The Wedding Photographer in Portugal | Wedding photographer: arriving for the ceremony

CAN’T ESCAPE by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN ALENTEJO

The bride is still in the car when she arrives at the church for the wedding ceremony, with her parents reflected in the door glass.

Photos of when the bride arrives at the church for the wedding ceremony

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The frenzy of the photographer arriving at the wedding ceremony

n the church square, the bride gets some adjustments to the train of her dress while the boys with their wedding rings head inside.

I know, since I am the wedding photographer in place and have one of my cameras hanging on my neck and the other one on my left shoulder, with the bag of the lenses on the other, I transform myself into one of those children unable to be quiet because they know everything, everything serves as an object of curiosity and, with that, sometimes they are very annoying to adults with the tendency to have no patience for so much hustle.

That is true, and I have no explanation for that, but at the moment I have reasons to bring one of them to my face, close my left eye, and let the right one see perfectly into the rectangle, with what the cameras show to the photographer how he can see the world differently, at pieces, I get a frenzy that can, here and there, bother a calm celebrating vicar, while so many things are ready to be picked up by thirsty photographic cameras.

Once in a while, I notice that and I try to send a sign to the wedding photographer, who is already in a mode that seems those people who, through a special ritual, are in some sort of trance and, from there, it is impossible to communicate with them.

Priests with little patience for photographers

With the boy and girl with the rings in front of them, the bride, with her father, walk through the church to the altar to join the groom.

Because I know that some priests, this only can be a problem in churches, do not have any patience for restless kids, I become in some sort of panic when I see him stretched out and leaning against the pillar that gives him an excellent point of view, for a beautiful plan of the bride, and as soon as I look away, there he is, squatting down, to see if he can use the edge of the altar cloth to frame the groom, who is little further to the left.

When I am trying to send him a sign to calm down, before the priest does it, here he is in the middle of the guests, taking from them the moments and, later, showing them to the newlyweds, after the wedding is completed.

Of course that once, only once, like the curious kids, exhausted the priest’s patience and was admonished to stay there, in that only place, and quiet, because who knows about the matter is he.

Bows the head in sign of respect, yes mister priest I am sorry but is something I can not command and there is so much to photograph and if I do not take it it will be lost forever and they can not be married again, and if I do not bring the photos they say that I am no good for the job and it is not right mister priest that in a day like this, you stop me…

After all, photographs happen

The moment, captured by the wedding photographer, when the bride arrives with the groom for the wedding ceremony.

In my head, of course, because out loud it will be an invite to wait outside until the ceremony is over and blow it all up at once. But, that child is stronger than me and a bit here, pretend I am is just peeking over there, changing the lens for out there, and, tiptoe, finding that playful photo that was slipping away and it was a shame to let her go.

However, you know that the wedding photographer has an exaggerated imagination and the priests are very good and patient people and, in the end, everything comes together and the story of that ceremony is fulfilled like all the others. But, if you were a little more patient…

I know, there were a lot of photographs that never had the chance to be, forever, and, as a wedding photographer, that can not be.

I understand.

Sitting facing the altar, the bride and groom talk about something, smiling.

Dot by dot:

When I have the cameras ready and the lenses chosen, as soon as I arrive for a wedding ceremony, I’m like those restless children who want everything at once.

There are always so many points of view, and photographs that can come out of them, that I can become, always for the love of it, a bit of a nuisance to a priest with no patience for wedding photographers.

When that happens, which is rare, you obey and slowly things get done and, in the end, the story is told and the wedding photographs are more complete.

You need to know:

As with any other job, we all end up finding ways around it so that it gets done. As I said, it’s rare. If it happens at your wedding, don’t worry. The photos will come, too. Contact me for a chat.