Fotograf Marius Barbulescu

—Czy jesteś fotogeniczny/fotogeniczna?

—​Very rarely! :)

—Co sprawiło, że zajmujesz się fotografią?

—​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.

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

—​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.

—Kochasz podróże?

—​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.

—Co najbardziej lubisz w swoim zawodzie?

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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.

—Co najmniej lubisz w swoim zawodzie?

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

—Jaka będzie przyszłość fotografii?

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

—Co wyróżnia rodzaj fotografii, którym się zajmujesz?

—​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!

—Jak radzisz sobie z krytyk?

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

—Czy w fotografii panują jakieś trendy?

—Of course. But good photography is forever.

—Jakie kryteria powinien przyjąć klient przy wyborze fotografa?

—​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.

—Co jest absolutnie niedozwolone podczas sesji?

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

—Jakie zwykle niezauważane szczegóły może uchwycić fotograf?

—​“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.

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

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

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

—​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.

—Co chcesz fotografować?

—I let my destiny to choose that for me.

—Czy masz zawodowe tabu?

—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.

—Z kim marzy ci się fotografować?

—​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.

—Co cię martwi i dlaczego?

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

—Jaka była najwspanialsza chwila w twoim życiu?

—​The moment my son was born.

—Gdybyś był/była postaci z kreskówki, książki lub filmu, kto by to był?

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

—Kto inspiruje cię w życiu i dlaczego?

—​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.

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

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

—Wolisz, aby cię lubiano czy szanowano?

—​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.

—Jak uczysz się robić lepsze zdjęcia?

—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.

—Czyje prace miały na ciebie największy wpływ jako na fotografa?

—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.

—Co motywuje cię do dalszej pracy w fotografii?

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

—Uważasz, że twoi rodzice powinni byli być bardziej czy mniej surowi?

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

—Co myślisz o życiu na innych planetach?

—Yes.

—Kto jest twoim bohaterem/bohaterką?

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

—Do kogo nie żywisz szacunku?

—Selfishness.

—Co robisz w czasie wolnym?

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

—Kiedy twoja praca w pełni cię zadowala?

—​I’m far from being satisfied!

—Czy wierzysz w tradycyjne role mężczyzny i kobiety?

—​No.

—Czy łatwo się zaprzyjaźniasz?

—​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.

—W jakim miejscu dobrze by ci się mieszkało?

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

—Czy istnieje życie po małżeństwie?

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

—Wolisz psy czy koty?

—​Both!

—Kogo lub co nienawidzisz?

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

—W życiu najlepsze jest:

—​Children

—W życiu najbardziej irytuje mnie:

—​Adults

—Czy jest wokół ciebie coś, co chcesz zmienić?

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

—Co chcesz zmienić w sobie?

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

—Czy możesz udzielić kilka wskazówek początkującym fotografom?

—​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.

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

—​Go back, we’re not ready!

—Jeśli poproszono by cię o nakręcenie filmu, jaki byłby to gatunek?

—​Sci Fi

—Jutro pójdę i...

—​A 10km run!