Questions & Answers

Every story is different, so I work with three base packages — Wings Bronze (2 hours), Wings Silver (4 hours) and Wings Gold (full day) — and the final price depends on duration, location and type of event. Request a free quote through the contact page and I usually reply within 24 hours.

For weddings and christenings, booking 6 to 12 months ahead is ideal, especially between May and September. Portrait or lifestyle sessions can usually be arranged within 1 to 2 weeks.

It depends on the package: 40 edited photos with Wings Bronze, 80 with Wings Silver and 150+ with Wings Gold. Sessions are typically delivered within 1 to 2 weeks; full weddings and events within 3 to 4 weeks. Every photo receives professional editing.

Yes — it's one of my specialities. Porto is a natural studio: the Ribeira, the viewpoints of Gaia, the historic streets. I do lifestyle sessions for visitors, content creators and brands who want to take home a beautiful memory of the city.

Yes, I'm available across Portugal and internationally. Travel outside the Porto and Gaia area may involve an additional cost, always agreed in the quote.

Through a private online gallery, in high resolution and ready to download, print and share. Professional editing is included in every package.

No stress: we reschedule at no cost for the next available date, or adapt to sheltered locations — Porto has fantastic settings even in the rain.

Celebrations (weddings and christenings), business events, theatre, dance and music, individual and studio portraits, family and newborn sessions, and urban lifestyle in Porto.

Every wedding has a rhythm of its own, and I believe that knowing what happens each time I raise the camera helps you enjoy the day without worrying about me. Here's how I work. First of all: style, and feeling comfortable with me There are two main approaches in wedding photography. Editorial, drawn from fashion and fine art, looks for elegant portraits and intentional composition, with subtle direction from me so that you look your best. Documentary captures moments exactly as they happen — the look on your partner's face before the ceremony, guests mid-laughter — with no interruptions and no posing. I work with both: I give direction for the couple's portraits, and I disappear during the ceremony and the party. But more important than any style is that you feel at ease with me. Whenever that happens, the photographs come out honest — and it shows. I build the timeline around the light Light is my greatest ally. Ideally your ceremony ends 60 to 90 minutes before sunset: that gives me time for the family photos and still lets me take you out for a couple's session during golden hour, that 20 to 40 minute window of soft, warm light just before the sun goes down. If you'd like a first look — seeing each other privately before the ceremony — I can get most of the portraits done early and free up your cocktail hour entirely so you can be with your guests. None of this is compulsory. It's just planning, and planning gives you more photographs and less rushing. I'll go through all of it with you calmly before the day. Family photos go smoothly when we prepare them This is the one part of the day that really depends on you. I'll ask you for a written list, sent to me in advance, naming exactly who belongs in each grouping. If we keep it to immediate family and grandparents, I'll have it all done in 15 to 20 minutes. And there's one trick that always works: pick a relative or friend to gather the people on the list. I don't know your guests by name, and that help completely changes the pace of that moment. Tell me what matters most to you Hundreds of things happen at once on a wedding day, and I can't be in two places at the same time. So I always ask: if there are images that truly matter — a photo with every table, a grandmother, a family tradition, a detail with a story behind it — tell me beforehand. With that, I'll make sure those photographs happen in the middle of everything. For larger weddings, or ones with things running in parallel, I'll suggest a second photographer so we can cover different angles and spaces at once. One logistical detail: my meal It sounds small, but it isn't. I prefer to eat at the same time as you. That way, when you get up to make the rounds of the tables, I already have the camera back in hand and nothing is missed. After the wedding, my work continues When the party ends, the part nobody sees begins. I back up every file following the 3-2-1 rule — three copies, on two different types of media, one of them off-site — so that your memories never depend on a single drive. Then I select the best images from among thousands, edit with colour and exposure correction to give the whole gallery a consistent look, and retouch, usually the key portraits, using techniques that keep the natural texture of the skin. I normally deliver the complete gallery within 4 to 8 weeks, in high-resolution JPEG, ready to print and to share. Contract, rights and what you can do with the images I always work with a written contract, because it protects us both and makes clear the coverage hours, the fee, the retainer that secures your date and the delivery timelines. Copyright stays with me, and you receive a personal-use licence — to print, to gift, to share on social media — with no limits on what actually matters: the photographs are yours to live with and to show. One last thing: trends pass, photographs remain Social media imposes aesthetics that age quickly. What I want to give you is a balanced body of work: the beautiful images you'll want to share tomorrow, and the ones that thirty years from now still tell the story of what happened — the look, the embrace, the real emotion. That's the standard I photograph your day by: as a legacy, not as a trend.

