Photographer Tatsiana Avakyan

—Unang una sa lahat - sino ang papangalanan mo na pinakamahusay na photographer sa Gothenburg, Sweden? :)

—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.

—Ikaw ba ay photogenic?

—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.

—Paano ka nagsimula sa industriya ng photography?

—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.

—Ano ang mga mahahalagang bahagi ng isang magandang larawan sa iyong opinyon?

—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.

—Mahilig ka ba maglakbay?

—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.

—Ano ang pinakagusto mo sa iyong propesyon?

—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.

—Ano ang hindi mo gusto sa iyong propesyon?

—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.

—Ano ang magiging kinabukasan ng photography?

—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.

—Ano ang espesyal sa kategorya ng photography kung saan ka dalubhasa?

—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.

—Paano ka tumatanggap ng pagpuna?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Mayroon bang mga trend ang photography?

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

—Ano ang dapat na pamantayan ng isang customer sa pagpili ng photographer?

—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.

—Ano ang mga bagay na dapat iwasan kapag kumukuha ng larawan?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Ano ang mga detalye na kadalasan ay hindi napapansin na napapansin ng photographer?

—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.

—Ano ang mga umiimpluwensya sa kahalagahan ng isang larawan? Ano ang mga element nito?

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

—Sinong tao ang sumisimbolo sa ika-21 siglo sa iyong opinyon?

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

—Sino ang gusto mong kuhaan?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Sino ang nagbibigay inspirasyon sa iyong buhay at bakit?

—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

—Paano mo binibigyang kahulugan ang tagumpay? Paano mo tinitimbang ito?

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

—Kapag ikaw ay naglalakbay, ano ang dinadala mo at bakit?

—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!

—Mayroon ka bang kahilingan na hindi mo pa nabibili maliban sa mga gadget na mayroon ka? Bakit?

—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.

—Paano mo tinuturuan ang sarili mo na kumuha ng mas magagandang mga larawan?

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

—Ano ang isang bagay na nais mong malaman noong nagumpisa ka sa pagkuha ng mga larawan?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Ano ang nag-uudyok sa iyo na ipagpatuloy ang pagkuha ng mga larawan?

—Willingness to improve!

—Kung maaari mong balikan ang nakaraan, ano ang babaguhin mo?

—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.

—Paano naman ang buhay sa ibang mga planeta?

—Hell's yeah!

—Kailan ka ganap na nasisiyahan sa iyong trabaho?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Naniniwala ka ba sa tradisyunal na mga papel para mga sa lalaki at babae?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Ano ang pinakamangmang na bagay na sinang-ayunan mong gawin?

—I have done too many!

—Mayroon bang buhay pagkatapos ng kasal?

—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.

—Ang pinakamahalagang bagay sa buhay ay:

—People who surround me.

—Ano ang nais mong baguhin sa mundo?

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

—Maaari ka bang magbigay ng mga tip para sa mga photographer na nagsisimula pa lamang?

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

—Kung ang mga alien ay pumunta sa Earth at ikaw ang una nilang makikilala, ano ang sasabihin mo sakanila?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Bukas ako pupunta at gagawa...

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