攝影師 Richard Richard Linnett

—首先─您認為誰是切斯特, 英國最優秀的攝影師呢？ :)

—I am one of the best, please read the reviews!

—您上相嗎？

—Occasionally, but there are not many I appear in!

—您如何開始從事攝影行業？

—My brothers wedding was the first time someone asked me to photograph their wedding, over 25 years ago.

—您認為一張好照片裡最重要的元素有哪些？

—The people. If the people are engaged in the image, perhaps through eye contact, or if they are focused on what they are thinking or doing it, comes through.

—您熱愛旅行嗎？

—Absolutely! The month we spent in California and the west this year was epic!

—您最喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—When people see the picture and share the way I see it.

—您最不喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—Equipment breakdown and carry spares.

—攝影的前景如何？

—Immersive experiences are coming.

—您擅長的攝影類型有什麼特別之處？

—It is that you will probably spend all day and more with the bride and groom and you will get to know them.

—您如何應對批評？

—I listen, reflect, discuss and develop.

—攝影有什麼潮流？

—Yes, but an outstanding picture remains outstanding regardless of time and fashion.

—客戶選擇攝影師的標準有哪些？

—Personable – will the photographer get on with everyone including me? Having a wedding photograph taken should be a joy, fun, never a chore.

—拍攝時應該避免哪些事項？

—Disregard for people's feelings.

—通常不會被注意，但攝影師卻能留意的細節有哪些呢？

—Those looks from bridesmaids and others when they do not notice you are there.

—什麼事物會影響照片的價值？它包含了哪些因素？

—Personal meaning. When a picture captures that feeling or thought and becomes part of the memory.

—您認為哪個人可以被視為21世紀的代表人物？

—Still Martin Luther King.

—您想拍誰？

—Barrack Obama.

—您有任何職業禁忌嗎？

—The 'wharp' too.

—您想和誰一起拍攝？

—Oona my wife.

—您會擔心什麼？為什麼？

—The fear of being delayed getting to a venue. Working out how much 'safety' time to allow.

—您人生中印象最深刻的一刻是什麼？

—Getting married and the subsequent birth of my two sons.

—如果您是個卡通、小說或電影角色，您想成為誰？為什麼？

—Rick from Casablanca.

—誰能在生命中激發您的靈感？為什麼？

—Oona my wife.

—您如何定義成功？您會怎麼衡量它？

—Having the confidence that what I do is very good.

—您是希望被喜愛或是被景仰呢？

—Impossible to answer – we all need both.

—您在工作上犯過最大的錯誤是什麼？

—Not listen to clients closely enough.

—當您要去旅行時，您會帶什麼？為什麼？

—My Nikon camera. Feel incomplete without it.

—在您擁有的物品中，有任何您希望沒買過的嗎？為什麼？

—Too many watches that did not last a year!

—您如何學習拍出更好的照片呢？

—Listening to clients, if you do not meet their needs you have not succeeded.

—身為攝影師，誰的作品對您影響最大？

—Too many.

—哪件事是您希望從開始拍照時就知道的？

—People jounalism, capturing people's story in words as well as pictures.

—您想用自己的照片說些什麼？

—That life is worthwhile and people can be fulfilled.

—讓您持續拍照的動力是什麼？

—Enthusiasm for a wonderful medium.

—您的雙親應該更加或是更不嚴厲呢？

—Parents should be loving, the challenge for them is when to be strict and when to be more relaxed.

—如果能回到過去，您會有什麼不同舉動呢？

—Be more confident that I was actually better at what I did than I thought at the time. Less troubled by criticiim and more able to react positively.

—您對在其他星球上的生命有什麼看法呢？

—Absolutely, me for a start. If 'it' lives here it will be living in other places too.

—誰是您的英雄？

—Oona my partner in life, 'soulmates'.

—您不重視誰？

—President Trump.

—您空閒時會做些什麼？

—Photographing and travelling.

—您的哪一面是公眾不曾看到過的？

—I am a pretty open person, what you see is what you get. I am usually guarded about reacting to a first impression.

—您什麼時候會對自己的作品完全滿意？

—When the client is.

—您認可男女性的傳統角色嗎？

—No.

—您容易交到朋友嗎？

—Not close friends.

—您希望在哪裡生活？

—Chester.

—您曾同意嘗試過最愚蠢的事是什麼？

—Ride a toddlers bicycle.

—結婚後還有人生嗎？

—Yes. I have been fortunate to be happily married for 28 years.

—您有最愛的笑話嗎？請告訴我們。

—If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?

—您喜歡狗還是貓？

—Dogs.

—您討厭誰或什麼？

—hate is too strong, would like to talk to such people and spend a bit of time finding out why they are the way they are.

—人生中最棒的事是：

—Other people, family and friends.

—人生中最煩人的事是：

—People's carelessness.

—您的周圍有任何您想改變的事情嗎？

—Right now it is the government!

—您希望改變自己的哪一點？

—To spend less time being thoughtless.

—您希望改變世界的哪些方面？

—That people work much more cooperatively for the common good.

—您能為新進攝影師提供一些建議嗎？

—Remember brides and grooms are people not subjects.

—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？

—We are not all as bad as you might have heard.

—如果您被邀請去拍攝電影，那會是什麼類型的電影呢？

—Film noire.

—明天我會去做...

—Attend a wedding?!