Fotógrafo Carlos Bruno

—Você é fotogénica(o)?

—(Behind of my lens) ... Yes I do! ;)

—Como se iniciou na indústria da fotografia?

—The pictures of my wedding came out a disaster.
Tons of hours behind of my computer using my skills on Photoshop to fix them and make my wife happy again to have back our best memories. Having Photography as part of my skills as Graphic Designer, connect two dots was a no brain: keep doing what I love and what the others call "work" and support a family that I was starting with her.

—Em sua opinião, quais são os componentes mais importantes para uma boa fotografia?

—Emotion with composition and composition with emotion.
I already saw tons of pictures that could not tell the story properly of 'that' moment just because an essential 'detail' was missing within the image.

—Gosta de viajar?

—Well ... I'm Brazilian. 12,000 miles to reach here. 'Nuf to say ...

—O que mais gosta na sua profissão?

—It's NOT a job. It's THE best way to support me and my family.

—O que menos gosta na sua profissão?

—I can understand customers that want get the max asking paying min.
It's part of OUR day-by-day get a good deal. I got it.
The disrespect with the professional is what I can't agree.
When you turn back and ask for a free-whatever-the-person-works -with, you became a unreasonable figure.

—Qual será o futuro da fotografia?

—I think as a profession, the only tendency is grow as form of art.
And with all these improves on the gear, I'm happy to be one in the middle of this fast evolving tornado.

—O que há de especial para si, no género de fotografia em que se especializou?

—The capture of the present so in the future remind what happened of so amazing on the past about the moments they decided to start as a couple.

—Como lida com as críticas?

—Every single critic is valid for improvement. Personal or professional.

—Existem tendências na fotografia?

—I'm not following trends anymore.
I try to get my inspiration for every work on the couples or in other filed of art.

—Quais deveriam ser os critérios considerados pelo cliente na escolha de um fotógrafo?

—Empathy. What some couples can consider an amazing quality of images (from focus to show the exactly color of the table cloth) , for others those can have not a single drop of emotion.
For some couples the photographer will there just to make their money worth taking thousands of clicks, others become friend for life.

—O que não é permitido de todo ao fotografar?

—The couple has to determine where the respect can be "bend", but never broke. I already had couples that LOVED I went behind of the priest – without anyone noticed – to get their emotion what I could never get if I stayed where the priest determined I had to stay. In other moment, I refused to do something requested by the couple because I knew I will be very disrespect to the church.

—Que detalhes passam habitualmente despercebidos mas nos quais um fotógrafo repara?

—The emotion of the eyes.
Everyone can see one or other crying, but the moment BEFORE that, few people can read.

—O que influencia o valor da foto? Quais são os seus elementos?

—The exactly right moment. And maybe can not be THE moment.
Sometimes, as I said above, the perfect image happens before, and sometimes happens after a situation.

—Na sua opinião, que pessoa poderá ser o símbolo do século XXI?

—Yourself.
I see tons of people looking for model of behavior in others meantime all you need is look inside and ask if you are doing will hurt someone or worst, yourself.

—O quem pretende fotografar?

—Everybody. Twice.

—Tem tabus profissionais?

—Ow yes! To be afraid to not evolve constantly.
I hate when I caught myself saying "never".

—Com quem gostaria de fotografar?

—Mario Testino.

—Com que se preocupa e porquê?

—To not have my family around. They are everything for me.

—Qual foi o momento mais impressionante na sua vida?

—"The" no ... everyday I find something impressive about LIFE, and once I'm inserted on this "novel" ...

—Que personagem animada, literária ou de um filme gostaria de ser? Porquê?

—Charles Chaplin.
He could make laugh or cry and not even used words or sound.
He was amazing.

—Quem o inspira na sua vida e porquê?

—Everyone. Everyday. Everybody has a lesson to teaches you. Big or small.

—Como define o sucesso? Como o afere?

—Wake up everyday and be ready and prepared to live another day.

—Gostaria mais de ser amado ou respeitado?

—Respected.

—Qual foi o maior erro que já cometeu a nível profissional?

—Do not pay attention to my limitations walking MUCH more than the mile requested.

—Quando vai viajar, o que leva consigo e porquê?

