All language subtitles for Episode 24 Patreon We are a team

Hello friends, how are you?

How are things going?

How is September going?

I hope everything goes as best as possible.

I know that some of you have been

lucky enough to be able to photograph some

wedding.

I have been following you on social networks

and well, the truth is that I am

quite happy to see some other photo out

there.

And well, I hope you have gone as

best as possible, I hope you have been

able to take some interesting photos.

And I know that these are complicated times,

I know that photographing weddings is not like

in the past, since the sanitary measures are

being, well, as they are, very, very complex.

But well, despite all that, I hope you

have been able to take interesting photos.

And the important thing is to work and

the important thing is to continue photographing, right?

And as a person who I love very

much says, it is not bad for a

hundred years to last.

So I hope that sooner rather than later,

all this problem is over and we can

enjoy weddings again as we used to do,

right?

Having said that, welcome to another chapter and

in this chapter we want to dedicate it

to talk and tell you how we work

as a team, right?

As everyone already knows, Erika and I form

a team of two photographers in which we

always photograph all the weddings together, okay?

And before I start, I would like to

make it very, very clear that there is

nothing wrong with being just a photographer.

The truth is that I know a multitude

of colleagues around the world in which they

are the only ones who photograph the wedding.

And I know that their work is really

incredible, really good.

So I think I should start there, right?

That no one is scared if I am

only one.

But well, the truth is that I have

always worked with a colleague next to me.

Since I started photographing weddings back in 2008,

as time goes by, right?

In which I, well, I remember that I

was the second photographer of a team in

which, well, in addition to serving me to

learn all the rhythm of a wedding, it

served me to understand that the figure of

two photographers in a team could be great

for many reasons, right?

I mean, the first of all is to

get different points of view at the same

time, right?

I mean, it is obvious that two photographers

placed in two completely different positions are going

to give us a report twice as rich,

right?

With much more nuances.

Of course, we can also say, right?

That both, and I already enter, right?

In the case of Erika and I, in

which we are going to be much more

creative.

For the mere fact that four eyes see

more than two, right?

So, well, and always for two minds, right?

They think more.

And especially for Erika's mind, who is always

going to tell me, hey, how about if

we did the other one?

How about if we did this?

How about, how about, how about?

With which that is going to be twice

as interesting, right?

Of course, I mean, something that I should

emphasize or that I think is very, very

important.

And although it seems obvious, of course, the

two photographers who make up the team have

to have, or should have, the same style.

And the same conception of understanding photography in

this case.

To what I mean, it is super important,

as in our case, right?

That both Erika and I understand light in

the same way.

She loves to play with hard lights, with

very, very marked, very, very deep shadows, with

dense colors, with very, very powerful blacks and

whites.

And in the same way I do.

Just like when we document, right?

Just like when we capture moments.

The way of understanding, for example, wedding photography

in this case, both Erika's and mine, as

you can imagine, is always the same, right?

Or very, very similar.

And this is really important, although it seems

obvious, I know.

Because then, when we put Erika's photographs together

and when we put mine together, they have

to be very, very similar for when we

put them together, I mean, we tell a

story.

And ultimately, right?

That it is not known if the X

photo is Erika's or if the X photo,

for example, is mine, right?

That has to be, let's say, very, very

important.

And during the last four years that we

have been working together, we have sat down

on a multitude of occasions, practically every Monday,

to see what photos Erika took, for example,

on Saturday, and what photos I took.

In which I was wrong and in which

she was wrong.

And how to find the formula until, in

the end, we can say that we are

a team.

And as you are going to see, we

are going to show you how, if I

didn't tell you who is who, you probably

wouldn't know, right?

And something also very, very important, right?

Going two makes that, well, in which, well,

the problems that are divided into two and

the solutions are immediately found between two, right?

And well, if there is something to enjoy,

then we both enjoy it.

And also, in the last two, well, a

little more, in the last three years, well,

we have been lucky, right?

