Fotógrafo Emilio Navas

—¿Es usted fotogénico(a)?

—Everybody could be depending of the photo.

—¿Cómo empezó a trabajar en la industria de fotografía?

—I like make photos since I was a kid. As I love travel I started to work as travel photographer. With the time I discover that more than the places I am good capturing the people there. I started to make social photography, family and fashion works. Finally I discovered in the wedding field the perfect balance to make my best of all the things learned during years.

—¿En su opinión, cuáles son los elementos más importantes de una buena fotografía?

—A lot of things counts but I suppose that the most important is the story behind the photo. Composition and perfect light is needed but the feeling is a must.

—¿Le gusta viajar?

—Of course!! Our studio runs between Hong Kong and Spain but we are lucky to travel to many other incredible places because our job.

—¿Qué le gusta más de su profesión?

—Meet incredible people in one of the most important day of their life. Capture all the feeling of this moment and keep for the future have some magic.

—¿Qué le gusta menos de su profesión?

—I love my job in general but as we need to be to manage a lot of things not all are so cool. Finances, marketing and other backoffice tasks could be tedious sometimes.

—¿Cuál será el futuro de la fotografía?

—Wedding photography are changing and improving fast and this is good news. But I think that in other hand always will happen wonderful stories and someone will have the task to tell and capture this stories for the future.

—¿Qué tiene de especial el género fotográfico en que trabaja?

—As I told before, wedding photography talks about love and happiness. Is the most personal field of photography that I can imagine.

—¿Cómo gestiona las críticas?

—Usually I am very positive about this. Critiques must be a way to learn, grow up and be better photographer. Everybody wants to listen good things about their jobs and as artist sometimes we are a little bit sensitive with bad critics... :-p

—¿Existe alguna tendencia en la fotografía?

—Wedding photography have a huge amount of possibilities. There isn't just a trend. With the years I saw a lot of different tendencies. This changes also depending the country. Vintage style, only back and white pictures, Photojournalist...
I try to have my own style and don't follow to much what other people do. As told before the important is tell the story. Is the only way to make pictures that never will be old fashion in the future.

—¿Qué criterios debería tener en cuenta una persona a la hora de elegir a un fotógrafo?

—I understand that each one have a budget and this could be a key point to choose one or other photographer but in my opinion this will never be the main point.
Each photographer have different vision so the first point must be choose the style you like after see several kinds.
I think is important too at least have a call or better and interview with the photographer and check if you "connect" with him. The photographer will spend long time with you during your big day and as this is about feelings I think is important have good feeling with the photographer.

—¿Qué no está permitido de ningún modo cuando realiza una fotografía?

—Everything is allowed!!! This is the funniest thing about wedding photography. This make each photography unique.

—¿Qué detalles que normalmente no tenemos en cuenta puede un fotógrafo captar?

—First of all we have the experience and the technique needed after make thousand of wedding pictures. We are professional and we have the gear that an amateur will not have. And the most important of all the real wedding photographer as an artist have unique way to watch behind the lens and capture the things happen in his own way.

—¿Qué influye en el valor de una fotografía? ¿Cuáles son sus elementos?

—Feeling, composition, good light, good technique and something interesting to tell.

—En su opinión, ¿qué persona podría ser un símbolo del siglo XXI?

—Not sure...

—¿A quién le gustaría fotografiar?

—In general funny people that love photography.

—¿Tiene tabúes profesionales?

—No as far I know.

—¿Con quién le gustaría fotografiar?

—With you! :-D

—¿Qué le preocupa y por qué?

—A lot of injustice in the world. We are a small world with a lot of problems. Is a shame that somethings still happen in the XXI century.

—¿Cuál ha sido el momento más impactante de su vida?

—Could sound too much sticky but the day that I saw the first time to my wife and I know that she will be the woman of my life.

—Si fuera un personaje de animación, literario o cinematográfico, ¿quién le gustaría ser y por qué?

—Wall-e :-p

—¿Quién le inspira en su vida y por qué?

—The small things that make life unique. I watch films all the time to grow up my inspiration.

—¿Cómo definiría el éxito? ¿Cómo lo mide?

—Each people need to find the measure... To me, Happiness, healthy and with someone to love and be loved. Of course enough money to live and travel!

—¿Qué prefiere, gustar o sentirse respetado?

—I think both in the same way.

—¿Cuál es el mayor error que ha cometido en su trabajo?