Before deciding What is a boudoir session? It is an intimate photo session, made in a private environment, that values your presence, your expression and the way you feel. It is not a mandatory nude session or an erotic session - the record is defined by you, with me, before the day. Is this for me? If you are reading this page, probably yes. I photograph real people, of all ages and shapes. Most of my clients had never done anything like this and arrived with fear of not knowing how to pose or not having a "body for this". That's exactly what the preparation, light and direction I give throughout the session exist for. Do I have to know how to pose? No. No one knows. I direct the pose and expression from the beginning to the end of the session - at no time do you decide alone what to do. Do I have to undress? No. Set the level of exposure with me before the session and can reduce it at any time. Never increase it at my suggestion. What to define in the previous conversation is recorded in writing and is what is valid on the day. How does the process begin? With a conversation. We schedule a call or video call, without commitment, where I realise what you have in mind, the style you are looking for and where your limits are. Only after that we talk about dates. Preparation How do I prepare? After the previous conversation, I send you a written preparation guide. It covers wardrobe, footwear, skin care, nails and hair, and also tells you what to avoid in the previous 24 to 48 hours - tight clothing that leaves marks, too recent hair removal and tanning. What should I take? We talked about it in the previous conversation and I help her choose. As a general rule, pieces that sit well and that make you feel good - not necessarily the most expensive or the most revealing. Are makeup and hair included? No. They are at your discretion, and the marking and payment are made directly by you and your sole responsibility. Where is the session? The place is chosen by you. That's what makes sense: the place where the session takes place conditions the result as much as any style decision, and that choice should start from what you're looking for - the atmosphere you have in mind, the record you want in the images, and the space where you feel at ease. My part is technical. After telling me where you would like to photograph, I evaluate what the light allows you to do there: where the natural light comes from, which way the windows are facing, what time the sun hits them, the space available to work and the privacy conditions. I tell you frankly what you can do on this site, what is the best time window and, if there are limitations, what they are and how I contour them. On the day Can I take someone with me? Yes. Bring whoever makes you feel more comfortable - for me it's not a bother at all. What if I feel uncomfortable during the session? I will confirm with you throughout the session. You can interrupt at any time, or ask you to delete a pose, without penalisation and without having to justify. Will I see the photos during the session? Yes. I'll show you the screen images throughout the session, so we can validate the course before continuing. Don't wait for the final result to realise if it's going well. Later How do I receive the photos? I send you a private gallery, protected by password, where you make your selection. Then I deliver the final images in high resolution, plus optimised versions for mobile phones and social networks. What kind of edition is included? I treat light, colour, exposure, contrast and temporary skin corrections - pimples, redness, transient marks. I don't change the proportions or shape of the body. If you want something different from that, I'll tell you frankly at the start, so that there is no expectation to fulfil. Privacy Who sees my photos? Only the Customer, unless otherwise authorised by you in writing. The gallery I give you is private and password protected. Will you publish my photos on the website or on the networks? I do not publish any image without your written authorisation, specific and separate. If you give this authorisation, you can withdraw it at any time. Where are the files stored? In safe storage, with a conservation period that I declare to you at the start. I also keep a backup for a defined period after delivery. Can I ask you to delete everything? Yes. I delete the files if you ask me. Still have doubts? Schedule a call or video call with me, without commitment. I'd rather you answer all the questions before deciding than to decide without having taken them away.

It depends on what you are after, which is why I always ask first. For couples: the Crystal Palace Gardens, Foz — with the Pergola, Passeio Alegre and the Felgueiras lighthouse —, Afurada, Jardim do Morro, Serra do Pilar, Rua das Flores and the Cathedral quarter. And the Luís I Bridge at dawn, one of my favourites for the obvious reason: at that hour it belongs to us. For individual portraits: Virtudes, Miradouro da Vitória, Cedofeita and Miguel Bombarda. Plus one nobody uses yet — the office buildings by the VCI ring road, at the entrance to the industrial area. Modern architecture, and the pedestrian walkways have textures worth using. That is where I take anyone who wants tight framing with a long lens. For a recognisable Porto in the background: Serra do Pilar, Cais de Gaia, the Cathedral square and Miradouro dos Guindais. All four work; Serra do Pilar gives you the most complete view. What I will not do is promise a specific spot before knowing the day and the hour. In rain or in sunshine, the same place changes character completely. If you want to see how I organise a whole day like this, it's all on the Porto photo session page.

