Photographer Luigi Reccia

—Unang una sa lahat - sino ang papangalanan mo na pinakamahusay na photographer sa Naples, Italy? :)

—I don't think I have the answer to this question. Every photographer has a different point of view, the beauty of this world is that you can learn something from everyone.

—Ikaw ba ay photogenic?

—The only two people who said I'm beautiful are my mother and James Blunt.

—Paano ka nagsimula sa industriya ng photography?

—I started shooting pictures in 2009, I've been involved in music production for years and then in 2012 I started shooting weddings. I started as a second shooter for a friend and then little by little I built my own business.

—Ano ang mga mahahalagang bahagi ng isang magandang larawan sa iyong opinyon?

—The moment between two moments.

—Mahilig ka ba maglakbay?

—I travel a lot, from the moment I wake up in the morning until I go to bed, every day. It doesn't matter if I use my car, a train, a plane or my mind. It's a lifetime trip.

—Ano ang pinakagusto mo sa iyong propesyon?

—Being surrounded by happiness and nice people. The connection. Being together. The humanity needs to stay together and talk, touch, see, hear.

—Ano ang hindi mo gusto sa iyong propesyon?

—Well I guess there's no perfect job in this world :)

—Ano ang magiging kinabukasan ng photography?

—Future doesn't exist (yet).

—Ano ang espesyal sa kategorya ng photography kung saan ka dalubhasa?

—There's nothing special about wedding photography. People make it special.

—Paano ka tumatanggap ng pagpuna?

—I take everything I can to improve my skills.
Sometimes I kidnap children and burn cars.
(Should I say I'm being ironic?)

—Mayroon bang mga trend ang photography?

—It's a complicated business, growing year by year, changing forms constantly.

—Ano ang dapat na pamantayan ng isang customer sa pagpili ng photographer?

—Being emotionally involved in his/her pictures. Nothing else.

—Ano ang mga bagay na dapat iwasan kapag kumukuha ng larawan?

—Being a jerk, I think.

—Ano ang mga detalye na kadalasan ay hindi napapansin na napapansin ng photographer?

—An apparently meaningless moment can be captured forever with one click and being remembered for the rest of the life.

—Ano ang mga umiimpluwensya sa kahalagahan ng isang larawan? Ano ang mga element nito?

—It's all about what people feel when they see that picture.

—Sinong tao ang sumisimbolo sa ika-21 siglo sa iyong opinyon?

—Not me for sure, I'm still working on it...

—Sino ang gusto mong kuhaan?

—Myself.

—Mayroon ka bang mga propesyonal na ipinagbabawal?

—I don't touch wedding dresses.

—Sino ang gusto mong makasama sa pagkuha ng larawan?

—Whoever wants to :)

—Ano ang ikinababahala mo, at bakit?

—I'm a restless mind. There's no reason for it and it took me years to understand it. I accepted it and I don't know why I'm like this. I'm worried about a lot of things every day, personal and in general about our future as human beings.

—Ano ang pinakahanga-hangang pagkakataon sa iyong buhay?

—When I lose everything and I started to know myself.

—Kung ikaw ay isang kartun, libro o karakter sa pelikula, sino ang gugustuhin mong maging at bakit?

—The little Prince, of course!
Living on an asteroid, in the outer space, watching stars all the time, dreaming, being free...

—Sino ang nagbibigay inspirasyon sa iyong buhay at bakit?

—I have my grandfather's name. He has been the most influential person in my life. If I could have a time machine, I would like to go back when he was still on this earth and say him "look what I've become".

—Paano mo binibigyang kahulugan ang tagumpay? Paano mo tinitimbang ito?

—Being a successful person is useless if you don't have respect for yourself and other people. So I can say that the successful person is the one who is also respectful and respected.

—Mas pipiliin mo bang magustuhan o nirerespeto?

—Read the previous one :)

—Ano ang pinakamalaking pagkakamali ang nagawa mo sa trabaho?

—Being naive.

—Kapag ikaw ay naglalakbay, ano ang dinadala mo at bakit?

—A book, my compact camera and my diary for sure.
Just because I need to have time for myself.

—Mayroon ka bang kahilingan na hindi mo pa nabibili maliban sa mga gadget na mayroon ka? Bakit?

—I'm a left-handed person and I bought this rechargeable pen from moleskine, which is beautiful but it's a gel ink pen so everytime I write I get my diary, my hand and sometimes my clothes dirty.

—Paano mo tinuturuan ang sarili mo na kumuha ng mas magagandang mga larawan?

—I go to seminars, I participate to conventions and other workshops, I watch movies and tv series, I read, I experience life.

—Kaninong mga gawa ang may malaking nagimpluwensiya sa iyo bilang photographer?

—My favorite wedding photographer right now is Giuseppe Marano, from Sicily.

—Ano ang isang bagay na nais mong malaman noong nagumpisa ka sa pagkuha ng mga larawan?

—"Cameras are expensive."

—Ano ang nais mong sabihin sa iyong mga larawan?

—I just want to tell a story in my way. I know pictures tell at the same time what we see and what we have inside. With my pictures I hope to know myself better than now.

—Ano ang nag-uudyok sa iyo na ipagpatuloy ang pagkuha ng mga larawan?

—I'm curious.

—Ang iyong magulang ba ay dapat naging mas o hindi gaanong istrikto?

—My parents are not perfect, their love made me the person I am just as their mistakes.
Oh, and they are rock 'n' roll too.

—Kung maaari mong balikan ang nakaraan, ano ang babaguhin mo?

—I wouldn't change anything.

—Paano naman ang buhay sa ibang mga planeta?

—I don't know what to think about the life on THIS planet.

—Sino ang iyong mga bayani?

—My father is my hero.

—Kanino ka walang respeto?

—False people above all.

—Ano ang iyong ginagawa sa iyong bakanteng oras?

—Reading, writing, having good time with my friends.

—Anong bahagi mo ang hindi nakikita ng publiko?

—I am constantly divided in two different and opposite ways: if people see me happy, they don't see I could be sad, if they see me talking a lot, they don't know I would be silent instead.

—Kailan ka ganap na nasisiyahan sa iyong trabaho?

—When I know I could stop time at least in one picture.

—Naniniwala ka ba sa tradisyunal na mga papel para mga sa lalaki at babae?

—Roles? Where we are going we don't need... roles!

—Mabilis ka ba makipagkaibigan?

—It depends, sometimes I'm very quick to empathize with people, other times it can take even years.

—Saan mo gustong manirahan?

—Wherever there's beauty around me.
But if I have to pick one, Amsterdam would be a choise.

—Ang pinakamahalagang bagay sa buhay ay:

—Keep dreaming.

—Ang pinakanakakainis na bagay sa buhay ay:

—Stop dreaming.

—Mayroong ba sa iyong paligid na nais mong baguhin?

—My room is painted in a very ugly green.

—Ano ang nais mong baguhin sa iyong sarili?

—Sometimes I use irony to avoid questions.

—Ano ang nais mong baguhin sa mundo?

—I would erase every kind of racism.

—Maaari ka bang magbigay ng mga tip para sa mga photographer na nagsisimula pa lamang?

—Get paid!

—Kung ang mga alien ay pumunta sa Earth at ikaw ang una nilang makikilala, ano ang sasabihin mo sakanila?

—"hello!"

—Kung ikaw ay tatawagin upang mag-shoot ng pelikula, ano ang magiging kategorya nito?

—sci-fi or thriller, or drama.

—Bukas ako pupunta at gagawa...

—...a wedding!