Fotograf Joseph Requerme

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—I am not sure yet. I will have my own wedding in the coming months and we'll know if I am. Technically, yes because I direct my couple by doing the pose first.

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—I got into wedding industry by accident. I was invited to attend a wedding as a guest and I brought with me my 2 days old dslr camera and started taking pictures. To make the story short, the official photographer lost all his photos of the wedding and the couple made my photos as their official(even ordered an album) after 4 years of their wedding. That's where I was inspired to make more love-inspired photos.

—Care sunt cele mai importante componente ale unei fotografii bune, după părerea dvs?

—For me, it is the emotion that is captured in frames. I always make sure that most of my photos are love-inspired. When emotion is in there, composition and post processing style will follow.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Yes, in fact I am a destination wedding photographer based in Cebu City. I have been to different places in the Philippines and abroad.

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—I love to feel and indulge myself into an emotional celebration like weddings and my favorite is the pictorial of the bride and his father, the dance with the father and the groom with his mom. Capturing those are heaven to me.

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—What I don't like is the sore in my feet the day after the wedding. I move a lot to make sure that everything is covered. But it also reminds me of a successful wedding coverage. No sore, meaning I did not do my best.

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—I think people will start to take photographers like me to unfamiliar and less shot locations and will incorporate adventure along the way.

—Ce este special la genul de fotografie în care sunteți specializat?

—The most special thing in wedding photography is the union of two souls. That's where I challenge my self, to get every inch of emotion and historic event in the frames.

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—I have the best and worst critic in the world, my partner in life and she tells me the things that she don't like in the harshest way possible. Every time she do that, I will be hurt but I use that pain in my ego to improve. At the end of the day, I am glad that she made those criticism. Criticisms from people I don't know – I listen to them. Criticism from my clients – I am glad they are all satisfied and if there will be one, I will work my way to correct the problem.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—There are no trends for me. Every couple has its own way of making their wedding a memorable one and each shoot is unique. In fact, the more different the wedding is, the more unique it will become.

—Care ar trebui să fie criteriile după care un client să aleagă un fotograf?

—The couple should and must always like the photographic style of the photographer. No buts and ifs. If you like the work, go for it and tell the photographer. Rates should be the last thing that will hinder in booking a photographer.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—For me, the only thing that is not allowed is shooting beyond the cultural norms of every person. You got to respect it.

—Ce detalii de obicei neobservate de alții pot fi observate de un fotograf?

—It is the emotion. When people are emotional they forget about their looks and not aware of their surroundings. The photographers on the other hand, hold the tears or just smile behind the camera and capture those moments.

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—Its all about the subject, location and composition.

—Ce persoană poate fi simbolul secolului XXI după părerea dvs?

—A person that can understand different cultures without any hesitation and manage to blend in.

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—I love and want to shoot weddings and any life events.

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—I am glad that I don't have.

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—I like to shoot with Jasmine Star. There's a lot of things that I like about her shooting style.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I don't get worried that much in terms of shooting. I worry much when I got home and make the photos exist in different places (backup).

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—When I got hired by a Swiss magazine to make a portrait of a typhoon survivor. Eventually, they got married and I was their photographer. The story I told was amazing. The guy saved his queen after typhoon Yolanda and that was the most heart warming story I ever told.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—My inspiration will always be my partner in life and the photos that I have not captured yet.

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—Success in not a destination, it is an ongoing process and cannot be measured. As long as you are happy, you can feel success.

—V-ar plăcea să fiți mai degrabă plăcut sau respectat?

—Yes, as a human being but not like king.

—Care este cea mai mare greșeală pe care ați făcut-o în profesia dvs?

—Hiring a cheap 2nd shooter. They just don't get my style. When I started to hire right priced shooter, my output became more valuable.

—Când plecați în călătorie, ce luați cu dvs. și de ce?

—I would take my editor(my partner). She is all in one, my inspiration, my critic, the stylist and can give tons of ideas when I ran out.

—Există vreun lucru pe care vă doriți să nu-l fi cumpărat dintre aparatele pe care le aveți? De ce?

—Every piece that I have has its own use, I did not regret buying any of them.

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—By joining photography related clubs and forums. The different opinions gives me ideas on where to improve.

—Activitatea cărei persoane v-a influențat cel mai mult în calitate de fotograf?

—Jasmine Star

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—I must say that my photographs are created and inspired with love.

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—The satisfied and happy clients.

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—I do fishing, watching movies and travelling. I love indulging to beach, nature and adventure.

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—I don't get satisfied. There is always a margin of unsatisfaction but I make sure that the photos are well processed.

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—Yes, I always make sure that I make conversation and help people along the way.

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—I love my country and my answer is Philippines. If my clients want me to live in their place for a month then I'll go.

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—For me, Yes. But I should experience it first next year for me to say the whole thing.

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—I like both.

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—The best thing in life is love.

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—The most annoying thing in life is disrespect.

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Just get your hands dirty and shoot weddings regardless its price. The most important thing is experience. Don't listen to negative and destructive comments.