फोटोग्राफर Adam Johnson

—क्या आप फ़ोटोजेनिक हैं?

—I think everyone is photogenic. Just not everyone appreciates it the first time they see a photo of themselves. I'm the kind of person who grows to like photos of myself over time, rather than instantly loving them.

—आप फोटोग्राफ़ी इंडस्ट्री में कैसे आए?

—It just happened. I got married, bought a DSLR for my honeymoon, and became obsessed with it. I thought I was getting quite good, shot a friend's wedding (as a guest) and did a terrible job. So I went away, practised and studied super hard, bought better equipment then tried again. It went much better the second time and I was able to build a portfolio and website. 18 months later I quit my day job.

—आपकी नज़र में एक अच्छी तस्वीर में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बातें क्या हैं?

—If we are talking about a wedding photo then it's all about emotion. Light is my obsession, but a beautifully lit emotionless or 'mute' wedding photo is pointless. A photo has to speak for itself, it shouldn't need a caption or an explanation.

—क्या आपको यात्रा करना पसंद है?

—Of course. And I love that wedding photography is showing me more of the world than I would ever have seen without it.

—अपने पेशे के बारे में आपको सबसे अधिक क्या पसंद है?

—Freedom of expression. The more you shoot, the better you get, the more people hear about you and know about your work, the more freedom you are given to express yourself artistically. That and what I said about traveling in the last question!

—अपने पेशे के बारे में आपको क्या सबसे कम पसंद है?

—I am honestly grateful for this being my profession but of course, when you have young children at school, it can take its toll when you're out most weekends throughout the summer and not able to spend as much time with them as I would like.

—फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी का क्या भविष्य है?

—Who knows?! I just hope I'm able to change and adapt to however it changes. I truly believe there will always be a market for beautiful, well crafted photos – the technology and expectations may change but the product will not.

—आप जिस फोटोग्राफी में स्पेश्लाइज़ेशन रखते हैं उसमें क्या खास होता है?

—People. That's what it's all about. People and relationships. Being invited into a private world and asked to document it for a day.

—आलोचनाओं को आप किस रूप में लेते हैं?

—Badly. I do not like to be criticised. Often once it has sunk in I'm able to either reject or accept it and use it to improve, but I don't like it!

—क्या फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी में कोई ट्रेंड चल रहे हैं?

—Of course! I just prefer to ignore them.

—यदि किसी ग्राहक को फोटोग्राफ़र चुनना हो तो उसे क्या देखना चाहिए?

—If the photographer's photos of a total stranger's wedding can make you feel something in your heart and soul, you've found your wedding photographer.

—शूटिंग के दौरान किन बातों की बिलकुल अनुमति नहीं होती है?

—There are no rules but I think each photographer will have their own principles or boundaries. If someone is crying because they are truly sad then I will not photograph them just to get that 'tear shot' that is so popular with wedding photographers these days. If I do not feel it is appropriate to shoot something, then I won't shoot it.

—आपकी राय में 21वीं सदी का प्रतीक कौन व्यक्ति हो सकता है?

—Can we answer this with 85 years of the century remaining?! I think there are so many medical and technological advances we will see in this century and I expect icons to be created in these areas.

—आप किसकी तस्वीरें उतारना चाहेंगे?

—Ben Folds, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United.

—क्या आपका कोई प्रोफ़ेशनल टैबू है यानी पेशे की दृष्टि से कोई वर्जित बातें?

—Not that I know of!

—आप किसके साथ शूटिंग करना पसंद करेंगे?

—Annie Leibowitz, Joey L, James Nachtwey, Don McCullin, Richard Avedon... I love to shoot with other photographers, I think it's a good thing to do regularly.

—आप किस बारे में चिंतित रहते हैं, और क्यों?

—I am a worrier. I worry about a lot of things! Professionally speaking I worry about becoming irrelevant, about getting stuck in a rut and left behind and nobody wanting me to take their wedding pictures!

—आपके जीवन का सबसे प्रभावशाली क्षण कौन-सा है?

—The births of my two children.

—यदि आपके पास किसी एनीमेशन, साहित्य या मूवी का कैरेक्टर बनने का मौका हो तो आप कौन-सा कैरेक्टर बनना चाहेंगे और क्यों?

—Peter Pan. I want to stay young and always fight pirates.

—आपको अपने जीवन कौन सबसे अधिक प्रेरित करता है और क्यों?

—I don't know if they inspire me as such but my children are the reason that I do what I do and why I want to continually get better at it. I am inspired by anyone successful – in business, in photography, in sport, in life... Not in an arrogant way but I find my own successes an inspiration to keep trying harder and to achieve more.

—सफलता को आप कैसे परिभाषित करते हैं? आप इसे कैसे मापते हैं?

—For me, people booking me to shoot photos of them, plus the recognition of my work by my peers is probably my yardstick of success professionally. Happiness and contentment are signs of success in wider life.

—पसंद किए जाने की या सम्मान पाने की, आपकी चाहत क्या रहती है?

—I don't think it's possible for me personally to respect somebody I don't like, so I don't think you can be one or the other. I can quickly lose respect for someone who turns out to be a huge douchebag.

—अभी तक काम के दौरान सबसे बड़ी गलती या भूल आपकी क्या रही है?

—I don't remember. I know I've made mistakes but I'm pretty good about moving on from stuff.

—जब आप यात्रा पर जा रहे होते हैं तो अपने साथ आप क्या लेकर चलते हैं और क्यों?

—My iphone, my kindle, my macbook, my camera and some earphones.

—क्या आपके पास कोई ऐसी चीज़ है जिसे आप सोचते हैं कि काश मैंने इस गैजेट को नहीं खरीदा होता? यदि ऐसा है तो, क्यों?

