Fotógrafo Marius Barbulescu

—Você é fotogénica(o)?

—​Very rarely! :)

—Como se iniciou na indústria da fotografia?

—​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.

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

—​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.

—Gosta de viajar?

—​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.

—O que mais gosta na sua profissão?

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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.

—O que menos gosta na sua profissão?

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

—Qual será o futuro da fotografia?

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

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

—​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!

—Como lida com as críticas?

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

—Existem tendências na fotografia?

—Of course. But good photography is forever.

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

—​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.

—O que não é permitido de todo ao fotografar?

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

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

—​“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.

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

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

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

—​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.

—O quem pretende fotografar?

—I let my destiny to choose that for me.

—Tem tabus profissionais?

—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.

—Com quem gostaria de fotografar?

—​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.

—Com que se preocupa e porquê?

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

—Qual foi o momento mais impressionante na sua vida?

—​The moment my son was born.

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

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

—Quem o inspira na sua vida e porquê?

—​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.

—Como define o sucesso? Como o afere?

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

—Gostaria mais de ser amado ou respeitado?

—​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.

—Como aprende a tirar fotos melhores?

—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.

—Que trabalho mais o influenciou como fotógrafo?

—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.

—O que o motiva a continuar a fotografar?

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

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

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

—O que pensa da vida nos outros planetas?

—Yes.

—Quem são os seus heróis?

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

—A quem é que não respeita?

—Selfishness.

—O que faz nos seus tempos livres?

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

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

—​I’m far from being satisfied!

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

—​No.

—Faz amigos com facilidade?

—​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.

—Onde gostaria de viver?

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

—Existe vida depois do casamento?

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

—Gosta de cães e gatos?

—​Both!

—A quem ou o que odeia?

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

—A melhor coisa na vida é:

—​Children

—A coisa mais irritante na vida é:

—​Adults

—Existe algo em seu redor que gostaria de mudar?

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

—O que gostaria de mudar em si próprio?

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

—Pode dar algumas dicas para fotógrafos principiantes?

—​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.

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

—​Go back, we’re not ready!

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

—​Sci Fi

—Amanhã eu vou fazer...

—​A 10km run!