Fotograf Jean Jacques Fabien

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—I would say half photogenic

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—I was passionate about photography since I was young. It's after looking at some stunning Wedding pictures done by top photographers that I was inspired to follow the same route. The freedom of creativity is what I enjoy the most into Wedding Photography.

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

—I would say the light first. the way a subject is lit will make the picture attractive or repulsive. Then comes the subject itself.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—I moderately love traveling. I drive a lot and do not enjoy traveling so much.

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—Freedom of creativity, woaww effect from client when he looks at his pictures, satisfaction when I download and see nice shots, freedom to organize my time as I want, never a routine, always different, meet great people...

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—Sometimes very demanding which leaves me little space for family, having to recharge batteries every evenings, waiting for downloading pictures, sometimes chaining up days of shooting and having to drive long distances while being tired and sleepy.

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—Digital imaging has unleash creativity from photographers. I do not see it change when I see how people love pictures so much and love creative pictures. I sometimes fear that phones will replace proper cameras since it is already happening into the hotel industry nowadays. They less and less call upon professional photographers but rely on enthusiasts "instagrammers" to remain active on social networks and use phone pictures and vintage look to keep "in".

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

—Freedom of creativity, magic moments, emotions and... clothes, special mood and atmosphere, being able to direct any kind of people from simple gentlemen and ladies to CEOs and Corporate directors to do whatever you want them to do, :-)

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—It depends. I'm very committed into my job and I'm very generous in what I do (always deliver more photos than promise). I cannot do this job halfway. Therefore, I don't like people criticizing what I do since they don't know how much I give into what i do.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—More and more vintage type photos, more back-lit type of pictures and of course more and more drone photos.

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

—Creativity, generosity, Easy contact to make the couple at ease, being able to handle crowds, people and situations to get great photos and reassure the couple.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Getting distracted by people, girls, checking the phone at important moments, talk loud at official ceremonies... Totally prohibited to drink alcohol at a Wedding even if the couple proposes. Even after the duty, Never drink because We all have to go back home.

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

—Expressions, angles, mood, reflections, drop shadows, interesting shapes and figures...

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—Light, emotions, the moment and sometimes Black and white can make a pictures stand out.

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

—I don't know

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—Prince William and Kate, some famous models in bridal dress, dynamic couples...

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—I never talk about religion or politics in a Wedding with anyone.

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—Some iconic Wedding photographers but also with a very good friend of mine who is also a photographer but who is currently not living in the same country than I. We started photography together but life has driven us on different paths. I would love to be able to shoot with him.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I'm worried about unexperienced newcomers who "steal" the work of genuine photographers, of this kind of "made in china" type of mentality which makes everything available at very low price and kills the value of genuine photographers (if you understand what I mean).

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—Two times. When I had a great shooting session with a couple and downloading the pictures to see some iconic shots I took and see them appear on my screen and start to work them straight away. It's a great moment. Also when I deliver pictures to my clients and see there eyes sparkle when they look at the pictures and hear them say woawww.

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

—Definitely the Mentalist. This assurance to depict people, know what they think, being able in a very smart way find a solution to a problem, never panic, having a talent for repartee, not scared to say or do weird things to finally sort out an issue.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—God, Jesus, because I'm a believer and I strongly believe that God directs my path everyday. In many situations, I experienced "miracles". Sometimes in low season while the finances was very low, I had these unexpected calls from people I do not know and never met which hired me for a work and never saw them afterwards.

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—I firmly believe that success is being confident and trusting in God who opens doors. In a more down to earth meaning is when you are wanted more and more by people of all social levels to do what you know the most.

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

—I would say liked.

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

—Forgot to recharge batteries, Forgot Lens and accessories on a site, distracted to a point of not shooting an important event during a wedding (generally because of being too tired), forgot cards at home, Forgot to put fuel in the car for a long drive...

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

—I usually take all of my equipment because I do not want on site needing something and it's not there. I sometimes have to force myself to bring less equipment for practical reasons because I'm always bothered wanting to do something and not having the gears to do it.

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

—I never regret anything I buy because they are always useful at a stage.

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—I look at what other people do in order to be inspired (like on mywed). I spend a lot of time watching tutorials on editing on the web. I also try several functions on my camera in order to shoot in a smarter way at different occasions. For instance I like to shoot with off camera flash (portable studio flash) but I also force myself to shoot without flash in order to be more efficient in some occasions and get a different feel, mood and style.

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

—Well all the works I see on popular Wedding Photographer Community such as mywed, fearless, best wedding photographers, etc... I do not have a specific preferred photographer but a lot of them.

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

—How to edit photos properly (too much colors, contrast and effects), how to shoot with straight lines (straight horizon, walls, furnitures and angles)

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—I want to transmit emotions, beauty, woaowww, on my photos. I want my pictures impact someone who sees it.

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—Freedom of creativity and the hope to get a better pose, pictures, set, models, etc...

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

—I'm happy the way they raised and the values they imparted me.

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

—My first quotations :-), the way I would tackle a project, more research for some type of photography. I learned a few things in pain and lost some projects when I started into photography because of my lack of experience.

—Ce credeți despre viața pe alte planete?

—Do not think about it and I don't think there are any other form of life elsewhere. Anyway, even though there is, we will never know and never meet.

—Cine sunt eroii dvs?

—People who give there lives away everyday for others, for animals, who can take a homeless person and take care of him, people who live for others and sacrifice their own comfort are real heroes for me.

—Pentru cine nu aveți respect?

—I do not respect arrogant people who think that the world belong to them or who do not have consideration to other human being who are socially lower.

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—Music, walk in nature, watch the stars, camp, cook (i love cooking),

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

—I don't know. Maybe my sensitivity to others.

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—When my clients are happy and congratulate me. This is the greatest satisfaction.

—Credeți în rolurile tradiționale ale femeii și bărbatului?

—Yes I do. I actually believe that women are equally capable of doing what men do (I had 2 women managers when I use to work an office job and they were even better in what they were doing then a lot of men). However, i believe that A man cannot replace a Woman and vice versa. A father cannot be a mother and vice versa. When people try to invert this, it creates an imbalance in the family.

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—Fairly yes. I'm usually easy going and get on well with people.

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—In a rainless area, by the beach, with a nice wood or forest nearby, in a comfortable home (not necessarily big). On the coast of Mauritius (I actually live on the high grounds of Mauritius)

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

—I once agreed to do a walking virtual tour project not even know what it would cost me in time and money. I regretted afterwards not having done some tests before. It was actually a failure....

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—Yes of course there is an even better life after marriage.

—Aveți o glumă preferată? Spuneți-o.

—I do not have anything that comes to my mind now. It really depends on the mood.

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—I love dogs and cats. I have two dogs and one cat. I'm an animal lover.

—Pe cine sau ce urâți?

—I hate tensions, confrontations, Jealousy, tense situations, shouts, etc...

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—To have faith, know God, be happy and have you family with you.

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—Routine, an office work,

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

—I would have love the society to be more secured (no thieves, robbers, abuse an all kinds of pleas).

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați la dvs?

—I would like to be more generous and committed to others. Do good to others, not afraid to take actions to help the helpless.

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați în lume?

—I would like the world to have faith in God

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Know your gears, develop your personality in order to make the couple at ease and secure, Be always concentrated in your job, be attentive to details.

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

—Go back to where you are. We have enough issues here to add another major one...

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

—Epic and adventure.

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—A photoshooting in a hotel which was booked 2 months ago. A couple from Europe for their Honeymoon.