Fotograf Marius Tudor

—Ste fotogenický?

—My mother loves all my pictures, she belives I am photogenic!

—Ako ste sa dostali do fotografického priemyslu?

—I have started almost 6 years ago after I met my love Gabriela. I did not start with shooting flowers, but I took it straight the hard way. Three months after I grabbed my first semi-professional camera I shot for free my first wedding. Since then, I shot almost 200 weddings and 100 baptisms.

—Aké sú podľa vás najdôležitejšie súčasti dobrej fotografie?

—I strongly belive in a moment as the first component and I am always fighting to find it. Before finding the moment, I scout for the best light condition and I am making some composition scenarios. Having all those elements in my mind I start to shoot until I get what I want. Sometimes nothing happens in the frame, but patience is my ally.

—Máte radi cestovanie?

—I love to travel and I belive seeing as many places as I can helps me to develop as a man.

—Čo máte najradšej na vašej profesii?

—I love people and the fact that I always have to be on alert! I do my best to never be bored. My couples gives me the energy to go forward.

—Čo sa vám páči najmenej na vašej profesii?

—I would love to have more time to visit my family.

—Aká bude budúcnosť fotenia?

—I think we have to understand the new generation, people between 20 and 25 years. They are different than the people we've shot before and trying to adapt to their way of living, thinking and acting will be the next step in our business. The future of wedding photography stays in crazy shots. Traditional is dying.

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

—What's special? It's special because we connect new people every day (some of them are coming into my life to change it), it's special because I can wake up and go to sleep when I want, it's special because we have the power to make people happy.

—Ako zvládate kritiku?

—Sometimes it's hard to handle it, but I've learned lately how to manage situations like this. I started to listen more and even if I fight for my opinion if the criticism makes me think about how can I improve myself I am cleaning the trash.

—Sú nejaké trendy v oblasti fotografie?

—There are no trends in wedding photography. If there is one, that one will be good photography. Everyone wants to improve it!

—Aké by mal mať zákazník kritérium pri výbere fotografa?

—They have to choose a photographer who makes them feel confortable and who inspires confidence.

—Čomu sa určite vyhnúť pri práci?

—There are no rules when shooting. Everything is allowed.

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

—I belive in one quote: "When everyone is looking in one direction, turn around!"

—Čo ovplyvňuje hodnotu fotografie? Aké sú jej prvky?

—Moment, light, composition.

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

—Nelson Mandela

—Koho chcete fotografovať?

—I would love to shoot Morgan Freeman.

—Máte nejaké profesionálne tabu?

—As I said before, there's nothing forbidden.

—S kým by ste chceli fotografovať?

—I would be honored to shoot one day with Erika and Lanny Mann, Daniele Vertelli and Pedro Cabrera. These are the first names that come to my mind, but the list is longer so far. There are so many great photographers out there which I would be honored to meet and shoot along side with.

—Čoho sa obávate a prečo?

—For the moment I have no worries, I am young and restless, but I always think at the moment when I will not be able to help people in need.

—Ak by ste boli animovaná, literárna alebo filmová postava, kto by ste boli a prečo?

—Mickey Mouse. That was my nickname when I was a kid. He is a funny character.

—Kto vás vo vašom živote inšpiruje a prečo?

—I am inspired by people who manage to do something great for the others.

—Ako definujete úspech? Ako ho meriate?

—We can define and measure only our success. What success means for me may not be the others success defintion. For me success means to balance your personal life with your career and to be happy with the balance, to be surrounded only by the people you love and to do only what you like to do.

—Boli by ste radšej obľúbení alebo rešpektovaní?

—Respect is the engine of all human relationships. I would rather be respected and not liked than liked and not respected.

—Aká je najväčšia chyba, ktorú ste kedy v práci urobili?

—I've made a lot of mistakes and I think the biggest mistake in my life was the period when I did not allow myself to make mistakes.

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

—If I am traveling with the right person I don't need to take something with me.

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

—I am not a gadget addict. All I bought until now it was because I need it. I was very unhappy about my previous smartphone...in time it became very slow.

—Ako sa vzdelávate, aby ste robili lepšie fotografie?

—I am going to workshops, I shoot and read a lot (books, articles, others experiences).

—Koho práca vás ovplyvnila najviac ako fotografa?

—When I started wedding photography the very first photographer that influenced my work was Fer Juaristi.

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

—I wish I knew how to free my mind. I was very stressed about tehnical stuff.

—Čo by ste chceli povedať cez vaše fotografie?

—I belive all about wedding photography is about people. I've seen a lot of photographers wasting their time during the wedding day taking pictures of the rings, wedding dress and other stuff like this while people let go their emotions.I want to show with my photographs how my clients felt their wedding day.

—Čo vás motivuje v ďalšom fotografovaní?

—My couples!

—Mali byť vaši rodičia menej alebo viac prísni?

—They did not like me to do the mistakes they did in the past. They realized later that my life is not their life.

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

—I am happy with my actual life. If there's one thing I could ask if I go back in time its my today's mind.

—Čo tak život na druhých planétach?

—I belive in aliens!

—Kto sú vaši hrdinovia?

—My mother, my father and my fiance.

—Kto nemá u vás žiadny rešpekt?

—I have no respect for people who do not respect humanity, for people who do not respect me and for lazy people.

—Akú vašu tvár nikdy neukazujte na verejnosti?

—Actually If I am answering to this question there won't be an unseen part of me.

—Kedy ste úplne spokojní s vašou prácou?

—When my clients are very happy.

—Veríte v tradičné role mužov a žien?

—I belive in balance.

—Získavate ľahko nových priateľov?

—No, I am an introvert.

—Existuje život po svadbe?

—I don't know yet, as soon as I find I will edit this answer. :-D

—Máte radi psy alebo mačky?

—I like almost all forms of life. To answer your question, I prefer dogs.

—Najlepšia vec v živote je:

—To always do what you like.

—Najviac znepokojujúca vec v živote je:

—To be forced to do what you don't like.

—Čo by ste chceli zmeniť na sebe?

—I would like to change my anger management.

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

—Be stubborn and never give up.

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

—I will tell them I always belived they exist!

—Ak by ste mali natočiť film, aký žáner by to bol?

—Comedy or drama.

—Zajtra pôjdem a urobím...

—...wedding photography. It's saturday!