Not only to travel all over Spain, but

to travel the world.

And well, although sometimes it is super beautiful

and enriching, sometimes it has happened to us

everything, right?

From being stuck in airports, having problems with

some, with some history like passports, history, borders,

with which going two, well, will not allow.

And well, if we are lucky, which are

the cases that are minimal, to stay one

more day, well, we can enjoy it together,

right?

Having said that, I would like to get

into the subject a little bit and start

talking about that, I mean, considering that we

always work together, as I have already told

you, but we work together all day long,

except in the preparations that we are going

to separate, okay?

What I mean by this is that both

Erika and I, we are going to start

the day apart, and Erika is going to

photograph, for example, well, that is, for example,

the girlfriend, or me the boyfriend, or a

part of the couple, right?

And what she is not always going to

be in charge, for example, of the boyfriend

or the girlfriend, but we are always going

to alternate.

And this, well, we are going to know

the day before, right?

That is, we are going to know at

what point Erika is going to work better,

for example, with the girlfriend, or how I

am going to focus better, or how we

are going to get the most out of

it, if, in this case, I, well, I

focus, for example, with the boyfriend, right?

Of course, the competition, the trust between the

two is absolute, and the competition that has

come out of my subconscious is absolute.

I mean, even if we are a team,

even if we are working, even if we

fight side by side, I mean, to give

the best to the couple, not only in

the photographic, but also to give them a

brutal experience, because it is as important for

us as the couple says, wow, these two

made us an incredible report, but also these

two gave us an incredible experience, I mean,

we spent it with them, we almost didn't

realize they existed, I mean, they were great

with our parents, with our friends, blah, blah,

blah.

That is the main thing for us, right?

But what I wanted to get to, even

if we are a very good team, the

competition is brutal.

And if I say this, it is because

we are going to try not to fight

among ourselves, but that my photo is better

than hers, or she knows that I know

that she is going to fight to the

maximum because her photo is clearly better than

mine, right?

Or at the same time, under her perspective,

it is better than mine, right?

And that is essential for us to grow

as a team, for us to fight and,

in short, as you can see, for the

photos to be the most interesting.

And speaking of what the preparations were, for

example, as you can see now, Erika was

focused on the preparations of the bride, and

if I say this, it is because she

is not going to move, or she is

not going to separate, for example, from her,

right?

And I am not going to separate, as

is the case with him.

What this is going to allow us is

that we are not going to be in

a hurry, we are not going to be

overwhelmed.

Of course, if we were together, we would

have to, perhaps, start with the groom first

and tell him, hurry up, I have to

get out of here running, because I have

to get to the bride's house on time.

At the bride's house, he may already arrive

with everything started and running to the ceremony,

right?

Of course, going twice makes Erika, for example,

in this case, be from beginning to end

with the bride, from the moment she starts

with the preparations until she leaves the house

or leaves the hotel, right?

And the same goes for my way of

working, right?

If I focus, as you are seeing, for

example, in these images, in which I focus

exclusively on what the groom is, I already

know that she is working with the bride,

right?

So I have all the time to relax,

to concentrate, to, above all, be close to

the groom, and if he gets together with

friends, if he gets together with the family,

we also offer him, right?

That the bride's mother, in this case, sometimes,

for example, in Spain, if she is going

to the hairdresser or something, that she does

not go in a hurry, but comes home

on time, she is going to help the

groom and all these things, right?

That is essential.

Of course, if I tell you that Erika

does not separate from the bride, it is

because even when the bride leaves, for example,

as in this case, for example, the house,

and sits in the car, she is going

to be there.

In the same way that I am also

going to be with the groom.

You see that she could already imagine that

I was going to sit with the groom,

or that I was going to get together

with the groom, even when she sits in

a car.

I mean, we believe that, as you have

already heard a lot of times, that it

is not only important to photograph the moments

that are understood as great moments, right?

