Fotografer Tatsiana Avakyan

—Pertama-tama – menurut Anda, siapa fotografer terbaik di Goteborg, Swedia? :)

—This is a hard question, isn's it? It depends on so many aspects like style, editing, way you work with couple, vision, etc. I personally have some favourites whose works I admire, but I am keeping as a secret, I am letting everyone else to choose for themselves.

—Anda fotogenik?

—From my childhood I have this idea in my head that I look horrible on pictures... you know fake smile from your first schoolbook picture? I generally consider myself as a non photogenic person. But I believe that anyone can look good on pictures if camera is in right hands.

—Bagaimana awal Anda masuk ke bidang fotografi?

—It all started in 2012, when I took my first dslr camera to my brothers wedding. I was following the photographer as her assistant, trying to find interesting angles, watching her work with the couple, asking million questions (I can only imagine how annoyed she must have been). I managed to take 3 really nice portraits from that day, which I still like now. This was how it all begun.

—Apa komponen terpenting dari foto yang baik menurut Anda?

—Right composition, perfect light, moment and colour are basics of great photo; following these points and combining them in one image, will always end up in an attractive picture.

—Anda suka bepergian?

—I definitely do, traveling is always fun for me. It doesn't matter if I go to another country or closest city. Traveling is experience, time for thoughts and always learning new things.

—Apa yang paling Anda suka tentang profesi Anda?

—I guess being a part of someone's happy day is already joyful in itself. It's amazing to be able to capture couple's emotions on wedding day, see them in love, see them on top of their happiness. Another favourite part of being a wedding photographer is constantly meeting new people, communicating, learning their stories.

—Apa yang paling tidak Anda suka tentang profesi Anda?

—There is definitely nothing that I hate about it. And I can't really think of something I dislike, but I guess as any usual job, being a photographer has its own difficulties, hmm let's say like carrying around heavy bags full of equipment.

—Bagaimana masa depan fotografi?

—Classics will always stay classics! There obviously will be new trends appearing, changing constantly to something new on and on, but I know most definitely that classic pictures will always be on top.

—Apa yang istimewa dengan genre fotografi kekhususan Anda?

—Wedding is a one of kind thing, you can't rewind, ask someone to repeat their actions, you have to be here and now! this particular moment, you have to be alert and ready for your best shot.

—Bagaimana Anda menangani kritik?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Adakah tren dalam fotografi?

—Yes, most definitely there are, they are changing every season to keep wedding industry alive, new and interesting.

—Apa yang seharusnya menjadi kriteria bagi pelanggan dalam memilih fotografer?

—They should love the majority of photographer's works, they should feel like these are the images that they would like to have, they need to agree with photographer's style not to be disappointed when they will receive pictures.

—Hal-hal apa yang harus dihindari saat pemotretan?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Detail apa yang umumnya lewat tanpa disadari yang tertangkap oleh fotografer?

—It's the morning before wedding, normally guests are not involved into this part of the day. Photographer can capture all the exciting moments before the ceremony.

—Apa yang memengaruhi nilai sebuah foto? Apa saja elemen-elemennya?

—It's uniqueness, the moment, feelings and composition of course.

—Siapa yang dapat menjadi simbol abad ke-21 menurut pendapat Anda?

—In each era there is one, but it's too early to judge yet.

—Siapa yang ingin Anda jepret?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Siapa yang menginspirasi Anda dalam hidup dan mengapa?

—I've never had a muse or an idol to look up to, I always try to take inspiration from people around me; there is always something we can borrow as an example from each other

—Bagaimana Anda mendefinisikan kesuksesan? Bagaimana Anda mengukurnya?

—Success is being respected, feeling good about what you are doing, enjoying your job, feeling happy.

—Saat Anda akan bepergian, apa saja barang yang Anda bawa dan mengapa?

—I normally take just most necessary things to avoid having and extremely heavy bag, but of course my camera is number one to take with me!

—Di antara gadget yang Anda miliki, adakah yang Anda harap tidak pernah Anda beli? Mengapa?

—Fish eye lens! Bought in in 2014 for some reason, thought I could do some fun things with it, but it turned out to be totally not my style, so I sold it few months after.

—Bagaimana Anda mengajari diri sendiri untuk mengambil gambar yang lebih baik?

—Reading articles, trying they things with camera, shooting often.

—Apakah satu hal yang Anda harap Anda tahu saat mulai mengambil foto?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Apa yang memotivasi Anda untuk terus mengambil gambar?

—Willingness to improve!

—Jika Anda dapat kembali ke masa lalu, apa yang akan Anda lakukan secara berbeda?

—If to speak about my life events I would choose to study a different subject in university and would go in photography even earlier then I did.

—Bagaimana tentang kehidupan di planet lain?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kapan Anda merasa benar-benar puas dengan pekerjaan Anda?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Anda percaya akan peran tradisional untuk pria dan wanita?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Hal terbodoh apa yang pernah Anda setujui untuk dilakukan?

—I have done too many!

—Adakah kehidupan setelah pernikahan?

—Yes definitely! Wedding is just another event in your relationship. So if you focus on each other and keep caring for your partner it will get better and better day by day.

—Hal terbaik dalam hidup itu:

—People who surround me.

—Apa yang ingin Anda ubah di dunia ini?

—If I could, I would erase racism from face of the Earth.

—Dapatkah Anda memberi kiat untuk fotografer yang baru saja memulai karier?

—Start out as an assistant! Practice a lot on couple photoshoots, not necessarily wedding, learn how to work with 2 people in picture.

—Jika alien mendatangi Bumi dan Andalah orang pertama yang mereka temui, apa yang akan Anda katakan pada mereka?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Besok saya akan pergi...

—Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Edit! Edit! Edit!