Welcome! Are you looking for a destination wedding photographer to capture the story of your big day? I reside in Madeira Island, but I frequently photograph weddings in other regions of Portugal such as Porto Santo Island, The Algarve, Braga, Lisbon, The Azores or even France, Italy, Greece… wherever your story might take me.

My vision? I see photography as a time capsule that allows us to revisit emotions and memories and that is why my style is based on capturing moments in the most natural and sincere way, without rigid poses or abstract photos without context or logic. That way you can relive those moments in a genuine way later on.

For those who don’t know me yet, my name is Miguel Ponte and I am a portuguese destination wedding photographer based in Madeira Island, that loves star wars, playing chess, drinking good coffee and travelling.

I live on the incredible island of Madeira, in Portugal, but because I love a good challenge and traveling is definitely something I love, I don’t hesitate to photograph weddings in mainland Portugal or even outside Portugal, which is something I have been doing regularly.

Despite having studied psychology in college, my true passion has always been photography. Actually, those two facets of my life compliment each other so well – to photograph people, you really have to understand them.

Besides several Fearless, ISPWP, This is Reportage, XP Photographers, Prowed and MyWed awards, including best wedding photo of the year in 2018, I was also awarded the Wedding Golden Camera for European Photographer of the Year 2021 by the Federation of European Professional Photographers. Lately I was also one of the 5 finalists for Portuguese Photographer of the Year in 2023.

I am also proud of being one of the ambassadors of KoyLab, a Portuguese company specialized in taylored albums, which I see as a second family. I am also an ambassador for Imagen-Ai a lifesaver software for the busiest photographers, which saves years of life in editing, using artificial intelligence.

I have also been regularly invited to be a jury member at international photography competitions, such as case of XP Photographers, This is Reportage, MyWed Awards, Inspiration photographers, the Irish IPVAP or Fotografi-Cameramani and also to lecture in some major photography events in Portugal like Konnecting and The Way.

However, despite the accolades and recognition over the years, my major award is actually being the father of a little girl which is my main source of my inspiration.

Did I mention I love traveling? Obviously I am essentially a local destination wedding photographer operating in Madeira Island, but I usually reserve 3 to 5 weddings slots a year for other destinations while doing a little vacation while I am there, which means I won’t charge much for travel costs…no worries I wouldn’t want you to pay for my vacations with the family 😀

Bellow are some of the destinations I would love to shoot a wedding. If you plan to get married in any of those and like my style, let me know asap so I can book your wedding in one of the available slots and eventually work out some nice discount to make it happen.

ps. don’t worry if you want to do hire me to do a wedding in a checked destination or another that I haven’t thought about, trust me…I won’t mind a bit 🙂