—The minimum necessary. To not get caught wasting time thinking IF I have to use the second choice of this or that.

—Está arrependido de ter adquirido algum dos gadgets que possui? Porquê?

—SEVERAL that I ended selling anyway. I believe a majority of the professionals when start like to give the best for the customers and want to be up front to the tendencies / new technologies. Take a good amount of the time to learn that you MAYBE loose or don't reach your usual "100%" in a first job that request that gadget, but you not necessary HAS TO HAVE all of them the market release.

—Como aprende a tirar fotos melhores?

—Asking for critics, as much as possible. Studying not only your craft but all others that has a certain link with visual approaches. Landscape is a wonderful example. On the field (a golf course for instance) you can find in a heart beat a best composition – if you know what your lenses are able to capture.

—Que trabalho mais o influenciou como fotógrafo?

—Fashion world – the models know exactly where and when place their hands and how to bend their hips. Helps A LOT show your customers that you know what will be great for them in ANY physical complexion, they feel much more secure knowing you won't let them down and control a situation once they are not used to pose.
Painters – mostly the ones that knew how to play with the "Chiaro & Scuro" ... light and darkness.

—Qual é a coisa que mais gostaria de ter sabido quando começou a fotografar?

—LISTEN the old school. They use to do the same amount of work (take picture – make images) using machines that need to be feed every 36 poses. Timing IS the key.

—O que pretende transmitir com as suas fotos?

—Replicate the exactly (and make the observer feels) the emotions that were happening the moment I clicked them.

—O que o motiva a continuar a fotografar?

—Passion. Bills.

—Os seus pais deveriam ter sido mais ou menos rigorosos?

—Probably a common answer but they did exactly what suppose to be done.

—Se pudesse regredir no tempo, o que faria de diferente?

—I can't imagine anything different in my life.
It's a group of things and facts that co-exists amazingly well so, I know if something changed because I didn't feel good at the time I did/happened I will ending change a lot of other things. Butterfly effect.

—O que pensa da vida nos outros planetas?

—Any doubt about this yet?

—Quem são os seus heróis?

—Every day a new one shows up in my life.

—A quem é que não respeita?

—Cowards.

—O que faz nos seus tempos livres?

—The same what I do all the time: live.

—Qual é o seu lado que o público nunca vê?

—How shy I am. Thanks the camera is between me and them ...

—Quando é que fica completamente satisfeito com o seu trabalho?

—Never.

—Acredita nos papéis tradicionais reservados ao homem e à mulher?

—Yes! Men born to be men and women born to be women.
I can't give birth and my wife can not be a wuss ... I depend on her!!!

—Faz amigos com facilidade?

—Friends, no.
Acquaintances, all, the, time.
Can't stop in a full supermarket's line and I start ...

—Onde gostaria de viver?

—Everywhere ... sometimes I wish I could live more.

—Qual foi a coisa mais estúpida que concordou em fazer?

—Not listen my internal voice. Happens all the time ...

—Existe vida depois do casamento?

—The best one possible!!!

—Tem uma anedota favorita? Conte-nos.

—"... ORANGE you glad I didn't say BANANA?".

—Gosta de cães e gatos?

—Dogs.

—A quem ou o que odeia?

—I don't like to be forced to do something that "I know" will not end well, but life is a school of give'n'takes and sometimes you can take good lessons from certain situations.

—A melhor coisa na vida é:

—Love.

—A coisa mais irritante na vida é:

—Mosquitos at camping!

—Existe algo em seu redor que gostaria de mudar?

—Around ... no, but may ROUND shape. ;))))

—O que gostaria de mudar em si próprio?

—Hehehehe ... answered above.

—O que gostaria de mudar no mundo?

—Lack of understanding the other is not YOU.

—Pode dar algumas dicas para fotógrafos principiantes?

—Be brave. Be smart. Be yourself.
And be sure if you have one mouth and two ears means that you suppose to talk less and listen more. Listen ... not hear.

—Caso os alienígenas viessem para a Terra, e fosse a primeira pessoa a encontrá-los, o que lhes diria?

—Welcome!

—Se fosse chamado para fazer um filme, que género escolheria?

—A love comedy. But with tons of smart insites ...

—Amanhã eu vou fazer...

—... my best.