Fotógrafo Hitesh Patel

—Em primeiro lugar - quem é para si o melhor fotógrafo em Dahlonega, Estados Unidos? :)

—To be honest, noboby is the best. It depends on what the photographer sees and captures. Everyone has different vision including the clients, so the question is does my photos see your vision?

—Você é fotogénica(o)?

—Being a photographer myself, I hate taking my own pictures. Thus, it's rare that I have shots of myself, I just do not look good :)

—Como se iniciou na indústria da fotografia?

—When my son was born, all I wanted to do was take some nice shots. That turned into a passion slowly, and today I am proud of how much I grew as a photographer. From taking photos on a mobile device to professional gear.

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

—Good lighting

—Gosta de viajar?

—Yes of course.

—O que mais gosta na sua profissão?

—Creating something amazing. Creating great composition. Creating images that makes my client say "WoW".

—O que menos gosta na sua profissão?

—Nope, honestly I enjoy everything about it. That's why I don't get bored. If you did not enjoy this you wouldn't last too long.

—Qual será o futuro da fotografia?

—I really hope it doesn't change. Weddings are done based on religion and history, and I don't want to loose our history.

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

—You get everything into one genre. Wedding have wide landscape shots, detail shots, portrait shots, close up (headshots), involved. Other genres are strictly one pointed.

—Como lida com as críticas?

—It only makes me better.

—Existem tendências na fotografia?

—Not that I have come across yet

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

—How they capture the day and is it what you want your images to look like.

—O que não é permitido de todo ao fotografar?

—not knowing how to properly take photos, you only have one chance to make it right, the wedding is not gonna happen again.

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

—Invitation cards, wedding gifts, wedding decor.

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

—Memories of your day, memories of your love one enjoying your wedding day, memories of the little ones running around having a blast, memories of mom and dad crying, memories of the groom reaction when he sees you for the first time.

—O quem pretende fotografar?

—I love shooting, it doesn't matter to me who is next to me.

—Tem tabus profissionais?

—No

—Com quem gostaria de fotografar?

—Again it doesn't matter to me, since I love shooting.

—Com que se preocupa e porquê?

—Couples who are not into the photos aspect of the day. I know some couple hate posing and thus the reason why they don't get into the photos as much as I would like them to be. However, posing is not always required to take great images.

—Qual foi o momento mais impressionante na sua vida?

—The day my son was born.

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

—Haha, I think the best answer would be Iron Man. One of my favorite cartoon/comic character simply because he's into alot of tech stuff.

—Quem o inspira na sua vida e porquê?

—My son, he's has very little knowledge and doesn't know alot, but it's for him, I am here working for. I want him to have a better life then what I had.

—Como define o sucesso? Como o afere?

—Success to me is when I can spend more time with my family without worry about money. One way to measure it is by how many days in a week you spend with your family and how many days you spend working.

—Gostaria mais de ser amado ou respeitado?

—I rather be liked then respected. Respect means that you can not be down to earth with me, and can not be your self. Liked your more open to me. I rather have people more open to me instead of being respected.

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

—Everything, it's better to be well prepared then unpreapred. I take almost everything with me, because I do not know what I will run into.