Fotoğrafçı Tatsiana Avakyan

—Her şey bir yana sizce en iyi fotoğrafçısı şehrinizde kimdir? :)

—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.

—Fotojenik olduğunuzu düşünüyor musunuz?

—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.

—Fotoğrafçılık endüstrisine nasıl giriş yaptınız?

—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.

—Sizce iyi bir fotoğrafın en önemli bileşenleri nelerdir?

—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.

—Seyahat etmeyi sever misiniz?

—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.

—Mesleğinizle ilgili en sevdiğiniz şey nedir?

—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.

—Mesleğinizin en zor tarafı nedir?

—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.

—Fotoğrafçılığının geleceği konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—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.

—Uzmanlaştığınız fotoğrafçılık türünü özel kılan şey nedir?

—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.

—Eleştiriler karşısında yaklaşımınız nasıl oluyor?

—Constructive criticism is they key to improvement!

—Fotoğrafçılığı ile ilgili yeni trendler var mı?

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

—Müşteriler fotoğrafçı seçerken ne gibi kriterleri göz önünde bulundurmalıdırlar?

—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.

—Fotoğraf çekimi sırasında kesinlikle izin vermeyeceğiniz şeyler nelerdir?

—Ruining the moment to get a picture!

—Bir fotoğrafçı diğerlerinin görmediği hangi detayları yakalayabilir?

—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.

—Fotoğrafın değerini belirleyen şey nedir? Ne gibi unsurları vardır?

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

—Sizce 21. yüzyılın sembolü kim olabilir?

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

—Kimi fotoğraflamak istersiniz?

—Grace Jones is number 1 on my list

—Hayatınızda size ilham veren birisi var mı? Neden?

—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

—Kısaca başarıyı tanımlar mısınız? Başarıyı nasıl ölçersiniz?

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

—Bir seyahate giderken yanınıza alacağınız şey nedir? Niçin?

—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!

—Kullandığınız cihazlar arasında keşke satın almasaydım dediğiniz bir cihaz var mı? Neden?

—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.

—Daha iyi fotoğraflar çekmek adına kendinizi nasıl geliştiriyorsunuz?

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

—Fotoğraf çekmeye başladığınızda bilmeyi istediğiniz en önemli şey nedir?

—Business and marketing, boring but useful!

—Neler fotoğraf çekme arzunuzu motive ediyor?

—Willingness to improve!

—Geçmişe gidebilseydin neyi değiştirmeyi isterdin?

—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.

—Diğer gezegenlerde de yaşam olduğunu düşünüyor musunuz?

—Hell's yeah!

—Şu ana kadar tam olarak tatmin olduğun bir çalışma oldu mu?

—When reality exceeded my expectations.

—Kadınların ve erkeklerin geleneksel rolleri hakkında neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—I believe in gender equality!

—Kesinlikle yapmayı kabul etmediğiniz en aptalca şey nedir?

—I have done too many!

—Evlilik sonrası hayat konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—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.

—Hayatınızdaki en iyi şey:

—People who surround me.

—Dünyadaki neleri değiştirmek isterdiniz?

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

—Fotoğrafçılığına yeni başlayanlar için birkaç ipucu verebilirsiniz?

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

—Uzaylılar dünyaya gelse ve onların karşısına çıkan ilk kişi siz olsanız, onlara ne derdiniz?

—''May I take a picture of you?''

—Yarın yapacağım...

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