Fotografo Tatsiana Avakyan

—Prima di tutto - chi puoi definire come il miglior fotografo di Göteborg, Svezia? :)

—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.

—Sei fotogenico?

—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.

—Come sei entrato nell'industria della fotografia?

—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.

—Secondo te, quali sono le componenti più importanti di una bella foto?

—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.

—Ti piace viaggiare?

—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.

—Che cosa ti piace di più nella tua professione?

—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.

—Che cosa ti piace di meno nella tua professione?

—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.

—Quale sarà il futuro della fotografia?

—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.

—Cosa c'è di speciale nel genere di fotografia in cui sei specializzato?

—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.

—Come gestisci la critica?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Ci sono determinate tendenze nella fotografia?

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

—Quali criteri dovrebbe utilizzare un cliente per scegliere un fotografo?

—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.

—Che cosa non è ammesso durante la ripresa fotografica?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Quali dettagli, che solitamente passano inosservati, riesce a notare un fotografo?

—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.

—Che cosa influisce sul valore di una foto? Quali sono le sue componenti?

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

—Secondo te, chi può essere considerato simbolo del XXI secolo?

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

—Che cosa vorresti fotografare?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Chi ti ispira nella vita e perché?

—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

—Come puoi definire il successo? Come si misura?

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

—Preparandoti per partire, che cosa metteresti in valigia e perché?

—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!

—Tra i gadget che possiedi, c'è qualcosa che vorresti non aver comprato? Perché?

—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.

—Che formazione professionale segui per fare fotografie migliori?

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

—Qual è l'unica cosa che vorresti aver saputo iniziando a scattare foto?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Qual è la tua motivazione per continuare a scattare fotografie?

—Willingness to improve!

—Se potessi tornare nel passato, che cosa faresti in modo diverso?

—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.

—Che cosa pensi della vita su altri pianeti?

—Hell's yeah!

—Quando ti senti completamente soddisfatto dal tuo lavoro?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Credi nei ruoli tradizionali di donne e uomini?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Qual è stata la cosa più stupida che hai accettato di fare?

—I have done too many!

—Esiste la vita dopo il matrimonio?

—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.

—La cosa migliore nella vita è:

—People who surround me.

—Che cosa vorresti cambiare nel mondo?

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

—Puoi dare alcuni consigli ai fotografi alle prime armi?

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

—Se gli alieni dovessero arrivare sulla Terra e tu fossi la prima persona ad incontrarli, che cosa diresti?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Domani vado a fare...

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