Wedding guest in a yellow dress carrying the bride's daughter past the tables — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga

La Herradura (Granada) · Andalusia

I've stood where you're standing

I got married at Cerro Gordo ♥

I married on this coast, so I know the day. What I don't know yet is how you want it to look — tell me, in English, French, Polish or Russian.

Describe your day
Groomsman taking a selfie with the bride and groom under a parasol — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga

You set the direction

elegant? sassy? daring? playful?

Tell me the direction — elegant and classy, elegant and sassy, daring and unconventional, funny and playful, or your own words — and where the photos will live: an album, a wall, Instagram, a gift. Then I put you where the light is already working, and direct as little as possible.

Bride and groom dancing hand in hand with a saxophonist and cheering guests — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bridesmaids in matching pyjamas sipping champagne on a sunny terrace — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Saxophonist playing on the dance floor as the groom and the bride's daughter dance — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Garden benches on a gravel terrace with a view over the hills — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
The bride's daughter peeking out from behind a pushchair — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bride and groom with both their mothers after the ceremony — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bride and groom with the bride's parents and guests on the terrace at dusk — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga

I live on this coast

I got married here myself, at sunset on Cerro Gordo, with our friends and family standing around us. I know how that day moves and where the light falls — it's a large part of why I photograph weddings at all. Our wedding album is here (photographs by Michal Carbol).

I'm Polish, I lived fifteen years in Luxembourg, and this coast is home now. Knowing a place because you live in it is not the same as arriving for the weekend.

— Adam
Bride and groom with three bridesmaids on a garden path — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
The bride's daughter sitting on a terrace floor in her white dress — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bride and groom at the ceremony arch, the bride's daughter hugging her dress — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Wedding guests cheering with arms in the air, the bride holding her daughter — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Looking up through the ornate iron dome of the ceremony gazebo — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Ham carver slicing jamón for a guest at the wedding reception — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Ceremony chairs and iron gazebo among wild grasses above the valley — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga

Group photos go faster in the right language

grandparents? abuelos? grands-parents? dziadkowie? бабушки?

It sounds small. It is the difference between thirty-five minutes of family formals and eighty. I work in English, French, Polish and Russian, so nobody stands in the sun waiting for a translation of “now just the grandparents” — and you can tell me what you want in whichever language says it best.

Bride laughing with her bridesmaids in champagne satin dresses on a terrace — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bride playfully dabbing cake on the groom's nose at dusk — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bride's white embellished sandals on a terrace wall above the valley — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Groom opening a gift with his groomsmen before the ceremony — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Groom walking his mother down the garden path — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Bride and groom kissing on the garden path at dusk, festoon lights behind — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga
Looking up through the ornate iron dome of the ceremony gazebo — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga

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Music: Franz Schubert, Ave Maria — violin: Katy Adelson (CC BY 3.0)

Bridesmaids jumping in the air with parasols beside the pool — Cortijo Bravo, Vélez-Málaga

When, where — and how it should feel

Dates go early for May, June and September. Send the date, the place and the feel you have in mind — I reply as soon as possible, guaranteed.

Is your date free?