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Patreons! How are you?.

Welcome again.

We will continue with this Europe tour,

with some more photos.

This time I was in London,

in a workshop called "Photography Farm".

It was amazing.

And it was a complicated dynamic because they were 3 couples

each of them with 2 hours to work and explain at the same time.

I limited myself and did everything in one place,

without going out at the street or exploring...

Everything was in the building.

To limit yourself it helps you to create and to notice details

that, if you are moving a lot, you will lose those details.

I really liked this result.

With the first couple I started playing with reflexes.

I saw a circular mirror on one of the pillars

and I thought: "How can I fill it?",

Mirrors are always magical but

another complication is added: that you already have 2 backgrounds,

the wall in front of you and the one that is being reflected.

And this time I solved it...

GUYS!...

Hey, Jos! Silence please!.

No screaming! Thank you.

I'm recording, guys!.

And this time it was solved by replacing the reflection of a wall

for the reflection of the ceiling.

It had pipes and everything was white.

We use a bench to put the bride up,

and have a completely linear reflection where the boy was.

I liked that composition

because it gets you out of context of where you are.

I liked the color of the boy because it was an intense blue,

and the rest it feels very monochromatic.

So, we placed the boyfriend there, very relaxed, hanging out...

And little by little I wanted to see how a connection could be made,

if one of them should be looking up and the other looking down,

this time I liked when both of them are looking down.

Like she's watching him, as if he's her guardian angel,

something very simple, a very silly idea, honestly.

But I liked how this composition

of a saturated place, we could clean and fix it.

In the middle of this

the sun came up. Very intense.

(In London it is rare that they have such an intense sun).

So, they asked me how do I use harsh lighting.

And we looked for a background where the sun was not hitting.

We had a side light. From left to right.

And we just... I liked the symmetry that was there.

There was a right side texture that created a small triangle

and this is the "L" position I use for my couples...

One of them is in front of me and the other one is completely in profile,

to make a small square with the couple.

This way, the viewer's vision stays there. It gets stuck.

I was causing them a little. Laugh over here, laugh over there.

And I liked this photo. I exposed the high light.

Everything else was overexposed.

Their reaction was very natural.

With the next couple

we became more creative.

There were some bases...

(These photos were made in an art gallery or a museum).

So, these bases or cubes were in various parts of the gallery.

And I loved the floor, the texture was amazing.

It was made of this old / rustic wood

(Normally in Mexico the wood is like cute and kind of false...)

And I like the wood there because it is real and worn.

When the couple agrees, I always try to use this zenith angle

to clean all the background.

We approach a window to have a soft, diffused light

that came from top to bottom of the image.

I tried to mirror the couple:

that both were doing the same action.

And then I exaggerated a little more by showing only one eye of each person.

It was a very millimeter image.

The triangle of the base is dividing half of the image

and they just facing the camera with an expression like: "What's up?".

These are those iconic images that

maybe 99% of the couples

will not understand or will not feel like this is a wedding photo,

because it is lack of emotion,

but these are the kind of pictures that as a photographers

(or me personally, as a minimalist photographer)

I feel very proud of these photos.

And this is what I want to be exposing in my social media,

to show that we are always forcing the ordinary.

And maybe these stable couples,

or those couples that are looking for a romantic photo

will open you that door to be able to play.

One of the workshop participants had an amazing mustache

and I liked to think: "How can we use it?..."

Again, always see around you,

check what elements, which the location gives you, you can use.

In this case we looked for a white wall

that we had a place to put couples, always looking for this clean background.

I looked for the artwork that is there to have the same distance

in the limit of my frame.

I put this guy in the middle

as if the bride and groom were the little angel and the devil.

I tried to make the three of them laugh

to have this triangulation of emotions.

As you can see, the composition is very similar

to the last picture (the one with the triangle).

But this time we add a human element

that gives a little more mischief or makes you wonder...

"How was this picture taken?."

These photos are those with which you have to play with the elements.

When you are banging your head over not knowing what else to do,

I recommend you always look for an interesting close-up,

and to the same pose of the couple, the same composition,

but this close-up it will always make us see the photo.

Do not always use "couple and unfocused background".

To use an extreme close up

it will give another dimension and another layer to your photos.

With this couple we also try to do something outdoors,

the sun had already set, the light was diffused,

I liked these diagonals of the stairs where we put them,

and the negative space on the right side,

which shows the city a little but it is not so obvious

like: "We are in England", or..."we are in London".

I like that, only showing that we are at an urban space.

Her hair color is everything in this photo.

Everything feels even and she is having an amazing time with herself.

We tend to use the center in our photos,

so, always make this mental note of:

I already have so many frames in the center,

Now I need to use my corners or my ends

to give more life to my portfolio.

That was London.