Fotograf Louis Anthony Duran

—În primul rând, pe cine puteți numi cel mai bun fotograf în Manila, Filipine? :)

—Michael "Mico" Gonzales of Mayad Studios of course. He's the photographer of the new age. Combining art, beauty and story into his photos. He is my mentor and now one of the most sought after photographers, not just in Manila, but also world wide.

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—My angles are a bit hard to find, but I consider myself as a friend of the camera, both as a subject and as a photographer.

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—I was a Photo Editor/Colorist for 4 years. I decided I really love the industry of documenting love and marriage. The only growth I needed was to be out in the field and be the one to capture these images.

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

—Emotions, first. Story comes second. The rest is framing, color treatment, atmosphere, background and all.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Very much. I see new inspiration in all the travels I make.

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—Seeing the marriages I help document, flourish into a family rooted union. Just seeing them grow more and thinking that I have been part of this certain marriage is enough to make me smile.

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—Not much, all the things I dislike are the things I strive to improve and get comfortable with until it's bearable to me. Until it becomes my strength

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—I believe we are heading outwards the classic traditional treatment. To something more candid, more storry-filled, treatment.

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

—The atmosphere. To be in a room filled with excitement, love, and all the magic. As a very empathic person, feeling this atmosphere makes me want to do more. See more stories and capture them as they happen.

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—Positively. It's 2019. People are becoming more judgemental and sensitive at the same time. Now it's up to you whether you'd use their statements as something to motivate you to get better, or to just bring you down and discourage you from all that you want to do.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—Right now, people seem to be fascinated by raw, random treatments of weddings and pre weddings.

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

—They should look for someone to fit their vibe. Whether they are fun, quirky, serious, wild, adventurous, intimate, elegant, it goes on. But it has to be the clients personality that the photographers adapt to.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Complicating things. This is a no for a photographer. When you are in a wedding preparation, you should be as comforting as relaxed as you can be so you can ease the tension on your couples. You have to deliver simple and easy instructions for them to be comfortable in front of the camera

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

—Mostly treatment. From the very artistic way to the very classic way. Photography is art. And the artist who can appreciate these details are the photographers themselves.

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—Memorability. It sums up the overall feel of the photo. For a photo to be memorable, it has to stand out, not just to capture attention, but to tell a new story, a new perspective.

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

—A very innovative person. In all fields, the progress is very fast paced, and this is due to these people finding new ways to create new things.

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—I want to take photos of strong successful women with strong stories, capture them in their element.

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

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—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—I always want to shoot with Suzzy Son.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I worry about me losing passion towards things I do. Passion is my driver in all things. Without it, I will never have the patience to do things, instructions and jobs properly.