Fotograf Jamie Orndorff

—În primul rând, pe cine puteți numi cel mai bun fotograf în Tampa, Statele Unite? :)

—If I'm being honest? Hehe...I love the work my husband and I do. We have shot weddings for about three years now so we've had time to refine our style and learn from other amazing photographers...making us the best us we could be!!

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—My husband says yes. I say meh.

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—I've always found people to be the most interesting subjects. Seeing different expressions and emotions on one's face. When I started photographing people- I realized I loved capturing those expressions. Then I started photographing couples and realized I love capturing LOVE. It's beautiful and real and raw.

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

—As an adventurous person- I love a beautiful landscape. Mountains, beaches, cliffs...anything in nature makes a beautiful photo for me.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Traveling is basically our life. We've shot in Iceland, Mexico, California, Arizona, Tennessee, and many other incredible places. We love it more than we love tacos.

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—My favorite thing is meeting new people and seeing new places. We have met so many awesome people during our time as photographers and that is an amazing bonus to this job!

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—...the way my back hurts after shooting a 9 hour wedding day.

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—Hopefully more creative and unique photographers and less typical poses and fake smiles.

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

—Weddings are truly a beautiful and special thing in themselves. Being one of the most important days in one's life, there are always many different emotions throughout the day. The wedding photographer has the privilege of getting to capture all of them. It's amazing. A lot of times, it makes US cry!

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—I always want to be a better photographer, person, wife, etc. Criticism is something difficult to take when given, but keeps me up at night. I definitely think it's needed in order to improve.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—Absolutely. Everyone is always trying to find their own style and niche and a lot of times copy others style of work. I say it's best to forget the trends and find your own lane.

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

—Trust and taste are two huge factors. Every person needs to trust their photographer, meaning they need to build a sort of rapport. They should prove that they are able to capture and understand what is important to you. And of course taste- choose a photographer who's work you love! :-)

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Over posing. Fake smiles. Messy backgrounds.

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

—People don't always notice the best light, whereas photographers are chasers of beautiful light. Also little things- such as leading lines and unique spots that may look ordinary to the common eye...but look like a fairytale in a photograph.

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—The memories that come with the photo, what it can mean to a client. That is everything. Genuine laughs and happy tears captured in a photograph can be so valuable to someone.

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

—A symbol is different to everyone, we all have different inspirations. For me, I am inspired by Don and Helen, amazing and creative wedding photographers who thrive on the unconventional.

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—People that are ridiculously, ridiculously, ridiculously in love. ;-)

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—Drinking on the job. Oh well...

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—Don and Helen. Chris Burkard. There are some talented people out there.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I usually worry about everything when I'm on a plane. Nothing a little wine can't fix. Other than that, I don't worry too much. What's the point?

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—I will never forget standing under the northern lights in Iceland. Honestly, creation is the most outstanding thing in the world. I was breathless and speechless.

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

—I think I would be Jess from New Girl. We have the same taste in style and are quirky by nature. Also I totally copied her bangs.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—My husband definitely inspires me. He is so creative and down to earth and smart and kind. If everyone were like him, the earth would ROCK.

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—True success, I believe, is measured by happiness. If you are happy, you are successful. Simple as that!

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

—Can't I have both? Haha...I guess I would say respected. Because people that like you may not like you the next day. If you're respected once, likely you'll be respected a long time.

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

—I used to work for a makeup company, and one time I messed up at inventory. All the numbers were wrong and we had to do it again...6 hours of work.

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

—Obviously, I always take my camera gear. Ha ha.

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

—Nothing that I can think of...

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—The best way to do this is to always be taking pictures. Whether it's with my professional gear or my iphone, I am always taking pictures and learning about light and composition

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

—Like I mentioned before, Don and Helen have influenced me the most. I love how they just don't fit in with any cliches. They see things the rest of the world is blind to. It's a beautiful thing.

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

—I wish I knew to take photos in RAW format...not jpeg. Hahaha...

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—I want them to show genuine emotions and love. Everything must be real.

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—One of my favorite things to do is meet with other photographers and find out why they started photography, what keeps them going, what their favorite aspects are about it, etc. We did that recently with some amazing people and it really inspired us and motivated us to push ourselves harder to really give our best.

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

—Hmm... I'd say less. Hehe. But I never got in too much trouble so I guess that's a good thing, right?

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

—I would not have cut my bangs myself. Not good.

—Ce credeți despre viața pe alte planete?

—We'll have to go explore and find out won't we???

—Cine sunt eroii dvs?

—My husband.

—Pentru cine nu aveți respect?

—I have no respect for selfish and proud people. We all live on the same beautiful earth and we should be giving and display humility in all we do.

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—Apparently I complete long interviews about my life, as I'm doing right now. But also, I mostly take photos and cuddle with my dog. Seriously, my dog is sooooo cute.

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

—Woah...perhaps the sheer amount of ice cream that I consume. I will forever love Ben and Jerry's.

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—When I make my clients happy cry. That is my biggest satisfaction, because I have done my job correctly.

—Credeți în rolurile tradiționale ale femeii și bărbatului?

—I believe everyone has their own mind, their own conscience, and can do whatever they want to do.

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—I am an INFJ. I am introspective, and very observant. When people realize that I'm not bored and am actually just observing them and getting to know them, then we can develop a close bond.

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—Without hesitation I can say one day I would love to live in Iceland! We have been twice and we are so in love. It is beautiful and cold and everything I would ever want!

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

—I would have to say...draw tattoos on myself from head to toe with a permanent marker. Yes, you can shake your head...it was very, very stupid.

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—YES! I am married and my life is great. Traveling wedding photographers. What could be better?

—Aveți o glumă preferată? Spuneți-o.

—"Why did the cow cross the road?"
"To get to the utter side."
I LOVE COW JOKES!

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—DOGS. I love cats too. But I am literally obsessed with dogs.

—Pe cine sau ce urâți?

—I hate violence, rude people and meat. Yes, I'm a vegetarian.

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—Dogs. Ice cream. Duh.

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—The alarm going off before 8am.

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

—If I could change other people's attitudes to make everyone friendly, I would probably change that. But from where I stand, no changes needed.

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați la dvs?

—Hmm...I would like to have more patience. I'm just not a patient person but I think it's a great quality to have.

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați în lume?

—I would like there to be no more animal shelters. All animals have a home and happiness, that is ideal.

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Yes! Be a part of the community and get creative with your work. Don't try to just copy others and become popular. When you find your own style, stick with it and people will see that it's original.

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

—Can I take your picture?

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

—Psychological thriller, for sure. I love that freaky stuff.

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—Swimming with whale sharks! I CAN'T WAIT! This will be my second time and it's incredible!