Valokuvaaja Tanya Starling

—Ennen kaikkea - kenet voit nimetä parhaaksi kuvaajaksi kaupungissasi? :)

—Depends on the field, but there are so many talented people in the local market, it would be unfair to name ones and leave others behind. Below names are my individual picks.
Wedding – my favs are Maria Hedengren and Susanna Nordvall. Their style resonates with my own. For child and family photography I would send references to Niki Strbian, one and the only ;)

—Oletko valokuvauksellinen?

—Under certain angle and light yes

—Miten päädyit valokuvausalalle?

—Many years ago, 11 to be precise, I purchased my first DSLR and digged my family film cameras to shoot my own kid moments (like many other mamas do). Then someone who I knew asked me to shoot a weeding. That was a quick dive but it turned me other clients later on and I have not noticed as hobby turned to a profession. While film was my street photo hobby for all these years, I did the paid work on digital. Now I am combining both in my work making it consistent and uniform bringing the best of film qualities (tones, grains) and leaving space for a variety and "not-missing" important moment with the support of digital camera.

—Mikä on sinusta tärkeintä hyvässä kuvassa?

—Light, no posing, genuine emotion

—Tykkäätkö matkustamisesta?

—Ha, who doesn't?

—Mistä pidät eniten ammatissasi?

—Seeing people's emotions and connections. Fun, laugh, tears, sadness, love. Getting film scans from the lab. Post processing. Happy feedback from the client. Work with people. Learning how to work with people better.

—Mistä pidät vähiten ammatissasi?

—Dependancy on weather conditions or season, especially in our area.
I always take too many pics, sometimes it's difficult to stop snapping and then difficult to select the best ones, it eats my time heavily.

—Mikä on valokuvauksen tulevaisuus?

—I think nowadays people can do brilliantly shots with their phones. So first, everyone is a photographer. Second, the quality is not a problem anymore. So to stay in demand wedding photographers will be offering new angles, new services and something else new which we don't know yet. I also think film will live for loooong time, it's like a good whiskey the older the better, it will be fancy, prestige and more expensive than digital (it is actually already now). Also more and more artistic visions will be emerging, I think surrealistic fine-art will be easier to create with future photoshops and thus more creative people will be popping up.

—Mikä on sille valokuvauslajille erityistä, johon olet erikoistunut?

—Fine-art and lifestyle combination. Film photography

—Kuinka suhtaudut kritiikkiin?

—I actually like it. Without it I cannot grow.

—Onko valokuvauksessa trendejä?

—Certainly there are. I can only speak for the areas I am interested currently. I think currently it's flatlays, details, minimalism.

—Minkä kriteerien perusteella asiakkaan pitäisi valita valokuvaaja?

—The style resonating with own vision
Transparent pricing and service
Flexibility