Fog has one of the sweetest spots in my heart and this session was bliss. I remember the smell of just bathed trees and the silence of an invisible setting sun. Amongst laughter and warm hearts, the energy of two hearts on fire.

I love it when clients follow your work for so long and then they just want to celebrate who they are together and you’re the chosen person to bring that light into reflection. I love it when people celebrate love beyond weddings and continue to session up after getting married, having kids, or even before so. Sometimes life just needs celebration for no reason and that’s what this was and I loved every minute of it. These two are now a family of three and I still love these photos immensely for the memories they bring me, of a moment where love and having fun is all that really matters.

I don’t quite realize how I get to call this my “job”. How not only I am privileged to visit places I have never been before, but specially so that a couple trusts me to the point of grabbing a Portuguese girl out of her land to shoot their day, amongst so many photographers to chose from. I feel so very honoured and grateful for the people I get to meet. The showcase of their love as banner in all that they are. And the absolute trust in my art as in my heart. Thank you so much Jenny and Victor. I am humbled by your love.

These two are like an explosion of quiet in the chaos. They are so uniquely and intrinsically entrailed in each other that the world dissipates when they touch. I've become so found of their love the past few months, and that does not happen very often. To be honest I am a fan of how they live their life, the love their have for their friends and family and I am still quite in love with this afternoon they chose from scratch. When they asked me if we could head over to a fair to shoot the session I was like "what?". I mean this is too cool and it's going to rock my world. I've always wanted to shoot in a fair but as I saw that not many couples would go for that idea, I just kind of dropped it a few years back, and quietly gave it a bit up. To me this sounds like fate right? You wouldn't believe how fate plays such a huge part in the life of these two. The following photographs are to me simple quietness and color in a world that is only theirs, yet it's a world that is beyond inviting, full of kindness and acceptance and rock and roll. I love them. I truly do. Discover for yourself few of the hundreds of reasons why. 

Rita and João got married almost two years ago and I still can't get their day out of my head. It is still one of my favourite days I've ever been able to document. I remember the feeling of adventure I had for shooting in such a cool location, different from the usual quintas and I just truly wish it would never end. And that mostly because it was the feeling everybody pretty much shared on that epic day. A few weeks prior we met yet again to shoot a bit in a place they love. It was simple yet a moment they owned with every bit of their personality which I love. Here's a few of my favourite. 

Mal posso acreditar que esta sessão já foi há tanto, tanto tempo. Lembro-me como se fosse hoje a primeira mensagem que troquei com a Susana, e o quanto ela me fez sentir especial por aquilo que faço. O dia foi tão bonito num sítio especial para eles, um sítio onde planeio muitos outros projectos por ser dos meus preferidos também. Já merecia ser partilhado. Aqui está. 
 

Sessões de Inverno começam aos tropeções a ser das minhas preferidas. Poucas coisas batem o frio daquela altura do ano que se encontra entre duas estações, em transição. Talvez só mesmo sessões nesses dias com duas pessoas abertas a nada mais que a tudo o que há de bom, a tudo o que é sincero, e a serem como sempre são, como na companhia segura de quem confiam. Duas pessoas que me fazem sentir totalmente à vontade e que me fazem sentir que o que faço as move. Pessoas que abraçam o destino como valsa e fado - e sabem que não interessa o que vier, virá por bem. Como este dia foi também o seu casamento, mas esse virá um pouco mais tarde. Por agora, que o Inverno se parece estar finalmente a instalar, deixo-vos a estas imagens, em jeito de celebração. 

Até hoje continuo a lembrar-me tão bem das cores da natureza neste dia. Os verdes mais verdes que já alguma vez tinha visto. Amarelos que eram um sonho também. Um Verão convertido em Primavera. E estes dois abraçaram a sua timidez como se estivessem a abraçar a própria natureza. E este é o resultado. O casamento foi tão especial como eles são e mal posso esperar para partilhar as minhas imagens preferidas desse dia. Mas por agora as fotografias da sua E-session mostram o amor que sentem um pelo o outro e são prova de como serem o que realmente são é tudo o que é preciso para criar imagens intemporais. 

To this day I still remember the colours of the nature happening while I shot away. Greener greens I've ever seen. The yellows were a dream too. Like a Summer turned into Spring.  And these two embraced their shyness like they were embracing nature itself. And this is the result. Their wedding day was as special as they are and I can't wait to share my favourite images from then. For now a few of their engagement images can give you a little peak of the love they have for each other and proof that being who you are is all it takes to create timeless images. 

 

Esta foi a e-session de um dos casais que eu tenho a honra de poder sentir que se tornaram muito especiais para mim. Irei escrever algo mais longo quando publicar o seu casamento dentro de algumas semanas. Mas por agora a sinceridade destas imagens falará do seu amor à vida, e da compaixão e gratidão que sinto perante duas das melhores pessoas com que pude trilhar caminho este ano. 
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This was the engagement session of one of the couples I have the honor of being able to feel they became so very special to me. I will write something more once I publish their wedding day in a few weeks. But for now the honesty of these images will speak of their love for life, and the compassion and gratitude I feel for two of the best people I had the pleasure of walking alongside with this year.