Fotografas Tatsiana Avakyan

—Pirmiausia ir svarbiausia – ką galite įvardinti kaip geriausią fotografą jūsų mieste? :)

—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.

—Ar esate fotogeniškas?

—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.

—Kaip jūs atsiradote fotografijos industrijoje?

—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.

—Jūsų nuomone, kokie yra svarbiausi geros nuotraukos komponentai?

—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.

—Ar mėgstate keliauti?

—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.

—Kas šioje profesijoje Jums patinka labiausiai?

—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.

—Kas šioje profesijoje Jums patinka mažiausiai?

—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.

—Kokia bus fotografijos ateitis?

—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.

—Kuo ypatingas fotografijos žanras, kuriame jūs specializuojatės?

—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.

—Kaip susitvarkote su kritika?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Ar fotografijoje egzistuoja tendencijos?

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

—Kokie turėtų būti kliento kriterijai, kad pasirinkti fotografą?

—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.

—Kokių dalykų turi būti vengiama fotografuojant?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Kokias detales, kurios paprastai būna nepastebėtos, gali pastebėti fotografas?

—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.

—Kas įtakoja nuotraukos vertę? Kokie yra jos elementai?

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

—Koks žmogus Jūsų manymu galėtų būti 21 amžiaus simboliu?

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

—Ką norite fotografuoti?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Kas ir kodėl Jus įkvepia gyvenime?

—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

—Kaip Jūs apibrėžtumėte sėkmės terminą? Kaip ją "matuojate"?

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

—Kuomet keliaujate, ką ir kodėl imate su savimi?

—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!

—Ar tarp turimų prietaisų yra tokių kurių geriau būtumėte nepirkę? Kodėl?

—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.

—Kaip mokotės gauti kokybiškesnes nuotraukas?

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

—Išskirkite vieną dalyką kurį būtumėte norėjęs žinoti prieš pradedant fotografo karjerą?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Kas motyvuoja Jus toliau fotografuoti?

—Willingness to improve!

—Jeigu galėtumėte grįžti į praeitį, ką darytumėte kitaip?

—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.

—Ką manote apie gyvybę kitose planetose?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kada esate visiškai patenkinti savo darbu?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Ar tikite tradicinėmis vyrų ir moterų rolėmis?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Koks yra kvailiausias dalykas kūrį buvote padarę?

—I have done too many!

—Ar gyveimas tęsiasi po vedybų?

—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.

—Geriausias dalykas gyvenime yra:

—People who surround me.

—Ką norėtumėte pakeisti pasaulyje?

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

—Ar galite duoti keletą patarimų tik pradedantiems fotografams?

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

—Jei į žemę atvyktų ateiviai ir jūs būtumėte pirmas jų sutiktas žmogus, ką jiems pasakytumėte?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Rytoj aš eisiu ir darysiu...

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