Sometimes you’re reminded of how impactful the simple things can get to be, how they can beautifully get to us, under our skin. This day was so long ago already but I didn’t want it to go by unpublished because it always reminds me of the why I started shooting weddings. Sometimes I get to photograph absolutely masterly put together weddings, aesthetically driven colossus, and I am so so grateful for that. But other times I get to photograph simplicity and to be honest that’s where this honour gets to me. And Lauren and Marty will always remain some of my favorite people in this life.

It rained and sunned on this day. The passing of the seasons in a single day. And not for a moment they took their eyes from each other. From the first look to the ceremony to the sharing of moments with their closest family and family who traveled all the way from Ireland and other parts of the world to celebrate their love with each other. To teary and funny speeches and to the presence of even those who were gone too soon (yet never truly gone), present in little tokens on their attire and hearts, this was a day that is full of what I love most to document. And not only to document but to also witness as a girl who believes kindness to be the most powerful foundation of humanity. And that is what I found in Lauren and Marty,

A day filled with wonder of the simplicity, against the odds of life’s turns and twists. They found each other and that is what they vowed to protect from this day on - the singleness of a moment their worlds collapsed and made it possible to carry love as an emblem.

Also the party was insanity represented. And I loved every moment of this day.

A kind of wilderness that words can not unwire, uncover, explain. I am still trying to comprehend the new things that were born on this day, in my life. Sometimes I can not truly word how much of what I do changes me. This day was 3 years ago, and I recall it all so vividly. I love Serra da Estrela with an unexplainable fire, always did. But to shoot a day like this, a love like this, emotions shining so brightly as they did right in the heart of it; when the day melts and you melt away with it - seemingly blending into one. I felt as if I was watching the most beautiful spectacle in the world. As if it was all meant to be that I was there. So that I could love what I do so much more fiercely. That I could understand that I might be worth a bit more to people than I at first understood. That my art matters, that it is possible to freeze so much more than just a moment in what I end up delivering. And that these people changed my life so much. Enriched it. Made it so much more worthy. And so much more golden. I still have no words to give and to try and explain the kind of honor and gratitude I still feel for all that unfolded on this day, under that big “carvalha”, where they shouted into the skies there was no other way other than this way; together always as one big family that could love no more than how they already did.

And as per usual this is going to be long. It deserves so.

Sinto tanto a falta de escrever e publicar imagens que eu crio com todo o meu coração, com todo o meu ser. Só me falta o tempo de escolher por entre milhares de imagens, de as partilhar tanto como sempre desejo. Partilhar é também uma grande parte do que eu mais amo fazer. É algo de que falo aos meus noivos e os sensibilizo pois só assim, só mesmo assim os possibilitou a encontrarem-me. E essa sabedoria fez toda a diferença. Porque o seu amor, a sua celebração, a sua fé, a sua entrega pode inspirar um mundo inteiro. E inspira. Por agora vou apenas partilhar algumas, soltas, do que tenho criado e algumas das cores e sentimentos que têm colorido os meus dias e os tornado tão únicos, porque os meus noivos e as pessoas que entram na minha vida através desta minha paixão o merecem. Mal consigo acreditar nas tantas coisas que ainda tenho que partilhar de 2014, e 2015 tem sido tão, tão bonito. Sou tão sortuda por poder ser testemunha das coisas que testemunho. 

I miss writing and publishing images I create with all my heart, with all my might. I just lack the time and getting through thousand of images, to just share them as much as I'd like. Sharing is also a big, huge part of what I love most to do. It's something that I speak about with my couples, while trying to make it sensible that without my love of sharing they couldn't have found me. And that wisdom makes all the difference. Because their love, their celebration, their faith, their deliverance can inspire a whole world. And they do. For now I will just share a few images I have been creating the past months because I know I have to share more and more, because my couples and people that enter my life through this passion of mine deserve it. I can't believe I have so many things to still share from 2014, and 2015 has been so beautiful. I am so, so lucky to witness the things I witness. 
 

Eu prometi a mim mesma que este ano iria ser especial. E que isso teria de partir de mim. De mais que o habitual fotografar apenas casamentos de casais que me queriam mesmo. Que demonstram uma fé na minha arte e uma amizade desde logo sincera, nada tremente, totalmente emancipada. Casamentos que falem das pessoas que se unem e não de tradições que nada têm que ver com elas. Casamentos que sejam puros e transparentes, como as pessoas que se amam. Se a Pê e a MJ me tivessem contactado este ano e não em 2014, esse seria um dos casamentos dos quais eu estaria mais entusiasmada em fazer parte. Ainda assim. Repetidamente. Pois são dias assim que me dão total prazer em fotografar. Em que me sinto no meu elemento.  

Lembro-me bem de como a luz estava neste dia. O sol quase cegava. As sombras frescas lambiam a pele, mesmo sem vento, mas o sol torrava os olhos e criava sobras em todo o lado. Fotograficamente falando eu poderia dizer que foi um desafio enorme fotografar este dia. No entanto foi tão bonito, tão delas, tão simples mas real, que toda a dificuldade (sempre contornada) foi esquecida e acabo por trazer este dia,  e esta família, muito perto do coração. É em acasos destes que tenho que agradecer a incrível comunidade de fotógrafos e videógrafos que se apoiam e faz com que nos recomendemos uns aos outros, que tantas vezes completam o círculo do destino de nos pôr, a mim e aos meus clientes, em alguma linha imaginária do tempo e do espaço, no mesmo caminho. Por acreditarmos que o mercado de casamentos em Portugal deveria era ser revestido de dias e casais assim - que vão contra o que todos ditam ser regras, dias que são simples mas que falam do mais importante, dias que nos trazem, me trazem pessoas incríveis. A MJ e a Pê e toda a sua família são pessoas incríveis. E eu aceitaria-as todos os anos se elas todos os anos decidissem celebrar o que sentem com uma pequena mas tão grande festa. Assim: