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I wanted to share with you this behind the scenes.

As you saw, a couples of weeks ago

I shared the whole wedding and the photo gallery

and I wanted to explain to you some of... the creative process

behind the image.

As I said, I don't have a lens that long, the longest is 58mm...

I like to be there, to be present about what is going on

because we tend to think we are interrupting the action

and I think... for me is: If I don't capture it, the moment didn't exist.

So, that's always my excuse:

If the moment -in their memories- was something magical,

if I don't have that photo, they will forget.

So, the moment goes first. Don't be afraid to go closer.

If you saw, during the videos I was near them,

I touched them so that they could get used to my energy,

and that they didn't see me as and enemy, or some stranger

or a fucking ghost... I want them to say: "It is Fer, is ok",

and when the ceremony happens, you have them with you.

That's what I always try to do.

During the whole day, to break that barrier of supplier/client.

One of the photos that I most enjoyed doing and creating

was one where the bride, Rachel, had just put on the dress

she was seeing herself in the mirror and she starts to play with her dress,

the dog was in and out of the frame... I was struggling.

And with her... She had shadows and also had lights.

When I have this play of light and shade I try to expose the highlights

and wait for my subject to be in the hard light

and underexpose the rest. I really like that.

When the light is flat it lacks contrast.

And if that is the situation -if we have hard light-

I rather go at it.

So, it is always about exposing the highlights

and let the shadows fall where they have to fall

I rather mysteriousness than obvioussness.

So, this picture... I work hard on it,

I was there for a while.

You will see the sequence of time and pictures,

until she could -finally- turn and have some light on her hair and face,

and then the f*ckin' dog, his name is...

"Queso" (Cheese), his name is Queso,

that he were also in the frame.

And it's about that; to wait for the light in the face to be good,

third -and unexpected- subject to be in the frame. That's the game.

I really liked this picture.

In the ceremony, as we were only a few people,

I had the chance to take more risks than I normally do.

When they were going to put their rings on, I thought:

"Which could be an interesting angle?,

that gives me those details, nothing more than that."

So, I choose to lay down on the snow,

I grabbed the 35mm lens,

I waited during the whole process and I got more into the action

and not so much on their words,

because, registering words is not our thing.

Well, sometimes we can, but that's for another video.

But in this case, I choose the action of putting the rings.

The idea here was, also, to have their faces in the frame,

and because the hands are closer to the camera, they can cover the face.

So I waited and shooted the whole moment

so that I could capture Rachel smiling and enjoying that moment,

as well as Geoff's face between his own arms.

That, for me, is the icing on the cake.

It is not only about the action, but once you have it,

how to improve it and wait for something magical to happen.

The one where they are lying on the black background,

there was a window, as you can see,

the window was behind them.

I underexposed to the most so that the source of light could not be seen.

I was evoking them, I stood up on the couch

standing on a vertical angle and just provoking them,

telling them to close their eyes, making sounds of robots, babies or like...

That helps the smiles to be more natural.

The worst photos I have are those where I say: "please, smile".

You can tell, by their faces, that it is not normal.

I prefer to goof around with them, to make them laugh.

This gives me more of them and their reactions are more natural.

About the "hands" photos... I am obsessed with the "half face" photos

I don't know why I like this so much, I would need a psychologist to know why.

But it is not a protest or a demand, it is just...

We have an intriguing background, this 70's wallpaper...

And I want to add something else, not just beautiful people in front of the lens.

I also want an element of surprise, and for me, using that hand

gives me visual strength.

But it is just like...

If you were an sculptor, half of your work is done

and I will hide what is not done yet.

For me is like... when you are at your Instagram feed,

or a lot of wedding photos of happy and romantic people,

these kind of photos will make you say:

"What's going on here?"

I always seek for that element that makes you stop

while you are seeing the work of many others.

The one on the mirror... where they are inside the frame.

Since I got there I said: This photo must happen.

The mirror was hanging, but I couldn't find the way

for the mirror to be a continuity of the wallpaper.

The mirror was reflecting a white wall and the beds not made.

So I started to move, little by little

until I found that continuity, the same wallpaper on the other side.

While I was moving I saw I could finally get that reflection.

But many times, I struggle with that...

I can see the picture on my mind but I need some time for the making.

Once that I found that frame, I started provoking them again.

I really enjoy -and I really hate- the creative process,

as you can see, in most of my pictures

composition is priority,

and if I have to let go some moments that I am actually seeing and saying:

"I can have a modest photo, or should I wait and wait

until all the pieces fit together and have something more personal."

That's each photographer's decision. For me, the composition is the main factor

and everything else needs to fit based on that.

I am talking about the photos that have "my thing",

the rest of them I do it like everyone else -as you can see-,

but for those unique photos it is worth to silent that inner voice

that says: "go with something more simple, more romantic..."

For me, those are the ones when I say: "Wait, I found my framing,

please God, help me to fit all these elements into this idea."

Because we see the final result and we might like it or not,

but getting there, that's what we need to learn to do it faster,

and that frustration you feel while you are doing it,

is saying: "This will be worth it."

For me, this photo is one of my favorites.

It was the first photo I showed when the wedding ended.

The one with the exotic-yellow wall, it also was another wallpaper,

this background was in a bathroom.

I work a lot of photos in bathrooms,

I don't know why they are most interesting than some rooms.

In this photo... we have to notice there is a toilet

or that it might be a bathtub... That's what I try:

to clean up and avoid any element that can tell where you are at.

That, for me, is a priority. The rest will eventually fit.

The wall was in front of me,

it just a wall that was directed to them.

I didn't want any mirrors to be seen, neither any "bathroom light",

nor the sink, or the washstand.

So, with the frame cleaned, just had to tell them where to be placed

and which reaction to have.

That's the process, guys, as you can see in the video,

it doesn't flows magically, it is about working on it,

working on it, no matter the doubt that is in front of you.

That's the most important thing to me:

To fight against the: "This might work, or it might not",

but I have to do it, if not, I won't sleep well.

We have to force that little demon.

Well, this is part of the favorite photos.

Hope you liked this little video, this behind the scenes

so you could see this process;

it is all about accepting your weaknesses,

that you might seem like a monkey while you are working

and with the final photo, saying: "this will be worth it".

I don't care if I am laying down in the snow,

or running like crazy, or be sweating, or screaming, or moving...

The final photo has to be worth it.

Well, see you soon here in Patreon.

Hope you are enjoying this channel. Give feedback, please,

about things you would like to see, things that you are not liking so much.

The idea is, little by little, to improve this,

so, let's keep working hard.

Come on, raza!, See you.

Visbons for life!.