Sophie and Dan travelled from Montreal to celebrate their Castell d’Emporda wedding surrounded by a large group of family and friends.

Outdoor Ceremony

The ceremony was held in the field beside the old chapel, amongst ancient olive trees as old as the building itself. What I liked immediately about photographing this Castell d'Emporda wedding was how naturally people settled into the place. Nothing felt overly separated from its surroundings. Guests standing under the trees before the ceremony, children moving between chairs, conversations continuing along the stone walls while the light kept shifting across the field.

I tend to work close, but never in the way. I don’t like becoming a barrier between people and the wedding itself. Part of photographing this way is reading the room properly, knowing when to step in and when to disappear back into it.

What drew me to this Castell d'Emporda wedding was how naturally people inhabited the space. Guests gathering under the arches, children running across the lawn, conversations stretching from the terraces into dinner.

Evening at Castell d'Emporda Wedding

By the evening the wedding had completely changed rhythm. The quieter interiors from earlier in the day gave way to long dinner tables, crowded terraces and darker spaces lit only by small pockets of light. Castell d'Emporda works beautifully for this because people are constantly gathering and dispersing again.

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