—I tend to sell stuff if it doesn't fit into my life or work after I buy it. I remember I once bought a weird step trainer off an infomercial on the TV, it was so rubbish!

—आप बेहतर तस्वीरें लेने के लिए अपने आप को कैसे शिक्षित करते हैं?

—Taking pictures is the education. I'm quite analytical so if I see a photo I like I work out what I like and why... I do the same with my own photos, working out how I could've done better or what I could've done differently. I look at other photography a lot – in books, online, instagram and I think that seeps into my work.

—एक फ़ोटोग्राफ़र के रूप में आप किसके काम से सबसे अधिक प्रभावित हैं?

—I think a turning point for me was doing a workshop with Daniel Aguilar from Mexico.

—जब आपने फ़ोटो खींचना शुरू किया तो वह कौन-सी ऐसी एक चीज़ है जिसे आप सोचते हैं कि काश उसे आप जानते होते?

—That there were no rules!

—आप अपनी तस्वीरों के बारे में क्या कहना चाहते हैं?

—I've no idea. Good stuff I hope.

—तस्वीरें लेना जारी रखने के लिए कौन-सी बात आपको प्रेरित करती है?

—The thing I love about taking photos, or any creative pursuit I guess is that it's just that – a pursuit – and you can never catch the thing you're chasing, but you're constantly improving, or changing at least. It's not static, or limited, or constrained. I know I've not taken my best photo, and I may never take it, but I will always keep striving for it.

—क्या आपके माता-पिता कमोबेश सख्त रहे होते?

—No comment.

—यदि आप समय पर घर पहुँच सकें तो क्या कुछ आप अलग करना चाहेंगे?

—Nothing, I don't think of life this way. I got to this point in my life, a point in which I am extremely happy, because of the choices I made. I don't want to change anything.That, or I'd go back and invest in Apple before they invented the iPod.Or I could invent the iPod.

—अन्य ग्रहों पर जीवन के बारे में क्या राय है?

—Maybe, maybe not. I'm not concerned with it.

—आपके नायक-नायिकाएँ कौन हैं?

—I have no heroes.

—किसके लिए आपके मन में कोई इज्जत नहीं है?

—An awful question.

—आप अपने खाली समय में क्या करते हैं?

—I play piano, play and watch football, watch TV shows and movies, go to the gym, spend time with friends and family, listen to music...I don't see life as spare time and work time. It's just life. I do all this stuff and I work, there's no split time. I work when I have to and I play whenever I can.

—आपके जीवन का कौन-सा ऐसा पहलू है जिसे आम लोग कभी नहीं देख पाते हैं?

—The public? As opposed to who?

—कब आप अपने काम से पूरी तरह संतुष्ट होते हैं?

—I love my own work. I love seeing progression in my work. I love it when my clients are in love with the photos I give to them. Completely satisfied? Is this possible?

—क्या आप पुरुषों और महिलाओं के लिए तय पारंपरिक भूमिकाओं में विश्वास करते हैं?

—My parents got divorced when I was young. This has skewed my view of tradition in the home... I don't really know what traditional roles are – women raise children, cook and clean and men just earn the money? Then no, I don't believe in that. A family is the sum of its parts, not separate and distinct people or roles.

—क्या आप आसानी से दोस्त बना लेते हैं?

—Yeah I guess. I'm never the instigator, I'm shy so I tend to wait for people to make friends with me!

—आपको कहाँ पर रहना पसंद है?

—If I could have four homes I would have one in the UK, probably near where I live now, one in New York City, a rural house in Southern France and one somewhere in California! Not that I'm greedy.

—अभी तक ऐसी सबसे बेवकूफी भरी बात क्या रही है जिसे करने के लिए आप तैयार हो गए थे?

—I'm not sure I've ever agreed to something stupid.

—क्या जीवन शादी के बाद होता है?

—I've been married 8 years... I'm still alive.

—क्या आपका कोई पसंदीदा चुटकुला या मजाकिया किस्सा है? हमें बताएँ।

—What's invisible and smells like carrots?Rabbit farts.

—क्या आपको कुत्ते या बिल्ली पसंद हैं?

—Neither.

—किस बात से या किन लोगों से आपको नफ़रत है?

—I hate wasps. Passionately.

—जीवन में सबसे अच्छी बात यह है:

—Family time.

—जीवन में सबसे कष्टप्रद बात यह है:

—Traffic jams.

—क्या आपके आसपास कुछ ऐसा है जिसमें आप बदलाव चाहेंगे?

—I want to make my house bigger!

—आप स्वयं में क्या बदलाव लाना चाहेंगे?

—I would like to break my iphone addiction!

—आप दुनिया में क्या बदलाव लाना चाहेंगे?

—Far too much to list. The world is a broken place.

—क्या आप बिल्कुल नए फ़ोटोग्राफ़रों के लिए कुछ सुझाव दे सकते हैं?

—You don't have to shoot every second of the wedding, you're not making a stop motion movie... Slow down, breathe, let your mind take in what is happening then tell the story with your photos. There are no rules.

—यदि एलियन पृथ्वी पर आ जाएँ और उनसे मिलने वाले आप सबसे पहले व्यक्ति हों तो आप उनसे क्या कहेंगे?

—You will never feel satisfied after eating a McDonalds...

—यदि आपसे किसी मूवी को शूट करने के लिए कहा जाए तो किस जॉनर को आप पसंद करेंगे?

—Slapstick comedy.

—कल मैं जाकर यह करूँगा/गी...

—I'll go to the gym, do some editing, get ready for Saturday's wedding, kick a football with my children, eat food, drink coffee...