攝影師 Joel Garcia

—您上相嗎？

—According to my mother Yes! = )

—您如何開始從事攝影行業？

—I easily get bored in one genre in photography and wedding photography is the perfect venue for me to photograph various genre like portraits, landscapes, still life, photojournalism, glamour and fashion. Also one of the reason why I decided to pursue wedding photography is Jerry Ghionis. I attended one of his workshop here in Manila and from that very moment, I knew that this is what I want to do, left my corporate job and be one of the best wedding photographer in the planet.

—您認為一張好照片裡最重要的元素有哪些？

—Good Lighting and the story to tell.

—您熱愛旅行嗎？

—Definitely Yes.

—您最喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—An opportunity to be an eyewitness and the privelege to capture the story of the wedding couple.

—您最不喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—Post Production. because we are still doing it ourselves. We are very hands on. From start to finish.

—攝影的前景如何？

—Hopefully the wedding album production are still there and not relying only through digital files.

—您擅長的攝影類型有什麼特別之處？

—Is it special because you can immortalize memories of Love and stories through your photographs.

—您如何應對批評？

—With a positive attitude and an open mind.

—客戶選擇攝影師的標準有哪些？

—They should be comfortable and at ease with their wedding photographer because no matter how good or popular that photographer maybe if they are rude and disrespectful it will just create bad vibes that can ruin the relationship on the day of the wedding.

—通常不會被注意，但攝影師卻能留意的細節有哪些呢？

—Unseen details, beauty and story.

—您想拍誰？

—Beauty, relationships, details, story and of course LOVE.

—您想和誰一起拍攝？

—My Wife Ma-anne, because when we are together we are invincible...we are every where.

—您會擔心什麼？為什麼？

—Nothing, we can shoot in any kind of environment and weather.

—您人生中印象最深刻的一刻是什麼？

—The day I married my wife.

—誰能在生命中激發您的靈感？為什麼？

—My Wife. Because she is my everything.

—您如何定義成功？您會怎麼衡量它？

—For me success is to have a "Satisfied Mind. "

—您是希望被喜愛或是被景仰呢？

—Respected.

—當您要去旅行時，您會帶什麼？為什麼？

—My camera. Why? Because it's a must. = )

—在您擁有的物品中，有任何您希望沒買過的嗎？為什麼？

—Buying a third party lens. Why? It's sucks.

—您如何學習拍出更好的照片呢？

—Be more observant, sensitive, instinctive and be a master of finding quality light .

—身為攝影師，誰的作品對您影響最大？

—Jerry Ghionis.

—哪件事是您希望從開始拍照時就知道的？

—Lighting is King.

—您想用自己的照片說些什麼？

—Beauty and importance.

—讓您持續拍照的動力是什麼？

—It's my passion at the same time it's my profession.

—如果能回到過去，您會有什麼不同舉動呢？

—I should start early in photography. I'm a late bloomer. = )

—結婚後還有人生嗎？

—Of course.

—您能為新進攝影師提供一些建議嗎？

—Do it for Passion and love at first and everything will follows. There's no boring wedding couple only boring photographers. And the most important tip: Before you shoot a wedding, don't forget to remove your cap lens. = )

—如果您被邀請去拍攝電影，那會是什麼類型的電影呢？

—Documentary

—明天我會去做...

—something extraordinary.