Bassculture Islands No 4 | Page 132

Who is the most important person on the photo shoot set? What are your 3 major turning points in your life that affected your career as a photographer? First major turning point was my decision about going professional. Second one was when I decided to take my photography to the Caribbean. Third and the latest one is my move to Poland where I live and work now. How do you like Poland so far? It’s cold! … But I like the landscapes and personalities, I look at everything with curiosity and it gives me a lot of inspiration. I look forward to working in this whole new environment. What kind of photos do you like to take most? I like to think of myself as all rounded photographer, I do fashion, lifestyle, events and landscape but I definitely enjoy artist lifestyle photography. It brings out the personality in a picture. What makes a perfect picture? A good photo tells a full story in one image, it shows The model or person be- person’s feelings, personality ing photographed… It’s and the whole story happenimportant that they are re- ing when it was taken. laxed before they get photographed… Bonding before What makes you want a shoot helps both the pho- to take your camera tographer and the person out and take a picture? feel at ease… So I would tell jokes or smile to make them I always feel like I should feel at ease with myself and have my camera on me because when you miss somethe camera… thing or the moment is gone, you can’t have it back… I am What are the steps you always willing and ready. A take to ensure that a lot of times I look at colors photo shoot will be that attract my attention… even a colorful dust bin on successful? the street can make me grab I research looks and poses a camera. that would work well with my model or person being What is the ‘higher’ photographed. Before every purpose of photogshoot I sit down and look at raphers in the world? images of the person I am Do they have a special supposed to photograph so role for humanity? I can get a feel to how they look in front of the camera. Photographers tell stories; we just look at things difCan u look at the per- ferently as if we are looking son on a street and tell at something for the first if she/he would make time… It’s very important that we do that… And eva good model? erything matters to us the I think everyone can photo- colors, sharps and angels… graph well and get a picture We influence the humanity that would reflect their per- by delivering t