As it would be preparations and all these

things, or ceremonies, but also those moments that

occur between the great moments, right?

It is what I want to get to,

right?

The famous transition photos that so many times,

for example, we have been talking about in

previous chapters, right?

Those moments prior to the great moment, right?

In which the bride goes in a car,

in which the groom goes to the other,

and notice how well they work, if this

were an album cover, right?

It is super cinematographic language, right?

Or that these two photos go to a

publication, for example, of Facebook or Instagram, or

even for a slideshow, or for the blog,

right?

I mean, having two photographers working in this

way, independently, in which one will go to

one side, in which the other goes to

the other, and notice that later, when we

get together, it looks very good, right?

In the same way, when we get to

the ceremony, or when it is about to

start, for example, well, as you are seeing

the ceremony, it does not mean that I

keep getting together with the groom all the

time, or with the bride all the time,

but we are going to change, and we

are going to know it only with the

look, right?

I remember in this case, that Erika told

me that she was going to enter for

the ceremony, that is, for the main altar,

and there, notice how she captures the groom

waiting for the bride, and I already focused

on her, practically since she was getting ready,

how they prepared the veil, how they prepared

the bride, but going with two photographers is

this, the explanation is this, right?

Being able to be more creative, to be

able to document better, that is, in short,

what we are going to get is a

pretty interesting result, right?

And also, having worked together for so many

years, it will be five years in which

we work together, we already know perfectly, for

example, as you are seeing now, if the

bride is going to meet the groom, we

already know where we have to place ourselves,

both her and me, so that she does

not leave me and so that, of course,

I do not leave her, right?

And so that, above all, when they get

together, we have these two photographs in which

they are going to help us document the

whole story in this way, right?

Of course, later, when the madness of the

wedding itself begins, all the ceremony or the

rest of the day, there we are going

to work a little bit in two slightly

different ways, either we are going to be

super close, very, very close, or we are

going to be in a way in which

one of us is going to be the

satellite photographer and the other is going to

be the photographer in which he is very

close, for example, of what is the main

action.

What I want to get to, a photographer

who is not going to take so many

risks, who is going to be close to

the main action and the other photographer, who

is like an eagle, who is flying, who

is taking his time, but the action or

the main mission is only one, to take

risks.

I mean, look at how, for example, I

was very close to what the bride was,

and look at how here we can see

how it is just the opposite, how the

other photographer is taking risks at the highest

level.

And above all, it also serves to contextualize.

I mean, notice that if I only show

the photo that you are seeing of the

girls going up the stairs, well, the little

ramp, notice that it is very, very beautiful,

it is very, very interesting, it works great,

but the viewer, when we present this second

image to him, when we are showing this,

he gets the idea, that is, he understands

perfectly the place, how they met, how they

went up, that is, the location as it

was, if he had views of the sea,

as is the case, if he did not

have them, that will help us in a

very, very good way, right?

And in the same way, that is, notice

that we could say this or we can

also show you this.

Notice that while I was photographing the image

on the left, in which you can see

the groom, well, he was dancing, and he

was super upset, because the bride, as you

are seeing, is just coming out the door,

notice that Erika was already up, in another

point, taking risks, but for the same, not

to contextualize.

Of course, these, as these locations do not

arise spontaneously, or they are fruits of luck,

but the day before the wedding, as you

already know, we will always visit the hacienda,

or the farm, or the restaurant, or the

church, sorry, to know what we are going

to find.

It is super important, and not only Erika

is going to visit, but also me.

We are going to be together, and Erika

will always say, wow, look, here we could

do this, you, Víctor, it could be good

that you stand there, I'm going to get

on top of the balcony, let's talk to

the neighbors, let's talk to whoever, to introduce

ourselves, to say that we are the photographers,

and that tomorrow, to see if we have

the opportunity to be able to photograph.

