Fotograf Tatsiana Avakyan

—Po pierwsze i najważniejsze - kto według Ciebie jest najlepszym fotografem w Twoim mieście? :)

—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.

—Czy jesteś fotogeniczny/fotogeniczna?

—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.

—Co sprawiło, że zajmujesz się fotografią?

—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.

—Jakie twoim zdaniem są najważniejsze czynniki decydujące o dobrym zdjęciu?

—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.

—Kochasz podróże?

—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.

—Co najbardziej lubisz w swoim zawodzie?

—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.

—Co najmniej lubisz w swoim zawodzie?

—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.

—Jaka będzie przyszłość fotografii?

—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.

—Co wyróżnia rodzaj fotografii, którym się zajmujesz?

—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.

—Jak radzisz sobie z krytyk?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Czy w fotografii panują jakieś trendy?

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

—Jakie kryteria powinien przyjąć klient przy wyborze fotografa?

—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.

—Co jest absolutnie niedozwolone podczas sesji?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Jakie zwykle niezauważane szczegóły może uchwycić fotograf?

—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.

—Co wpływa na wartość zdjęcia? Jakie są jego składowe?

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

—Jaka osoba może być twoim zdaniem uznana za symbol XXI wieku?

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

—Co chcesz fotografować?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Kto inspiruje cię w życiu i dlaczego?

—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

—Jaka jest twoja definicja sukcesu? Co jest jego miarą?

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

—Co zabierasz ze sob w podróż i dlaczego?

—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!

—Czy masz jakiś gadżet, zakupu którego żałujesz? Dlaczego?

—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.

—Jak uczysz się robić lepsze zdjęcia?

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

—Czy jest coś, o czym warto byłoby wiedzieć, zaczynając karierę w fotografii?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Co motywuje cię do dalszej pracy w fotografii?

—Willingness to improve!

—Mając możliwość cofnąć się w czasie, co być zrobił/zrobiła inaczej?

—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.

—Co myślisz o życiu na innych planetach?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kiedy twoja praca w pełni cię zadowala?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Czy wierzysz w tradycyjne role mężczyzny i kobiety?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Jaki była najgłupsza rzecz, którą zgodziłeś/zgodziłaś się zrobić?

—I have done too many!

—Czy istnieje życie po małżeństwie?

—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.

—W życiu najlepsze jest:

—People who surround me.

—Co chcesz zmienić w świecie?

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

—Czy możesz udzielić kilka wskazówek początkującym fotografom?

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

—Jeżeli na Ziemię przybędą kosmici, a ty będziesz pierwszą osobą, która ich spotka, co im powiesz?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Jutro pójdę i...

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