Jurufoto Mark Wallis

—Adakah anda seorang yang fotogenik?

—Not really, mainly because I pull stupid faces when I find myself on the wrong side of the camera.

—Bagaimanakah anda mula menceburkan diri dalam industri fotografi?

—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.

—Apakah komponen paling penting sekeping foto yang bagus menurut pendapat anda?

—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.

—Adakah anda minat mengembara?

—I do, but in comfort. I’m more of a city person than a wilderness person.

—Apakah yang paling anda sukai mengenai kerjaya anda?

—Working for myself and (kinda) gatecrashing parties.

—Apakah yang paling anda tidak suka mengenai kerjaya anda?

—The assumption by some that I’m at the wedding to take control of everything and to take boring, posed photos of the guests.

—Apakah masa depan fotografi?

—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.

—Bagaimanakah cara anda menangani kritikan?

—Depends who it’s coming from and how constructive it is.

—Adakah wujud sebarang trend dalam fotografi?

—Always somebody doing something that everybody else copies until something else comes along. Trends get old quickly (see ‘couple in rain with flashgun’, etc.)

—Apakah sepatutnya menjadi kriteria untuk seorang pelanggan memilih jurufoto?

—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.

—Apakah perincian yang selalunya terlepas tanpa disedari namun boleh disedari oleh seorang jurufoto?

—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.

—Siapakah individu yang boleh menjadi simbol abad ke-21 menurut pendapat anda?

—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.

—Siapakah yang mahu anda rakamkan dalam foto?

—Anybody that trusts me completely and who will ignore me.

—Adakah anda ada sebarang tabu profesional?

—I won’t work for people or companies that I perceive to be helping to make the world a worse place.

—Siapakah orang yang anda mahu merakam foto bersamanya?

—Nobody. I like working alone.

—Apakah yang merisaukan anda, dan mengapa?

—Time and money and my misguided perception that I have a shortage of both.

—Apakah detik paling mengesankan dalam hidup anda?

—Completing this interview.

—Jika anda ialah karakter dalam kartun, buku atau filem, siapakah yang anda ingin jadi dan kenapa?

—Butthead from Beavis & Butthead, because he.. he… he. You said would. He.. he…

—Siapakah yang menjadi sumber inspirasi hidup anda dan mengapa?

—I’m not good at absorbing or recognising inspiration.

—Mana satu yang lebih penting bagi anda, disukai atau dihormati?

—Depends who is doing the liking and respecting.

—Apakah kesilapan terbesar yang pernah anda lakukan ketika bekerja?

—Running up the stairs of Marylebone Town Hall with a zoom lens precariously perched in a jacket pocket didn’t end well.

—Apabila anda pergi mengembara, apakah yang anda bawa bersama anda dan mengapa?

—Clothes, money, phone, a camera of some sort.

—Adakah sesuatu yang anda harap anda tidak pernah beli antara banyak gajet milik anda? Mengapa?

—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.

—Bagaimanakah anda meningkatkan diri untuk merakam gambar yang lebih baik?

—Take more pictures.

—Hasil kerja siapakah yang paling mempengaruhi anda sebagai jurufoto?

—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.

—Apakah yang ingin anda sampaikan melalui foto anda?

—The truth.

—Apakah yang memotivasikan anda untuk terus mengambil gambar?

—People keep paying me to come to their weddings.

—Bukankah ibu bapa anda pada satu tahap patut bertegas?

—My mum got it pretty much spot on.

—Jika anda boleh kembali ke masa lalu, apakah yang akan ada lakukan dengan cara berbeza?

—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.

—Bagaimanakah kehidupan di planet lain?

—Presumably, but we’ll wipe out life on our own planet before we make contact with life on others.

—Siapakah hero anda?

—I don’t really have any. They’d only ruin it at some point.

—Siapakah orang yang anda tidak hormat kepadanya?

—Those who promote fear, intolerance and lies to feed their own greed.

—Apakah yang anda lakukan pada masa lapang?

—I do DIY, or I play my ukulele, or I go to (mostly metal) gigs or I do a crossword.

—Apakah sisi diri anda yang tidak pernah diketahui umum?

—Most of my sides. I’m a fairly private person.

—Bilakah anda akan benar-benar berpuas hati dengan kerja anda?

—Dunno, it hasn’t happened yet.

—Adakah anda percaya dengan peranan tradisi bagi lelaki dan perempuan?

—Like most traditions, best left in the past. Live and let live.

—Adakah anda mudah berkawan?

—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.

—Di manakah anda suka untuk tinggal?

—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.

—Masih adakah kehidupan selepas perkahwinan?

—It’s just a certificate and a great party. As you were.

—Adakah anda ada lawak kegemaran? Beritahu kami.

—“Some people like cats and some people don't. Apparently the Pope's a cataholic.” Milton Jones

—Anda suka anjing atau kucing?

—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.

—Siapakah atau apakah yang anda tidak suka?

—Overuse of hate.

—Perkara terbaik dalam hidup ialah:

—Freedom. And Five Guy’s Bacon Cheeseburger, All The Way.

—Perkara paling menjengkelkan dalam hidup ialah:

—Procrastination. And people constantly changing speed on the motorway when I’m using cruise control.

—Apakah yang anda mahu ubah pada diri sendiri?

—I’d like to have more self-belief.

—Apakah yang anda ingin ubah di dunia ini?

—I’d like to ensure everyone gets a quality education and eradicate dependence on myth, legend and violence.

—Bolehkah anda berikan beberapa petua untuk jurufoto yang baru saja bermula?

—Take your own (decent) food, and wear comfortable shoes.

—Jika makhluk asing datang ke Bumi dan anda ialah orang pertama yang mereka temui, apakah yang akan anda beritahu kepada mereka?

—That I want a ride in their spaceship.

—Jika anda dipanggil untuk penggambaran sebuah filem, apakah yang akan menjadi genrenya?

—A very dark and gory horror film.

—Esok saya akan pergi dan melakukan...

—…something less boring instead.