Fotógrafo Emilio Navas

—Você é fotogénica(o)?

—Everybody could be depending of the photo.

—Como se iniciou na indústria da fotografia?

—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.

—Em sua opinião, quais são os componentes mais importantes para uma boa fotografia?

—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.

—Gosta de 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.

—O que mais gosta na sua profissão?

—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.

—O que menos gosta na sua profissão?

—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.

—Qual será o futuro da fotografia?

—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.

—O que há de especial para si, no género de fotografia em que se especializou?

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

—Como lida com as 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

—Existem tendências na fotografia?

—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.

—Quais deveriam ser os critérios considerados pelo cliente na escolha de um 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.

—O que não é permitido de todo ao fotografar?

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

—Que detalhes passam habitualmente despercebidos mas nos quais um fotógrafo repara?

—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.

—O que influencia o valor da foto? Quais são os seus elementos?

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

—Na sua opinião, que pessoa poderá ser o símbolo do século XXI?

—Not sure...

—O que pretende fotografar?

—In general funny people that love photography.

—Tem tabus profissionais?

—No as far I know.

—Com quem gostaria de fotografar?

—With you! :-D

—Com que se preocupa e porquê?

—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.

—Qual foi o momento mais impressionante na sua 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.

—Que personagem animada, literária ou de um filme gostaria de ser? Porquê?

—Wall-e :-p

—Quem o inspira na sua vida e porquê?

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

—Como define o sucesso? Como o afere?

—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!

—Gostaria mais de ser amado ou respeitado?

—I think both in the same way.

—Qual foi o maior erro que já cometeu a nível profissional?

—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.

—Quando vai viajar, o que leva consigo e porquê?

—My camera, of course!!

—Está arrependido de ter adquirido algum dos gadgets que possui? Porquê?

—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.

—Como aprende a tirar fotos melhores?

—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.

—Que trabalho mais o influenciou como fotógrafo?

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

—Qual é a coisa que mais gostaria de ter sabido quando começou a fotografar?

—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.

—O que pretende transmitir com as suas fotos?

—Tell the story behind the image.

—O que o motiva a continuar a fotografar?

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

—Os seus pais deveriam ter sido mais ou menos rigorosos?

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

—Se pudesse regredir no tempo, o que faria de diferente?

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

—O que pensa da vida nos outros planetas?

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

—Quem são os seus heróis?

—People that fight everyday to make a world better.

—A quem é que não respeita?

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

—O que faz nos seus tempos livres?

—Travel.

—Qual é o seu lado que o público nunca vê?

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

—Quando é que fica completamente satisfeito com o seu trabalho?

—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.

—Acredita nos papéis tradicionais reservados ao homem e à mulher?

—What is this? :-p

—Faz amigos com facilidade?

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

—Onde gostaria de viver?

—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.

—Qual foi a coisa mais estúpida que concordou em fazer?

—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.

—Existe vida depois do casamento?

—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.

—Tem uma anedota favorita? Conte-nos.

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

—Gosta de cães e gatos?

—Yes, Zoe, my cat is wonderful.

—A quem ou o que odeia?

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

—A melhor coisa na vida é:

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

—A coisa mais irritante na vida é:

—Don't have time for all the things!

—Existe algo em seu redor que gostaria de mudar?

—A lot of small things.

—O que gostaria de mudar em si próprio?

—Nothing but improve in the good things.

—O que gostaria de mudar no mundo?

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

—Pode dar algumas dicas para fotógrafos principiantes?

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

—Caso os alienígenas viessem para a Terra, e fosse a primeira pessoa a encontrá-los, o que lhes diria?

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

—Se fosse chamado para fazer um filme, que género escolheria?

—Noir cinema or a big super production.

—Amanhã eu vou fazer...

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