摄影师Richard Richard Linnett

—首先——您能否指出谁是来自切斯特, 联合王国的最优秀的摄影师？:)

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

—您上相吗？

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

—您是如何进入摄影行业的？

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

—在您看来，一张好的照片最重要的组成部分有哪些？

—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.

—您热爱旅行吗？

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

—对于您的职业，您最喜欢什么地方？

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

—对于您的职业，您最不喜欢什么地方？

—Equipment breakdown and carry spares.

—摄影的前景如何？

—Immersive experiences are coming.

—您专长的摄影风格有什么特别？

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

—您如何应对批评？

—I listen, reflect, discuss and develop.

—摄影有什么趋势？

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

—客户选择摄影师时应该遵循什么标准？

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

—拍摄时绝不允许什么事情？

—Disregard for people's feelings.

—有哪些摄影师可以捕捉的通常会被忽略的细节？

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

—什么影响照片的价值？它的元素有哪些？

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

—在您看来，什么人可以成为 21 世纪的代表人物？

—Still Martin Luther King.

—您想要为谁拍摄？

—Barrack Obama.

—您有职业禁忌吗？

—The 'wharp' too.

—您想与谁一起拍摄？

—Oona my wife.

—您担心什么？为什么担心？

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

—在生命中，给您印象最深的时刻是什么？

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

—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？

—Rick from Casablanca.

—在生命中谁鼓舞了您？为什么？

—Oona my wife.

—您如何定义成功？如何衡量它？

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

—您非常受人喜欢或尊敬吗？

—Impossible to answer – we all need both.

—您在工作中犯过的最大错误是什么？

—Not listen to clients closely enough.

—当您准备去旅行时，要携带什么？为什么？

—My Nikon camera. Feel incomplete without it.

—在您拥有的器材中，是否有一些是您后悔购买的？为什么？

—Too many watches that did not last a year!

—您如何提高自己以拍摄出更好的照片？

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

—谁的作品对您作为摄影师的影响最大？

—Too many.

—开始拍摄时，您最想知道什么？

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

—您想对自己的照片说什么？

—That life is worthwhile and people can be fulfilled.

—什么激励您继续拍摄下去？

—Enthusiasm for a wonderful medium.

—您的父母是否应该更严厉或变得温和一点呢？

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

—如果能够回到过去，您会有什么不同的举动？

—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.

—对于其他星球上的生命，您有何看法？

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

—谁是您的英雄？

—Oona my partner in life, 'soulmates'.

—您不尊重谁？

—President Trump.

—您在业余时间会做什么？

—Photographing and travelling.

—公众从不会看到您的哪一面？

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

—什么时候您对自己的作品完全满意？

—When the client is.

—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？

—Not close friends.

—您想生活在什么地方？

—Chester.

—您答应做的最愚蠢的事情是什么？

—Ride a toddlers bicycle.

—结婚之后生活的质量高吗？

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

—您有最喜欢的玩笑吗？请告诉我们。

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

—您喜欢狗还是喜欢猫？

—Dogs.

—您讨厌谁，或者厌恶什么？

—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.

—生活中最美好的事情是：

—Other people, family and friends.

—生活中最让人烦心的事情是：

—People's carelessness.

—您是否想改变周围的一些事情？

—Right now it is the government!

—您希望改变自己的哪些方面？

—To spend less time being thoughtless.

—您希望改变世界什么地方？

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

—对于刚入行的摄影师，您能提供一些建议吗？

—Remember brides and grooms are people not subjects.

—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？

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

—如果您被邀请去拍一部电影，您希望是什么流派？

—Film noire.

—明天我会去做...

—Attend a wedding?!