Fotograf Maaris Tölp

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

—The one who inspires the most. Since there are quite many of them, I think it would be unfair to bring out just one of them

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—I think so, but one can never be completely satisfied with hew own photos

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—After photographing on racing track and doing family photoshoots for 2 years, I felt that wedding photography might be my thing. So when two of my friends got married, they asked me to photograph their wedding and also allowed me to share these photos. I think starting to work in wedding industry is one of the best decision I've ever made

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

—Emotion is the main thing. But also composition and light to create mood

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—I love travelling. New places and challenges

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—I love making people happy with photos.
Also, the emotional part of weddings is my fuel

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—May be we can take photos with our eyes or mind? Too futuristic?

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

—You have only one opportunity to get "that" photo. You can not just repeat that day. So the responsibility is really there.
But also, there are lots of more emotions in weddings, in every way. More joy, more tears...everything.

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—Of course it's emotionally difficult to deal with it , but also, when that criticism is constructive, it helps to become better and its a good thing. So while it can make sad, it also makes you become thankful for that criticism

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—Right now more and more photographers retouch their photos to have warm and vintage colors. It looks pretty although it's not my style

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

—1) Style of photos – both color, catching emotions, composition
2) How photographer communicates
3) You should also ask to see some full galleries of weddings

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Being rude. Also taking photos while someone is eating, because no one can look pretty and enjoy their meal at the same time.

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—Emotion. It's the most important thing. Photo has to have emotion in it or it has to create one

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—Changing the background completely when retouching. I normally don't do that , but sometimes its necessary

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—Every day is a new adventure. Every day you have an opportunity to make something even better. So I think also right now is that moment.

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

—Toothless a ka Nightfury from "How to Train Your Dragon". Smart and sweet

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—My daughter. Shes just pure love

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—Success is when you accomplish something you wanted, also when you make someone happy

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

—That is a difficult question. Both are important , but I think that You affect more people, when You are respected. Because then You can create work that is both respected and loved.

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

—Booking two full day weddings on the same day. Luckily I discovered it 6 months before these weddings so one of them could easily find new photographer.

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

—Both cameras and at least 4 of my main lens. But in addition a laptop and at least one hard drive for making copies of photos.

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

—Macro rings because the real macro lens are so much better

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—I study other photographers work and organize model photoshoots few times a year to test something new

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

—There are so many of them, but lately I've been keeping my eye on Lupascu's work.

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

—I wish I got to understand artificial light earlier

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—When my client is more than happy, their friends love my work also, and I have accomplished my goals

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—Of course. Wedding should be part of our life, but marriage can be even more exciting

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Make sure You write everything down You know about Your couple and their wedding. You will need it

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—Tomorrow I will finish retouching one wedding, create a photo album of antoher one, upload photos to my blog, play with my daughter, visit a friend :D I would do more, but there are only 24 hours in a day