Fotograf Chris Sansom

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—Hell no!

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—To be completely honest I finished Film School and didn't want to make films, so I looked for a way to make a living from Photography and weddings just made sense. There wasn't a burning desire to be involved with weddings. I learned to build a website and offered cheap photography and within two weeks I'd shot my first wedding. During that time I saw Rangefinder magazine and read American Photo's 'Worlds top ten' list and I was completely inspired. When I shot the first wedding I was totally and utterly hooked, I just loved everything about it. Soon after Verity joined be and we never looked back.

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

—Composition, originality and light

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Yes, although until recently I've not done much!

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—Getting to do what I love with the person I love most in the world. What's not to like!?

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—Some of the attitudes we encountered when we first started out, with some people worrying more about what others are doing than themselves.

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—Who knows! Everything seems to go full circle so I'm sure a lot of the techniques people are using now will still be popping up in the future.

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

—It's a day that is absolutely jam packed with photo opportunities. As photographers all any of us can ask for is a great moment or two and weddings provide a bounty of great moments. Not to mention the fact that everyones cheerful and it's just a flippin' awesome job!

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—We don't really get much criticism! Certainly not from clients, but if we did we would just try to rectify the situation any way that we could to ensure they still had a great experience. If it's criticism from peers, mentors or each other then we know they have our best interests at heart and try to take it on board so we can improve next time.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—Loads! Too many to list and a few that really wind me up. I won't start on those.

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

—They have to connect with their photographer and be comfortable sharing their day with them. They obviously have to love the photos too!

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Over here in the UK we're pretty reserved when it comes to the ceremony. Our officiants don't tend to like us getting too up close and personal so we have to be careful not to overstep any boundaries there. Oh and other suppliers trying to push you out of the way....but that's another story!

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

—Intimate moments between the bride and groom,

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—Waaaaay to much to write down. From personal connection to technical skill. It all depends on who's judging it, I know most the photos I consider to be valuable aren't technically great, they just have emotional significance. Of course if you can get an emotionally significant photo that is technically sound then you're onto a winner!

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

—Haha that's a pretty odd one, I have no idea!

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—I'd love to photograph Zach Braff!

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—No

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—I'd love to go on a shoot with Ben and Erin Chrisman, Davina + Daniel, Two Mann Studios, they are all couples who've really inspired us. Oh and I'd love a day out with Emin Kuliyev, every day he posts some new awesome lens creation on Facebook, I'd just love to try out some of his exotic kit!

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I don't really worry about anything, I'm not a worrier!

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—I don't know really, hopefully there's lots to come!

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

—Totoro, because he's awesome.

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—Photographically there are too many awesome people to list!

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—Are people booking you? That's really all there is to it, everything else in terms of awards etc is lovely but not a measure of success.

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

—Liked

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

—Touch wood I haven't ever made any huge mistakes!

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

—A camera because it's part of who we are!

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

—Not really, I love all of my gadgets!

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—By watching films and looking at masters of photography outside of weddings. There's so much to learn from other fields of photography!

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

—Verity's, I see everything she shoots so that always affects me moving forwards.

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

—The less you see other wedding photographers work, the more you develop a unique style. And not to worry about anyone copying your shots!

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—Nothing, it's about how the couple want their day to unfold and I want the photos to reflect that. Ok, it's in my style but it's their story so it should be their message.

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—I just love taking photos!

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

—I really couldn't ask for a better life, so I'd say neither, I wouldn't want anything to change!

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

—I'd worry less about having the best kit. It really doesn't make a difference!

—Ce credeți despre viața pe alte planete?

—What about it? It has to exist somewhere and I'd love to see where!

—Cine sunt eroii dvs?

—I don't really have any heroes, lots of people I respect, but not particularly any heroes!

—Pentru cine nu aveți respect?

—Where I grew up there was a lot of closed-mindedness and intolerance so I don't have any respect for people like that!

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—Take photos, train for Ninja Warrior and train and compete in Triathlons.

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

—The 'sitting at home and watching chick flicks with Verity' side

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—Never! I love what we do but there's always things that you could improve on and that's what makes us strive to continue pushing ourselves professionally.

—Credeți în rolurile tradiționale ale femeii și bărbatului?

—No

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—Yes

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—I absolutely love Yorkshire, but I would like to live in the Lake District one day, or possibly America!

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

—I have no idea!

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—What an odd question! I love life after marriage!

—Aveți o glumă preferată? Spuneți-o.

—Not really!

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—Both, but I prefer dogs!

—Pe cine sau ce urâți?

—I don't really HATE anything!

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—My wife!

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—There only being 24 hours in a day during wedding season

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

—No

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați la dvs?

—Nothing really, I'm pretty comfortable with my flaws!

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați în lume?

—That's a pretty big one! A bit more financial equality around the world would be a good start.

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Concentrate on what you're best at, looking at other photographers is great but you'll never make any headway until you produce something that's truly your own instead of rehashing old work.

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

—Leave, before the government locks you in a bunker!

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

—I'd like to shoot a comedy drama

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—A triathlon, without any training at all since it's been a busy wedding season.