—At the beginning some technicals fails for sure. Long time ago I was too shy to do the things to make the photography that I had in my mind. This is a big mistake, shy can't be a stopper for creativity.

—Cuando va de viaje, ¿qué lleva consigo y por qué?

—My camera, of course!!

—¿Se arrepiente de alguno de los gadgets que ha comprado? ¿Por qué?

—A lot of times!!
You see a new lens, camera body or light that looks game changer. Run to try and then discover that less is more and the difference are not always in the gear but in the way to use.

—¿Cómo se forma para tomar las mejores imágenes?

—Watching a lot of films. Attending at least 3 or 4 workshops of other photographers that I like. The most useful is practice, practice and practice. Lets fly your imagination and try to innovate is a good way to improve and move your photography to the way you want.

—¿A quién pertenece el trabajo que le ha influenciado más como fotógrafo?

—Several photographers. I learned more working with colleagues than checking their pictures. Say only one is not fair.

—¿Cuál es la única cosa que desearía haber sabido cuando comenzó a tomar fotografías?

—How to be less nervous and control the stress in the wedding day. At the beginning is difficult to do! Lucky that this changes fast when you have some experience.

—¿Qué desea decir con sus fotografías?

—Tell the story behind the image.

—¿Qué le motiva a continuar tomando imágenes?

—I love my work. Is artistic, give me the possibility to travel and meet great people.

—¿Cree que sus padres deberían haber sido más o menos estrictos?

—I am ok on the way the were. (And they are)

—¿Si pudiera volver atrás en el tiempo, qué haría de forma diferente?

—Maybe a lot of small things but the wrong ones made me learn so I think I don't want to change anything.

—¿Qué piensa de la vida en otros planetas?

—Are you serious? Strange interview... lol
I suppose is possible but I don't think I will see in my life.

—¿Quiénes son sus héroes?

—People that fight everyday to make a world better.

—¿Por quién no siente respeto?

—Liers and bad people. Usually respect people that don't respect me is not easy to me but I do my best.

—¿Qué hace en su tiempo libre?

—Travel.

—¿Cuál es su lado desconocido que la gente nunca quiere ver?

—I think I am very transparent. I don't hide big things.

—¿Cuándo está complemente satisfecho de su trabajo?

—No. This is a long way with big space to improve with ache photography I take. I am very satisface when I check old works and I see how with hard work, patience and practice my photos are better.

—¿Cree en los roles tradicionales de hombres y mujeres?

—What is this? :-p

—¿Hace amigos con facilidad?

—I am friendly guy. Usually I haven't any problem to meet new people.

—¿Dónde le gustaría vivir?

—Living in Hong Kong but traveling a several times per year to Spain is a perfect mix to me. Discover new places is very important to me so travel is a must.

—¿Cuál es la cosa más estúpida que ha aceptado hacer?

—About photography... perhaps be a detective and make secret pictures to a man because his wife contract me to do. this happened long time ago. Lucky that I don't need to get this time of jobs now.

—¿Hay vida después del matrimonio?

—I will get married in a few months so I hope!!!
I think a new and exciting life starts with the marriage. Be a team to make projects together. Sound cool.

—¿Tiene un chiste favorito? Cuéntenoslo.

—Maybe not appropriate to write here... :-D

—¿Le gustan los perros o los gatos?

—Yes, Zoe, my cat is wonderful.

—¿A quién o qué odia?

—Really nobody. I try to run away of this feeling that don't give to me anything good.

—Lo mejor de su vida es:

—Discover new and nice things everyday. Kelly, my love and my family.

—Lo más molesto de su vida es:

—Don't have time for all the things!

—¿Hay algo a su alrededor que le gustaría cambiar?

—A lot of small things.

—¿Qué le gustaría cambiar de usted mismo?

—Nothing but improve in the good things.

—¿Qué le gustaría cambiar del mundo?

—Is a topic, but I wish peace, freedom and food for everybody in the world.

—¿Podría ofrecer algunos consejos a los fotógrafos que empiezan?

—Work hard, be patience and practice all the time.

—Si los extraterrestres llegaran a la Tierra y fuera la primera persona que encontraran, ¿qué les diría?

—Let me go with you! I am boring here alone!

—Si le llamaran como fotógrafo de una película, ¿a qué género pertenecería?

—Noir cinema or a big super production.

—Mañana voy a hacer...

—I am in the middle of the wedding season so now I need to edit a lot of pictures.