Fotógrafo Marius Tudor

—Você é fotogénica(o)?

—My mother loves all my pictures, she belives I am photogenic!

—Como se iniciou na indústria da fotografia?

—I have started almost 6 years ago after I met my love Gabriela. I did not start with shooting flowers, but I took it straight the hard way. Three months after I grabbed my first semi-professional camera I shot for free my first wedding. Since then, I shot almost 200 weddings and 100 baptisms.

—Em sua opinião, quais são os componentes mais importantes para uma boa fotografia?

—I strongly belive in a moment as the first component and I am always fighting to find it. Before finding the moment, I scout for the best light condition and I am making some composition scenarios. Having all those elements in my mind I start to shoot until I get what I want. Sometimes nothing happens in the frame, but patience is my ally.

—Gosta de viajar?

—I love to travel and I belive seeing as many places as I can helps me to develop as a man.

—O que mais gosta na sua profissão?

—I love people and the fact that I always have to be on alert! I do my best to never be bored. My couples gives me the energy to go forward.

—O que menos gosta na sua profissão?

—I would love to have more time to visit my family.

—Qual será o futuro da fotografia?

—I think we have to understand the new generation, people between 20 and 25 years. They are different than the people we've shot before and trying to adapt to their way of living, thinking and acting will be the next step in our business. The future of wedding photography stays in crazy shots. Traditional is dying.

—O que há de especial para si, no género de fotografia em que se especializou?

—What's special? It's special because we connect new people every day (some of them are coming into my life to change it), it's special because I can wake up and go to sleep when I want, it's special because we have the power to make people happy.

—Como lida com as críticas?

—Sometimes it's hard to handle it, but I've learned lately how to manage situations like this. I started to listen more and even if I fight for my opinion if the criticism makes me think about how can I improve myself I am cleaning the trash.

—Existem tendências na fotografia?

—There are no trends in wedding photography. If there is one, that one will be good photography. Everyone wants to improve it!

—Quais deveriam ser os critérios considerados pelo cliente na escolha de um fotógrafo?

—They have to choose a photographer who makes them feel confortable and who inspires confidence.

—O que não é permitido de todo ao fotografar?

—There are no rules when shooting. Everything is allowed.

—Que detalhes passam habitualmente despercebidos mas nos quais um fotógrafo repara?

—I belive in one quote: "When everyone is looking in one direction, turn around!"

—O que influencia o valor da foto? Quais são os seus elementos?

—Moment, light, composition.

—Na sua opinião, que pessoa poderá ser o símbolo do século XXI?

—Nelson Mandela

—O quem pretende fotografar?

—I would love to shoot Morgan Freeman.

—Tem tabus profissionais?

—As I said before, there's nothing forbidden.

—Com quem gostaria de fotografar?

—I would be honored to shoot one day with Erika and Lanny Mann, Daniele Vertelli and Pedro Cabrera. These are the first names that come to my mind, but the list is longer so far. There are so many great photographers out there which I would be honored to meet and shoot along side with.

—Com que se preocupa e porquê?

—For the moment I have no worries, I am young and restless, but I always think at the moment when I will not be able to help people in need.

—Que personagem animada, literária ou de um filme gostaria de ser? Porquê?

—Mickey Mouse. That was my nickname when I was a kid. He is a funny character.

—Quem o inspira na sua vida e porquê?

—I am inspired by people who manage to do something great for the others.

—Como define o sucesso? Como o afere?

—We can define and measure only our success. What success means for me may not be the others success defintion. For me success means to balance your personal life with your career and to be happy with the balance, to be surrounded only by the people you love and to do only what you like to do.

—Gostaria mais de ser amado ou respeitado?

—Respect is the engine of all human relationships. I would rather be respected and not liked than liked and not respected.

—Qual foi o maior erro que já cometeu a nível profissional?

—I've made a lot of mistakes and I think the biggest mistake in my life was the period when I did not allow myself to make mistakes.

—Quando vai viajar, o que leva consigo e porquê?

—If I am traveling with the right person I don't need to take something with me.

—Está arrependido de ter adquirido algum dos gadgets que possui? Porquê?

—I am not a gadget addict. All I bought until now it was because I need it. I was very unhappy about my previous smartphone...in time it became very slow.

—Como aprende a tirar fotos melhores?

—I am going to workshops, I shoot and read a lot (books, articles, others experiences).

—Que trabalho mais o influenciou como fotógrafo?

—When I started wedding photography the very first photographer that influenced my work was Fer Juaristi.

—Qual é a coisa que mais gostaria de ter sabido quando começou a fotografar?

—I wish I knew how to free my mind. I was very stressed about tehnical stuff.

—O que pretende transmitir com as suas fotos?

—I belive all about wedding photography is about people. I've seen a lot of photographers wasting their time during the wedding day taking pictures of the rings, wedding dress and other stuff like this while people let go their emotions.I want to show with my photographs how my clients felt their wedding day.

—O que o motiva a continuar a fotografar?

—My couples!

—Os seus pais deveriam ter sido mais ou menos rigorosos?

—They did not like me to do the mistakes they did in the past. They realized later that my life is not their life.

—Se pudesse regredir no tempo, o que faria de diferente?

—I am happy with my actual life. If there's one thing I could ask if I go back in time its my today's mind.

—O que pensa da vida nos outros planetas?

—I belive in aliens!

—Quem são os seus heróis?

—My mother, my father and my fiance.

—A quem é que não respeita?

—I have no respect for people who do not respect humanity, for people who do not respect me and for lazy people.

—Qual é o seu lado que o público nunca vê?

—Actually If I am answering to this question there won't be an unseen part of me.

—Quando é que fica completamente satisfeito com o seu trabalho?

—When my clients are very happy.

—Acredita nos papéis tradicionais reservados ao homem e à mulher?

—I belive in balance.

—Faz amigos com facilidade?

—No, I am an introvert.

—Existe vida depois do casamento?

—I don't know yet, as soon as I find I will edit this answer. :-D

—Gosta de cães e gatos?

—I like almost all forms of life. To answer your question, I prefer dogs.

—A melhor coisa na vida é:

—To always do what you like.

—A coisa mais irritante na vida é:

—To be forced to do what you don't like.

—O que gostaria de mudar em si próprio?

—I would like to change my anger management.

—Pode dar algumas dicas para fotógrafos principiantes?

—Be stubborn and never give up.

—Caso os alienígenas viessem para a Terra, e fosse a primeira pessoa a encontrá-los, o que lhes diria?

—I will tell them I always belived they exist!

—Se fosse chamado para fazer um filme, que género escolheria?

—Comedy or drama.

—Amanhã eu vou fazer...

—...wedding photography. It's saturday!