攝影師 Wade Conway

—首先─您認為誰是德本, 南非最優秀的攝影師呢？ :)

—Jacqui Bruniquel

—您上相嗎？

—No

—您如何開始從事攝影行業？

—My wife started wedding photography and one day I sat at a coffee shop and waited til she finished, which was 9 hours! I said never again and decided to get involved.

—您認為一張好照片裡最重要的元素有哪些？

—Texture, the subject and location

—您熱愛旅行嗎？

—Yes

—您最喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—Travel and working outdoors

—您最不喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—Designing albums and tax returns

—攝影的前景如何？

—I imagine it would be holograms or virtual reality.

—您擅長的攝影類型有什麼特別之處？

—We shoot a culture of love. It is all about love and focused on family, friends and the couple themselves.

—您如何應對批評？

—Bad!. I have a salty time mulling over my mistakes.

—攝影有什麼潮流？

—Plenty. Just depends on the client

—客戶選擇攝影師的標準有哪些？

—Experience and do they fit your style? Is that how you want to see yourself in photos?

—拍攝時應該避免哪些事項？

—Direct Flash. Softer lighting is key.

—通常不會被注意，但攝影師卻能留意的細節有哪些呢？

—Emotion. Moments. Look for moments even when you get bored.

—什麼事物會影響照片的價值？它包含了哪些因素？

—Moments, location and light.

—您認為哪個人可以被視為21世紀的代表人物？

—Gabe McClintoch

—您想拍誰？

—I would love to shoot Miss South Africa or Miss Universe

—您有任何職業禁忌嗎？

—Not yet

—您想和誰一起拍攝？

—Ed Peers or Brett Florens

—您會擔心什麼？為什麼？

—When my camera's shutter breaks or any equipment breaks on site. If that happens then your heart is in your throat. @#$%^^ What now?!

—您人生中印象最深刻的一刻是什麼？

—The day I saw my son's birth.

—如果您是個卡通、小說或電影角色，您想成為誰？為什麼？

—Mickey Mouse

—誰能在生命中激發您的靈感？為什麼？

—My wife

—您如何定義成功？您會怎麼衡量它？

—Been able to work for yourself, provide for your family and go on holidays.

—您是希望被喜愛或是被景仰呢？

—Respected. Don't care what people think of me.

—您在工作上犯過最大的錯誤是什麼？

—Having a client say she is disappointed in me.

—當您要去旅行時，您會帶什麼？為什麼？

—My guitar. Helps ease my mind when stressed.

—在您擁有的物品中，有任何您希望沒買過的嗎？為什麼？

—My tripod. Never really needed it.

—您如何學習拍出更好的照片呢？

—Learn from other photographers and watch youtube.

—身為攝影師，誰的作品對您影響最大？

—Jacqui Bruniquel's work. She is very creative!

—哪件事是您希望從開始拍照時就知道的？

—Learn the business side of photography

—您想用自己的照片說些什麼？

—I like to tell the story of the couple and try and bring out or portray their personalities.

—讓您持續拍照的動力是什麼？

—The satisfaction of getting praises from my clients.

—您的雙親應該更加或是更不嚴厲呢？

—More

—如果能回到過去，您會有什麼不同舉動呢？

—Start photography earlier. Got more degrees in it.

—您對在其他星球上的生命有什麼看法呢？

—Absolutely! God.

—誰是您的英雄？

—Any person who speaks the truth.

—您不重視誰？

—Lots but don't want to shame them.

—您空閒時會做些什麼？

—On the guitar

—您的哪一面是公眾不曾看到過的？

—My singing abilities and my mistakes.

—您什麼時候會對自己的作品完全滿意？

—When I get accepted for awards and get to feature on blogs.

—您認可男女性的傳統角色嗎？

—Yes

—您容易交到朋友嗎？

—Yes

—您希望在哪裡生活？

—Australia

—您曾同意嘗試過最愚蠢的事是什麼？

—Work for free

—結婚後還有人生嗎？

—Yes

—您有最愛的笑話嗎？請告訴我們。

—I am not a funny man. Very dry

—您喜歡狗還是貓？

—Both

—您討厭誰或什麼？

—Noooooo...... Maybe asparagus

—人生中最棒的事是：

—My wife and 2 sons and God.

—人生中最煩人的事是：

—Politics

—您的周圍有任何您想改變的事情嗎？

—Crime and the economy

—您希望改變自己的哪一點？

—Be a great listener

—您希望改變世界的哪些方面？

—I would change people hating each other

—您能為新進攝影師提供一些建議嗎？

—Shoot shoot and shoot some more. Practice makes perfect. Not your expensive camera!

—如果外星人來到地球，而您是他們第一個遇見的人，您會跟他們說什麼？

—ET Go Home!

—如果您被邀請去拍攝電影，那會是什麼類型的電影呢？

—Drama

—明天我會去做...

—Wake Up, Send kids to school, make coffee and do some blogging....