Fotograf Joey Rudd

—În primul rând, pe cine puteți numi cel mai bun fotograf în Ottawa, Canada? :)

—The best wedding photographer for your wedding is the one that you get along with best! Obviously, it is important that you like their style and photos, but most importantly you need to be able to trust your photographer. You spend a lot of time with your photographer on your wedding day so I encourage couples to find someone that they enjoy spending time with.

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—My two year old daughter thinks I am.

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—It kind of just happened. It was a natural progression of taking photos personally to professionally.

—Care sunt cele mai importante componente ale unei fotografii bune, după părerea dvs?

—A good photo is one that tells a story. Couple's trust me to capture the essence of their day in still life and I see this as a very important (and enjoyable!) task. With the exceptions of some of my more creative and double exposure photographs, I endeavor to capture the colours and lighting of a day accurately so that it tells the story of the wedding in a way that the couple can remember it.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Did someone say Iceland?

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—There is something special about being invited to share in the most important day in a couple's life. Moreover, to be trusted to document it for them. I love to hear back from couples about how much they love their wedding photos.

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—The behind scenes of running a business. (Cough) Taxes.

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—I am always asking this and seeking to grow as an individual and as a business, but at the end of the day we can only guess. I look forward to the journey.

—Ce este special la genul de fotografie în care sunteți specializat?

—That each and every moment is so important and timeless. It goes by so fast for the bride and groom- that is where I come in.

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—As with anything that you pour so much of your life into, it can be hard to hear criticism, but I try to learn and grow rather than build walls.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—There are always trends, editing styles, colours (or lack there of), airy, moody, etc. I try to stay true to the day itself rather than getting caught up in all of these. I am there to document the day after all.
Although, as a signature, I do enjoy creating a few double exposures for each couple!

—Care ar trebui să fie criteriile după care un client să aleagă un fotograf?

—Trust. You need to be able to trust them as a person and as a professional.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Backing off docks in late October. Trust me, the water is colder when you are wearing two cameras. I always bring a change of clothes and, obviously, backup equipment for moments like this, but avoidance is always the best practice.

—Ce detalii de obicei neobservate de alții pot fi observate de un fotograf?

—I am always noticing (or anticipating) moments that are happening at an event. Reactions, emotions, accidents. As a photographer I also tend to see the world around me differently. I am always considering whether or not a specific place would make for an interesting background for photos. It can be hard to turn this off when I am not "on the job".

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—It can sometimes be surprising to learn what photographs from a day are a couples' favourites. Award winning photographs are not always the ones that are most important to a couple. The tearful hug of a grandparent can be significantly more beautiful than mountains.

—Ce persoană poate fi simbolul secolului XXI după părerea dvs?

—Jon Snow. #winteriscoming

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—I love taking photos of my daughters.

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—Cellphones. Why are they even at weddings?

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—I love shooting with my wife Natalie, she is so talented and incredibly fun to have around. But, there are also so many other talented photographers that I would enjoy shooting with and learning from.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—With a consistent routine and sufficient backups there is little to worry about. Enjoy life!

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—When I got a standing ovation for a stand up routine in Minnesota... and I am not even funny.

—Dacă ați fi fost un personaj de desen animat, de carte sau de film, cine v-ar fi plăcut să fiți?

—Jack Pearson from This Is Us. But it's hard to live up that.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—So many other wedding photographers. There is so much talent and creativity out there to be inspired by.

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—If I can be a person that someone trusts whether that is a wedding couple or my family.

—V-ar plăcea să fiți mai degrabă plăcut sau respectat?

—I would love to be both.

—Care este cea mai mare greșeală pe care ați făcut-o în profesia dvs?

—There have been little mistakes here and there, but I have always been grateful to learn from them for the future so that they don't become big mistakes down the road.

—Când plecați în călătorie, ce luați cu dvs. și de ce?

—A camera. Life goes too fast not to document it.

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—I am always trying new things. It keeps life interesting to experiment and grow as a photographer.

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—I want my photographs to freeze a moment, capture emotion, and tell a story.

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—I love to water ski, snowboard, or just be all around active with my family.

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Don't be afraid to ask questions.