Olga Moreira Photography

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Lisbon
Olga Moreira Photography

Portrait, Wedding and Family Photographer in Portugal
Фотограф в Португалии

13/08/2026

THE ECLIPSE AND A LITTLE TRIBUTE TO THE SUN

There are so many beautiful and artistic photos here on Instagram that people took during the solar eclipse. Honestly, I wasn’t sure whether to share mine.

I didn’t look at the sun. We didn’t have eclipse glasses, just a special tube my husband had made the day before. What interested me most was seeing how the light would change.

I’m not sure I managed to capture that thin, dark curtain that seemed to cover the sun, but I tried.

12/08/2026

200+ ФОТО С СЕМЕЙНОЙ СЪЕМКИ — ЭТО МНОГО?

Недавно я получила такой отзыв: второй слайд в карусели.

Да, я действительно отдаю много фотографий. Я всегда так делала, хотя раньше иногда думала: может, надо выбрать самое-самое, а остальное убрать?

А теперь я фотографирую свою дочку. Когда я разбираю фотографии с ней, я могу оставить несколько кадров одного момента. Вот она смотрит на меня. Через секунду смеётся. Ещё через две уже нашла какую-то палку и кладет мне её в карман.

Для меня это 3 разные фотографии, и я хочу их все.

Вот и другие семьи я снимаю так, как снимала бы свою: вот вы вместе, вот каждый по-отдельности, вот ваш ребенок улыбнулся, а тут насупился. Вот ваш уютный диван, любимые игрушки, стопка книг у кровати, шторы развеваются от ветра.

Съемка — это почти как кино, разве что не 24 кадра в секунду (иначе было бы долго обрабатывать 🤭)

Поэтому после фотосессии вы получаете не несколько «лучших кадров», а большую историю про вашу семью.

Ну и судя по тому, что никто ещё ни разу не жаловался на количество, не мне одной это нравится.

В общем, если вам тоже хочется МНОГО — вы знаете, кому писать!

10/08/2026

Recently I saw a beautiful little scene in the park.

Two girls were sitting by the water,
talking about something, completely absorbed in their own little world.
The evening light reflecting on the water, ducks swimming by.

It looked like a scene from a movie.

Then one of their mums came over and offered to take a photo of them. The girls stood up, turned towards the camera and started smiling.

And I thought: she was probably drawn to exactly the same scene that caught my eye: the evening light, the water, the girls, the mood of the evening…

But the moment they stood up, the scene itself was over. It became a different photograph.

I have nothing against photographs where you can clearly see people’s faces and everyone is smiling at the camera. Those photos matter too. They help us remember what we looked like.

But there are other photos too: the ones that hold a feeling. They often don’t show faces, but they tell a story.

They’re not there to remind us what everything looked like, but to remember what it felt like.

There’s a time for everything. There will be time for smiles at camera. But while the moment is still happening, sometimes it’s better to simply let it be.

And quietly preserve it just as it is.

08/08/2026

This is our kitchen. It’s completely ordinary: a table, a chair, a mug, a fridge. I see these things every day, walk past them a hundred times, nothing special.

And then suddenly, light comes through the window as if to say: “Look how lovely it is here!”

And I take a photo.

22/07/2026

THAT SUMMER

Olga and her family were travelling across Portugal in a campervan, from north to south.

One day they stopped for the night near Sesimbra and invited me to capture a small part of this big adventure.

Then they continued their journey. There were other beaches, other cliffs, other towns and other evenings.

But on the evening we met, this is exactly how it was.

For me, this is the value of sessions like this. Years later, you can look at the photos and say:

“Do you remember when we travelled in a campervan? Our son was so little and he loved sitting behind the wheel. Do you remember when he fell and hurt his knee, and after that he only wanted to be carried?”

Olga and her family still have many summers ahead of them.

