Fotograf Tatsiana Avakyan

—Po prvé a predovšetkým - koho môžete vymenovať ako najlepšieho fotografa vo vašom meste? :)

—This is a hard question, isn's it? It depends on so many aspects like style, editing, way you work with couple, vision, etc. I personally have some favourites whose works I admire, but I am keeping as a secret, I am letting everyone else to choose for themselves.

—Ste fotogenický?

—From my childhood I have this idea in my head that I look horrible on pictures... you know fake smile from your first schoolbook picture? I generally consider myself as a non photogenic person. But I believe that anyone can look good on pictures if camera is in right hands.

—Ako ste sa dostali do fotografického priemyslu?

—It all started in 2012, when I took my first dslr camera to my brothers wedding. I was following the photographer as her assistant, trying to find interesting angles, watching her work with the couple, asking million questions (I can only imagine how annoyed she must have been). I managed to take 3 really nice portraits from that day, which I still like now. This was how it all begun.

—Aké sú podľa vás najdôležitejšie súčasti dobrej fotografie?

—Right composition, perfect light, moment and colour are basics of great photo; following these points and combining them in one image, will always end up in an attractive picture.

—Máte radi cestovanie?

—I definitely do, traveling is always fun for me. It doesn't matter if I go to another country or closest city. Traveling is experience, time for thoughts and always learning new things.

—Čo máte najradšej na vašej profesii?

—I guess being a part of someone's happy day is already joyful in itself. It's amazing to be able to capture couple's emotions on wedding day, see them in love, see them on top of their happiness. Another favourite part of being a wedding photographer is constantly meeting new people, communicating, learning their stories.

—Čo sa vám páči najmenej na vašej profesii?

—There is definitely nothing that I hate about it. And I can't really think of something I dislike, but I guess as any usual job, being a photographer has its own difficulties, hmm let's say like carrying around heavy bags full of equipment.

—Aká bude budúcnosť fotenia?

—Classics will always stay classics! There obviously will be new trends appearing, changing constantly to something new on and on, but I know most definitely that classic pictures will always be on top.

—Čo je výnimočné na žánri fotografií, na ktorý sa špecializujete?

—Wedding is a one of kind thing, you can't rewind, ask someone to repeat their actions, you have to be here and now! this particular moment, you have to be alert and ready for your best shot.

—Ako zvládate kritiku?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Sú nejaké trendy v oblasti fotografie?

—Yes, most definitely there are, they are changing every season to keep wedding industry alive, new and interesting.

—Aké by mal mať zákazník kritérium pri výbere fotografa?

—They should love the majority of photographer's works, they should feel like these are the images that they would like to have, they need to agree with photographer's style not to be disappointed when they will receive pictures.

—Čomu sa určite vyhnúť pri práci?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Aké detaily, ktoré zvyčajne prejdú bez povšimnutia, si môže fotograf všimnúť?

—It's the morning before wedding, normally guests are not involved into this part of the day. Photographer can capture all the exciting moments before the ceremony.

—Čo ovplyvňuje hodnotu fotografie? Aké sú jej prvky?

—It's uniqueness, the moment, feelings and composition of course.

—Ktorá osoba môže byť podľa vás symbolom 21. storočia?

—In each era there is one, but it's too early to judge yet.

—Koho chcete fotografovať?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Kto vás vo vašom živote inšpiruje a prečo?

—I've never had a muse or an idol to look up to, I always try to take inspiration from people around me; there is always something we can borrow as an example from each other

—Ako definujete úspech? Ako ho meriate?

—Success is being respected, feeling good about what you are doing, enjoying your job, feeling happy.

—Keď cestujete, čo si so sebou beriete a prečo?

—I normally take just most necessary things to avoid having and extremely heavy bag, but of course my camera is number one to take with me!

—Existuje niečo, čo by ste si boli radšej nekúpili zo zariadení, ktoré vlastníte? Prečo?

—Fish eye lens! Bought in in 2014 for some reason, thought I could do some fun things with it, but it turned out to be totally not my style, so I sold it few months after.

—Ako sa vzdelávate, aby ste robili lepšie fotografie?

—Reading articles, trying they things with camera, shooting often.

—Jedna vec, ktorú by ste chceli vedieť, keď ste začínali s fotením?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Čo vás motivuje v ďalšom fotografovaní?

—Willingness to improve!

—Ak by ste sa mohli vrátiť v čase, čo by ste urobili inak?

—If to speak about my life events I would choose to study a different subject in university and would go in photography even earlier then I did.

—Čo tak život na druhých planétach?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kedy ste úplne spokojní s vašou prácou?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Veríte v tradičné role mužov a žien?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Čo je tá najhlúpejšia vec, na ktorú ste kedy pristúpili?

—I have done too many!

—Existuje život po svadbe?

—Yes definitely! Wedding is just another event in your relationship. So if you focus on each other and keep caring for your partner it will get better and better day by day.

—Najlepšia vec v živote je:

—People who surround me.

—Čo by ste chceli zmeniť vo svete?

—If I could, I would erase racism from face of the Earth.

—Môžete dať niekoľko tipov pre fotografov, ktorí práve začínajú?

—Start out as an assistant! Practice a lot on couple photoshoots, not necessarily wedding, learn how to work with 2 people in picture.

—Keby prišli na našu planétu mimozemšťania a vy by ste boli prvou osobou, s ktorou sa stretnú, čo by ste im povedali?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Zajtra pôjdem a urobím...

—Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Edit! Edit! Edit!