Wedding photographer in Tenerife

Weddings on Tenerife often happen on both sides of the island at once. The church may be in La Laguna or La Orotava, where a five o’clock ceremony is frequently under soft cloud and the group portraits on the steps come out even and kind; the banquet is just as often in the south, where the same hour is hard overhead sun and the guests squint. The drive between them is about forty minutes, and it is the hinge of the day. A wedding photographer who knows the island moves the group portraits to the church, before anyone gets into a car, and keeps the couple’s portraits for the last sun on the south-west coast, which faces the Atlantic sunset. From the morning preparations to the first hour of the party, the ten hours are laid out around that crossing.

When to book in Tenerife

The island keeps the Spanish timetable, so most ceremonies are in the late afternoon. In the north that hour is frequently under cloud from May to September, which suits the church exit and the family groups. In the south the same hour is still hard, high sun for most of the year, so the drinks reception wants shade and the couple portraits wait for the last forty minutes before sunset. Winter weddings are milder than anywhere on the mainland, with an occasional Atlantic front, and a clear winter day can put snow on Teide behind the coastal pictures. What a wedding photographer here plans around is calima: the haze softens the light pleasantly but flattens any sea view, and it can close the roads up the mountain, so no part of the day should depend on them.