摄影师Emilio Navas

—您上相吗？

—Everybody could be depending of the photo.

—您是如何进入摄影行业的？

—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.

—在您看来，一张好的照片最重要的组成部分有哪些？

—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.

—您热爱旅行吗？

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

—对于您的职业，您最喜欢什么地方？

—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.

—对于您的职业，您最不喜欢什么地方？

—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.

—摄影的前景如何？

—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.

—您专长的摄影风格有什么特别？

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

—您如何应对批评？

—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

—摄影有什么趋势？

—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.

—客户选择摄影师时应该遵循什么标准？

—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.

—拍摄时绝不允许什么事情？

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

—有哪些摄影师可以捕捉的通常会被忽略的细节？

—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.

—什么影响照片的价值？它的元素有哪些？

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

—在您看来，什么人可以成为 21 世纪的代表人物？

—Not sure...

—您想要为谁拍摄？

—In general funny people that love photography.

—您有职业禁忌吗？

—No as far I know.

—您想与谁一起拍摄？

—With you! :-D

—您担心什么？为什么担心？

—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.

—在生命中，给您印象最深的时刻是什么？

—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.

—如果有机会成为一个动画、文学或电影人物，您想成为谁？为什么？

—Wall-e :-p

—在生命中谁鼓舞了您？为什么？

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

—您如何定义成功？如何衡量它？

—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!

—您非常受人喜欢或尊敬吗？

—I think both in the same way.

—您在工作中犯过的最大错误是什么？

—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.

—当您准备去旅行时，要携带什么？为什么？

—My camera, of course!!

—在您拥有的器材中，是否有一些是您后悔购买的？为什么？

—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.

—您如何提高自己以拍摄出更好的照片？

—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.

—谁的作品对您作为摄影师的影响最大？

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

—开始拍摄时，您最想知道什么？

—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.

—您想对自己的照片说什么？

—Tell the story behind the image.

—什么激励您继续拍摄下去？

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

—您的父母是否应该更严厉或变得温和一点呢？

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

—如果能够回到过去，您会有什么不同的举动？

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

—对于其他星球上的生命，您有何看法？

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

—谁是您的英雄？

—People that fight everyday to make a world better.

—您不尊重谁？

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

—您在业余时间会做什么？

—Travel.

—公众从不会看到您的哪一面？

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

—什么时候您对自己的作品完全满意？

—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.

—您主张男人和女人的传统角色吗？

—What is this? :-p

—您很容易就会交到朋友吗？

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

—您想生活在什么地方？

—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.

—您答应做的最愚蠢的事情是什么？

—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.

—结婚之后生活的质量高吗？

—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.

—您有最喜欢的玩笑吗？请告诉我们。

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

—您喜欢狗还是喜欢猫？

—Yes, Zoe, my cat is wonderful.

—您讨厌谁，或者厌恶什么？

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

—生活中最美好的事情是：

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

—生活中最让人烦心的事情是：

—Don't have time for all the things!

—您是否想改变周围的一些事情？

—A lot of small things.

—您希望改变自己的哪些方面？

—Nothing but improve in the good things.

—您希望改变世界什么地方？

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

—对于刚入行的摄影师，您能提供一些建议吗？

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

—如果外星人来到地球并且您是他们见到的第一个人，您会跟他们说什么？

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

—如果您被邀请去拍一部电影，您希望是什么流派？

—Noir cinema or a big super production.

—明天我会去做...

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