Fotografas Mark Wallis
@wallis PRO+2
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sekėjasLondonas, Jungtinė Karalystė PRO
Interviu
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—Ar esate fotogeniškas?
—Not really, mainly because I pull stupid faces when I find myself on the wrong side of the camera.
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—Kaip jūs atsiradote fotografijos industrijoje?
—The old story of the couple with no money, an old uni friend with a decent camera and a firm agreement that there’d be no posed photos.
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—Jūsų nuomone, kokie yra svarbiausi geros nuotraukos komponentai?
—For me it’s all about the genuine moment, captured without any intervention by the photographer. A moment that would have happened even if the photographer wasn’t there. A moment of action, emotion, great light, etc.
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—Ar mėgstate keliauti?
—I do, but in comfort. I’m more of a city person than a wilderness person.
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—Kas šioje profesijoje Jums patinka labiausiai?
—Working for myself and (kinda) gatecrashing parties.
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—Kas šioje profesijoje Jums patinka mažiausiai?
—The assumption by some that I’m at the wedding to take control of everything and to take boring, posed photos of the guests.
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—Kokia bus fotografijos ateitis?
—Not sure I even know what the ‘present’ of wedding photography is. I just do what I do and hope enough people each year want that.
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—Kaip susitvarkote su kritika?
—Depends who it’s coming from and how constructive it is.
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—Ar fotografijoje egzistuoja tendencijos?
—Always somebody doing something that everybody else copies until something else comes along. Trends get old quickly (see ‘couple in rain with flashgun’, etc.)
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—Kokie turėtų būti kliento kriterijai, kad pasirinkti fotografą?
—Approach is key for me. They either want to just get on and enjoy their wedding and have a record of it, or they want to spend the day modelling for pieces of art or fashion photography (or somewhere in between). A connection with the photographer’s portfolio, and a desire to see themselves in those images, is a good guide.
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—Kokias detales, kurios paprastai būna nepastebėtos, gali pastebėti fotografas?
—I don’t think there is anything specific. A good wedding photographer will have an eye for a moment or an interesting composition or great light that most won’t have, but the key thing is that when you’re employed to shoot a wedding you approach it from a different angle to a friend or family member who is there to enjoy the wedding. I am paid to be observant. Plus, I see what the common people are doing. I’m there to photograph everybody, not just the couple.
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—Koks žmogus Jūsų manymu galėtų būti 21 amžiaus simboliu?
—For me, whoever does the most to increase education and encourage the use of reason and logic in decision-making from the top to the bottom of social and political hierarchy.
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—Ką norite fotografuoti?
—Anybody that trusts me completely and who will ignore me.
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—Ar turite profesinių tabu?
—I won’t work for people or companies that I perceive to be helping to make the world a worse place.
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—Su kuo norėtumėte kartu fotografuoti?
—Nobody. I like working alone.
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—Dėl ko nerimaujate ir kodėl?
—Time and money and my misguided perception that I have a shortage of both.
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—Kas yra įsimintiniausias dalykas nutikęs Jūsų gyvenime?
—Completing this interview.
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—Jeigu būtumėte animacinio filmo, knygos arba filmo veikėju, kuo norėtumėte būti ir kodėl?
—Butthead from Beavis & Butthead, because he.. he… he. You said would. He.. he…
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—Kas ir kodėl Jus įkvepia gyvenime?
—I’m not good at absorbing or recognising inspiration.
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—Geriau būti mėgiamu ar gerbiamu?
—Depends who is doing the liking and respecting.
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—Kokia yra didžiausia klaida kurią padarėte darbe?
—Running up the stairs of Marylebone Town Hall with a zoom lens precariously perched in a jacket pocket didn’t end well.
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—Kuomet keliaujate, ką ir kodėl imate su savimi?
—Clothes, money, phone, a camera of some sort.
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—Ar tarp turimų prietaisų yra tokių kurių geriau būtumėte nepirkę? Kodėl?
—A Panasonic GF1 that I barely used and that my wife dropped and damaged after I’d had it for a couple of weeks. I don’t get on with cameras without viewfinders.
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—Kaip mokotės gauti kokybiškesnes nuotraukas?
—Take more pictures.
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—Kieno darbas jus kaip fotografą įtakojo labiausiai?
—Nobody specific, but seeing in 2004/2005 that a documentary approach was a viable option for wedding photography was the push I needed to start doing it myself.
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—Ką norite pasakyti savo nuotraukomis?
—The truth.
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—Kas motyvuoja Jus toliau fotografuoti?
—People keep paying me to come to their weddings.
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—Jūsų tėvai turėjo būti labiau ar mažiau griežti?
—My mum got it pretty much spot on.
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—Jeigu galėtumėte grįžti į praeitį, ką darytumėte kitaip?
—I would make better use of my enquiring mind and study science or engineering, so that I could be of more use to the world and future generations.
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—Ką manote apie gyvybę kitose planetose?
—Presumably, but we’ll wipe out life on our own planet before we make contact with life on others.
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—Kas yra jūsų herojai?
—I don’t really have any. They’d only ruin it at some point.
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—Kam nejaučiate pagarbos?
—Those who promote fear, intolerance and lies to feed their own greed.
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—Ką veikite laisvalaikiu?
—I do DIY, or I play my ukulele, or I go to (mostly metal) gigs or I do a crossword.
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—Kokia yra Jūsų pusė, kurios visuomenė niekada nemato?
—Most of my sides. I’m a fairly private person.
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—Kada esate visiškai patenkinti savo darbu?
—Dunno, it hasn’t happened yet.
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—Ar tikite tradicinėmis vyrų ir moterų rolėmis?
—Like most traditions, best left in the past. Live and let live.
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—Ar lengvai randate draugų?
—I really don’t. I’m friendly and approachable and I get on with most people, but I’ve been burnt too many times so I keep most people at a few arms’ length.
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—Kur norėtumėte gyventi?
—In a huge warehouse apartment in NYC, or in a cosy old manor house surrounded by a few acres, or on top of a hill in Scotland.
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—Ar gyveimas tęsiasi po vedybų?
—It’s just a certificate and a great party. As you were.
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—Ar turite mėgstamą anekdotą? Papasakokite.
—“Some people like cats and some people don't. Apparently the Pope's a cataholic.” Milton Jones
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—Labiau mėgstate šunis ar kates?
—I prefer cats to dogs, but I don’t like the damage they do to your house, so am currently resisting my family’s desire to own one.
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—Ko nekenčiate?
—Overuse of hate.
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—Geriausias dalykas gyvenime yra:
—Freedom. And Five Guy’s Bacon Cheeseburger, All The Way.
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—Labiausiai erzinantis dalykas gyvenime yra:
—Procrastination. And people constantly changing speed on the motorway when I’m using cruise control.
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—Ką norėtmėte pakeisti savyje?
—I’d like to have more self-belief.
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—Ką norėtumėte pakeisti pasaulyje?
—I’d like to ensure everyone gets a quality education and eradicate dependence on myth, legend and violence.
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—Ar galite duoti keletą patarimų tik pradedantiems fotografams?
—Take your own (decent) food, and wear comfortable shoes.
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—Jei į žemę atvyktų ateiviai ir jūs būtumėte pirmas jų sutiktas žmogus, ką jiems pasakytumėte?
—That I want a ride in their spaceship.
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—Jei filmuotumėtė filmą, koks būtų jo žanras?
—A very dark and gory horror film.
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—Rytoj aš eisiu ir darysiu...
—…something less boring instead.