Fotogrāfs Tatsiana Avakyan

—Pirmkārt un galvenokārt - kurš Tavuprāt ir labākais fotogrāfs Tavā pilsētā? :)

—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.

—Vai Tu esi fotogēnisks?

—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.

—Kā tu nokļuvi fotogrāfijas jomā?

—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.

—Kuri, Tavuprāt, ir svarīgākie labas fotogrāfijas elementi?

—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.

—Vai Tu mīli ceļošanu?

—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 Tev vislabāk patīk savā profesijā?

—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 Tavā profesijā Tev patīk vismazāk?

—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.

—Kāda būs fotogrāfijas nākotne?

—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.

—Kas ir īpašs fotogrāfijas žanrā, kurā specializējies?

—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.

—Kā Tu uztver kritiku?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Vai fotogrāfijā ir kādas īpašas tendences?

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

—Kādi ir kritēriji, kas klientam jāņem vērā, izvēloties fotogrāfu?

—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.

—No kā fotogrāfējot būtu jāizvairās?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Kādus parasti nepamanītus brīžus var notvert fotogrāfs?

—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 ietekmē fotogrāfijas vērtību? Kādi ir tās elementi?

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

—Kurš cilvēks, Tavuprāt, varētu būt 21. gadsimta simbols?

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

—Ko Tu vēlētos fotogrāfēt?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Kas Tevi iedvesmo dzīvē un kāpēc?

—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

—Kā Tu definētu veiksmi? Vai to var izmērīt?

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

—Kad Tu plāno ceļot, ko Tu ņem līdzi un kāpēc?

—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!

—Vai kāda ierīcēm (gadžetiem), kas Tev pieder, ir tāda, kuru Tev nebūtu vajadzējis pirkt? Kāpēc?

—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.

—Kā Tu mācies, lai uzņemtu arvien labākas fotogrāfijas?

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

—Kas ir tā lieta, ko Tu būtu gribējis zināt pirms sāki nodarboties ar fotogrāfēšanu?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Kas Tevi motivē turpināt uzņemt fotogrāfijas?

—Willingness to improve!

—Ja Tu varētu ceļot atpakaļ laikā, ko Tu darītu savādāk?

—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.

—Ko Tu domā par dzīvi uz citām planētām?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kad Tu esi pilnībā apmierināts ar savu darbu?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Vai Tu tici tradicionālajam lomu sadalījumam starp vīrieti un sievieti?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Kas ir muļķīgākā lieta, ko Tu jebkad esi piekritis izdarīt?

—I have done too many!

—Vai pastāv dzīve pēc kāzām?

—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.

—Labākā lieta dzīvē ir:

—People who surround me.

—Ko Tu vēlētos mainīt pasaulē?

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

—Kādi būtu Tavi padomi jaunajiem fotogrāfiem?

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

—Ja uz zemes nolaistos citplanētieši un Tu būtu pirmais, ko viņi satiktu, ko Tu viņiem teiktu?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Rīt es aiziešu un izdarīšu...

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