All language subtitles for Patreon Episode 103º

Hello friends, how are you?

How are things going?

We hope everything goes as well as possible.

Welcome to a new video.

As you can see, I am accompanied by

my dear Erika.

The origin of all this is that we

would like to get green, or criticize each

other, or give birth to each other with

different questions.

What does this mean?

I have prepared a few questions that she

does not know, and she has prepared a

few questions that I do not know.

I assure you that not, because you are

going to see the faces or the answers

that sometimes may not be the best.

But we want to create a video a

little more didactic, well, not didactic, but more

informal, and get out of the routine of

publishing slides, and things, and revelations, and things

like that.

So today a little something fresher, okay?

Who starts?

You or me?

Whatever you want.

No, you, because I do not stop talking.

Okay, okay.

Well, my first ...

I also have it written.

My first question is ...

What would you not do if you started

now again in the world of weddings?

Or being a wedding photographer.

What would you not do?

What would I not do?

What would you not do?

But now?

Yes, of course, if you started again, something

you would not do.

I have always said, I have always said,

although you all know, that sometimes, when I

started, I was too focused on controlling technical

aspects, about how to be a better photographer,

how to understand the light, flash, I do

not know what, I do not know how

many, I mean, I focused too much on

the photographic technique, so to speak, and I

neglected everything about the business, to find suppliers,

I mean, when I realized that all the

mistake I had not made, it was not

too late, because it is never too late,

but I realized when the business was already

quite advanced, with which I think that ...

You would have a balance.

Yes, I would have tried to have a

balance, both the photographic technique and the business,

which has been one of the mistakes.

Well, I'm going to ask a very, very

easy question.

If you were to get married again, not

with me, but with someone else, I hope

not, who would be your wedding photographer?

Who would be my photographer?

I think I have it quite clear, and

when we got married, he was at the

helm of our proposal, which is Fer Juarist.

I already imagined it.

And at that moment, I said no to

Víctor, because I saw the photograph of Fer

as very personal, and I said, oh, if

I'm not going to like it, I don't

know what.

And now, over the years, I have realized

that that is the value that Fer has,

that is why I would hire him right

now, for that same thing that six years

ago I said no, now I would say

yes, because I would love him to do

a super personal job for me, as he

would like for my wedding.

You say that because you're married now.

No, well, and because maybe I'm in this

world, but yes, I know he documents everything

perfectly, but I love those little photos, and

I think that now...

But you're unhappy with your wedding photographer?

No, of course not.

I loved them, and I love Davina and

Daniel, and I can't say zero, but at

that moment, for me, it was a very

negative thing to say no, because I don't

like how he interprets my wedding, and now

I think my mind is open, and it

would be clear for him to do it.

But because you think more now, maybe, as

a photographer.

Exactly, as a girlfriend, of course, because now

I understand why, how he does it, so

for me, that's an added value that not

all photographers have.

So, for me, Fer would be the option.

Very good, very good, good question.

That's a good answer, good answer.

I liked it.

Max?

Me.

If you didn't have your style, which one

would you like?

That's difficult, because when you have such a

strong gesture...

If I didn't have my style?

There's a photographer that I really like the

way he works, and he doesn't reach...

I mean, it's not my style, much less,

and it's not contrary to my style either,

but together with a bit of documentary, I

mean, a little bit of documentary, and especially

the beauty, maybe I would go a little

more like Pablo Laguía.

I would go to a client more...

or a type of photography, sorry, more precious,

more beauty, without reaching something more like José

Vila.

It's not that I don't like him, but

he looks like a photographer with a glass

of wine, be careful.

But I think you understand those nuances of

difference a bit, I mean, I think they're

there, and I think Pablo's style might be

one of the styles that I would like,

because Pablo has combined both his style and

business, and he has managed to reach a

client that is very, very interesting.

So I think I would go there.

You see that my answers are clear and

concise, and you go for the clouds.

Because I don't know how to be up

front.

Come on, say it.

Yes, I've already told you.

No, you ask your question.

