take good pictures. All I need at your wedding is for you to be true to yourself, and I’ll do the rest. Contact me to find out how.

• The photo session with the bride and groom was at Praia Grande de Ferragudo, next to Club Nau where the wedding party was held.