Tallin, Estonia
Wywiad
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—Jakie twoim zdaniem są najważniejsze czynniki decydujące o dobrym zdjęciu?
—Quality, good light, but first and foremost emotion!
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—Kochasz podróże?
—Absolutely!
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—Co najbardziej lubisz w swoim zawodzie?
—It's never the same, it's always somewhat challenging, so I never get bored, but I mostly love the fact that I can see how I improve myself with every single photograph.
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—Co najmniej lubisz w swoim zawodzie?
—Sometimes it's the endless hours of photo editing.
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—Jaka będzie przyszłość fotografii?
—Too insane to imagine.
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—Co wyróżnia rodzaj fotografii, którym się zajmujesz?
—I love capturing people's real emotions. My photoshoots involve short walks, dancing, playfullness, movement etc. All of it makes it so much more real and special.
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—Jak radzisz sobie z krytyk?
—At frst I laugh, cry, hate all at the same time for a brief second and then I try to understand the critizism, is it a reliable source to change something, to learn from it and is it something I benefit from.
Because sometimes criticism comes from clients who simply want to haggle with price. -
—Jakie kryteria powinien przyjąć klient przy wyborze fotografa?
—Portfolio is a big part of it, but make sure you like the person!Now matter how well a photographer offers you guidance or ideas during the photo shoot, if you don't feel comfortable with them, you won't get the desired result.
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—Co jest absolutnie niedozwolone podczas sesji?
—Starting to shoot from minute 1. If I have new clients, I take 10 minutes to walk to the destination and simply chat. With those ten minutes they forget that I am a stranger and real peronalities and emotions start to surface.
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—Jakie zwykle niezauważane szczegóły może uchwycić fotograf?
—I always notice bad posture or tension. I have my own little tricks to eliminate such things.
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—Z kim marzy ci się fotografować?
—Rankin, I'd be happy to just look at him shoot too.
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—Kto inspiruje cię w życiu i dlaczego?
—Jane Goodall, for me she reminds us that we are guests on this planet and that we should take care of life that we so eagerly want to destroy.
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—Jaka jest twoja definicja sukcesu? Co jest jego miarą?
—Success = satisfaction
You measure it with your own happiness. -
—Wolisz, aby cię lubiano czy szanowano?
—Respected, simply likeness is so much easier to achieve.
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—Co zabierasz ze sob w podróż i dlaczego?
—Camera and drone gear. I don't think I need to explain.
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—Jak uczysz się robić lepsze zdjęcia?
—Practice, practice, practice and at least once a year I try to take an interesting new class.
Also, working with other photographers and scrolling through good photography on Instagram is a good way to get the idea juices flowing. -
—Czy jest coś, o czym warto byłoby wiedzieć, zaczynając karierę w fotografii?
—Editing tricks I know now.
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—Co chcesz przekazać poprzez swoje fotografie?
—World can be a happy and joyful place.
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—Co motywuje cię do dalszej pracy w fotografii?
—My own improvement in it.
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—Mając możliwość cofnąć się w czasie, co być zrobił/zrobiła inaczej?
—I would not spend money on unnecessary gear.
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—Co myślisz o życiu na innych planetach?
—Wish I could photograph it ;)
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—Do kogo nie żywisz szacunku?
—Peope who complain about things they could change while sitting down and doing nothing.
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—Kiedy twoja praca w pełni cię zadowala?
—This happens very rarely. I'm very happy with my work pretty much all the time, but I feel like there is always space for improvement. I could be doing this for 60 years and I would still feel te same way.
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—Czy wierzysz w tradycyjne role mężczyzny i kobiety?
—What's traditional? What does it mean? Traditions are different all over the world, they mostly come into our lives trhough media, through other people or from a different timeframe. If people and pretty much everything else evolve with time, why shouldn't the roles for men and women. So no, I do not believe in them in a way that makes the media a clickmagnet nowadays. I trust in nature and I believe men and women are different, they should celebrate it, but their right to do things have to be equal!
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—Czy łatwo się zaprzyjaźniasz?
—50/50
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—Wolisz psy czy koty?
—Dogs all the way.
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—Kogo lub co nienawidzisz?
—Broccoli
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—W życiu najlepsze jest:
—Now
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—W życiu najbardziej irytuje mnie:
—When you are stuck with a problem that's out of your hands.
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—Czy możesz udzielić kilka wskazówek początkującym fotografom?
—Don't be afraid.
If you mess it up, do it again.
Have a back up plan.
PRACTICE -
—Jeżeli na Ziemię przybędą kosmici, a ty będziesz pierwszą osobą, która ich spotka, co im powiesz?
—I am such a curious person I'd probably have a week long converstion about them, their life and where they come from. I hope their friendly tourists in that case :D
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—Jeśli poproszono by cię o nakręcenie filmu, jaki byłby to gatunek?
—Action! I love the intence and diverce camerawork. That gengre gives plenty of opportunities to do it.