Fotograf Vasilis Liappis

—În primul rând, pe cine puteți numi cel mai bun fotograf în Atena, Grecia? :)

—There are many talented wedding photographers in Greece, and in Athens particularly. Not trying to be politically correct, it is just the truth. I have to pick from so many. One of my favorites is Aristotelis Nikolaides.

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—I am very photogenic, especially behind my camera!

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—I started as a photography student, back in 1998, working at the same time as an assistant in a commercial studio. Since then, I have tried and worked in many genres of professional photography industry, with the latest being the wedding photography, which I practice for more than 6 years now.

—Care sunt cele mai importante componente ale unei fotografii bune, după părerea dvs?

—Less is more, first and foremost, and secondly, a good communication of feelings from the subject.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—I love traveling and always looking forward to it. If I can achieve traveling and work, I'm a happy man!

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—Connecting with new people, couples and professionals.

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—The weight of equipment I have to carry around

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—I believe that as photography evolves, so do professionals. So, that being said, I see more professionalism and lots of beautiful and unique images!

—Ce este special la genul de fotografie în care sunteți specializat?

—Communication with ordinary people, like me will be the first thing, and the second one is that for a special day in people's lives, I become part of that day!

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—I love criticism in a polite manner. Always makes things evolve in a better way.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—Trends come and go, but a good photo is always good, no matter how many years pass.

—Care ar trebui să fie criteriile după care un client să aleagă un fotograf?

—First of all, I believe that both parties should have some common ground. Besides the budget and services provided, the photographer and the client should get along well. That is the first thing I tell my new clients, when I get a request for a booking. I like to meet them first, and if we get along well, from the first meeting, then everything else is doable. Of course, quality of services provided, professionalism and discretion play an equally important role in choosing a photographer.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Not to be distracted by anything, not to be rude to anyone, not to be nervous or anxious by any circumstances that may occur.

—Ce detalii de obicei neobservate de alții pot fi observate de un fotograf?

—Reactions of guests in a wedding, beautiful light (reflections, backlight, sidelight etc), shapes and all kinds of things that can form a good composition for a photograph.

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—How interesting the subject is, what makes it pop inside the photo, which are the secondary elements that help the subject, and of course the quality of light used.

—Ce persoană poate fi simbolul secolului XXI după părerea dvs?

—The common man, you and me.

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—I want to take photos of my girlfriend, just because she never lets me!!! The most difficult subject I ever met, lol!

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—I always, always arrive at least half an hour earlier than agreed, always deliver earlier than agreed as well.

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—I would love to shoot with George Pahountis, a fellow Greek photographer, with whom I have the same origins as well. Island of Karpathos that is.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I worry much about intolerance, because that makes people hateful, and in history the examples are more than enough that show where this has brought mankind.

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—The first time I traveled by my self. I loved the feeling of freedom to chose what I'd do next. It was also a good chance to discover myself and to think deep about many things that concerned me at that time.

—Dacă ați fi fost un personaj de desen animat, de carte sau de film, cine v-ar fi plăcut să fiți?

—As a child, I loved reading a comic series, named "Lucky Luke", by a Belgian artist Morris. I loved the fact that he was efficient no matter the circumstances he had to face each time, he was lonely with a horse as his only friend, and always, riding towards the sunset as a lonesome cowboy.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—My recently gone Father, because he was a fighter, nothing was given easily to him in life, but he gave too much to me, nevertheless.

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—Success for me is doing something that people appreciate. I am happy if the people I work with are happy. Money is important of course, but as long as I get along, I don't mind that much. I'm a simple person, living a simple life. No fancy lifestyle here.

—V-ar plăcea să fiți mai degrabă plăcut sau respectat?

—I prefer to be respected, not only because it is more difficult, but because it is more substantial in my opinion.

—Care este cea mai mare greșeală pe care ați făcut-o în profesia dvs?

—I gave too much of my effort, without being appreciated.

