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Here's my coffee.

So... here we go.

3, 2, 1...

Hi guys! How are you all?

One more episode

and it's a very special one for you, guys,

because it's another full wedding.

I had the pleasure of photographing this wedding

in January of this year, 2020.

It was a wedding with different difficulties

than the ones I've shown in past full wedding projects.

To begin with,

Marcelo is also a photographer,

so many of the guests were part of the industry,

other photographers or wedding planners.

The energy was moving differently.

Another different thing is that it is a traditional Mexican wedding

there were many guests,

many variables that did not allow you the freedom

that in more intimate weddings you can normally have.

So, it was a lot of

pushing

but we had really nice things out of it.

Also, a creative decision I did was

to deliver all photos in black and white.

You will see the images here.

Also the album was in black and white

(the final result, the delivery and the complete gallery

I did mixed it between color and black and white)

but the first impact of the wedding

I showed it all in black and white.

Merida in a very colorful city.

It is famous because of that, for its colorful houses

and for all this energy that moves in southern Mexico.

I wanted to do the opposite and go the other way

and work on this intense black and white

contrasted

and I really loved the result

and they loved it too.

I hope you enjoy.

We start from the arrangements

and we go all the way to the big party until 3 or 4 in the morning.

Here we are. Go!.

Ok guys, so...

about the arrangements

I had to do my part on that.

The initial plan was for Marcelo to get ready

in a different location than Bianca's.

And I had to press them.

He's going to dress up here.

- He wants to do an strip show - Ok, great

Near the women's bathroom there is a large mirror.

This area is better.

The light bounces, it's nice. The background is neat.

Hi.

Here will be my closet.

His studio.

Many times we struggle with

-and think it is impossible-

to suggest optimal scenarios for a situation.

But it's worth it to say:

"Guys, if possible, the last 20 minutes

or the last arrangements let's do them together."

About Bianca, I was very alert

especially to the interactions

and this anticipation of when the groom would arrive.

And not so much in the brushes or the makeup

that we are very used to, including myself, to focus on that.

I was more into

capturing the anticipation,

into capturing...

the expectation of that day

as well as the interactions.

Look over here.

To the other side.

Take a step back.

As you can see behind the scenes,

we were many people.

Several photographers,

several videographers

so, the simple fact of moving from one side to another

made it complicated.

So, this factor of

-according to your school-:

whether you direct things when real moments are happening

or you let those moments happen and you're ready for it.

These two were constantly colliding.

At some point the video guy tells her:

"Wow, that was amazing! Repeat that?."

Or "Walk that way again."

And for me, or my type of photography,

it's very frustrating, because

stops the naturalness of things.

And I know that other elements are required in video,

they are thinking in a sequence.

And in photo we shoot everything that moves

and we make the history at the end.

But, I did notice I was a little frustrated about this.

With the waiting of

things to pause or repeat

and that things don't feel natural.

It also happened with Marcelo's mom.

He gives her a hug and a kiss,

I captured that moment.

And they asked him to repeat that moment.

So, there's always this dilemma of:

Do I photograph it or not?

Usually I keep photographing that moment

but once I'm doing the photo selection,

I go with the first moment

when I was ready, when it was natural

and it's a prize because

I was ready for it,

I was prepared with both my settings and my frame

for the moment.

And not necessarily recreate an action.

If I wanted to make worked and produced photography,

I would not do weddings

because it takes a lot of this adrenaline

from what it is to be waiting for:

what the hell is going to happen in front of you

and if you are going to be ready to capture it.

-indistinguishable conversation-

-What's up! -Today is the day

- Did you have a good time? - Great, dude

Awesome!

I heard it was a fun night.

Yes, it was.

El Gallo Azul, you did it great, dude.

- How's the bride? - What do you think?

- Beautiful? - Gorgeous

How opened are you? Can I get closer?...

Let me just take two.

- What if I change outside? - Sure, why not?

We had to improvise Marcelo's arrangements

because he asked: Where should I get ready?

and as he didn't want to be near to Bianca

so, we looked for a space that had decent light

and it was like this in between public bathrooms area

which of course, you try not to photograph or document

I opted more for closed frames

or capturing a lot of space above, a lot of air

so it wasn't so obvious.

But it was kinda funny

that "planning" situation.

It is rare that I have a say in where things have to be done

and it was something very interesting for me to do.

He should spread it over us too.

We just have to coordinate to avoid getting lost.

I try to have some of her at the entrance, and then to move over here.

We can all go on one side.

Otherwise this will be a mess.

Also at the time of the meeting,

I felt as if I was an orchestra teacher,

where are the trombones, drums, the sax

and all these instruments.

