Nhiếp ảnh gia Samuel Virginie

—Bạn có ăn ảnh không?

—Hahaha...Part of the team is;)
Try to find which one;)

—Bạn bước chân vào nghề chụp ảnh như thế nào?

—One day, we have decided to leave our country, 7 years ago now and go to New Zealand : need some fresh air, need a "new beginning" (what's better than Aotearoa for that), find yourself into a perfect lost in translation atmosphere and be into the wild.Our fascination for landscapes and wildlife was so satisfied in that place and our life so different from what we had in France, we decided to take the risk to do what we love: Photos, as our full-time job!Life drove us then in Moorea, Tahiti and Bora Bora when we stayed for 4 years and where we win our first International Awards for wedding and honeymoon photography.Now, we are based in Victoria, in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The West Coast is incredible, wild and changes constantly. We serve destination and of course all our island.

—Theo ý kiến của bạn, những thành phần nào là quan trọng nhất của một bức ảnh đẹp?

—Capture THE moment! The moment you can't create after, the real smile, real laugh, real tears, real emotion!:)
And to pass from a good photo to a beautiful photo we think the most important is the angle, the composition of the photo, find the original point of view, the nicer light or colors that's sort of things. We don't follow trends and Instagram new filters or buy new presets to be like others. We are first of all Artists, not businessman.

—Bạn có yêu thích du lịch không?

—Of course, who doesn't like that!
More than just traveling a week or two, we like experimenting new areas by living there for a while. For now, we used to live in 5 different countries and islands over 4 continents. It's really interesting to cross different people, religions, ways to live.

—Điều bạn thích nhất trong nghề của mình là gì?

—Meet new people! We love ear about how the couple met, what's they want to do in the future, and we begin friends every time!:) It's so great to be the witness of their special event!We love our work cause every time it's different: different people with different background from different countries, different styles, it gives a lot of inspiration. We also love to create these images that come on our mind and launch a new concept by talking to each other (my husband and I as we work together). No way to propose always same poses etc... We have to create.

—Điều bạn không thích nhất trong nghề của mình là gì?

—Hours behind my computer to communicate (not with people but with updating, social media, submit work on blogs...) We prefer to email my customer or chat with them directly and think about our shoot, be behind our camera;)
We hate the fact that Photography is not nowadays a work but a hobby. It's a hard job which requests a lot of time to understand what is photography.

—Tương lai của nghề chụp ảnh sẽ như thế nào?

—Hard to say! Nowadays, you can cover a wedding with a phone so...
For our part, we forget the idea to think about that and we focus on the present.

—Bạn có chuyên môn đặc biệt về thể loại ảnh nào?

—You can't miss the wedding and can't lose a piece of this event! That's a lot of pressure if you think like that, but it's that! We always think we want to offer to the bride and groom the perfect souvenir ever and some pieces they had not seen too. Wedding photos it's a lot of emotions too, you have to let your heart live the moment as well to provide emotional photos. Not thinking you are at work.

—Thái độ của bạn trước những lời phê bình như thế nào?

—Criticism, if it's from people who care about photos, is always good and permit to grow up!

—Có bất kỳ xu hướng nào trong ngành nhiếp ảnh không?

—Of course there are. Light, compo, specific moment, we can really see some difference from a year to another. It's nice to get inspired by that and it's also important to stay as you are without to copy or imitate someone.

—Khách hàng nên có tiêu chí nào để lựa chọn nhiếp ảnh gia?

—Two things : the style of photography (bride and groom need to be in love with photos of the photographers, they need to feel something, they need to laugh, to say omgthat'sacrazyamazingphoto etc) and the feeling with the photographer during chat and meetings. Cause they will spend the most memorable day of their life with him/her.

—Cần tránh những điều gì khi chụp ảnh?

—To have "paparazzis" all around you, constantly. That's not good for bride and groom who feel on stress cause they realize their Photographer can't work properly.

—Những chi tiết nào thường bị bỏ qua mà một nhiếp ảnh gia lại để ý?

—Light, color, beauty of simple things (a detail on the dress, the hands of grand ma, the smile of a kid, ...)
Anticipate the moment.
The camera angle, not to be afraid to be wet or dirty and go on the ground or on the top of something to find the best angle.
Understand people, immediately find who they are and what people have more beautiful, how they are photogenic cause everybody is!

—Cái gì ảnh hưởng tới giá trị của một tấm ảnh? Giá trị gồm các yếu tố nào?

—The authenticity (this includes emotion) and the composition (this include the part of Art)

—Bạn muốn chụp ai?

—People in love, again and again, from all around the World.

—Bạn lo lắng điều gì, và tại sao?

—With new social media, we feel Photography begin to change a lot...

—Khoảnh khắc ấn tượng nhất trong đời bạn là gì?