—Când plecați în călătorie, ce luați cu dvs. și de ce?

—A cell phone, my camera equipment and a pair of good walking shoes, because all I do is searching online where is the next interest point for shooting, and then I go there on foot, just not to miss any parts of my way there.

—Există vreun lucru pe care vă doriți să nu-l fi cumpărat dintre aparatele pe care le aveți? De ce?

—I'm not a compulsive buyer, so, everything I buy is for a reason, and being used.

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—I love watching webinars and of course study other photographers work, either on social media or other platforms. Through the years I discovered that being interested in more than one genre in photography, keeps me motivated, and I certainly am not fatigued by my work.

—Activitatea cărei persoane v-a influențat cel mai mult în calitate de fotograf?

—When I started, I loved Edward Hopper's paintings. Victor Lax is one of my favorites, but I also admire and being influenced from many other styles as well. Lately I admire many Scottish photographers, because of the dark and moody pictures they make, in such dramatic landscapes. I really wish I could visit Scotland one day!

—Care este lucrul pe care vă doriți să-l fi știut când ați început să faceți fotografii?

—That it's not that easy as it seems. It is an art, and as such, it takes a long way to master the craft, lots of patience, exercise, and many different aspects that you need to learn and exceed to.

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—I want to bring out a positive feeling, sometimes surrounded by a much darker mood. Only to emphasize that there is always hope in the end of the tunnel.

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—Every photo is different than the previous one taken. That only, is enough not to make me bored of what I do.

—Părinții dvs. ar fi trebuit să mai mai stricți sau mai puțin stricți?

—I think they raised me to be a good person, so I think they made a pretty good job in terms of strictness.

—Dacă v-ați putea întoarce în timp, ce ați face diferit?

—I definitely would like to have studied more, in a university, far away from my city.

—Ce credeți despre viața pe alte planete?

—Who am I to answer such kind of a question? I believe it's possible though.

—Cine sunt eroii dvs?

—Every day people are my heroes.

—Pentru cine nu aveți respect?

—Mostly politicians, but just to be safe don't want to name any lol!

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—Landscape photography is my no.1 hobby. Besides that I love swimming and being near the sea in general.

—Care este latura dvs. pe care publicul nu o vede niciodată?

—I'd rather not answer LOL!!!

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—Once I get feedback from my clients. Until then, I always am anxious and uncertain.

—Credeți în rolurile tradiționale ale femeii și bărbatului?

—I'll say just this one sentence. I'm the king in the kitchen.

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—Friends with the real significance of the word, no, but I love to interact with new people all the time.

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—In a Greek island, surrounded by the sea.

—Care este cel mai stupid lucru pe care ați fost de acord să-l faceți?

—I agreed to drive in a remote and full of turns road, after a wild night out, and just a day before I give my driving license tests.

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—If there's a will, there's always a way. So, my answer is yes, of course.

—Aveți o glumă preferată? Spuneți-o.

—Knock knock....

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—More of a dog person here.

—Pe cine sau ce urâți?

—I hate arrogance and intolerance. Two of the worst characteristics in my opinion, a person could have.

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—Life by itself is a miracle. But besides that, all the things you get to learn, see, live, feel, laugh for or cry for... Life is good!

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—Getting up very early in the morning... :-P

—Este ceva în jur ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați?

—Yes, traffic jams...

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați la dvs?

—I would like to reduce my stress levels.

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați în lume?

—Hatred of any kind is the thing I would eliminate, if I could.

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Never give up, never listen to people who tell you that you are not the right person for such a job. Persist and love every moment of what you do.

—Dacă extratereștrii ar veni pe Pământ și ați fi prima persoana care s-ar întâlni cu ei, ce le-ați spune?

—Let me take a picture of you! I know it's a cliche, but who's that photographer that would miss that kind of chance, right?

—Dacă ați fi solicitat să faceți un film, ce gen ar fi?

—I like Dramatic films

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—HIKING!!!