Jurufoto Tatsiana Avakyan

—Pertama sekali – siapakah yang boleh anda namakan sebagai jurufoto terbaik di Gothenburg, Sweden? :)

—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.

—Adakah anda seorang yang 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.

—Bagaimanakah anda mula menceburkan diri dalam industri 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.

—Apakah komponen paling penting sekeping foto yang bagus menurut pendapat 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.

—Adakah anda minat mengembara?

—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.

—Apakah yang paling anda sukai mengenai kerjaya 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.

—Apakah yang paling anda tidak suka mengenai kerjaya 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.

—Apakah 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.

—Apakah yang istimewa dalam genre fotografi yang anda sedang mengkhusus?

—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.

—Bagaimanakah cara anda menangani kritikan?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Adakah wujud sebarang trend dalam fotografi?

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

—Apakah sepatutnya menjadi kriteria untuk seorang pelanggan memilih jurufoto?

—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.

—Apakah perkara yang patut dielakkan semasa penggambaran?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Apakah perincian yang selalunya terlepas tanpa disedari namun boleh disedari oleh seorang jurufoto?

—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.

—Apakah yang boleh mempengaruhi nilai sekeping foto? Apakah elemen nilai itu?

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

—Siapakah individu yang boleh menjadi simbol abad ke-21 menurut pendapat anda?

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

—Siapakah yang mahu anda rakamkan dalam foto?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Siapakah yang menjadi sumber inspirasi hidup anda 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

—Bagaimanakah anda mentakrifkan kejayaan? Bagaimanakah anda mengukurnya?

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

—Apabila anda pergi mengembara, apakah yang anda bawa bersama anda 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!

—Adakah sesuatu yang anda harap anda tidak pernah beli antara banyak gajet milik anda? 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.

—Bagaimanakah anda meningkatkan diri untuk merakam gambar yang lebih baik?

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

—Apakah satu perkara yang anda harap anda telah tahu ketika mula merakam foto?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Apakah yang memotivasikan anda untuk terus mengambil gambar?

—Willingness to improve!

—Jika anda boleh kembali ke masa lalu, apakah yang akan ada lakukan dengan cara berbeza?

—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.

—Bagaimanakah kehidupan di planet lain?

—Hell's yeah!

—Bilakah anda akan benar-benar berpuas hati dengan kerja anda?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Adakah anda percaya dengan peranan tradisi bagi lelaki dan perempuan?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Apakah perkara paling bodoh pernah anda bersetuju lakukan?

—I have done too many!

—Masih adakah kehidupan selepas perkahwinan?

—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.

—Perkara terbaik dalam hidup ialah:

—People who surround me.

—Apakah yang anda ingin ubah di dunia ini?

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

—Bolehkah anda berikan beberapa petua untuk jurufoto yang baru saja bermula?

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

—Jika makhluk asing datang ke Bumi dan anda ialah orang pertama yang mereka temui, apakah yang akan anda beritahu kepada mereka?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Esok saya akan pergi dan melakukan...

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