To say that I like photography is an understatement. The people that know me would tell you that I am always carrying a camera with me (most surely the Fujifilm X-T1), because I have this healthy vice. The Clicking Vice.
Someone said once that a song writer should write songs everyday, it does not matter if they are bad or good songs, but simply to write them. So, I click everyday, bad or good photographs, I click every day, because I love photography.
I could talk for hours about photography and lighting and the stupid gear(I highly dislike the gear) that sometimes we carry around. Don’t get the wrong impression; I am not an expert/photography-snob that talks about Robert Capa or Dan Winters while drinking wine. I am just a guy with a camera, a lens, and an image in the back of his head waiting to be brought to light[life]. I have FOMO on pictures. Cheesy enough.
“The Relationship is about you and the subject, not you and the camera” -Kai Man Wong
If I have to use just one word to define what I do, I would have to say that I am a wordless Journalist. I try to tell stories without using words by immersing myself with the subjects in their day. I like to become another guest at weddings or a pedestrian on the streets so people “forget” that I am there and begin to be themselves in front of my camera. With that said, I do enjoy directing some shots; but, I never plan to direct all of them. I think my favorite shots come just out of real interaction with the subject in their environment in front of a person they perceive as one of their own.
“Seeing is not enough, you have to feel what you photograph” Andre Kertesz
I get excited with what I do. I get excited about being with people. I love the interaction with my subjects. I enjoy when they answer to what I say. I love my subjects. I have to, if I did not I would not love what I do. I would become a camera mercenary. With that said, I will have bad photos but I will never be a camera mercenary. I will never shoot to get a few bucks so I can pay my bills (even though I pay bills with that money).
I really enjoy what I do, and I really feel what I am trying to do. I cannot stop doing it; sometimes I pray "God, I don't ever want to lose my sight" so I can keep taking photos, bringing light and life through my art.
Thank you for reading and booking with Megan, Nolan and I.
Fabian Alberto Puello
Puello Photography