Fotoğrafçı Graziano Guerini

—Fotojenik olduğunuzu düşünüyor musunuz?

—mmm...I don't think so :D

—Fotoğrafçılık endüstrisine nasıl giriş yaptınız?

—Probably in the same way of most of us: a friend asked me to shoot his wedding, then, since I had already a big passion about photography, after I saw that I enjoyed a lot to capture real moments, I decided to follow that path (step by step).

—Sizce iyi bir fotoğrafın en önemli bileşenleri nelerdir?

—I think there is not an exact answer, everyone likes a photo because of many reasons, also personal reasons given by personal taste.
Personally, using of course a good technique, I aim to capture always the emotions, the real moments, that's what really matters in a perfect service in my opinion.
And in the Creative Sessions I aim to create beautiful photos, so I take care of the esthetique by following my personal sense of taste, but always trying to give some emotions to the viewers.
Also controlling lights and shadows is very important, often essential.

—Seyahat etmeyi sever misiniz?

—Yes, I love to see new places and to change the wedding locations too :) shooting weddings in different countries, with different traditions, it's very interesting.
But I travel also just for myself, obviously.

—Mesleğinizle ilgili en sevdiğiniz şey nedir?

—What I said before, shooting weddings in different countries, with different traditions, it's very interesting, and we often work between Austria, Italy and Hungary, but not only.
And this job allows me to meet new people, of course, and this is also a beautiful side of being a wedding photographer.
And being able to give to these people memories they will be joyful to watch in the future, well, that makes me proud.

—Mesleğinizin en zor tarafı nedir?

—Maybe the marketing part, it's a ton of work which is hidden to the eyes of most of the clients, and to be honest is not so great and fun like shooting photos :) but that's part of this job too, and must be done.
I also don't like the envy and malice that some photographers have of others colleagues, I think everyone should just think about giving his best, and caring only about to improve, continuously.

—Fotoğrafçılığının geleceği konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—I don't know.
Let's see, let's work at our best, and let's be ready for all the developments in this profession :)

—Uzmanlaştığınız fotoğrafçılık türünü özel kılan şey nedir?

—To me, being the direct witness of great emotions, and not only: I'm the one in charge to capture those moments, it's a big responsability, and a honour too.

—Eleştiriler karşısında yaklaşımınız nasıl oluyor?

—It depends on how much competent is who criticize me :D jokes apart, I'm always studying, always trying new things, and always following photographers whose works I love, and I'm always ready to learn from them.
There is always to learn something new, and there is always someone who can teach me something.
So, I usually accept critics if well reasoned, or at least I reflect on them.

—Fotoğrafçılığı ile ilgili yeni trendler var mı?

—Trends are going and coming continuously, but beautiful photos always remain, forever, and that's what matters.
I don't really care about trends, even if I take a look at them. But yes, definitely there are trends, like in about everything else.

—Müşteriler fotoğrafçı seçerken ne gibi kriterleri göz önünde bulundurmalıdırlar?

—I always say to people: "look my portfolio, also the full works, and if you feel something when you are watching my photos, then I'm the photographer you are looking for".
My photos will be the only memories of their best day, they must be absolutely sure that my style fits perfectly with their taste.

—Fotoğraf çekimi sırasında kesinlikle izin vermeyeceğiniz şeyler nelerdir?

—The photographer must not become the protagonist of the scene, and he/she must always remember that it's not his/her wedding, but the bride and groom's wedding.
In few words, the photographer must not be intrusive.

—Bir fotoğrafçı diğerlerinin görmediği hangi detayları yakalayabilir?

—A lot of details.
And as we know, details are what make the difference.

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

—Again, details: the light, the composition, a natural smile, real tears, perfect moments, emotions.

—Kimi fotoğraflamak istersiniz?

—I don't have a specific answer, in every people there can be a cool subject.

—Mesleğinizle ilgili tabularınız var mı?

—In wedding photography probably not.

—Birlikte fotoğraf çekmek istediğiniz birisi var mı?

—There are so many great colleagues, that it's hard to choose just one name.
Probably Ben Chrisman could be the name, and Daniele Vertelli too.

—Hangi konularda endişeleriniz var ve neden?

—I'm quite skeptical about the global politics of the last years, I think the world is not going in a good direction.

—Hayatınızda sizi en çok etkileyen an?

—When I married my wife.

—Hayatınızda size ilham veren birisi var mı? Neden?

—No one, honestly I never had models and I never needed models.

—Kısaca başarıyı tanımlar mısınız? Başarıyı nasıl ölçersiniz?

—About my job, a good measure is when many couples suggest me to other friends, it means I did my job as I wanted, perfectly :)

—Beğenilmeyi mi yoksa saygınlığı mı tercih edersiniz?

—First of all respected, then if I'm also liked...perfect :D

—Bugüne kadar işinizle ilgili yaptığınız en büyük hatanız nedir?

—Sometimes I'm so concentrated about the work, that I forget the grooms' names :D luckily there is always my wife next to me to remind me the names

—Bir seyahate giderken yanınıza alacağınız şey nedir? Niçin?

