Fotograf Anna Rowland

—În primul rând, pe cine puteți numi cel mai bun fotograf în Exeter, Regatul Unit? :)

—I genuinely couldn't tell you for sure.

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—No. I really dislike being on the other side of the camera, which is a shame but maybe in time I will feel differently.

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—It's my life's work – initially I think a friend asked me when I was about 18, it kinda went from there.

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

—Emotion, composition, heart, light. All equally important and when they come together to create something that speaks to you and makes you take a second look, that's what works for me.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Infinitely so.

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—Meeting people and visiting places I otherwise wouldn't have, and the freedom of self-employment.

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—The degree of uncertainty attached to any form of self-employment I guess.

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—Hard to say, the standards are very high now. I'd say exactly what it is right now – real moments.

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

—Capturing moments that happen fleetingly to remember always. Creating images that will evoke a memory or feeling of a loved person is the aspect most special to me.

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—Pretty well. I think it's essential to progress. I might not always agree, but I welcome it.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—Always, I try to stay true to what I personally believe in, so I ignore them.

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

—Something they can really feel. I truly think it’s a heart-led thing.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—I can't think of anything specific – always work around any potential issues

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

—Fleeting expressions

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—An insight into a character, moment or exchange

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

—I don't have an opinion on that.

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—People with character. There's no single person I can conjure up in my head and think 'i'd like to take photos of that person'.

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—Umm, wearing fur, I disagree with that so very much.

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—No one in particular

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—Professionally I try not to worry and take everything as it comes. Wedding photography always comes with its challenges, the trick is how you deal with them.

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—Does getting out of bed every morning count? Thought not. Having my son, probably.

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

—Nala from Lion King. No reason, just a cool name and I like lions.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—My son, just by being new and cool

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—Being happy

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

—Either, both, neither

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

—Not planning a route and getting lost pre-ceremony. It only happened once.

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

—Everything I think I might need and more

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

—Probably about 60% of it.
I bought a time-lapse camera for my husband once, it was really expensive and he used it once then it sat and got old and rubbish before he would admit he would never use it again in time for me to sell it. I've always been quite annoyed at him about that. I wonder if he will ever read this...

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—Just by choosing to continue learning, being inspired by work outside of weddings and by being more considered with my frames. I also try not to be too formulaic and complacent. I know my job so well now that I could risk being just that. I think my genuine love for working with people, emotion and light always drives me to create something I'm proud of. I'm not sure i've actually answered that question...

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

—Its changed vastly over the years. Currently I do my own thing, I couldn't name one person specifically who has influenced me over another.

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

—I'm happy with how my career has evolved as it is

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—These people are real

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—The feedback. Every time. Also light. When I'm without a camera and I see beautiful light I'd want to create an interesting frame with, a little part of me mourns the possibility of what could have been. I usually try to take it in with my eyes and hope I can store it away in my brain for another day when I might have my camera and similar light to play with.

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

—My upbringing wasn't conventional. I'm pretty happy with how life has shaped me though and parenting is just a part of that.

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

—Nothing. Life has been challenging in parts, but had it not been, I wouldn't be who I am now.

—Ce credeți despre viața pe alte planete?

—I'd say it would be naive to assume we are the only ones!

—Cine sunt eroii dvs?

—I don't have any as such.

—Pentru cine nu aveți respect?

—People who do not operate kindly and with respect to all living things

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—I don't really have much spare time, I like to stay busy and there's always something to do.

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

—My introverted/shy side, which is the real me. This seems a funny question, like I'm famous. Alas I am not. I have no public. I have a few close friends who know the real me, when at work I guess I created a persona I can hide behind to a degree.

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—Never. I always want to be better

—Credeți în rolurile tradiționale ale femeii și bărbatului?

—I believe we should all be whatever we want to be, regardless of gender stereotypes. In my household the 'traditional' roles are reversed in many senses. I've never personally felt I have had to fall within any gender stereotypes. I guess I like my husband to put the bins out, but then I do the car maintenance. I think what I'm trying to say is no.

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—With some people its easy, with others I immediately decide it's not and so I don't tend to pursue them. I'm shy so this narrows down the whole 'new friends' possibilities as I don't tend to approach people.

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—New Zealand

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

—I don't think I have really done anything too stupid. I'm cautious, but can be easily led astray to do things that may be unwise, not so much stupid.

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—Of course

—Aveți o glumă preferată? Spuneți-o.

—I don't retell jokes well

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—Cats, but I have and love both, so both, I should say, but mostly cats

—Pe cine sau ce urâți?

—Cruelty

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—Love, then tea.

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—Don't start me, there's more than one. If pushed, I'd have to say a half-full bottle of water rolling around in my (car) passenger footwell, that's basically hell. Half-full because it makes more of a sloshy sound to add to the annoyance.

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

—Attitudes, and ignorance.

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați la dvs?

—Nothing, and yet everything. That’s not an easily answered question :)

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați în lume?

—Greed, war, politics, animal cruelty. The world needs more changes than I can fit in this box

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Watch everything, work hard, slow down, understand people, accept challenges will happen, find your own vision, and love what you do.

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

—Be kind

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

—No doubt some kind of weird indie film

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—I'm shooting a wedding.