What can I say about this wedding?! There are no words! The best way to express it will be through this small selection of images. I’ve known Nádia and Jonas for a few years and I immediately related with them, with their kind of relationship but also with the mini […]
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Katherine & Kevin, the chinese american wedding in Lisbon
Couldn’t help sharing this amazing wedding held at Forte da Cruz, in Estoril, a superb historic castle in Portugal with stunning sea views. Catherine and Kevin brought their family, their closest friends but also their traditions from the USA to Portugal for their international destination wedding. This was my first […]
Read MoreAnna & João, the German-Portuguese couple that met in Mexico
A Anna e o João são um casal germano-português, vindos da Alemanha, que conheci através de um amigo em comum. Foi uma honra fotografar o casamento deles na Ilha da Madeira. Estas são algumas fotos que tiramos alguns dias antes do casamento na floresta mágica da Madeira, o Fanal. As […]
Read MoreCaroline & Tjakko, wedding photos in Chateau Eze, French Riviera
One of my bucket list locations has always been Eze Village, 30 m away from Nice, in France. Eze is a charming small village on top of a rock in the French Riviera, with amazing views, narrow medieval streets, a little château and a beatiful tropical garden. When Caroline and […]
Read MoreBrooke & Nick, an American Wedding in Tuscany, Italy
Did I mention I love traveling? Obviously I am essentially a local destination wedding photographer operating in Madeira Island, Portugal, but I usually reserve a few weddings slots a year for other destinations while doing a little vacation while I am there. This time the destination was Tuscany in Italy, […]
Read MoreEuropean Wedding Golden Camera 2023 – FEP European Wedding Photographer of the Year
I never expected to win the European Wedding Golden Camera back in 2021, let alone to win it again in 2023. Obviously awards are just awards, but the feeling of having your work stand out amongst 300 hundreds participants from all over Europe while representing Portugal and having my 4 […]
Read MoreLino & Marlene in a wedding photo session in Venice
This was a year of amazing experiences that started back in March with a small photoshoot in Rome, weddings in Nice, Braga and The Algarve and last week a full day wedding photoshoot in Venice, the city in which every corner is a photo spot. This bride’s dream was to […]
Read MoreFinalist for Portuguese Photographer of the Year 2023
These were the photos that guaranteed me a place in the 5 finalists for Portuguese Photographer of the Year 2023. This was the first year I applied for the National Qualifications of APPImagem, an unusual event, of a pedagogical nature, in which photos are evaluated in printed format, live, in […]
Read More2022 Top 50 wedding photographer in the world by Fearless Photographers
It’s not every day that we are recognized as one of the world’s top 50 wedding photographers by Fearless Photographers, and I couldn’t be happier. For those who may not be familiar, Fearless Photographers is the most respected organization in the wedding photography industry, known for its high standards, which […]
Read MoreCarlota & Diogo, A Fairytale Wedding in Madeira Island
Being a photographer that usually works solo, this was surely one of the biggest challenges of my career as a wedding photographer…a wedding with over 300 guests and over 30 staff members in what was one of the biggest wedding ever held in Madeira Island. Another challenge was to pick […]
Read MoreCristy & Thomas, Our Lady of the Rock in The Algarve
The Algarve is one of my favorite regions in Portugal to photograph weddings and when Cristy & Thomas, a dutch couple got in touch, I immediately jumped in. How could I say no! They decided to get married in an amazing location called Our Lady of the Rock, near Armação […]
Read MoreAgyness & Etrey, from Malasia to the Algarve
During a week spent in the Algarve for a wedding, I was also hired to do this photoshoot by Agyness & Etrey, a super cool and nice couple from Malaysia visiting Portugal. But I was far from knowing what a challenge it would be. First of all I had to […]
Read MoreImagen.AI ambassador
One of the moments you realize how far you have reached is when international brands ask you to be their ambassador. This is the case with Imagen.AI, an editing software based in artificial intelligence that learns from your editing and replicates it in in your next editing job. I was […]
Read MoreLaura & Connor, a destination wedding in a Portuguese Monastery in the north of Portugal
What an amazing wedding I had the opportunity to photograph last saturday in Amares, in the Braga district, in the north of Portugal. Ever dreamt of getting married in a castle or a monastery? This is the place! Nowdays it’s an hotel, called Pousada Mosteiro de Amares. Look it up. […]
Read MoreCaroline & Tjako, black and white photos always tell a different kind of story of their wedding in Eze
From time to time it’s nice to go back to a wedding from a couple of years back and look at it from a different perspective. Using black and white, you see the core of the photo without the distraction of colors and it makes you focus more on what […]
Read MoreThe French Connection in the Enchanting Tavira, Algarve
Amidst the sun-kissed landscapes and the gentle embrace of the Algarve sun, a truly enchanting celebration of love unfolded. I had the incredible honor of photographing the wedding of the radiant Charlene and her dashing Portuguese descendant groom, who had found their way back to the picturesque town of Tavira […]
Read MoreJoana & Karl, the wedding in the portuguese golden island of Porto Santo
Porto Santo Island’s golden sandy beaches served as the perfect canvas for Joana and Karl’s dream wedding, a couple coming from the UK to get married in their favorite island. The gentle ocean waves provided a melodic backdrop as the couple exchanged vows involved in the natural beauty of the […]
Read MoreSandra & Vítor, the soccer player’s wedding
Sandra and Vítor’s wedding, a well-known football player in regional football, with feet of wool, was one of the local weddings I had the most pleasure to photograph in 2021, for many reasons, but also because it was one of those rare weddings in which the groom was also brave […]
Read MoreSophia & John, the Madeira Wine Blandy’s Wedding
Madeira Island always had a big connection with British families almost since the time the Portuguese started settling on the island. One of those connections was established through Madeira Wine, which was turned into a premium wine by British families that took residence on the island. One of those families […]
Read MoreLaura & Steve, they found Porto Santo Island by accident
Laura & Steve, a lovely couple from the UK got married back in 2021 in Porto Santo Island and asked me to be their photographer. They brought their son and daughter and their closest friends and family and threw an amazing and intimate event in a very cool restaurant (Pé […]
Read MoreDeborah & Luis, after the wedding, a crazy photo session in the golden island, Porto Santo
I met Deborah and Luis a few years ago while I photographed one of Deborah’s cousin’s wedding in Porto Santo Island and I think we immediately connect. Later I also ended up photographing their wedding back in 2021, again in Porto Santo, which was really nice because that island is […]
Read MoreKoyLab Ambassador
It is with great pride that I announce that I am now an ambassador for KoyLab, a Portuguese company specialized in printing and manufacturing high quality photo albums. It is always important when our work is recognized by a brand, but it is even more special when we identify with […]
Read MoreEvelina & Hugo, one of the few weddings from 2020
Evelina & Hugo are an international couple…he is Portuguese, she is Slovenian, they live in Norway and got married against all odds in 2020, in Madeira Island, despite Covid! Besides elopements, it was one of the few weddings I photographed in 2020, at a time when Covid restrictions had been […]
Read MoreEuropean Wedding Golden Camera Winner
And it happened !!! Last april the 11th, in an online cerimony conducted by the Federation of European Photographers, directly from Rome, I was awarded the Golden Camera for the EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2021 in the Weddings category. It is without a doubt the highlight of my adventure […]
Read MoreIPPVA Judge for the Irish Photographer of the Year 2023
I am thrilled to share that I have been invited by the Irish Professional Photography and Video Association (IPPVA) to serve as a judge for the second time in a row in the prestigious Irish Photographer of the Year award! It is an incredible honor to be invited to judge […]
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