Fotograf Marius Barbulescu

—Er du fotogen?

—​Very rarely! :)

—Hvordan ble du en del av fotografbransjen?

—​I was 20 and had a photography class at the University! The moment I shot the first roll of film with a SLR, I was hooked for life! I feel very old at 32 saying I've started photography shooting film.

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

—​To send a message, a feeling or to make you remember things. We’re losing so many good things along the way in our journey through life like innocence, compassion, humanity, sincerity… just to name a few. Kids have them naturally, we’re born rich and most of the people die poor of these.

—Er du glad i å reise?

—​Yes! I can be on the road 365 days a year, but only if I’m with my family. Home is wherever I’m with them.

—Hva liker du best med yrket ditt?

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The freedom to organize my life just as I want, the people I meet, the friends I make, the places I visit… I have at least 1000 reasons. Shooting weddings is for me my chance to use everything I experienced personally to create something new every week. Photography is not objective and it's a good thing because it lets us choose how we tell the stories. It's a refuge for me and an act that leaves me with no masks (or very few of them). I'm trying to shoot in a very sincere way.

—Hva liker du minst med yrket ditt?

—​Deadlines! Sometimes it gets frustrating, but I’m getting better and better with them.

—Hvordan ser fremtiden ut for fotografering?

—​I have no idea, but I’d love to live it.

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

—​For me it’s the freedom it gives me… I have a license to shoot everyone! And weddings are not just super fun, but also extremely diverse. I love that!

—Hvordan takler du kritikk?

—​Pretty well because I'm already my own fiercest critique. Nobody can match this! :)

—Finnes det noen trender innen fotografering?

—Of course. But good photography is forever.

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

—​I'd check to see if the work of the photographer I like is consistent, if he blogs every wedding he's shooting and, after a short talk over skype or face to face, if we get along fine.

—Hvilke ting er absolutt ikke tillatt under fotograferingen?

—​Touching people and being in the center of attention.

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

—​“Common” people can become excellent photographers with experience. It’s just that good wedding photographers are trained to see more the “in between” moments, small gestures that make all the difference, little stories within bigger ones.

—Hva påvirker bildets verdi? Hvilke elementer inneholder det?

—Composition + moment + light. For a great photo you can't exclude any of these.

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

—​Anyone that can bring peace and make the world a better place for everybody, not just for a few of us. Jesus Christ maybe if He decides to pay us a visit again.

—Hvem kunne du tenkt deg å fotografere?

—I let my destiny to choose that for me.

—Har du noen yrkesmessige tabuer?

—I am never allowing myself to be bored or tired while shooting a wedding... ok, maybe a little bored from time to time, but I'm always trying to make things more interesting.

—Hvem kunne du tenkt deg å fotografere sammen med?

—​So many people and they know who they are… but right now Sergio and Kelly from www.kellyandsergio.com intrigue me a lot. Their work is so original and authentic.

—Hva bekymrer deg, og hvorfor?

—​I worry every time that I’m faking photography and that I suck!

—Hva er det mest imponerende øyeblikket i livet ditt?

—​The moment my son was born.

—Hvilken animert figur, literær person eller filmkarakter ville du vært, og hvorfor?

—​Sam Gamgee from Lord of the Rings! If more people would be like him, we’d live in a happier place!

—Hvem inspirerer deg i ditt liv, og hvorfor?

—​Anyone who doesn’t put his own self in front of everybody else. We live in a selfish world and I’m trying to cure myself from that too.

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

—​Success is when you manage to bring balance in you and around you.

—Foretrekker du å bli likt eller respektert?

—​I don’t fight for any of these, so I can’t answer. If I get to be liked or respected it's because I did something good. I only fight to do good things.

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

—Every year I buy some photography books (not wedding photography, mostly photojournalism). I look at a lot of pictures (mywed is also a constant source of inspiration) and try to analyze the things I like in a picture. I shoot a lot of IPhone pictures and I try to stay alert to any interesting situations that might occur around me. A photographer should never "sleep", training and educating for this si a life long mission.

—Hvem sitt arbeid har inspirert deg mest som fotograf?

—So many, but mostly Saul Laiter, Sam Abell and James Nachtway. In wedding photography it was Jeff Ascough at first and then Ben and Erin Chrisman that started all for me! Their work made me want to become a better wedding photographer for all the good reasons.

—Hva motiverer deg til å fortsette med fotografering?

—​The life I have now is a good one, I strive to keep it like this.

—Skulle foreldrene dine ha vært mer eller mindre strenge?

—I have the best parents in the world, I wouldn't change anything.

—Hva tenker du angående liv på andre planeter?

—Yes.

—Hvem er dine helter?

—The people who genuinely love to help the ones in need.

—Hvem har du absolutt ingen respekt for?

—Selfishness.

—Hva gjør du i fritiden din?

—​Family time, traveling, reading, movies, playing video games with my son.

—Når er du helt fornøyd med arbeidet ditt?

—​I’m far from being satisfied!

—Tror du på tradisjonelle manne- og kvinneroller?

—​No.

—Har du lett for å få nye venner?

—​Friendship is a ship that take a long time to build, so, no, I don’t make friends easily! But I'm an easygoing person, I get along fine with almost everyone.

—Hvor kunne du tenke deg å bo?

—​Near a forest and a lake, a few kilometers away from civilization, but with Internet and electricity. :)

—Finnes det et liv etter bryllupet?

—​Having or adopting a kid is life, so, yes, there is a lot of life after marriage.

—Liker du hunder eller katter?

—​Both!

—Hvem eller hva hater du?

—​I’m trying hard not to hate anyone! So nobody, but I’m scared of extremists (any type of extremists)!

—Det beste i livet er:

—​Children

—Det mest irriterende i livet er:

—​Adults

—Er det noe omkring du kunne tenkt deg å forandre på?

—​Preconceptions, I’d love to see the people more open minded (me included).

—Hva hos deg selv kunne du tenkt deg å endre på?

—​The same things I’d like to change in other people too.

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

—​You photography can only be as good as you are… so instead of learning tons of new tricks, invest in yourself, but not in a selfish way.

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

—​Go back, we’re not ready!

—Hvis du ble spurt om å spille inn en film, hvilken sjanger ville den være?

—​Sci Fi

—I morgen skal jeg...

—​A 10km run!