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Hello friends, how are you?

How are things going?

How is the summer going?

Here we are in mid-August, as always,

these days with a hangover, as you already

know, we are going from one side to

the other, from wedding to wedding.

The truth is that I can't complain because

just a year ago we were just almost

the opposite, hurting each other.

I don't know if I've said it here

many times, but I assure you that a

year ago I thought that my career as

a wedding photographer, well, sorry, not mine, but

that everyone as a wedding photographer was going

to hell.

Many of you told me that no, well,

I mean, close people, but I thought that

the business was going to go down the

drain because I saw or guessed that the

events were going to end and we were

not going to continue with this thing, but

luckily I was wrong and it seems that

we are not only photographing weddings, which is

so important, well, some new weddings and other

weddings that are from last year, but the

important thing, whether they are new or from

last year, is that the work goes on.

It is true that weddings are not as

I would like, not all of them, but

some of them.

I think that neither I am 100%

maybe, although I try, nor couples are sometimes

100% maybe as in the past, but

the important thing today, at the moment, is

to get work, get a job, work, get

a job and get back to work.

And if we can hire weddings, the truth

is that it works quite well in terms

of new hires, at least us and other

colleagues, that I am in contact with many,

they are telling me that there is movement,

that it is noticeable that things are starting

to move forward and that we will see

what happens next year.

I don't want to venture into saying what

is going to happen, because anything can happen,

because last year I was also thinking one

thing and then it is another, so let's

touch wood and what comes will be welcome.

Well, I don't want to roll anymore, okay?

And this video that I am going to

dedicate to everyone, sorry, but especially to a

colleague who has been with us from the

beginning, I think, his name is Mario Setien,

Mario is always aware of everything, he always

collaborates with everything, he always asks, it is

how I like people to be, right?

I mean, giving the call and always asking,

and almost always asks or asks really interesting

questions and that make me think and that

are the subject of analysis or that that

question will generate another development of questions, other

stories, that's why today's video I wanted to

dedicate it to a question he asked in

which it was something like this, do you

think that at the same wedding being photographed

by a photographer or another photographer, do you

think it will be different?

And he was not referring only to the

photographic quality or the type of photography that

a photographer or another photographer has, but what

Mario was referring to was that if the

things that are going to happen are going

to be different being a photographer or another

photographer, and the answer is yes, obviously yes,

and I would like to do a little

reflection on the question and I'm going to

try to answer it a little, I'm going

to try not to go through the hills

of Úbeda and end up talking about something

else, because Mario's question is like quite open

and can lead us to go down other

paths, right?

But I'm going to try to get into

the subject a little, of course, one, let's

start with that, right?

It will always depend on the couple and

what is left to be advised or what

is left to be carried by the photographer

himself.

What does this mean?

And I'm going to use several examples, for

example in our case, and let's start with

this Saturday past, on Saturday, okay?

In which we had a wedding here in

Zaragoza, I mean, a local wedding.

What does local wedding mean?

That it is more than likely that the

couple knows us perfectly, I mean, not in

person, but that they have heard of us

and it is possible that if they finally

hire us it is because they have heard

very well of us and they are going

to be advised.

The couples in our city are neither better

nor worse than others, nor smarter, nor dumber,

but they do have something in common, that

they are advised by us.

What does this mean?

That at the time that, for example, this

couple on Saturday, before I left, I told

them, please remember, the church had two doors,

I mean, together, but it had a right

door with a left door and I told

them to go out through the right door.

And even if they throw confetti at you,

don't cover yourselves, I mean, go out enjoying

yourself.

Well, what did the couple do?

Well, listen to me, I clearly influenced, right?

I influenced the process or the rhythm of

the wedding, sorry, it's hard for me to

speak on Monday.

I mean, clearly I influenced.

Would another photographer from my city or you

who were there have done the same?

Would that have happened to you?

I don't know, maybe yes, maybe something else

would have happened to you, for example.

But another thing, talking about this wedding, as

you know, a couple of months ago I

went on a national television program.

What has happened?

Or what has affected?

That both the bride's family and the groom's

family had seen that video, so it was

something like, if Victor says something, the word

of Victor goes to mass, I mean, that's

sacred, right?

And I noticed at all times, throughout the

ceremony, the cocktail, the preparations, that it was,

I mean, I always heard, wait a minute,

ask the photographer, ask the photographer, right?

As if saying, what Victor says has to

be right because he is the one who

knows, do you understand me?

What I'm getting at is that, of course,

the figure of a photographer affects the result,

and it is no longer that it is

me, but depending on the photographer and the

hand he puts in that wedding, in the

rhythm, it will affect more or less, but

it will always depend on the grooms, do

you understand?

That is, whether they are advised or not,

because as I say, at the wedding on

Saturday, I mean, that is, the grooms or

the couple were at the expense of what

I said, do you understand me?

