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Good morning, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Cinco Minutitos with Profe Andrés Otran. Today we have a very special guest. Her name is Emma Grace.

SPEAKER_01 0:12

Hello.

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We are located in Los Velas and we're walking to one of our favorite breakfast spots called All Time. Because it might be the greatest breakfast place of all time. And we're gonna hit some coffee shop vibes with some grind and get productive before we have a fun day. Emma, if you have anything to say to the folks.

SPEAKER_01 0:34

Um hello podcast people. I'm very honored to be on today. Um you have a great guide guiding you through your morning for your five minutitos. Uh he's very wise and intelligent and thoughtful and curious, which I think is a great combo for a podcast person, and I feel like he always wants to learn, and I think that's good too, because I think sometimes these podcast people are really know-it-alls, and that's annoying. So keep listening to every episode because I think he's a great host.

SPEAKER_00 1:19

Thank you. But when you have a special guest, it's not about me, even though I'm grateful for the beautiful introduction. We have to ask Emma what she does. Let me tell you, Emma might be one of the coolest photographers in all of Los Angeles, and share us, share with us some of your favorite photography moments.

SPEAKER_01 1:38

Um of my favorite photography moments. Well, I feel like I have been very privileged to be put in circumstances and positions where I'm working with lots of interesting people that are at like the top of their game, they're the best in the world at whatever they do, and so it's really interesting for me to like observe their work ethic and how they carry themselves. Um, an example of that I've gotten to work with Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, and both of them just like carried themselves in such a distinct way, and were really fun to photograph. They didn't take it too seriously, which was nice. Um they were very like personable and down to earth. Um I think something else that I was just reflecting on, something that I really really loved photographing was the world baseball classic a few years ago. Um I was in Miami. I don't actually even know if I was working this game, but I was in Miami for a game. It was Puerto Rico versus Dominican Republic, and I, you know, have been thinking well, this because the world baseball classic is happening now. And it was just like the best sporting environment I've ever been in, honestly. Like the culture, the vibe, the energy, like American sports just don't really operate on that echelon. And um I think it's really fun when these global tournaments can can happen and can uh can show off the best cultures and countries and just make these sports beautiful, beautiful global games.

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One more question since it is a cinco minutitos, but what is it about the function of a camera and the moment of you clicking to capture the moment of a photograph? Like, what is it about that that makes you feel a passion or a sense of love for the moments you're capturing for these people you work with or for you in general?

SPEAKER_01 4:03

Um, I think capturing moments is very special because for some people, like those are like life moments that they'll want to remember and have documented forever. I think something else that's really important that I have come to appreciate over the years is that especially in such a fast-moving industry as sports, like you can't rewind and go back to a moment. And so you really have to be intentional about focusing and knowing what's happening, because once the moment is gone, if you didn't capture it, it's gone. And um, I think that's that's what makes photography so powerful, and that's why I think AI can never replicate what what is happening in the photo and video world, because like those are split-second moments, and either you were there, right place, right time, and you got it, or you didn't, and the computer can't generate that.

SPEAKER_00 5:13

That's uh that's a beautiful life advice when you talk about capturing a moment and whether being there or not, and also seizing the opportunity to capture the moment and a little controversy on the world of AI and where we're headed. Uh that's all for today, folks. Thank you to Emma. She's been a great, great, great podcast t host or visitor, and we look forward to having her again. Or maybe next season we'll have 10 minutitos if the podcast continues to grow. Any last words, Emma?

SPEAKER_01 5:45

Sorry, I was yapping.

SPEAKER_00 5:47

We love a yapper. Alright, guys, thank you for tuning in.