Photographe Graziano Guerini

—Êtes-vous photogénique ?

—mmm...I don't think so :D

—Comment avez-vous commencé à travailler dans la photographie ?

—Probably in the same way of most of us: a friend asked me to shoot his wedding, then, since I had already a big passion about photography, after I saw that I enjoyed a lot to capture real moments, I decided to follow that path (step by step).

—Selon vous, quels sont les éléments les plus importants d'une bonne photo ?

—I think there is not an exact answer, everyone likes a photo because of many reasons, also personal reasons given by personal taste.
Personally, using of course a good technique, I aim to capture always the emotions, the real moments, that's what really matters in a perfect service in my opinion.
And in the Creative Sessions I aim to create beautiful photos, so I take care of the esthetique by following my personal sense of taste, but always trying to give some emotions to the viewers.
Also controlling lights and shadows is very important, often essential.

—Aimez-vous voyager ?

—Yes, I love to see new places and to change the wedding locations too :) shooting weddings in different countries, with different traditions, it's very interesting.
But I travel also just for myself, obviously.

—Quel aspect de votre profession préférez-vous ?

—What I said before, shooting weddings in different countries, with different traditions, it's very interesting, and we often work between Austria, Italy and Hungary, but not only.
And this job allows me to meet new people, of course, and this is also a beautiful side of being a wedding photographer.
And being able to give to these people memories they will be joyful to watch in the future, well, that makes me proud.

—Quel aspect de votre profession aimez-vous le moins ?

—Maybe the marketing part, it's a ton of work which is hidden to the eyes of most of the clients, and to be honest is not so great and fun like shooting photos :) but that's part of this job too, and must be done.
I also don't like the envy and malice that some photographers have of others colleagues, I think everyone should just think about giving his best, and caring only about to improve, continuously.

—Quel est le futur de la photographie ?

—I don't know.
Let's see, let's work at our best, and let's be ready for all the developments in this profession :)

—Qu'est-ce que le style de photographie dans lequel vous travaillez a de spécial ?

—To me, being the direct witness of great emotions, and not only: I'm the one in charge to capture those moments, it's a big responsability, and a honour too.

—Comment gérez-vous les critiques ?

—It depends on how much competent is who criticize me :D jokes apart, I'm always studying, always trying new things, and always following photographers whose works I love, and I'm always ready to learn from them.
There is always to learn something new, and there is always someone who can teach me something.
So, I usually accept critics if well reasoned, or at least I reflect on them.

—Y a-t-il des modes dans la photographie ?

—Trends are going and coming continuously, but beautiful photos always remain, forever, and that's what matters.
I don't really care about trends, even if I take a look at them. But yes, definitely there are trends, like in about everything else.

—Quels devraient être les critères pour qu'un client choisisse un photographe ?

—I always say to people: "look my portfolio, also the full works, and if you feel something when you are watching my photos, then I'm the photographer you are looking for".
My photos will be the only memories of their best day, they must be absolutely sure that my style fits perfectly with their taste.

—Quels sont les interdits lors de photographie ?

—The photographer must not become the protagonist of the scene, and he/she must always remember that it's not his/her wedding, but the bride and groom's wedding.
In few words, the photographer must not be intrusive.

—Quels détails seul un photographe peut-il remarquer ?

—A lot of details.
And as we know, details are what make the difference.

—Qu'est-ce qui influence la valeur d'une photo ? Quels en sont les éléments ?

—Again, details: the light, the composition, a natural smile, real tears, perfect moments, emotions.

—Qui aimeriez-vous prendre en photo ?

—I don't have a specific answer, in every people there can be a cool subject.

—Avez-vous des tabous professionnels ?

—In wedding photography probably not.

—Avec quel photographe aimeriez-vous faire une séance photo ?

—There are so many great colleagues, that it's hard to choose just one name.
Probably Ben Chrisman could be the name, and Daniele Vertelli too.

—De quoi vous inquiétez-vous, et pourquoi ?

—I'm quite skeptical about the global politics of the last years, I think the world is not going in a good direction.

—Quel a été le moment le plus impressionnant de votre vie ?

—When I married my wife.

—Qui vous inspire dans votre vie et pourquoi ?

—No one, honestly I never had models and I never needed models.

—Comment définissez-vous le succès ? Comment le mesurez-vous ?

—About my job, a good measure is when many couples suggest me to other friends, it means I did my job as I wanted, perfectly :)

—Préférez-vous être aimé ou respecté ?

—First of all respected, then if I'm also liked...perfect :D

—Quelle a été votre plus grande erreur professionnelle ?

—Sometimes I'm so concentrated about the work, that I forget the grooms' names :D luckily there is always my wife next to me to remind me the names

—Quand vous partez en voyage que prenez-vous avec vous et pourquoi ?

