Photographe Marius Barbulescu

—Êtes-vous photogénique ?

—​Very rarely! :)

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

—​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.

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

—​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.

—Aimez-vous voyager ?

—​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.

—Quel aspect de votre profession préférez-vous ?

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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.

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

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

—Quel est le futur de la photographie ?

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

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

—​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!

—Comment gérez-vous les critiques ?

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

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

—Of course. But good photography is forever.

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

—​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.

—Quels sont les interdits lors des photographies ?

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

—Quels détails seul un photographe peut-il remarquer ?

—​“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.

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

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

—Quelle personne peut être le symbole du 21ème siècle selon vous ?

—​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.

—Qui aimeriez-vous prendre en photo ?

—I let my destiny to choose that for me.

—Avez-vous des tabous professionnels ?

—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.

—Avec qui aimeriez-vous faire une séance photo ?

—​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.

—De quoi vous inquiétez-vous, et pourquoi ?

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

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

—​The moment my son was born.

—Si vous étiez un personnage de dessin animé, de livre ou de film, qui seriez-vous et pourquoi ?

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

—Qui vous inspire dans votre vie et pourquoi ?

—​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.

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

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

—Préférez-vous être aimé ou respecté ?

—​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.

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

—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.

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

—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.

—Quelle est votre motivation pour continuer la photographie ?

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

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

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

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

—Yes.

—Qui sont vos héros ?

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

—Pour quelle chose n'avez-vous aucun respect ?

—Selfishness.

—Que faites-vous pendant votre temps libre ?

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

—Quand êtes-vous complètement satisfait de votre travail ?

—​I’m far from being satisfied!

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

—​No.

—Vous faites-vous facilement des amis ?

—​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.

—Où aimeriez-vous vivre ?

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

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

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

—Préférez-vous les chats ou les chiens ?

—​Both!

—Qui ou que détestez-vous ?

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

—La plus belle chose de la vie est :

—​Children

—La chose la plus ennuyeuse de la vie est :

—​Adults

—Changeriez-vous quelque chose autour de vous ?

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

—Que changeriez-vous chez vous ?

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

—Auriez-vous quelques astuces pour des photographes débutants ?

—​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.

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

—​Go back, we’re not ready!

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

—​Sci Fi

—Demain, je vais aller faire...

—​A 10km run!