This one is for...

let's see what you say.

What do you think is overrated in the

world of weddings?

Think about it, and watch what you say.

Well, I'm going to tell you what I

always tell you.

I think it's the contests.

Or the prizes.

Well, the prizes.

The prizes that people win in the contests.

Why?

Because I think that sometimes you lose your

mind, or you prioritize winning a prize for

your work, or explaining a good story.

And I always tell Victor, a photo doesn't

sum it all up.

It doesn't do it.

And I think not everything is worth winning

a prize, and things like that.

And look, we're here, and now I'm in

Fearless, but I have a goal of why

I'm there.

I don't do it for popularity, or to

win a prize.

Sometimes I don't even publish them and Victor

laughs at me.

But because I understand that I'm with Victor,

and Victor is an important figure, and I

need a little...

No, it's true.

I need couples to trust me a little

more.

And unfortunately, the prizes make couples...

And photographers.

Well, photographers.

They make them think your work is better.

And that's why I'm making an effort, and

I try to send them to Fearless, and

if I win one, I show it to

my couples, so they see that Victor is

very good, but I'm promoting, and I'm always...

It's a mere marketing tool.

Yes, marketing and promotion within the team.

Although you think it's overrated, as you say...

Well, not overrated, but sometimes I think people

give more value to that prize than to

the career of that photographer.

There are photographers who don't win prizes, maybe

because they don't even present themselves, and their

work is much better than others who win

it.

From my point of view.

Yes, my opinion.

And when I present myself, and when I

win, I'm excited.

But then...

Let's not be hypocrites, because a candy doesn't

make you happy.

Yes, it makes me happy, and my parents

were very happy.

But sometimes I think that prizes have to

be won, but with certain measures.

Or we have to educate the client to

know that a prize isn't everything, to say

that if you don't win a prize, you're

not good, or vice versa.

I don't know, it's always the dilemma I

have.

It's my turn.

Oh, it's my turn to ask.

This one is easy.

What do you prefer?

A compassionate partner who says yes to everything,

or a more complicated, more demanding partner who

won't say yes to everything, but who values

your creativity and likes your work?

I know where you're going.

And in the end, I might take better

pictures with the partner who makes everything more

complicated.

But who do you like more?

Well, after some wedding that we've taken recently,

that didn't let us work very well, maybe

a compassionate partner would be good.

It's true that less compassionate partners are the

ones that give us the best pictures.

I think that the best thing would be

to find a balance, right?

No, it's impossible to find a balance.

It's either white or black with this kind

of partners.

So, since I want everything to be smooth,

a compassionate partner would be better.

I'll ask you a very easy question.

If you win 5,000 euros in a

photography contest that you say is overvalued, if,

for a hypothetical reason, you go to a

contest, overvalued, you go to the contest and

suddenly you're first, and the prize for being

first is 5,000 euros, what would you

do with those 5,000 euros?

What would you invest 5,000 euros in?

Right now?

Yes.

Right now?

Today?

Well, I'll go on vacation.

No, it's true.

After everything I've suffered this year.

No, I was talking about photography.

What would you invest 5,000 euros in?

Although it could also be a photography trip.

Well, also.

If it couldn't be a vacation to the

Maldives, which is what I want, as Víctor

said, I think where we're struggling a little

more is in the business part, in the

promotion part, to find the future client.

But we could go to the Maldives, we

go on vacation and we get a coaching

course.

No, not coaching, I don't know how...

Everything, SEO, social media...

Like a manager of those people who help

you.

You can do everything at once.

Although with 5,000 euros...

With 5,000 euros I think the Maldives,

flights, and the coaching teacher one-to-one

I don't think we're going to make it.

If I couldn't go to that, I'd invest

it in a coaching to help us improve

in the business part, to find our client,

and all that.

I think that's what sometimes we don't trust

a little because we don't trust ourselves in

some aspects.

And I think we have to change that.

More questions?

Is it my turn?

Yes.

Is it the last one?

No, there are two more.

Or at least two for me.

