A wedding guest, in the dining room at Quinta dos Pézinhos on the Tagus, looking at her cell phone, surrounded by colors.

Watching and photography

DISCRETE CHARACTERS and THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

A wedding guest, in the dining room at Quinta dos Pézinhos on the Tagus, looking at her cell phone, surrounded by colors.

Concentration and attention are those things that appeal to me to photograph, as if some magnet pushes me to the people that, on the wedding day, once in a while stay out of the fun part of the day.

When I see wedding photos, from other colleagues, I notice that most of the time those photos belong to the light, funny, part of the party. I like that but I have a strong attraction for those who, for different reasons, abstract themselves from the surroundings that, like a wood kissed by funny winds, never stop with the overboard of the party.

The wedding photographer, most of his time on the wedding day, is an observer. Like an eagle flying over wooded fields, where it is challenging to see what is there, he develops a sense of observation, and the need for a fast reaction, that removes any possibility of monotony during the execution of his work. Like that…

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