—A camera, to take photos of course :D
And a list of good and trustworthy places where to eat...I'm italian :D

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

—Probably there are some things which are not essential, but I use everything, some things more often than others, but no "regrets".

—Daha iyi fotoğraflar çekmek adına kendinizi nasıl geliştiriyorsunuz?

—Mostly I follow the works of other colleagues whose style I love, and compare my works with theirs.
Also the contests in the various wedding photography associations I'm member of are a good way to measure your level.
But as a wedding photographer with a photojournalist approach, I follow also the works of the big names in photojournalism: McCurry, Koudelka, Salgado, Güler, Erwitt and so on...there is a lot to learn from them, that is very useful at weddings.

—Bir fotoğrafçısı olarak çalışmalarından en çok etkilendiğiniz kişi kimdir?

—Who made me discover the beauty of wedding photography, I mean, an artistic type of wedding photography, where emotions are mixed to creativity and both are perfectly in balance to each others, it was Ben Chrisman.
When I saw his works for the first time, I was amazed (and I'm still nowadays, I always follow his new works), he showed me something I never saw before.
Then of course everyone has to follow his path, and has to create an own style.

—Fotoğraf çekmeye başladığınızda bilmeyi istediğiniz en önemli şey nedir?

—That there is so much "hidden work": marketing, emails, equipment cares and upgrades, etc...a lot of time for that :)

—Fotoğraflarınızda neleri anlatmak istersiniz?

—I want to show my point of view.
I always do what I like. And I like emotions, so I like to capture the emotions, and to show those photos to my couples: it's always great to see their happiness when they see it.

—Neler fotoğraf çekme arzunuzu motive ediyor?

—The fact I can express my creativity, the fact that my work can make happy other people also after many years.

—Ailem daha otoriter veya daha özgürlükçü olmalıydı diye hiç düşündünüz mü?

—They have been ok when I was small, even too gentle :)

—Geçmişe gidebilseydin neyi değiştirmeyi isterdin?

—Maybe I would have started before with photography.
But probably I wouldn't change nothing, there is always a reason why things happen in a specific way.

—Diğer gezegenlerde de yaşam olduğunu düşünüyor musunuz?

—Why not? The universe is so big, so there could be another similar planet between the other billions :)

—Herhangi bir kahramanınız var mı?

—As I said, no heroes.
People I admire yes, but no heroes.

—Kime saygı duymazsınız?

—For ignorant people pretending to know and judge the things they clearly don't know nothing about, and inside the photography world for photographers that are taking care more to do "blablabla" and talking behind back of other colleagues casting in a bad light the colleagues' works rather than caring about to improve the quality of their own works.
Unfortunately there are many doing so, especially on the social networks (but there are also great people too between my colleagues, thanks God! And I have to say that Mywed gave me the possibility to get in contact with many great colleagues and great people).
But the correct word I would use is "I don't like", and not "I have no respect".

—Boş zamanlarınızda neler yaparsınız?

—I love cooking, I go running, mountain biking, fishing.

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

—Probably I'm never completely satisfied, I'm quite critic with myself, so there is always something I would do to improve something later.

—Kadınların ve erkeklerin geleneksel rolleri hakkında neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—No.

—İnsanlarla hemen arkadaş olabilir misiniz?

—I'm not so extroverse as not-italians usually expect from italians, but if I like a person I'm getting friendly quite soon :)

—Nerede yaşamayı isterdiniz?

—Now I'm not in Italy, the life took me somewhere else, but being close to it makes me feel ok :) I don't want to go far, Europe is good for me, especially the southern/central part :)

—Evlilik sonrası hayat konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—It seems so :D

—Kedileri veya köpekleri sever misiniz?

—Yes, I think I have a special attraction on them, they become my friends almost instantly :)

—Hayatınızdaki en iyi şey:

—Life itself.

—Hayatınızdaki en sinir bozucu şey:

—Annoying people and know-it-all people.

—Çevrenizde değiştirmek istediğiniz bir şeyler var mı?

—Well, winning the lottery would be nice :D but jokes apart, no, around me everything it's ok as it is :)

—Dünyadaki neleri değiştirmek isterdiniz?

—Is this Miss Universe contest? :D
Do you know how many problems there are in the world? I should write an endless list.

—Fotoğrafçılığına yeni başlayanlar için birkaç ipucu verebilirsiniz?

—Watch, study and follow the works of the "big names".
Learn the technique and the "rules". Then, when you have the technique, you must experience, break also the rules, try, try, and try new things.
Never think that you "arrived", that you learned everything.
Develop your style. Use your ideas. Be yourself. And do what you like.

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

—Probably they don't speak my language :D But I'm italian, just with my hands I can say everything :D

—Sizden bir film çekmeniz istenseydi, bu ne tür bir film olurdu?

—A commedy, or an action movie.

—Yarın yapacağım...

—..."the same thing we do every night Pinky...try to take over the world" :DDD