Fotoğrafçı Emilio Navas

—Fotojenik olduğunuzu düşünüyor musunuz?

—Everybody could be depending of the photo.

—Fotoğrafçılık endüstrisine nasıl giriş yaptınız?

—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.

—Sizce iyi bir fotoğrafın en önemli bileşenleri nelerdir?

—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.

—Seyahat etmeyi sever misiniz?

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

—Mesleğinizle ilgili en sevdiğiniz şey nedir?

—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.

—Mesleğinizin en zor tarafı nedir?

—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.

—Fotoğrafçılığının geleceği konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—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.

—Uzmanlaştığınız fotoğrafçılık türünü özel kılan şey nedir?

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

—Eleştiriler karşısında yaklaşımınız nasıl oluyor?

—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

—Fotoğrafçılığı ile ilgili yeni trendler var mı?

—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.

—Müşteriler fotoğrafçı seçerken ne gibi kriterleri göz önünde bulundurmalıdırlar?

—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.

—Fotoğraf çekimi sırasında kesinlikle izin vermeyeceğiniz şeyler nelerdir?

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

—Bir fotoğrafçı diğerlerinin görmediği hangi detayları yakalayabilir?

—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.

—Fotoğrafın değerini belirleyen şey nedir? Ne gibi unsurları vardır?

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

—Sizce 21. yüzyılın sembolü kim olabilir?

—Not sure...

—Kimi fotoğraflamak istersiniz?

—In general funny people that love photography.

—Mesleğinizle ilgili tabularınız var mı?

—No as far I know.

—Birlikte fotoğraf çekmek istediğiniz birisi var mı?

—With you! :-D

—Hangi konularda endişeleriniz var ve neden?

—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.

—Hayatınızda sizi en çok etkileyen an?

—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.

—Çizgi film, edebiyat veya sinema karakteri olsaydınız nasıl bir karakter olmak isterdiniz, neden?

—Wall-e :-p

—Hayatınızda size ilham veren birisi var mı? Neden?

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

—Kısaca başarıyı tanımlar mısınız? Başarıyı nasıl ölçersiniz?

—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!

—Beğenilmeyi mi yoksa saygınlığı mı tercih edersiniz?

—I think both in the same way.

—Bugüne kadar işinizle ilgili yaptığınız en büyük hatanız nedir?

—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.

—Bir seyahate giderken yanınıza alacağınız şey nedir? Niçin?

—My camera, of course!!

—Kullandığınız cihazlar arasında keşke satın almasaydım dediğiniz bir cihaz var mı? Neden?

—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.

—Daha iyi fotoğraflar çekmek adına kendinizi nasıl geliştiriyorsunuz?

—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.

—Bir fotoğrafçısı olarak çalışmalarından en çok etkilendiğiniz kişi kimdir?

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

—Fotoğraf çekmeye başladığınızda bilmeyi istediğiniz en önemli şey nedir?

—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.

—Fotoğraflarınızda neleri anlatmak istersiniz?

—Tell the story behind the image.

—Neler fotoğraf çekme arzunuzu motive ediyor?

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

—Ailem daha otoriter veya daha özgürlükçü olmalıydı diye hiç düşündünüz mü?

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

—Geçmişe gidebilseydin neyi değiştirmeyi isterdin?

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

—Diğer gezegenlerde de yaşam olduğunu düşünüyor musunuz?

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

—Herhangi bir kahramanınız var mı?

—People that fight everyday to make a world better.

—Kime saygı duymazsınız?

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

—Boş zamanlarınızda neler yaparsınız?

—Travel.

—Diğer insanların hiç bilmediği farklı bir yönünüz var mı?

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

—Şu ana kadar tam olarak tatmin olduğun bir çalışma oldu mu?

—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.

—Kadınların ve erkeklerin geleneksel rolleri hakkında neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—What is this? :-p

—İnsanlarla hemen arkadaş olabilir misiniz?

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

—Nerede yaşamayı isterdiniz?

—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.

—Kesinlikle yapmayı kabul etmediğiniz en aptalca şey nedir?

—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.

—Evlilik sonrası hayat konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—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.

—Çok sevdiğiniz bir fıkra var mı? Eğer varsa bizimle paylaşır mısınız?

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

—Kedileri veya köpekleri sever misiniz?

—Yes, Zoe, my cat is wonderful.

—Kimden veya ne yapmaktan nefret edersiniz?

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

—Hayatınızdaki en iyi şey:

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

—Hayatınızdaki en sinir bozucu şey:

—Don't have time for all the things!

—Çevrenizde değiştirmek istediğiniz bir şeyler var mı?

—A lot of small things.

—Kendinizde neyi değiştirmek isterdiniz?

—Nothing but improve in the good things.

—Dünyadaki neleri değiştirmek isterdiniz?

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

—Fotoğrafçılığına yeni başlayanlar için birkaç ipucu verebilirsiniz?

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

—Uzaylılar dünyaya gelse ve onların karşısına çıkan ilk kişi siz olsanız, onlara ne derdiniz?

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

—Sizden bir film çekmeniz istenseydi, bu ne tür bir film olurdu?

—Noir cinema or a big super production.

—Yarın yapacağım...

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