摄影师Annabelle Agnew

—首先——您能否指出谁是来自蒙特利尔, 加拿大的最优秀的摄影师？:)

—Excluding myself, I admire the work of a lot of talented photographers globally. In Montreal: Brent Calis, Laura Regev, Ella Mack & Micheal Beaulieu are some of my favorites. In Ottawa: Agatha Rowland, Joel & Justyna, Rubicon and Age of Indie.

—您上相吗？

—At the right angles and if I'm not being a goof... yes.

—您是如何进入摄影行业的？

—My mother is a painter, my step-father a theatrical and architectural lighting designer. I was surrounded by art, artists, and so forth my entire life. My mother's best friend is a professional photographer and I remember taking my first "real" photograph at 8 years old with my mother's Olympus Rangefinder. Even then... it was a very circuitous route, even after I got my BFA in Photography at Concordia. But I am very certain of my path now that I found it.

—在您看来，一张好的照片最重要的组成部分有哪些？

—Light is the most important — then composition. After that comes artistry and understanding how your settings can capture moments that evoke how they felt. Sharpness and bright lighting are over-rated and feel unnatural to me a lot of the time.

—您热爱旅行吗？

—Yes. Adore it. One of my favorite trips that I ever took was to Nicaragua. We go to Ireland (at least prior to the pandemic) yearly because my husband is from there. The last place we traveled to prior to the pandemic was Mexico.

—对于您的职业，您最喜欢什么地方？

—I love that what I do captures some of the most important moments of a clients' lifetime and that the history of that photo will shift over time to mean different things. I know how valuable my family photo albums have been for me and that's my driving force for every wedding I photograph.

—对于您的职业，您最不喜欢什么地方？

—I'm a workaholic, it's hard to turn my brain off and find balance, being passionate about my craft verges on obsessive. It's important to hit pause, look back and appreciate work that I have done and so I've learned to do this — rest is equally important to make good work.

—摄影的前景如何？

—Just like anything else, it will evolve and yet it's essence will remain the same.

—您专长的摄影风格有什么特别？

—I'm not sure I understand this question.

—您如何应对批评？

—I went to art school where our work was critiqued daily — so I am open to it and frankly wish I heard it more often now in my professional life. It's important to get external feedback in order to grow. That said, I am probably my own worst critic.

—摄影有什么趋势？

—Lots of them. A lot of photographers buy presets and apply them to their work – I find this makes their work all look the same. The standouts always have a strong sense of color, light, composition and a connection with their subjects.

—客户选择摄影师时应该遵循什么标准？

—Connect with the work and the photographer.
Ask for full galleries.

—拍摄时绝不允许什么事情？

—Too much posing, going to "hotspots", shotlists that are formulaic to wedding pinterest boards.

—有哪些摄影师可以捕捉的通常会被忽略的细节？

—It's the in between stuff. For instance — this summer I photographed a wedding where I did a giant group photo of all that attended. Once the group dispersed the bride & groom each took a big swig of their drinks in hand (which I took a photo of) and then each realized that it was too big (which I also took a photo of) — this sequence brought a lot of joy to all of us later.

—什么影响照片的价值？它的元素有哪些？

—Emotion, Light, Artistry.

—在您看来，什么人可以成为 21 世纪的代表人物？

—I have no answer for that!

—您想要为谁拍摄？

—Anyone who wants me to.

—您有职业禁忌吗？

—I don't think so?

—您想与谁一起拍摄？

—Erik Madigan Heck; Annie Liebovitz; Roger Deacon; Joel & Justyna; Samm Blake; Leann Weston; John Dolan; Cinzia Bruschini; Sarah Falugo; Corbin Gurkin; Danijela Gorley; Thierry Joubert; & Jamie Beck

—您担心什么？为什么担心？

—Equipment functionality – having something breakdown in a wedding is possible and you need backup strategies in place
Data Storage – you need a lot of storage and backups in place when working on photographs, losing something would be horrible
Money – who doesn't worry about this?
Health – it's very important to my wellbeing and my job

—在生命中，给您印象最深的时刻是什么？

—Giving birth to my babies

—如果有机会成为一个动画、文学或电影人物，您想成为谁？为什么？

—A lot people liken me to a cross between Tina Fey, Elaine Benes, Winona Ryder and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

—在生命中谁鼓舞了您？为什么？

—That's too hard to define. I am inspired by a lot of things – art, comedy, movies, friends, family, landscapes etc.