Ah, yes, this one.

What motivates you in a wedding?

What motivates me?

What motivates you to do weddings?

To do a better job, right?

To take better pictures.

I mean, when I go to a wedding,

I obviously think about my clients and all

these things, how I'm going to photograph that,

but the incentive is to do a better

job than the previous wedding or the last

session.

That would be what will push me forward,

to try to get something moderately potable out

of there.

Or at least get over the last picture

I took.

I don't know, it's a saying.

What is...

How...

No.

What is your ideal wedding?

Or how is your ideal wedding?

Well, my ideal wedding...

I think...

Let's see what you say.

A not-so-big wedding.

A small wedding.

Yes.

The place.

I don't really care about the couple.

I mean, when we talk about that, which

is something I think we've said many times,

we want a couple that has energy, that

gets involved, that goes in the same direction.

I mean, that helps us, that when we

propose to do something...

You know that a perfect wedding doesn't exist.

That's why I'm saying things like this, right?

But in the end, I think the most

important thing for me is to have a

couple with a lot of attitude, that gets

involved and that the families get along.

Sometimes we've had couples that are more like

a funeral than a wedding.

And it can be in an idyllic place,

super pretty, in a castle that has very

high expectations, but if the couple doesn't have

the attitude or the energy, that falls apart.

That doesn't work.

My ideal wedding is a couple with a

lot of energy, that we're also strong, and

that sometimes they put complicated things because, as

Victor said, if the couple is more demanding,

our work is much better.

I want this to be your last question.

My last question is about the photographers that...

Who inspires you as a photographer?

Who is...

I don't know.

Right now, which photographer inspires you, or do

you use them just for the pleasure of

seeing photos?

You're completely wrong.

At the moment, I can't tell you because

we already mentioned one.

I'm a bit out of style.

That doesn't mean that it's not a good

job.

Out of style...

I've been...

I've been talking with a very good photographer,

his name is Tino Soriano, and I was

impressed despite how good he is, how humble

he is.

And I value that a lot now.

Of course, taking good photos is interesting, but

I stick with him.

I've always said the same things.

James Naswy, I think he's still as active

as always, so strong.

Then there's, for example, Morenati, Spanish, photojournalist, he

won the Pulitzer Prize this year because of

the pandemic.

I don't think it was easy to work

at the beginning of the pandemic, when we

didn't know how the virus was spreading, how

it was done, how people died, all the

fuss, especially at the beginning, and how he

sacrificed his health, his life, to have good

photos.

I think that would be some of the

photographers...

I don't know what to tell you.

If it's interesting, like at weddings, I can't

think of names as if it wasn't a

wedding.

But that was a question that I'm going

to study, because now it seems that I'm

an illiterate photographer.

The last question is a random one.

How was Erika at school?

I mean, were you the typical girl who

was above good and evil?

The one who was part of a group

of jerks who dedicated themselves to discrediting everyone?

How was Erika?

Well, Erika was a bit like she is

now.

Shy, trying to go unnoticed.

I don't think so.

I'm going to get a lot of attention.

You should have said, well, I was...

So you look good in front of everyone.

No, but I would get caught very quickly.

That's why I always...

Victor, sometimes when they ask him, why doesn't

Erika do this?

And he says, no, it's me who doesn't

want to do it.

I like to be in the background, although

I feel more comfortable.

I'm sure everyone thinks it's true.

That you were the girl who tried to

go unnoticed.

Yes, I don't know.

In the end, you can do whatever you

want.

Of course, you're right.

Well, that's all.

I hope you liked all this.

We're not going to talk much more.

It was just to make you laugh with

us.

I don't know if you're listening.

If you're listening as a podcast, editing, you

may have laughed or stopped the video to

hear it better.

It's just to wish you the best.

I hope you keep hiring weddings.

If you're hiring them, I hope you're doing

the weddings as well as possible.

If not, be patient and calm.

That's all, friends.

Be good and see you next time.

I hired all of them.

See you next time, friends.

Take care.