Φωτογράφος Hitesh Patel

—Πρώτον και κύριον – ποιόν μπορείτε να ονομάσετε ως τον καλύτερο φωτογράφο στην πόλη σας; :)

—To be honest, noboby is the best. It depends on what the photographer sees and captures. Everyone has different vision including the clients, so the question is does my photos see your vision?

—Έχετε φωτογένεια;

—Being a photographer myself, I hate taking my own pictures. Thus, it's rare that I have shots of myself, I just do not look good :)

—Πώς ξεκίνησες να ασχολείσαι με τη φωτογραφία;

—When my son was born, all I wanted to do was take some nice shots. That turned into a passion slowly, and today I am proud of how much I grew as a photographer. From taking photos on a mobile device to professional gear.

—Ποια είναι τα πιο σημαντικά στοιχεία μιας καλής φωτογραφίας κατά τη γνώμη σας;

—Good lighting

—Αγαπάτε τα ταξίδια;

—Yes of course.

—Τι σας αρέσει περισσότερο στο επάγγελμά σας;

—Creating something amazing. Creating great composition. Creating images that makes my client say "WoW".

—Τι σας αρέσει λιγότερο στο επάγγελμά σας;

—Nope, honestly I enjoy everything about it. That's why I don't get bored. If you did not enjoy this you wouldn't last too long.

—Ποιο θα είναι το μέλλον της φωτογραφίας;

—I really hope it doesn't change. Weddings are done based on religion and history, and I don't want to loose our history.

—Τι το ιδιαίτερο υπάρχει στο φωτογραφικό είδος στο οποίο εξειδικεύεσαι;

—You get everything into one genre. Wedding have wide landscape shots, detail shots, portrait shots, close up (headshots), involved. Other genres are strictly one pointed.

—Πώς αντιμετωπίζετε την κριτική;

—It only makes me better.

—Υπάρχουν τάσεις στη φωτογραφία;

—Not that I have come across yet

—Με ποια κριτήρια θα πρέπει ένας πελάτης να επιλέγει φωτογράφο;

—How they capture the day and is it what you want your images to look like.

—Ποια πράγματα δεν επιτρέπονται σε καμία περίπτωση κατά τη φωτογράφηση;

—not knowing how to properly take photos, you only have one chance to make it right, the wedding is not gonna happen again.

—Ποιες λεπτομέρειες που συνήθως περνούν απαρατήρητες μπορεί να παρατηρήσει ένας φωτογράφος;

—Invitation cards, wedding gifts, wedding decor.

—Τι επηρεάζει την αξία της φωτογραφίας; Ποια στοιχεία;

—Memories of your day, memories of your love one enjoying your wedding day, memories of the little ones running around having a blast, memories of mom and dad crying, memories of the groom reaction when he sees you for the first time.

—Ποιον θέλετε να φωτογραφήσετε;

—I love shooting, it doesn't matter to me who is next to me.

—Έχετε επαγγελματικά ταμπού;

—No

—Με ποιους σας αρέσει να τραβάτε φωτογραφίες;

—Again it doesn't matter to me, since I love shooting.

—Τι σας ανησυχεί και γιατί;

—Couples who are not into the photos aspect of the day. I know some couple hate posing and thus the reason why they don't get into the photos as much as I would like them to be. However, posing is not always required to take great images.

—Ποια ήταν η πιο εντυπωσιακή στιγμή στη ζωή σας;

—The day my son was born.

—Εάν ήσασταν ένας λογοτεχνικός ή κινηματογραφικός χαρακτήρας ποιος θα θέλατε να είσαστε και γιατί;

—Haha, I think the best answer would be Iron Man. One of my favorite cartoon/comic character simply because he's into alot of tech stuff.

—Τι σας εμπνέει στη ζωή σας και γιατί;

—My son, he's has very little knowledge and doesn't know alot, but it's for him, I am here working for. I want him to have a better life then what I had.

—Ποιος είναι ο ορισμός της επιτυχίας; Πώς μετριέται η επιτυχία;

—Success to me is when I can spend more time with my family without worry about money. One way to measure it is by how many days in a week you spend with your family and how many days you spend working.

—Είναι προτιμότερο να είστε αρεστός ή να σας σέβονται;

—I rather be liked then respected. Respect means that you can not be down to earth with me, and can not be your self. Liked your more open to me. I rather have people more open to me instead of being respected.

—Όταν πρόκειται να ταξιδέψετε, τι παίρνετε μαζί σας και γιατί;

—Everything, it's better to be well prepared then unpreapred. I take almost everything with me, because I do not know what I will run into.