Fotograf Verity Sansom

—Sunteți fotogenic?

—In who's opinion? Haha

—Cum ați ajuns în industria fotografiei?

—Chris and I met in our 3rd year of University and fell in love over our love of photography. We used to go on days out with our film cameras and wanted to make it our life. Chris asked me to join him in wedding photography and after our first wedding together we never looked back.

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

—Good light, movement and emotion. Sometimes only one of these is necessary to make a good photograph but these are the 3 main things I look out for.

—Vă place să călătoriți?

—Yes! As a family when I was younger we were lucky enough to do a lot of travelling. I loved the long drives up to Scotland and had my eyes glued to the window to watch the scenery go by. I love exploring new countries too, America has so much to offer and are excited to be heading back there next year. Wether it's only a 2 hour drive or a night on a plane it's the excitement of somewhere new and new locations to take photographs of!

—Ce vă place cel mai mult la profesia dvs?

—Everything! After over 220 weddings Chris and I couldn't wish to be doing anything else. Having got married ourselves we know how important those photographs are, it's such an amazing pleasure to give couples memories that they can treasure for generations. There are so many aspects to wedding photography, you have to be good at low light situations, details, portraits, landscapes, couple shots, posing, and most of all, all on a tight time limit! Not any other job has all these aspects and I guess that's what I thrive on, trying to make sure I get the best possible outcome to all those situations at every single wedding and going to each one not knowing what to expect. It's also the amazing feedback we get from our couples, they are the reason we do what we do and when you get an amazing letter or e-mail it really does make your day. Being able to do all of that and work hard to achieve our dreams with my husband by my side 24/7 is just the icing on the cake!

—Ce vă place cel mai puțin la profesia dvs?

—I think it's cliche to say there is nothing that I dislike about our job but it's pretty hard to think of anything! I guess it would be the fact that there is still so much rivalry between photographs which gets in the way of what truly matters. We all are privileged to do such an important and amazing job and I guess it would be great if everyone put their ego's to one side!

—Care va fi viitorul fotografiei?

—No idea really, probably having 10 photographers at once or something!

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

—The unique way every photographer sees a moment differently.

—Cum răspundeți criticilor?

—As best as I can, I always make sure that when ever it happens to do everything in my power to correct and understand the situation.

—Există tendințe în fotografia?

—There will always be trends in wedding photography, and I have always made sure to stay away from them all! I've always believed that spending too long looking into other photographers work or wedding trends will confuse and change your own vision.

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

—That they fit in with their day, if they want a relaxed, chilled wedding then find a photographer that will shoot to suit their day and spend hours setting up shots.
I think one of the most important things is that you get along, we are such a large part of the day, to us the relationship between us and the couple is the most important thing.

—Ce lucruri sunt complet nepermise când fotografiați?

—Overstepping the mark in the ceremony. Everyone's heard those stories of photographers knocking over the registrar or annoying the vicar and it's really not worth it. There are so many angles to look for that disrupting the ceremony for a shot is simply not acceptable!

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

—The things going on in the background, at the same time when I have my eye on the couple I always have my eye on what's going on around me!

—Ce influențează valoarea fotografiei? Care sunt elementele ei?

—If you've managed to capture the atmosphere of the moment, with emotion and from a perspective that makes you feel imersed in the moment.

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

—Obama.

—Pe cine doriți să fotografiați?

—Anyone!

—Aveți tabuuri profesionale?

—Nope!

—Cu cine ați vrea să faceți fotografii?

—Erika and Lanny Mann would be awesome! I've always loved Jonas Peterson so I would have to say him too.

—Ce vă îngrijorează și de ce?

—I try hard not to worry as worrying doesn't change the outcome to anything!

—Care este cel mai impresionant moment din viața dvs?

—Marrying Chris.

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

—Pikachu, because it's cute and crazy! (this is what Chris said when I asked him!)

—Cine vă inspiră în viață și de ce?

—My parents. My dad has always been a wildlife artist and my mum is an amazing writer. Since I was a child they've always worked so hard to make sure me and my sister had the best childhood. They believe so much in their work and don't compromise it for anything. They never give up and always follow their dreams. They are the most hard-working, loving people in the world.

—Cum definiți succesul? Cum îl măsurați?

—Having a happy family, friends, pets and a home.

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

—Respected

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

—Early on in the business I believed too many sales callers!

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

—Camera, not sure I need a reason for that!

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

—I'm not really a gadgety person!

—Cum vă pregătiți pentru a face fotografii mai bune?

—Every shoot I do I make sure I either mentally note down or write down what I could have improved on or things to rememeber for next time.

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

—I'd have to say Chris (my husband). We've shot together for over 220 weddings and he is just the best photographer I know. We have such different ways of shooting and ways of seeing everything and that's why its so great to see his take on something!

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

—That it would be what I would end up doing forever! And that exposure is just opinion.

—Ce doriți să exprimați prin fotografiile dvs?

—I want to capture the wedding day and the people we shoot in the best light and also with atmosphere. It's not so much about saying anything it's just about making sure their story is being told through my photographs. I want whoever looks at those photographs after to get a true reflection of them as a couple and also of what it was like to be there.

—Ce vă motivează să continuați să faceți fotografii?

—The couples we photograph! The amazing feedback we get and just the ambition to leave as many couples with awesome wedding photography as possible!

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

—Neither! They always encouraged us to do what makes us happy, whatever it was, and to me that was the best advice they could have given.

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

—I'm not sure, I always believe that everything that you've done – mistake or not – has got you where you are today... so nothing!

—Ce credeți despre viața pe alte planete?

—Definitely!

—Cine sunt eroii dvs?

—My parents!

—Pentru cine nu aveți respect?

—People that complain about something but don't do anything to change it.

—Ce faceți în timpul liber?

—Go on walks, go to the gym and cuddle my cats!

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

—I'm usually quite shy I guess!

—Când sunteți complet mulțumit de munca dvs?

—When I know I have put everything I have into a photography and it shows.

—Credeți în rolurile tradiționale ale femeii și bărbatului?

—No.

—Vă faceți prieteni ușor?

—I'd like to think so.

—Unde v-ar plăcea să trăiți?

—Somehwere in the Dales in Yorkshire, not too far from where we do now!

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

—I agreed to be pulled along on a skateboard by a rope atached to a car... that was pretty stupid! No injuries though and the car was going quite slow.. but still. What is was like to be at Uni!

—Există viață după căsătorie?

—Of course!

—Aveți o glumă preferată? Spuneți-o.

—A woman owns a Parrot that keeps on swearing so she takes it to the Vet to ask what to do about it. The Vet says to put the Parrot in the freezer for 5 minutes and that should stop the swearing. So the woman goes home and puts the Parrot in the freezer and after 5 minutes goes and takes it out, the Parrot is relieved to be out of the freezer and says "I'm so sorry I will never swear again... but what did the chicken do ? " -- I know its bad isn't it!!!!!!!

—Vă plac câinii sau pisicile?

—Both! I love all animals, if we had a bigger house we would have a zoo!

—Pe cine sau ce urâți?

—I don't really like the word hate but I don't like TV Soaps!

—Cel mai bun lucru în viață este:

—Love.

—Cel mai neplăcut lucru în viață este:

—Seeing other people not enjoying what they do.

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

—Nope!

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați la dvs?

—To be more confident.

—Ce v-ar plăcea să schimbați în lume?

—I think everyone would say the same, end all the suffering and war.

—Ne puteți da câteva sugestii pentru fotografii începători?

—Never stop believing it's possible.

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

—Hi! We are all weird...

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

—Sci-fi.

—Mâine mă voi duce să fac...

—more photograph editing!