—You speak about personal life or work?Personal : was to swim in the middle of 200 wild dolphins in New Zealand.Work : obtain Permanent Residency in Canada thanks to our work and recognization.

—Ai truyền cảm hứng cho bạn trong đời và tại sao?

—People who live with the smile even if life is hard, people who don't need too much to be happy, people who don't envy nobody and nothing but just live their life. Artists who continue their passion even if it's hard.

—Bạn định nghĩa thành công là gì? Bạn đo lường thành công như thế nào?

—The success is not necessarily to win lot of awards and be published in all magazines as this depends more of your communication ability than your skills but the success is to make all your customers happy and to comfort them on their choice! To received some news from them even after 2 or 3 years.

—Sai lầm lớn nhất của bạn trong công việc là gì?

—Said the truth about commission hotel asked for Photographer and fees entrance we have to pay to our clients...

—Khi đi du lịch, bạn mang theo những thứ gì và tại sao?

—Camera of course, a bag to hike, good shoes to walk, and travel as light as we can.

—Bạn tự học cách chụp ảnh như thế nào?

—We try to watch as much as we can photography on magazines, books, photography website but also go on exhibition, see different kind of Arts like painting, dansing.... . I'm not a big fan of Photoshop, we work with Lightroom of course but we don't want to become more illustrator than photographer. We prefer to find the good way behind my camera than behind my computer, don't want to create rain for example, I want the real rain, if there is no rain, it's not to me to do that. So we try to experimente by ourself new effect, with material, angle etc...Also as we work in team we like criticism the work of the other and it's helpful:)

—Tác phẩm của ai gây ảnh hưởng nhiều nhất với bạn khi làm nhiếp ảnh gia?

—I begin photos when I was 12 and more deeply when I was 16. It was not wedding photo and I worked alone. Nowadays, I can call friends some of the more famous Wedding Photographers of the World and they have an impact for sure on our way to see photography.

—Bạn muốn nói điều gì với những tấm ảnh của mình?

—We want people feel something.

—Động lực nào khiến bạn tiếp tục chụp ảnh?

—It's our passion, how can I stop my passion?I don't need other motivation to continue photos!

—Nếu bạn có thể du hành ngược thời gian, bạn sẽ làm điều gì khác đi?

—Begin photos as full time work before.

—Cuộc sống trên các hành tinh khác như thế nào?

—I'm curious, why not?
But I'm more concern about life in our planet we are going to completely lost...I prefer government put their money to save our planet before to explore other places...We have to find solution to fix our mess.

—Ai là người hùng của bạn?

—People who fight for a best world, against animal traffic, against starvation, against child abuse, sometimes alone...
Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey,Warris Diries...

—Bạn không tôn trọng ai?

—Racist, greed, extremist.

—Bạn làm gì trong thời gian rỗi?

—Hiking, snorkeling, time with our dog – enjoy life with my husband!
And spending time with our friends. Laugh, eat and enjoy as much as we can.

—Khía cạnh nào trong con người bạn mà người ngoài không bao giờ thấy?

—"The dark side" Sorry, I can't resist!

—Bạn có tin vào các vai trò truyền thống của nam giới và phụ nữ không?

—Traditional where? That's the first question!
We think people are free to do what they want in their own life, we will never judge.

—Bạn có dễ dàng kết bạn không?

—With humor I guess and our terrible French accent perhaps;)

—Bạn muốn sống ở đâu?

—We are good where we are. We are Permanent Resident of Canada now. We have just to explore this amazing country and continent but we are good staying there.

—Cuộc sống sau hôn nhân có tốt không?

—Of course! It's just the beginning! And a good excuse to make anniversary! :)

—Bạn có câu đùa yêu thích nào không? Hãy kể cho chúng tôi.

—I need to mummer, it's about a camel.... :)

—Bạn thích chó hay mèo?

—Ask to Matari our dog and our Duchesse (cat of course)

—Điều tốt đẹp nhất trong cuộc sống là:

—The life.

—Điều khó chịu nhất trong cuộc sống là:

—The dark side of humans, fact they need always more...and maybe now social media.

—Bạn muốn thay đổi điều gì trên thế giới?

—So many things....

—Bạn có thể đưa ra vài lời khuyên cho các nhiếp ảnh gia vừa mới bắt đầu không?

—Ask yourserlf why you want to do that?

—Nếu người ngoài hành tinh đến Trái đất và bạn là người đầu tiên họ gặp, bạn sẽ cho họ biết những gì?

—First of all : Why are you here guys?:) I will show you how beautiful is our earth! Let me come into your flight thing I'm sure we can go from France to Japan in only 2mn that's so cool! Hep, let's me try your laser, just once! The blue one!

—Nếu bạn được mời quay một bộ phim, đó sẽ là thể loại nào?

—A kung fu movie.

—Ngày mai tôi sẽ đi làm...

—Be relax about the future