From the exit of the ceremony to when

they were going to enter, for example, to

what was the banquet, here in Spain, when

the grooms enter, for example, to what is

the banquet, all the guests usually celebrate, I

mean, wait for them with napkins and they

shake them like that, as if it were

a helicopter, right?

Of course, I told them, please, when you

pass by the guests, that is, at the

table of friends, start screaming, start dancing with

them, because surely, that is, they laugh, right?

That is, action is generated, that is, I

am generating something.

If I had not said anything, I mean,

if I had not told the grooms, hey,

don't go out the right door of the

church, what would have happened?

I don't know.

If I had not told them when the

grooms who would have gone down, I mean,

would have entered the banquet, if I had

not said anything, do you think something would

have happened?

Or something else would have happened?

I don't know either.

But that happens sometimes with couples who are

easily advisable, you understand me?

But we go back, we go back, we

go back two more weddings, to Mallorca's.

A couple of very nice people, but who

were honestly above the good and the bad.

A couple from New York, a couple that

even they appear on Wikipedia, okay?

I mean, they put you in the background,

right?

That is, the photographer is a mere provider,

as a waiter could be, as it could

be.

Yes, they had respect and appreciation, but not

enough respect to advise them what to do.

I didn't even force a millimeter when the

grooms said they didn't want a post-wedding

session, even though there was a perfect sunset,

even though the location or the venue where

they got married was incredible.

I mean, why did I have to force

that?

Why?

To receive a no in response?

To create an atmosphere, not tense, but not

a favorable atmosphere, neither for me nor for

them?

If they had already told me, the one

who pays the bill, I listen, that's it,

you understand me?

I mean, how much can I alter?

Nothing.

Do you think another photographer would have altered

something?

I mean, the rhythm of the wedding?

Honestly, I don't think so.

And to this day, thank God, that wedding

caught me with some experience, because that wedding

catches a photographer without experience and can screw

up the wedding for the grooms and it

can be the worst day for that photographer.

Why?

Because after a few weddings, that is, a

few years of experience of dealing with this

type of clients, in the end it doesn't

take you unexpectedly and in the end you

end up managing the wedding as best as

you can and doing a good job as

best as you can.

Of course, the difference between the first wedding

that I have explained, a local wedding, in

which they let each other advise, and the

second wedding that is explained, which was in

Mallorca, it is a wedding of destiny, what

happens?

That in one, the same photographer can alter

the rhythm and in another he cannot alter

the rhythm.

There is also another totally different factor, and

that is that the grooms know that, for

example, and I put myself as an example,

Victor Lacks and Erika Viernes are going to

their wedding.

Those grooms, now I can't say names or

I can't say any example, those grooms have

seen or followed us in social networks for

a long time, they have seen some of

our photos, they have seen when we are

good, or when very crazy photos come out,

and we have realized, and we are aware

that there have been cases, there have been

times when the grooms have

forced actions to create photos.

I don't know if you are understanding me.

I mean, they were aware that we were

there, and then they forced a kiss, or

they forced tears, yes, it is true, or

similar things.

Do you think that if it had not

been us, if it had been another photographer,

that couple of grooms would have done the

same?

Well, I don't know, we would have to

see it, but I'm not entirely sure, okay?

I mean, for the fact that we were

there, they sometimes acted, and not a couple.

But several.

And sometimes, for us, it is frustrating, yes,

because you say, ah, son of a bitch,

you are, well, son of a bitch is

a saying, you know?

You are acting, bastard.

Surely if it were not for me, this

would not be happening here.

Do you understand where I'm going or not?

And I don't know, maybe that same wedding,

with another photographer, as I tell you, may

not be the same.

Obviously, obviously, the style, the quality of the

photos will be totally different if it is

a photographer or if it is another.

But, starting from the idea, and it is

as Mario said, or what Mario asked, right?

That, okay, I mean, the same wedding, by

two different photographers, I mean, do you think

that the rhythm of the wedding is going

to be altered if it is a photographer

or if it is another?

The answer is, as I said, in the

beginning, yes.

You see that in the month of August

I try to do something fresher, not so

rocky, not so technical, because if not, it

is a month in which many of you

will be on vacation, or on the beach,

or doing, well, other things, and at least

I try to create videos a little more

light on content, but not of interest, okay?

Because, in fact, Carolina Guthick is coming soon,

in which we are going to write down,

ah, write down, what a bad word, damn

it, we are going to introduce somewhat more

delicate topics on economy and such, but so

far, this today, okay?

If you want, if you want to ask

something else, I mean, you already know that

each post has, I mean, you can comment

and such, right?

If you have questions, here I am for

what you need.

So nothing else, friends, be good, and keep

hiring weddings, bastards.