Three to four hours, typically. And set aside a whole part of the day — either the morning or the afternoon. Of that time, the actual shooting only happens within each area. Moving between areas always costs 20 to 30 minutes. With two or three locations, that is an hour gone without a single frame taken. The reason is people. Porto is a tourist city and the most interesting spots are crowded for most of the day. In the Crystal Palace Gardens you can work on the move, waiting for nothing. At a well-known viewpoint mid-afternoon, you wait — for a gap between people, for a coach to leave, for someone to step out of the frame. That is why I plan with margin. Book one hour at a tourist landmark and you get a photograph, not a session.

It is, very much so. Leaving before sunrise — early, genuinely early — lets us cover more locations in less time. The city has not woken up yet, and the time usually lost waiting becomes time spent shooting. It is the only way I know of gaining locations without making the session longer. To plan, I use apps that show where the sun rises and sets on any given day, location by location. That is not a technicality: it decides whether a viewpoint still has sun at six in the evening or is already in shadow. Then you choose the light. Golden hour and blue hour are different things, and not every location works in both. Timings and what each route covers are on the Porto photo session page.

The first thing I do is ask what moves you. Which architecture do you prefer — classical, neoclassical, modern? The answer changes everything that follows. That said, if I had to choose without knowing you: the view from above Jardim do Morro, next to the monastery. From there you take in the whole city at once. If what you want is night photography, then it is two others: the Miradouro das Virtudes and the Luís I Bridge. Two hours buys you one location, maybe two if they are close. Do not attempt three — you will spend the time walking. With more time everything changes — see what a full Porto photo session covers.

I always deliver the photos in formats for LinkedIn and social media. Press, website, presentations, internal platforms or print need their own sizes. That's what the first meeting is for: settling the formats and planning the day. In that conversation we work out where the photos will be used. And the tone: formal, relaxed or somewhere in between. Individual portraits, small groups or the whole team? Leadership only, or everyone? Then the background. Plain white or grey gives a corporate look; textured suits creative businesses. If the team's going to grow, shooting indoors keeps the same look in future sessions. Planning starts some time ahead. How far depends on the size of the company and how many people we're photographing. The space can be an area in your own offices, if it's suitable. It can be a hired studio. Or another solution that works for both of us. Either way, there has to be privacy. Ahead of the day, ideally I visit the space to check the light and the conditions. The day before, someone confirms it's free. There's always an hour of setup before we start. In a standard service, each portrait takes about five to ten minutes. Most sessions take half a day to a full day. Faces look fresher in the morning. Everyone should know their time, the place, how long it takes and who to call on the day. Leadership calendars get agreed in advance, so nobody rushes out of a meeting. If the session's off-site, it's worth checking parking and room for the equipment. I send the team simple guidance. Solid colours, in a palette of two or three colours for everyone. No bold patterns or prints. All-white or all-black is hard to photograph; a jacket over a white shirt fixes it. To avoid clashes, the company can collect outfit choices beforehand. Anyone who works in a uniform, scrubs or safety gear comes as they do every day. Clothes come ironed and, if possible, with a second option. The lights show up shiny skin, flyaway hair and creases. Powder or blotting papers sort that out. If you wear glasses, wear them in the photo. The day before, sleep well and drink water; in the morning, go easy on coffee. Jackets and ties can stay at the office the day before. The day's plan covers individual portraits, group shots and packing down. If there are rules on beards, the company sets them and we agree them beforehand. During the session, each person reviews the photos with me and picks one or two before leaving. That leaves the legal side, and it's essential. GDPR compliance is the company's responsibility. It's up to the company to get each employee's explicit consent to publish their image. That consent states the purpose, where the photo appears and how it can be withdrawn. Consent for internal use doesn't cover the website or social media. If someone leaves the company, keeping their photo online needs a new agreement. I'm not a lawyer: the company should have the consent form checked.