—您如何定义成功？如何衡量它？

—Good sleep, peace of mind. Someday living by the ocean.

—您非常受人喜欢或尊敬吗？

—Respected. Too hard to make everyone like you – and I am not sure I'd want everyone to like me.

—您在工作中犯过的最大错误是什么？

—Underselling myself. Doing a lot of work for too little. Not noticing "red flag" clients — I've learned the signs and avoid these types now. A word of advice: don't go into meetings with photographers assuming we're trying to "rip you off".

—当您准备去旅行时，要携带什么？为什么？

—My camera, my kindle, and a lot of earrings and shoes.

—在您拥有的器材中，是否有一些是您后悔购买的？为什么？

—That's a constant thing — right now I am considering selling the only zoom lens I have. I never use it. I also have too much lighting equipment I never use.

—您如何提高自己以拍摄出更好的照片？

—I have a degree in film photography, but now I take online courses through Creative Live; Masterclass; Youtube and so on — sometimes it's photography or business related, but other times it's just something I am interested in. I'm convinced that external interests influence your work in a lot of beneficial ways.

—谁的作品对您作为摄影师的影响最大？

—Showing up everyday to do it.

—开始拍摄时，您最想知道什么？

—Patience.

—您想对自己的照片说什么？

—I want them to be evocative of the moment.

—什么激励您继续拍摄下去？

—My pleasure in taking them.

—您的父母是否应该更严厉或变得温和一点呢？

—Less strict.

—如果能够回到过去，您会有什么不同的举动？

—I would not have strapped some lighting equipment with a bungee cord. It's a very long story.

—对于其他星球上的生命，您有何看法？

—It's there probably?

—谁是您的英雄？

—My Mom; My husband & kids; and then a lot of other artists, writers, comedians, politicians, scientists and so forth.

—您不尊重谁？

—I don't think it's a Who, but rather personality traits: those who feel entitled; who are not open to listening/do no ask questions; choose fear.

—您在业余时间会做什么？

—Improv; Kitchen Dancing; Reading; Running

—公众从不会看到您的哪一面？

—I can be hyper-focused in a way that's detrimental to life balance; I talk to my cat like he's a real person; I need hugs

—什么时候您对自己的作品完全满意？

—Generally right after shooting and the initial edit. Before my critical brain starts to micro-inspect and take over in the edit.

—您主张男人和女人的传统角色吗？

—No

—您很容易就会交到朋友吗？

—Yes

—您想生活在什么地方？

—I'm going to retire someday and live along some rough coastline either in Eastern Canada, Ireland, or the South of France.

—您答应做的最愚蠢的事情是什么？

—A coffee drinking challenge one night when I was a waitress in a diner in Banff. There was a snow storm and we were young, stupid and bored. I ended up calling poison control because "I won" the competition and boy did that feel bad.

—结婚之后生活的质量高吗？

—Yes, it's pretty good too. I won't lie — it's work — but I would take this over a lot of connections without depth.

—您有最喜欢的玩笑吗？请告诉我们。

—Too many. I am a comedy nerd/junkie. My best friend is a standup comedian and in school I used to drop in to the club on Open Mic nights to watch my friends tell jokes.

—您喜欢狗还是喜欢猫？

—I like both, but I have a cat named Steve.

—您讨厌谁，或者厌恶什么？

—Too complicated to answer.

—生活中最美好的事情是：

—good food, laughter, sleep, the water, sunsets, fresh air, snuggles.

—生活中最让人烦心的事情是：

—noises like chewing?

—您是否想改变周围的一些事情？

—I mean, yes. But hey, life is a process.

—您希望改变自己的哪些方面？

—A lot of things, like I said, life is a process — and I have learned recently that accepting myself is just as important to changing.

—您希望改变世界什么地方？

—Fast fashion; greed; hustle culture; the direction of the climate

—对于刚入行的摄影师，您能提供一些建议吗？

—Show up everyday, take a lot of photographs and edit them. Rinse and repeat. And look at other Art, not just other photographs.

—如果外星人来到地球并且您是他们见到的第一个人，您会跟他们说什么？

—Hello? I haven't given this much thought.

—如果您被邀请去拍一部电影，您希望是什么流派？

—Romantic Drama (think The English Patient)

—明天我会去做...

—Website editing; run; laundry; help my kids with online school