फोटोग्राफर Stephanie Kindermann

—सबसे पहले सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात - आप ब्रिस्बेन, ऑस्ट्रेलिया में सबसे अच्छा फोटोग्राफर किसे कह सकते हैं? :)

—Ha! There's a mad, crazy hoard of us.

—क्या आप फ़ोटोजेनिक हैं?

—Yes, and I'll tell you why – I have a high threshold for embarrassment. The less self conscious you are, the better you photograph.

—आप फोटोग्राफ़ी इंडस्ट्री में कैसे आए?

—So here's the story – my father had been a wedding photographer and so I had my first little film disposables from about 5 years old. I’d shot probably thousands of rolls by the time I made it to photography college, but it was the moment where I was standing in the darkroom seeing that first image rise out of the chemical trays that I remember. Everyone else around me was fairly cool about the whole process but I couldn’t stop laughing with this electric thrill. This was the moment in my life where it became absolutely clear – I knew this is what I was going to do now. Weddings? Everyone loves a party. And a wedding is the best kind of party to shoot.

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

—Good visual narrative – all the elements needed to give you context.
The split second – at the high point of madness.
The feels – something that makes your heart hurt or leap.

—क्या आपको यात्रा करना पसंद है?

—I live for it.

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

—Learning the world's secrets.
I'll share some of them with you.
No one cooks better than a Greek mama or parties as hard as a Croatian groomsman. Vietnamese elders are the bravest karaoke singers, the French do the best cigar and whiskey bar (not to mention the cheeses) and that Ghanaians will crush any dance floor. Chinese door games can be a hair raising experience, and it is deeply moving it is to see Maori women sing a welcoming song to the bride.

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

—When the alternate drop arrives, the chicken is always overcooked. Always.

—फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी का क्या भविष्य है?

—Wow this is cool, I hope it will be some sort of virtual reality with a fully rendered 3D capture from the entire day. You'll be able to bang on your head set and take a walk through the entire event from any time and angle.

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

—Often having a professional photograph your family is a very rare event. With this in mind I always devote a lot of time and care to capture portraits of treasured people – grandparents, GREAT grandparents, brothers, sisters, children.

—आलोचनाओं को आप किस रूप में लेते हैं?

—I walked through a lot of fire in my early years of learning to shoot, and I'm still here :) Think of my teacher as being that old guy from Kill Bill who strokes his beard a lot.

—क्या फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी में कोई ट्रेंड चल रहे हैं?

—Yes, and they're mostly so cheesy. Things like making love hearts with your hands.... plz no!

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

—Love the work – don't employ your photographer then ask for an aesthetic from another artist!
Vibes! Would you want to drink a beer with them? Ideally you start the booking process with good vibes, and finish the wedding singing bad karaoke together.

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

—Hunger. Bride, groom, photographer and squad members should be loaded up with snacks. Picnic style canapes and champagne if you're fancy, sausage rolls and red bull if you're not.

—एक फोटोग्राफर ऐसी कौन सी चीजें कैप्चर कर सकता है जो आमतौर पर नज़रों में नहीं आतीं?

—Ha! "Common people," love it.
One of my favourites is the tight-lipped, crazy-eyed stage-whispered threats of a parent to errant child – usually during a particularly tender moment during the ceremony.

—फ़ोटो के मूल्य को क्या प्रभावित करता है? इसके तत्व यानी एलीमेंट्स क्या हैं?

—The value in a photo is, I feel, in how valued the subject is in it.
For example, a wife will always love a portrait of her husband that has captured how she sees him. If he's a charismatic person, than a genuine laugh. If he's a quiet person, then a photograph of him unaware, relaxed and thoughtful.

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

—Elon Musk. Billionaire, genius, puts a model car in his real car then launches it into space. What a legend.

—आप किसकी तस्वीरें उतारना चाहेंगे?

—People madly in love.

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

—I am a woman of no limits.

—आप किसके साथ शूटिंग करना पसंद करेंगे?

—Jonas Peterson. He seems like a very relaxed, interesting fellow.

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

—Mostly I have dreams where I've overslept my alarm and a bride is calling me, asking where I am, and I'm a 2 hour drive away. I guess that's my biggest worry.

