Fotógrafo Marius Barbulescu

—¿Es usted fotogénico(a)?

—​Very rarely! :)

—¿Cómo empezó a trabajar en la industria de fotografía?

—​I was 20 and had a photography class at the University! The moment I shot the first roll of film with a SLR, I was hooked for life! I feel very old at 32 saying I've started photography shooting film.

—¿En su opinión, cuáles son los elementos más importantes de una buena fotografía?

—​To send a message, a feeling or to make you remember things. We’re losing so many good things along the way in our journey through life like innocence, compassion, humanity, sincerity… just to name a few. Kids have them naturally, we’re born rich and most of the people die poor of these.

—¿Le gusta viajar?

—​Yes! I can be on the road 365 days a year, but only if I’m with my family. Home is wherever I’m with them.

—¿Qué le gusta más de su profesión?

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The freedom to organize my life just as I want, the people I meet, the friends I make, the places I visit… I have at least 1000 reasons. Shooting weddings is for me my chance to use everything I experienced personally to create something new every week. Photography is not objective and it's a good thing because it lets us choose how we tell the stories. It's a refuge for me and an act that leaves me with no masks (or very few of them). I'm trying to shoot in a very sincere way.

—¿Qué le gusta menos de su profesión?

—​Deadlines! Sometimes it gets frustrating, but I’m getting better and better with them.

—¿Cuál será el futuro de la fotografía?

—​I have no idea, but I’d love to live it.

—¿Qué tiene de especial el género fotográfico en que trabaja?

—​For me it’s the freedom it gives me… I have a license to shoot everyone! And weddings are not just super fun, but also extremely diverse. I love that!

—¿Cómo gestiona las críticas?

—​Pretty well because I'm already my own fiercest critique. Nobody can match this! :)

—¿Existe alguna tendencia en la fotografía?

—Of course. But good photography is forever.

—¿Qué criterios debería tener en cuenta una persona a la hora de elegir a un fotógrafo?

—​I'd check to see if the work of the photographer I like is consistent, if he blogs every wedding he's shooting and, after a short talk over skype or face to face, if we get along fine.

—¿Qué no está permitido de ningún modo cuando realiza una fotografía?

—​Touching people and being in the center of attention.

—¿Qué detalles que normalmente no tenemos en cuenta puede un fotógrafo captar?

—​“Common” people can become excellent photographers with experience. It’s just that good wedding photographers are trained to see more the “in between” moments, small gestures that make all the difference, little stories within bigger ones.

—¿Qué influye en el valor de una fotografía? ¿Cuáles son sus elementos?

—Composition + moment + light. For a great photo you can't exclude any of these.

—En su opinión, ¿qué persona podría ser un símbolo del siglo XXI?

—​Anyone that can bring peace and make the world a better place for everybody, not just for a few of us. Jesus Christ maybe if He decides to pay us a visit again.

—¿A quién le gustaría fotografiar?

—I let my destiny to choose that for me.

—¿Tiene tabúes profesionales?

—I am never allowing myself to be bored or tired while shooting a wedding... ok, maybe a little bored from time to time, but I'm always trying to make things more interesting.

—¿Con quién le gustaría fotografiarse?

—​So many people and they know who they are… but right now Sergio and Kelly from www.kellyandsergio.com intrigue me a lot. Their work is so original and authentic.

—¿Qué le preocupa y por qué?

—​I worry every time that I’m faking photography and that I suck!

—¿Cuál ha sido el momento más impactante de su vida?

—​The moment my son was born.

—Si fuera un personaje de animación, literario o cinematográfico, ¿quién le gustaría ser y por qué?

—​Sam Gamgee from Lord of the Rings! If more people would be like him, we’d live in a happier place!

—¿Quién le inspira en su vida y por qué?

—​Anyone who doesn’t put his own self in front of everybody else. We live in a selfish world and I’m trying to cure myself from that too.

—¿Cómo definiría el éxito? ¿Cómo lo mide?

—​Success is when you manage to bring balance in you and around you.

—¿Qué prefiere, gustar o sentirse respetado?

—​I don’t fight for any of these, so I can’t answer. If I get to be liked or respected it's because I did something good. I only fight to do good things.

—¿Cómo se forma para tomar las mejores imágenes?

—Every year I buy some photography books (not wedding photography, mostly photojournalism). I look at a lot of pictures (mywed is also a constant source of inspiration) and try to analyze the things I like in a picture. I shoot a lot of IPhone pictures and I try to stay alert to any interesting situations that might occur around me. A photographer should never "sleep", training and educating for this si a life long mission.

—¿A quién pertenece el trabajo que le ha influenciado más como fotógrafo?

—So many, but mostly Saul Laiter, Sam Abell and James Nachtway. In wedding photography it was Jeff Ascough at first and then Ben and Erin Chrisman that started all for me! Their work made me want to become a better wedding photographer for all the good reasons.

—¿Qué le motiva a continuar tomando imágenes?

—​The life I have now is a good one, I strive to keep it like this.

—¿Cree que sus padres deberían haber sido más o menos estrictos?

—I have the best parents in the world, I wouldn't change anything.

—¿Qué piensa de la vida en otros planetas?

—Yes.

—¿Quiénes son sus héroes?

—The people who genuinely love to help the ones in need.

—¿Por quién no siente respeto?

—Selfishness.

—¿Qué hace en su tiempo libre?

—​Family time, traveling, reading, movies, playing video games with my son.

—¿Está complemente satisfecho de su trabajo?

—​I’m far from being satisfied!

—¿Cree en los roles tradicionales de hombres y mujeres?

—​No.

—¿Hace amigos con facilidad?

—​Friendship is a ship that take a long time to build, so, no, I don’t make friends easily! But I'm an easygoing person, I get along fine with almost everyone.

—¿Dónde le gustaría vivir?

—​Near a forest and a lake, a few kilometers away from civilization, but with Internet and electricity. :)

—¿Hay vida después del matrimonio?

—​Having or adopting a kid is life, so, yes, there is a lot of life after marriage.

—¿Le gustan los perros o los gatos?

—​Both!

—¿A quién o qué odia?

—​I’m trying hard not to hate anyone! So nobody, but I’m scared of extremists (any type of extremists)!

—Lo mejor de su vida es:

—​Children

—Lo más molesto de su vida es:

—​Adults

—¿Hay algo a su alrededor que le gustaría cambiar?

—​Preconceptions, I’d love to see the people more open minded (me included).

—¿Qué le gustaría cambiar de usted mismo?

—​The same things I’d like to change in other people too.

—¿Podría ofrecer algunos consejos a los fotógrafos que empiezan?

—​You photography can only be as good as you are… so instead of learning tons of new tricks, invest in yourself, but not in a selfish way.

—Si los extraterrestres llegaran a la Tierra y fuera la primera persona que encontraran, ¿qué les diría?

—​Go back, we’re not ready!

—Si le llamaran como fotógrafo de una película, ¿a qué género pertenecería?

—​Sci Fi

—Mañana voy a hacer...

—​A 10km run!