Well, as I have already told you, we

will not only photograph, for example, as I

have explained, one very close or one very

far, but sometimes we are going to be

very close, but one of us is going

to be photographing, as in the case you

see, by the photo on the right of

Erika, something more, in quotes, and a second

photographer, that is me, who is going to

be a little bit, in this case, taking

risks, of course.

When does this happen?

When we have, for example, locations that are

really complicated, or they are very, very basic,

they are complicated, why?

Because it is difficult to get something creative

from there, when we meet, as you are

seeing, for a room, or a very, very

basic place, in which there are only four

walls, and one of them, as I tell

you, is going to be just photographing, the

pure ceremony, and the other one, is going

to focus, as you are seeing, for example,

in my case, on taking some risk, leaving

the room, photographing through a glass, you see

that the figure of two photographers, as you

are seeing now, is that, is to be,

well, always documenting, and always photographing, and when

the report also arrives, sometimes, we are going

to be together, discovering, or photographing, the report,

for example, from outside, as you know, it

is the report, that is usually done, when,

for example, the ceremony ends.

If in the case, I have directed, as

was the case, for example, this image, that

I said, please, I want you to stand

there, I want us to do this, and

that, taking advantage, for example, of the light,

Erika, is not going to be, for example,

sitting in a place, or waiting, for me

to finish.

Sometimes, she can help me, as I said,

to illuminate, or I help her, but, if

it is the case, that we are playing

with natural light, what she is not going

to do, is to be standing, or what

I am not going to do, is to

be standing, when she, is organizing something.

You see how, in the moment, that I

asked the couple, to stand there, to pose,

and to do all this, Erika was playing,

with another perspective, completely different.

If she already knew, that I was working,

with a 35mm, she is going to get

close, to the maximum level, with an 85mm.

I mean, I am going to go, with

an angle, and she is going to go,

with a telephoto lens.

So that, in the end, when we are

playing, with that, when we are doing, well,

the same photograph, she has another, different perspective,

or has another, completely different, In the same

way, I mean, it may be, that the

external report, that we do it together, or

it may be, I mean, it may not,

I mean, it may be that, for example,

as you are seeing now, that I go

with the couple, that I go, calmly, those

15-20 minutes, to take, well, a few,

a few, post-shoot photos, but, in this

case, Erika, or is going to dedicate, as

in this wedding, to make the image, that

you saw, that for me, I love it,

or, well, she may do details, she may

do group photos, whatever, but each one, is

going to have a role, or a mission,

during the day, of the wedding, as such.

And speaking also, for example, of group photos,

as we mentioned them, if one of us,

is going to be in charge, as is

the case, as is my case, sorry, to

make all family photos, as you are seeing,

in the photo on the left, in which

you can see, well, both the parents of

the groom, as the parents of the bride,

but, look, the other photographer, if he is

there, if he is right next to, he

is not going to be sitting, he is

not going to be standing, he is going

to be photographing, so, this is another perspective,

completely different.

Finally, if it coincides, at a given moment,

I need a point of support, with light,

I need, for example, in the first dance,

or it turns out that, the whole party

ends, and we want to do, for example,

a photograph, more, for example, of a pose,

in which, I am going to need, well,

it means, that I put a hand, well,

with a light, for example, in the background,

as is the case, or with a flash,

with a led, well, that is going to

help us, right?

And, in short, it is that, right?

It is, well, as we work as a

team, as we always try, well, as I

have already told you, in this video, hundreds

of times, try to get, well, the most

out of both, and how, both one and

the other, we have, well, an absolute confidence,

in what the other is doing, so that,

when the other, is working, he is super,

well, super sure, that, the photo that he

is doing, at that moment, is going to

match, is going to join perfectly, with the

one that the other partner does, right?

So, nothing else, friends, I'm not going to

roll anymore, I don't want to steal you

a second more, I hope you liked the

video, we keep working on Patreon, so, very

soon, you will see, another video, really, very,

very interesting, okay?

Be good, behave well, until next time, bye!