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

—Once, driving home very late from a wedding (of course), I saw space junk or a comet or the worlds most massive shooting star – so bright it illuminated everything around me. It travelled directly down the line of the straight highway I was driving for a full 10 seconds before burning out. An exceptional moment.

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

—Trinity from The Matrix. She was cool and wore latex before lip injections and enormous butts became the symbols of beauty.

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

—Jimmy Nelson, photographer and author of Before They Pass Away. His is a body of work that is truly exceptional and of historical value.

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

—Can't measure it but you can feel it – are you getting enough quality sleep? Are you eating well and sharing good wine with friends? Do you have leisure time with your loved ones, and does your work fill you with pleasure?

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

—Not everyone will like you all of the time, but you should always conduct yourself in a way that people have no loss of respect for you.

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

—Working at a camera shop, shipped two very expensive video cameras to someone who turned out to be fraudulent. OOPS!

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

—My husband, because he can read maps.

—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?

—No, but people love to "gift" me their defunct camera gear. Please stop doing this baby boomer friends.

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

—I spend A LOT of time on lovely curation sites like this one.

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

—Steve McCurry (again). Portrait photographer for National Geographic.

—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 the rules don't actually matter, and only diminish the potential expression of true moments.

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

—This is a mirror of your life in this moment.

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

—I have no other talents. LOL, no I can cook quite well. But photographing is my true purpose.

—क्या आपके माता-पिता कमोबेश सख्त रहे होते?

—Less. I was raised conservative Catholic. Not allowed to watch The Simpsons when you're 17... come on!

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

—I wouldn't bother going to study, and instead buy a great kit and apprentice myself out 3 years earlier instead. I did the ol' highschool > study > apprentice > professional route. But study is now a moot point with online resources like Linda.com.

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

—Oh jeez I hope so. Certainly spices things up.

—आपके नायक-नायिकाएँ कौन हैं?

—My colleagues, for lifting my heavy, heavy camera bag up and down stairs and into the car innumerable times.

—किसके लिए आपके मन में कोई इज्जत नहीं है?

—Paedophiles

—आप अपने खाली समय में क्या करते हैं?

—I punch through Netflix series like a karate master does bricks.

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

—Lying around in pyjamas, no makeup, orange Dorito stained fingers, unshaved legs.

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

—When a couple tells me they cried seeing the pictures. (With JOY).

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

—There are definitely things men are better at, like being muscly and crushing rocks with their bare fists. And there are definitely things women are better at, like looking good in high heels and jean shorts.

—क्या आप आसानी से दोस्त बना लेते हैं?

—Yes

—आपको कहाँ पर रहना पसंद है?

—I'd love a couple of years in Istanbul. I'm a big fan!

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

—To go on a VERY long bush walk, mere hours after getting home from a pub crawl.

—क्या जीवन शादी के बाद होता है?

—YES! It just keeps getting better!

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

—Any Gary Larson comic ever published. He might be the funniest man on earth.

—क्या आपको कुत्ते या बिल्ली पसंद हैं?

—Cats. I'm not embarrassed.

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

—Celery. Eww

—जीवन में सबसे अच्छी बात यह है:

—Champagne and cheeses with friends.

—जीवन में सबसे कष्टप्रद बात यह है:

—People farting next to you on flights.

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

—I'm about to try my hand at home renovation, in a very literal interpretation of that question!

—आप स्वयं में क्या बदलाव लाना चाहेंगे?

—I would love to learn Chinese. And sign language. And also do some pottery. And learn to ride horses. Probably should exercise more too.

—आप दुनिया में क्या बदलाव लाना चाहेंगे?

—Let's turn down the level of racism shall we, it seems to be gaining momentum instead of losing it.

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

—Sure! Don't train yourself out of -not- shooting things. Such as the weird, or awkward, or funny or embarrassing moments. These are some of the greatest photographs you could take!

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

—I guess I'd ask them if they wanted to join us for lunch, I know a good place...

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

—Whatever genre Monty Python calls itself.

—कल मैं जाकर यह करूँगा/गी...

—EDIT! Pat my cat. Email clients! Poke around the fridge and hope for the best. Print some albums! Look at memes!