But the summer when we took these photos looked like this. And it will never happen again ❤️

20/07/2026

Beach photo session checklist:

✅ Pizza
✅ Wet feet
✅ Sand everywhere
✅ Running into the ocean
✅ Staying until sunset

❌ Perfect outfits
❌ Smile at the camera
❌ Keeping everyone clean

17/07/2026

Почему-то считается, что нужно быть особенными или хотя бы стремиться к этому. Или хотя бы создавать такое впечатление.

Но в какой-то момент жизни вдруг обнимаешь свою обычность, принимаешь её и начинаешь любить свою жизнь такой, какая она есть сейчас.

Я обычный человек.
У меня обычная жизнь.
Я обычный фотограф.

Мне можно говорить глупости. Мне можно выглядеть не на все 100. Мне можно ошибаться.

Меня не заденет, если кто-то скажет, что мои фотографии не гениальны или мои мысли слишком просты. Потому что я отказываюсь казаться особенной.

И честно говоря, так жить гораздо легче.

17/07/2026

WHY I DON’T AIM FOR POSED FAMILY PHOTOS

When my daughter was born, I unexpectedly changed the way I see family photography.

I had always loved real, candid moments much more than perfectly posed photos. But deep down, I still wondered: what if people actually want those beautiful, perfectly posed family pictures?

Then I became a mom.

When I started photographing my own family, I realised that what mattered to me was something completely different. I wanted to remember what our life was really like. What our home looked like — and how messy it was. What games we played. How my daughter climbed onto my lap. How her dad carried her on his shoulders. How we laughed, how she cried. What our ordinary days looked like.

And over time I realised something else.

The way we looked doesn’t disappear in candid photos. We’re still there — real, just as we are. We don’t need perfect poses or to think about every little movement.

This is the approach I bring to my family sessions.

Yes, of course, we always take a few classic portraits. The family photo you can put in a frame, and a few individual portraits. It usually takes just 5–10 minutes.

And then…

We stop thinking about the camera.

Kids simply become kids. And adults remember that they used to be kids too.

We might go for a walk in the nearby forest, collect seashells on the beach, read a book, run around, hug or simply spend time together. Before the session, we choose activities that your family genuinely enjoys, so you don’t have to spend the whole time wondering where to put your hands or how to smile.

And you know what?

The photo in the frame doesn’t have to be a posed one.

If this sounds like your kind of family photography, I’d love to meet you.

You can find all the details in my Family Sessions highlight and if you have any questions, just send me a message.

I’m currently booking August (3 spots left) and September (3 spots left).

13/07/2026

MOM, WHERE ARE YOU?

When my daughter was born, I started taking countless photos of her. I’m a photographer after all.

Her first days, first months, our home, our walks, her little habits, those funny facial expressions. I wanted to preserve everything that felt so ordinary, because those are the things that disappear the fastest.

I turned all those photographs into a big photo album that she absolutely loves looking through.

One day, as we were flipping through its pages together, she suddenly asked:

“Mom, where are you?”

And that’s when it hit me.

She was right. Out of nearly 200 photographs, maybe 20 included me. In most of the others, she was either on her own or with her dad.

She was only three years old, but she had already noticed that I was missing from our family’s story.

And it feels so unfair.

Because a mum is the person who’s there for almost every ordinary moment. The one who carries you, feeds you, comforts you, plays with you, takes you for walks, puts you to bed. The one who’s quietly present in everyday life.

Yet in so many family photographs she’s almost invisible.

Because mom is usually the one behind the camera.

One day, our children will grow up. They’ll probably remember some of those moments.
But they won’t be able to see what their mom looked like when they were just a few months old. How she held them in her arms. How they lay together on the sofa. How they walked together, laughed together or simply spent an ordinary afternoon side by side.

I think it’s so important to step in front of the camera every now and then.

So that one day, when our child asks “Mom, where are you?”, we’ll have an answer.

12/02/2026

This is Marina
Marina invited me into her home, and with her permission, I invite you to join us.

For me, this story is not only about a house as a physical place, its beauty and coziness — but also about what it means to feel at home within yourself.

And if you’re at home right now, maybe it’s a good moment to make yourself a cup of your favorite tea.

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