landscape and still life. People lend nice energy to my work. My favorite setting is putting mystery into the images so people who see them stop … and wonder for a moment. And if they are allowed to go deeper and discover more meaning, it’s great. These days I’m focusing on art projects. The big thrill is underwater pictures in black and white. They’re very hard to do but very rewarding. There is always a point where you get unexpected images because of the difficult settings. And I love that!
ADS: What was your first camera and what equipment do you currently use?
Emile: My first camera was a toy. I’d use it to shoot water at people. These days I mostly use a medium format digital Mamiya ZD, a Nikon
D3 and a Ricoh GR2 for fun.
ADS: Who’s at the top of your list of people you’d most like to photograph, and, amongst your peers, whose work do you most respect?
Emile: Well, that would have to be Elvis on the moon! But I really like the pictures of Sally Mann. What she does is fantastic, with beautiful humor. I never get bored with them. In fashion, Steven Meisel and Irving Penn.
ADS: Tell me about your underwater wedding photos.
Emile: The people in that picture are Mona and Alexander. They had seen some of my underwater images and asked me if they could try it out. Mona bought an extra wedding
dress just for that purpose. We rented a pool for 6 hours and after giving them a quick course in "how to hold your breath, swim with clothes and look natural under - water," we tried to capture some magic. They had no experience whatsoever and it was difficult for them to hold their breath. The trick is to swim down, do one exposure, then surface and give feedback and try again. I am controlling the light and camera and if I see that a setting is looking good we try for a while and hope for the best. That's when it just happens.
Emile works together with his wife, Yumiko, who is also a photographer.
Please visit their website at
www.ashley-studio.com.
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