Jurufoto Hitesh Patel

—Pertama sekali – siapakah yang boleh anda namakan sebagai jurufoto terbaik di Dahlonega, Amerika Syarikat? :)

—To be honest, noboby is the best. It depends on what the photographer sees and captures. Everyone has different vision including the clients, so the question is does my photos see your vision?

—Adakah anda seorang yang fotogenik?

—Being a photographer myself, I hate taking my own pictures. Thus, it's rare that I have shots of myself, I just do not look good :)

—Bagaimanakah anda mula menceburkan diri dalam industri fotografi?

—When my son was born, all I wanted to do was take some nice shots. That turned into a passion slowly, and today I am proud of how much I grew as a photographer. From taking photos on a mobile device to professional gear.

—Apakah komponen paling penting sekeping foto yang bagus menurut pendapat anda?

—Good lighting

—Adakah anda minat mengembara?

—Yes of course.

—Apakah yang paling anda sukai mengenai kerjaya anda?

—Creating something amazing. Creating great composition. Creating images that makes my client say "WoW".

—Apakah yang paling anda tidak suka mengenai kerjaya anda?

—Nope, honestly I enjoy everything about it. That's why I don't get bored. If you did not enjoy this you wouldn't last too long.

—Apakah masa depan fotografi?

—I really hope it doesn't change. Weddings are done based on religion and history, and I don't want to loose our history.

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

—You get everything into one genre. Wedding have wide landscape shots, detail shots, portrait shots, close up (headshots), involved. Other genres are strictly one pointed.

—Bagaimanakah cara anda menangani kritikan?

—It only makes me better.

—Adakah wujud sebarang trend dalam fotografi?

—Not that I have come across yet

—Apakah sepatutnya menjadi kriteria untuk seorang pelanggan memilih jurufoto?

—How they capture the day and is it what you want your images to look like.

—Apakah perkara yang patut dielakkan semasa penggambaran?

—not knowing how to properly take photos, you only have one chance to make it right, the wedding is not gonna happen again.

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

—Invitation cards, wedding gifts, wedding decor.

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

—Memories of your day, memories of your love one enjoying your wedding day, memories of the little ones running around having a blast, memories of mom and dad crying, memories of the groom reaction when he sees you for the first time.

—Siapakah yang mahu anda rakamkan dalam foto?

—I love shooting, it doesn't matter to me who is next to me.

—Adakah anda ada sebarang tabu profesional?

—No

—Siapakah orang yang anda mahu merakam foto bersamanya?

—Again it doesn't matter to me, since I love shooting.

—Apakah yang merisaukan anda, dan mengapa?

—Couples who are not into the photos aspect of the day. I know some couple hate posing and thus the reason why they don't get into the photos as much as I would like them to be. However, posing is not always required to take great images.

—Apakah detik paling mengesankan dalam hidup anda?

—The day my son was born.

—Jika anda ialah karakter dalam kartun, buku atau filem, siapakah yang anda ingin jadi dan kenapa?

—Haha, I think the best answer would be Iron Man. One of my favorite cartoon/comic character simply because he's into alot of tech stuff.

—Siapakah yang menjadi sumber inspirasi hidup anda dan mengapa?

—My son, he's has very little knowledge and doesn't know alot, but it's for him, I am here working for. I want him to have a better life then what I had.

—Bagaimanakah anda mentakrifkan kejayaan? Bagaimanakah anda mengukurnya?

—Success to me is when I can spend more time with my family without worry about money. One way to measure it is by how many days in a week you spend with your family and how many days you spend working.

—Mana satu yang lebih penting bagi anda, disukai atau dihormati?

—I rather be liked then respected. Respect means that you can not be down to earth with me, and can not be your self. Liked your more open to me. I rather have people more open to me instead of being respected.

—Apabila anda pergi mengembara, apakah yang anda bawa bersama anda dan mengapa?

—Everything, it's better to be well prepared then unpreapred. I take almost everything with me, because I do not know what I will run into.