—A camera, to take photos of course :D
And a list of good and trustworthy places where to eat...I'm italian :D

—Est-ce que vous regrettez d'avoir acheté un de vos gadgets ? Lequel et pourquoi ?

—Probably there are some things which are not essential, but I use everything, some things more often than others, but no "regrets".

—Quelle méthode utilisez-vous pour améliorer vos prises de photo ?

—Mostly I follow the works of other colleagues whose style I love, and compare my works with theirs.
Also the contests in the various wedding photography associations I'm member of are a good way to measure your level.
But as a wedding photographer with a photojournalist approach, I follow also the works of the big names in photojournalism: McCurry, Koudelka, Salgado, Güler, Erwitt and so on...there is a lot to learn from them, that is very useful at weddings.

—Qui vous a influencé le plus en tant que photographe ?

—Who made me discover the beauty of wedding photography, I mean, an artistic type of wedding photography, where emotions are mixed to creativity and both are perfectly in balance to each others, it was Ben Chrisman.
When I saw his works for the first time, I was amazed (and I'm still nowadays, I always follow his new works), he showed me something I never saw before.
Then of course everyone has to follow his path, and has to create an own style.

—Quelle chose auriez-vous aimer connaître avant de vous lancer dans la photographie ?

—That there is so much "hidden work": marketing, emails, equipment cares and upgrades, etc...a lot of time for that :)

—Qu'aimeriez-vous dire avec vos photos ?

—I want to show my point of view.
I always do what I like. And I like emotions, so I like to capture the emotions, and to show those photos to my couples: it's always great to see their happiness when they see it.

—Quelle est votre motivation pour continuer la photographie ?

—The fact I can express my creativity, the fact that my work can make happy other people also after many years.

—Pensez-vous que vos parents auraient dû être plus stricts ? Moins stricts ?

—They have been ok when I was small, even too gentle :)

—Si vous pouviez revenir dans le temps, que changeriez-vous ?

—Maybe I would have started before with photography.
But probably I wouldn't change nothing, there is always a reason why things happen in a specific way.

—Que pensez-vous de la vie sur d'autres planètes ?

—Why not? The universe is so big, so there could be another similar planet between the other billions :)

—Qui sont vos héros ?

—As I said, no heroes.
People I admire yes, but no heroes.

—Pour qui n'avez-vous aucun respect ?

—For ignorant people pretending to know and judge the things they clearly don't know nothing about, and inside the photography world for photographers that are taking care more to do "blablabla" and talking behind back of other colleagues casting in a bad light the colleagues' works rather than caring about to improve the quality of their own works.
Unfortunately there are many doing so, especially on the social networks (but there are also great people too between my colleagues, thanks God! And I have to say that Mywed gave me the possibility to get in contact with many great colleagues and great people).
But the correct word I would use is "I don't like", and not "I have no respect".

—Que faites-vous pendant votre temps libre ?

—I love cooking, I go running, mountain biking, fishing.

—Quand êtes-vous complètement satisfait de votre travail ?

—Probably I'm never completely satisfied, I'm quite critic with myself, so there is always something I would do to improve something later.

—Croyez-vous en le traditionalisme des rôles de l'homme et de la femme ?

—No.

—Vous faites-vous facilement des amis ?

—I'm not so extroverse as not-italians usually expect from italians, but if I like a person I'm getting friendly quite soon :)

—Où aimeriez-vous vivre ?

—Now I'm not in Italy, the life took me somewhere else, but being close to it makes me feel ok :) I don't want to go far, Europe is good for me, especially the southern/central part :)

—Existe-t-il une vie après le mariage ?

—It seems so :D

—Préférez-vous les chats ou les chiens ?

—Yes, I think I have a special attraction on them, they become my friends almost instantly :)

—La plus belle chose de la vie est :

—Life itself.

—La chose la plus ennuyeuse de la vie est :

—Annoying people and know-it-all people.

—Changeriez-vous quelque chose autour de vous ?

—Well, winning the lottery would be nice :D but jokes apart, no, around me everything it's ok as it is :)

—Que changeriez-vous dans le monde ?

—Is this Miss Universe contest? :D
Do you know how many problems there are in the world? I should write an endless list.

—Auriez-vous quelques astuces pour des photographes débutants ?

—Watch, study and follow the works of the "big names".
Learn the technique and the "rules". Then, when you have the technique, you must experience, break also the rules, try, try, and try new things.
Never think that you "arrived", that you learned everything.
Develop your style. Use your ideas. Be yourself. And do what you like.

—Des extraterrestres arrivent sur Terre et vous êtes le premier à les rencontrer. Que leur dites-vous ?

—Probably they don't speak my language :D But I'm italian, just with my hands I can say everything :D

—Vous êtes appelé pour tourner un film. De quel genre serait-il ?

—A commedy, or an action movie.

—Demain, je vais aller faire...

—..."the same thing we do every night Pinky...try to take over the world" :DDD