Valokuvaaja Hitesh Patel

—Ennen kaikkea - kenet voit nimetä parhaaksi kuvaajaksi kaupungissasi? :)

—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?

—Oletko valokuvauksellinen?

—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 :)

—Miten päädyit valokuvausalalle?

—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.

—Mikä on sinusta tärkeintä hyvässä kuvassa?

—Good lighting

—Tykkäätkö matkustamisesta?

—Yes of course.

—Mistä pidät eniten ammatissasi?

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

—Mistä pidät vähiten ammatissasi?

—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.

—Mikä on valokuvauksen tulevaisuus?

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

—Mikä on sille valokuvauslajille erityistä, johon olet erikoistunut?

—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.

—Kuinka suhtaudut kritiikkiin?

—It only makes me better.

—Onko valokuvauksessa trendejä?

—Not that I have come across yet

—Minkä kriteerien perusteella asiakkaan pitäisi valita valokuvaaja?

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

—Mikä on ehdottomasti kiellettyä kuvauksessa?

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

—Mitkä yksityiskohdat, jotka yleensä jäävät huomaamatta, valokuvaaja voi tallettaa?

—Invitation cards, wedding gifts, wedding decor.

—Mikä vaikuttaa kuvan arvoon? Mikä kuvissa on tärkeintä?

—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.

—Ketä haluaisit kuvata?

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

—Onko sinulla ammatillisia tabuja?

—No

—Kenen kanssa haluaisit kuvata?

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

—Mistä huolehdit ja miksi?

—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.

—Mikä on ollut elämäsi vaikuttavin hetki?

—The day my son was born.

—Jos olisit animoitu, kirjallisuus- tai elokuvahahmo, kuka olisit ja miksi?

—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.

—Kuka sinua on inspiroinut elämässäsi ja miksi?

—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.

—Miten ja millä perusteella määrittelisit menestyksen?

—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.

—Haluaisitko olla mieluummin tykätty vai kunnioitettu?

—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.

—Kun lähdet matkalle, mitä otat mukaasi ja miksi?

—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.