Fotograf Tatsiana Avakyan

—Først og fremst, hvem vil du si er den beste fotografen i Göteborg, Sverige? :)

—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.

—Er du fotogen?

—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.

—Hvordan ble du en del av fotografbransjen?

—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.

—Hva er de viktigste komponentene i et bra bilde etter din mening?

—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.

—Er du glad i å reise?

—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.

—Hva liker du best med yrket ditt?

—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.

—Hva liker du minst med yrket ditt?

—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.

—Hvordan ser fremtiden ut for fotografering?

—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.

—Hva er det spesielle med den fotografisjanger du har spesialisert deg i?

—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.

—Hvordan takler du kritikk?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Finnes det noen trender innen fotografering?

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

—Hva bør kriteriene være for en kunde som skal velge en fotograf?

—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.

—Hvilke ting er absolutt ikke tillatt under fotograferingen?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Hvilke detaljer, som vanligvis ingen ville lagt merke til, kan en fotograf fange opp?

—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.

—Hva påvirker bildets verdi? Hvilke elementer inneholder det?

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

—Hvilken person kan være symbolet på det 21. århundre etter din mening?

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

—Hvem kunne du tenkt deg å fotografere?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Hvem inspirerer deg i ditt liv, og hvorfor?

—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

—Hvordan definerer du suksess? Hvordan måler du graden av suksess?

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

—Når du skal ut å reise; hva tar du med deg, og hvorfor?

—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!

—Er de noe blant dine gadgets du angrer på å ha kjøpt? Hvorfor?

—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.

—Hvordan utdanner du deg for stadig å ta bedre bilder?

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

—Hva spesifikt skulle du ønske at du visste da du begynte å fotografere?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Hva motiverer deg til å fortsette med fotografering?

—Willingness to improve!

—Hva ville du ha gjort annerledes hvis du kunne reise tilbake i tid?

—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.

—Hva tenker du angående liv på andre planeter?

—Hell's yeah!

—Når er du helt fornøyd med arbeidet ditt?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Tror du på tradisjonelle manne- og kvinneroller?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Hva er de teiteste du noensinne har gått med på å gjøre?

—I have done too many!

—Finnes det et liv etter bryllupet?

—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.

—Det beste i livet er:

—People who surround me.

—Hva i verden kunne du tenkt deg å endre på?

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

—Kan du komme med noen gode råd til fotografer i startfasen?

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

—Forestill deg at romvesener ankommer jorda, og at du er den første de treffer. Hva ville du sagt til dem?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—I morgen skal jeg...

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