Alban Serra: “We are not born a photographer, we become one”

[box type = ”info”] Alban Serra is a professional photographer specializing in sports

Contact: albanserra @padelmagazine.fr [/ box]

Focus on one of the characters in the padel French and Padel Magazine but we do not necessarily see on the screen: ALBAN SERRA. The photographer and videographer.

35 years old, living near Perpignan, player of padel at the Mas club, Alban Serra is above all passionate about photos and videos. He regularly produces photo reports, Live streaming during his trips related to padel. But you'll see that this trigger-friendly pro has a background that explains it all ...

Passionate, professional and perfectionist, can we say that you are all that?

The passion of photography, I have since I was very small. My father is a bit of a photographer himself. The virus has therefore naturally transmitted. Passionate and perfectionist ... My friends say it often and I think without making the modest modest that actually I like to propose a good job. And obviously it takes time ... The devil does not hide in the details?

Couple passion with another passion ... what is it?

it's weekends and nights working on clichés, offering content and maximum visibility to the sport we love. In short, it's a lot of work, but passion keeps you moving forward.

I am a big fan of padel and when I say big fan, I weigh my words… When a passion takes hold of me, it obsesses me… So, we do things thoroughly.

Have you been obsessed since childhood?

Since I was little, I was rocked by the sound of the clichés taken by my father.

For the birthday of my 10 years, he offered me my first camera. But at the time, I played a lot of tennis and I do not honor as I should have done this beautiful gift.

There follows a period of scarcity photograph until 2013.

The hazards of life make me unemployed. This is an opportunity to get back into the picture more actively.

Having good bases of photographic technique, things evolve well and quickly.

You also become a seasoned sports photographer ...

In parallel, my fiancée decides to get back to Handball ... And I find myself an official sports photographer of his team. The matches are linked, the photos rain and the affair is launched with delight.

Then there is the friendly and professional fusion with Padel Magazine and here I am propelled as a photographer / videographer / columnist Padel Mag. The reader Padel Mag becomes an actor of Padel Mag. Isn't that pretty?

I also had a great adventure in Spain a few months ago with HEAD, the players HEAD, Cédric Carité and Alain Henry (the co-authors) for the shooting of the future book by padel which should be released in the next few days / weeks.

Other adventures, with other brands and clubs are likely to be exciting with obviously “mi compi” Franck Binisti.

Tools evolve with Padel Magazine, with news ...

For more than a year and a half, Padel Magazine offers lives. The demand is becoming such that we have greatly improved this web tv from padel on Padel Magazine.

Padel Magazine works very well with last July an audience of over 14900 readers on the site for more than 110.000 pages viewed. It makes traffic. I do not even talk about our important activity on the networks.

"Goal: Live Stream for big events like the WPT"

We are deploying a crazy energy to offer a quality audiovisual show. It is very expensive in time and money. But our investment pleases.

Next September, we will be offering with WinWin Padel the Challenger of World Padel Tour, then the French championships of padel with the French Tennis Federation and Padel Magazine. Then Lisbon and the European Championships of padel... In short, a big activity awaiting all enthusiasts of padel from the start.

Of course, our source of energy is the readers who support us. So, we do not become rich in this sector, but we have a lot of fun!

Interview by Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.