We were many people

so you had to be taking pictures

and make sure there was nobody in your background,

nobody at your left side neither at your right side,

and that determined where I could move to.

So it was like...

as I said, I did feel that my level of frustration

was constantly increasing.

But you have two choices

you could let yourself dominate, you get frustrated and you stop capturing

or you could say:

"Ok, this is a different event than I would normally do"

-by myself, and many times even without a video team

or maybe with just one video guy-

But this time was like: "Ok, lets see which

other angles I can capture here."

I think magic was there with us.

They saw each other, they hugged each other...

but I did have to think that I was not in a soap opera

because everything I saw around me,

my peripheral vision was like:

"this is not happening, it is not real, it is so planned."

Gorgeous!

And then we were fortunate that

Marcelo grabbed a little bird he found,

he showed it to the bride,

blew on it and the little bird flew off.

Those are the treasures

which I think if you keep insisting you can capture those

and it is a photo that normally, at another wedding,

would not have happened.

The part of the session was also...

frustrating.

We were many people,

and to create a mood or an atmosphere where

sometimes you want them to be sensitive and romantic

and other times you want them to be laughing like crazy...

Here, at some point

it turned like an stand up comedians.

The guy from video said one thing,

then I said some other thing, the other guy something else.

And I realized that many times, when finishing a location,

when I was going to look for a second one

they were already doing something else.

So it was very difficult to encapsulate the couple in:

"this is how I feel, this is what I want"

It was more like looking for these holes

where I could put my magic.

I'm not an alpha person

and I'm not going to tell people what to do

or that I am first than...

So, it was more about

trusting the magic of random

was going to reward me little by little.

It was a lot about this,

Ok, I will get into this mood

I even used the video guy as a prop in a photo,

because they are friends, so

I thought that was going to be a photo they would like.

I waited for the bride and groom to have an interesting reaction back,

and that the video guy was in my frame.

We can take advantage of all these things

because they are in front of us.

And it could be like: "I would like to do something else"

but no.

We have to couple and adapt to reality.

At some point we went to the roof

-I really liked the icon patterns there-

And I really liked it because it was very clean.

-I always look for visual cleaning-

And the place, in my opinion, was saturated with many elements

and I struggled to find them.

So,

I do like to arrive earlier so that I can take a walk

and see these magical corners

that may have the potential to create.

And in that, while Marcelo was fixing his sleeves

I put Bianca in the back

I started shooting

(you will hear how I quickly underexposed)

exposed the highlight

so that it had this drama I really enjoy in photography.

Raise your chin a little.

There we go.

And then we saw this small fence

(we made sure it was safe

that if he fell he would not go off the cliff)

And I told him:

"You are going to get up there and march

and Bianca is just going to pose with the light as I was hitting her"

And I chose silhouettes.

It is rare that I use silhouettes

but this time I think

I really liked the style and look of this photo.

Very simple, using this magical sky that we had,

It is a photo that captured my soul.

Ok, Bianca you are going to be...

over here.

Could you please get closer, man?

Let me check... There!.

Two steps back and you make that move.

With that crazy attitude.

Give me a second.

Wait...

go.

Now go back.

Got it! Awesome.

And then we went down

and there were these big leaves on these trees

and I tried to mix that

As Merida is a jungle and tropical place,

we used these large leaves

to do something a little more abstract

and just use her hands,

hide her right under the leave

and this super intense black and white that amazes me.

Let's do this stupid thing.

Can you grab it from both sides?

Imagine it's Marcelo's back.

Get it very close to you.

Make the dress look on the sides.

Exactly.

You are Bride Banana.

- Great, so cool - Really?

It's awesome.

The rings and details look very cool.

On the left side of this space there was

something like a stable.

We use that to place them in a very stoic and relaxed way.

Same...

they were laughing because of all the staff

and I said: "No, it's my turn now

and we are going to be serious."

Let's try something silly and then we go with the family.

Each one of you

like mirroring, let's grab this...

You are inside too.

As if it were an alien.

And your gaze will go this way and yours will go there.

Is my hand ok here?

Yes, let the muscle look strong.

And look right over here...

Stand up right.

Looking down.

Little ants.

Let's go with the families. Thank you, guys.

I'm not used to work with so many people, man.

I have no boss's material.

Really, man. So, I want us all to do our thing.

Yes, to have it all.

Here we go, ready?

1, 2, and...

That was the arrangements part

and the session too.

I think that despite everything, it was a very good job.

I like that you see this variety because this is my reality.

Sometimes I do extremely intimate weddings,

some others renewal of vows with few guests

and a multi-day event.

And this time it was

The Mexican Wedding.

I hope you liked it, guys.

See you on the next video.

Bye.