Fotograf Tatsiana Avakyan

—Za prvé a především – koho můžete jmenovat jako nejlepšího fotografa ve vašem městě? :)

—This is a hard question, isn's it? It depends on so many aspects like style, editing, way you work with couple, vision, etc. I personally have some favourites whose works I admire, but I am keeping as a secret, I am letting everyone else to choose for themselves.

—Jste fotogeničtí?

—From my childhood I have this idea in my head that I look horrible on pictures... you know fake smile from your first schoolbook picture? I generally consider myself as a non photogenic person. But I believe that anyone can look good on pictures if camera is in right hands.

—Jak jste se dostali do fotografického průmyslu?

—It all started in 2012, when I took my first dslr camera to my brothers wedding. I was following the photographer as her assistant, trying to find interesting angles, watching her work with the couple, asking million questions (I can only imagine how annoyed she must have been). I managed to take 3 really nice portraits from that day, which I still like now. This was how it all begun.

—Jaké jsou podle vás nedůležitější součásti dobré fotografie?

—Right composition, perfect light, moment and colour are basics of great photo; following these points and combining them in one image, will always end up in an attractive picture.

—Cestujete rádi?

—I definitely do, traveling is always fun for me. It doesn't matter if I go to another country or closest city. Traveling is experience, time for thoughts and always learning new things.

—Co máte nejredši na vaší profesi?

—I guess being a part of someone's happy day is already joyful in itself. It's amazing to be able to capture couple's emotions on wedding day, see them in love, see them on top of their happiness. Another favourite part of being a wedding photographer is constantly meeting new people, communicating, learning their stories.

—Co se vám líbí nejméně na vaší profesi?

—There is definitely nothing that I hate about it. And I can't really think of something I dislike, but I guess as any usual job, being a photographer has its own difficulties, hmm let's say like carrying around heavy bags full of equipment.

—Jaká je budoucnost focení?

—Classics will always stay classics! There obviously will be new trends appearing, changing constantly to something new on and on, but I know most definitely that classic pictures will always be on top.

—Co je výjimečného na žánru fotografií, na který se specializujete?

—Wedding is a one of kind thing, you can't rewind, ask someone to repeat their actions, you have to be here and now! this particular moment, you have to be alert and ready for your best shot.

—Jak zvládáte kritiku?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Jsou nějaké trendy v oblasti focení?

—Yes, most definitely there are, they are changing every season to keep wedding industry alive, new and interesting.

—Jaké by měl mít zákazník kritérium při výběru fotografa?

—They should love the majority of photographer's works, they should feel like these are the images that they would like to have, they need to agree with photographer's style not to be disappointed when they will receive pictures.

—Co není dovoleno při focení?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Jakých detailů, které obvykle projdou bez povšimnutí, si může fotograf všimnout?

—It's the morning before wedding, normally guests are not involved into this part of the day. Photographer can capture all the exciting moments before the ceremony.

—Co ovlivňuje hodnotu fotografie? Jaké jsou její prvky?

—It's uniqueness, the moment, feelings and composition of course.

—Kdo může být podle vás symbolem 21. století?

—In each era there is one, but it's too early to judge yet.

—Co chcete fotit?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Kdo vás inspiruje ve vašem životě a proč?

—I've never had a muse or an idol to look up to, I always try to take inspiration from people around me; there is always something we can borrow as an example from each other

—Jak byste definovali úspěch? Jak ho měříte?

—Success is being respected, feeling good about what you are doing, enjoying your job, feeling happy.

—Když cestujete, co si berete s sebou a proč?

—I normally take just most necessary things to avoid having and extremely heavy bag, but of course my camera is number one to take with me!

—Existuje něco, co byste si byli raději nekoupili z vašich pomůcek, které vlastníte? A proč?

—Fish eye lens! Bought in in 2014 for some reason, thought I could do some fun things with it, but it turned out to be totally not my style, so I sold it few months after.

—Jak se vzděláváte, abyste pořidili lepší fotografie?

—Reading articles, trying they things with camera, shooting often.

—Jedna věc, kterou byste si přáli vědět, když jste začínali s focením?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Co vás motivuje v dalším focení?

—Willingness to improve!

—Pokud byste se mohli vrátit v čase, co byste udělali jinak?

—If to speak about my life events I would choose to study a different subject in university and would go in photography even earlier then I did.

—Co o životě na ostatních planetách?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kdy jste zcela spokojeni s vaší prací?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Věříte v tradiční role mužů a žen?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Co je ta nejhloupější věc, na kterou jste kdy přistoupili?

—I have done too many!

—Existuje život po svatbě?

—Yes definitely! Wedding is just another event in your relationship. So if you focus on each other and keep caring for your partner it will get better and better day by day.

—Nejlepší věc v životě je:

—People who surround me.

—Co byste chtěli změnit ve světě?

—If I could, I would erase racism from face of the Earth.

—Máte nějaké tipy pro začínající fotografy?

—Start out as an assistant! Practice a lot on couple photoshoots, not necessarily wedding, learn how to work with 2 people in picture.

—Kdyby přišli na naši planetu mimozemšťané a vy byste byli první osobou, se kterou se potkají, co byste jim řekli?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Zítra půjdu a udělám...

—Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Edit! Edit! Edit!