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Nata Abashidze-Romanovskaya Tbilisi, Georgia
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—What are the most important components of a good photo in your opinion?
—sincere and tru emotions
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—Do you love traveling?
—a lot
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—What do you like most about your profession?
—i am absolutely free
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—What things are to be avoided when shooting?
—shooting with mobile at the same time when i am working.
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—Who do you want to shoot?
—Easy going people, open minded and enjoying their life and emotions.
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—Who inspires you in your life and why?
—world around
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—How do you define success? How do you measure it?
—if you are happy and you live your life happily – it is a success
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—Would you rather be liked or respected?
—respected, for sure
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—When you're going to travel, what do you take with you and why?
—comfortable shoes – without them you're not able to walk so much and see so many interesting things.
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—If aliens come to the Earth and you are the first person they meet, what will you tell them?
—Namaste :)
INikon D610
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Marcin Karpowicz Calgary, Canada
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—What should be the criteria for a customer to choose a photographer?
—Three things: portfolio, personality, and of course, budget.
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—How did you get in the photography industry?
—My wife's idea. We photograph the nature, when we were hiking – eventually my wife started to photograph people – finally our friend took us to photograph her wedding in Mexico – and this is how I started my journey with wedding photography.
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—Are you photogenic?
—I don't feel like a photogenic person.
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—What are the most important components of a good photo in your opinion?
—moment, composition and light. You have to have those three elements in order to have perfect photo.
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—Do you love traveling?
—Yes – I love traveling. So far I lived in three different countries and in two different continents. I was born in Poland, lived for 6 years in USA and finally moved to Canada, where I am living today.
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—What do you like most about your profession?
—I am dealing, most of the time, with happiness and love during the day of wedding. I am in constant movement – meeting different people. The life looks like the box of chocolates – you never know what kind of clients you get :)
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—What do you like least about your profession?
—Uncertainty of the future bookings.
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—How do you handle criticism?
—I am handle very well constructive criticism – criticism helps my development of being better photographer.
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—What things are to be avoided when shooting?
—I don't see that kind of things.
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—What will be the future of photography?
—Difficult to say – maybe the future will be screenshot from the video coverage. For sure there will be more and more competitiveness with the guests capturing the moments through their better and better phones and their ability to instantly share those photos on all social media platforms.
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—What is special in the photography genre you specialise at?
—In few hours the photographer needs to capture the story of love between the bride and groom, connection to their friends, and nurture of their parents.
INikon D850
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Jean Jacques Fabien Curepipe, Mauritius
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—What should be the criteria for a customer to choose a photographer?
—Creativity, generosity, Easy contact to make the couple at ease, being able to handle crowds, people and situations to get great photos and reassure the couple.
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—How did you get in the photography industry?
—I was passionate about photography since I was young. It's after looking at some stunning Wedding pictures done by top photographers that I was inspired to follow the same route. The freedom of creativity is what I enjoy the most into Wedding Photography.
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—Are you photogenic?
—I would say half photogenic
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—What are the most important components of a good photo in your opinion?
—I would say the light first. the way a subject is lit will make the picture attractive or repulsive. Then comes the subject itself.
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—Do you love traveling?
—I moderately love traveling. I drive a lot and do not enjoy traveling so much.
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—What do you like most about your profession?
—Freedom of creativity, woaww effect from client when he looks at his pictures, satisfaction when I download and see nice shots, freedom to organize my time as I want, never a routine, always different, meet great people...
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—What do you like least about your profession?
—Sometimes very demanding which leaves me little space for family, having to recharge batteries every evenings, waiting for downloading pictures, sometimes chaining up days of shooting and having to drive long distances while being tired and sleepy.
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—How do you handle criticism?
—It depends. I'm very committed into my job and I'm very generous in what I do (always deliver more photos than promise). I cannot do this job halfway. Therefore, I don't like people criticizing what I do since they don't know how much I give into what i do.
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—What things are to be avoided when shooting?
—Getting distracted by people, girls, checking the phone at important moments, talk loud at official ceremonies... Totally prohibited to drink alcohol at a Wedding even if the couple proposes. Even after the duty, Never drink because We all have to go back home.
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—What will be the future of photography?
—Digital imaging has unleash creativity from photographers. I do not see it change when I see how people love pictures so much and love creative pictures. I sometimes fear that phones will replace proper cameras since it is already happening into the hotel industry nowadays. They less and less call upon professional photographers but rely on enthusiasts "instagrammers" to remain active on social networks and use phone pictures and vintage look to keep "in".
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—What is special in the photography genre you specialise at?
—Freedom of creativity, magic moments, emotions and... clothes, special mood and atmosphere, being able to direct any kind of people from simple gentlemen and ladies to CEOs and Corporate directors to do whatever you want them to do, :-)
INikon D850
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