Fotógrafo Stephanie Kindermann

—Em primeiro lugar - quem é para si o melhor fotógrafo em Brisbane, Austrália? :)

—Ha! There's a mad, crazy hoard of us.

—Você é fotogénica(o)?

—Yes, and I'll tell you why – I have a high threshold for embarrassment. The less self conscious you are, the better you photograph.

—Como se iniciou na indústria da fotografia?

—So here's the story – my father had been a wedding photographer and so I had my first little film disposables from about 5 years old. I’d shot probably thousands of rolls by the time I made it to photography college, but it was the moment where I was standing in the darkroom seeing that first image rise out of the chemical trays that I remember. Everyone else around me was fairly cool about the whole process but I couldn’t stop laughing with this electric thrill. This was the moment in my life where it became absolutely clear – I knew this is what I was going to do now. Weddings? Everyone loves a party. And a wedding is the best kind of party to shoot.

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

—Good visual narrative – all the elements needed to give you context.
The split second – at the high point of madness.
The feels – something that makes your heart hurt or leap.

—Gosta de viajar?

—I live for it.

—O que mais gosta na sua profissão?

—Learning the world's secrets.
I'll share some of them with you.
No one cooks better than a Greek mama or parties as hard as a Croatian groomsman. Vietnamese elders are the bravest karaoke singers, the French do the best cigar and whiskey bar (not to mention the cheeses) and that Ghanaians will crush any dance floor. Chinese door games can be a hair raising experience, and it is deeply moving it is to see Maori women sing a welcoming song to the bride.

—O que menos gosta na sua profissão?

—When the alternate drop arrives, the chicken is always overcooked. Always.

—Qual será o futuro da fotografia?

—Wow this is cool, I hope it will be some sort of virtual reality with a fully rendered 3D capture from the entire day. You'll be able to bang on your head set and take a walk through the entire event from any time and angle.

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

—Often having a professional photograph your family is a very rare event. With this in mind I always devote a lot of time and care to capture portraits of treasured people – grandparents, GREAT grandparents, brothers, sisters, children.

—Como lida com as críticas?

—I walked through a lot of fire in my early years of learning to shoot, and I'm still here :) Think of my teacher as being that old guy from Kill Bill who strokes his beard a lot.

—Existem tendências na fotografia?

—Yes, and they're mostly so cheesy. Things like making love hearts with your hands.... plz no!

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

—Love the work – don't employ your photographer then ask for an aesthetic from another artist!
Vibes! Would you want to drink a beer with them? Ideally you start the booking process with good vibes, and finish the wedding singing bad karaoke together.

—O que não é permitido de todo ao fotografar?

—Hunger. Bride, groom, photographer and squad members should be loaded up with snacks. Picnic style canapes and champagne if you're fancy, sausage rolls and red bull if you're not.

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

—Ha! "Common people," love it.
One of my favourites is the tight-lipped, crazy-eyed stage-whispered threats of a parent to errant child – usually during a particularly tender moment during the ceremony.

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

—The value in a photo is, I feel, in how valued the subject is in it.
For example, a wife will always love a portrait of her husband that has captured how she sees him. If he's a charismatic person, than a genuine laugh. If he's a quiet person, then a photograph of him unaware, relaxed and thoughtful.

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

—Elon Musk. Billionaire, genius, puts a model car in his real car then launches it into space. What a legend.

—O quem pretende fotografar?

—People madly in love.

—Tem tabus profissionais?

—I am a woman of no limits.

—Com quem gostaria de fotografar?

—Jonas Peterson. He seems like a very relaxed, interesting fellow.

—Com que se preocupa e porquê?

—Mostly I have dreams where I've overslept my alarm and a bride is calling me, asking where I am, and I'm a 2 hour drive away. I guess that's my biggest worry.

—Qual foi o momento mais impressionante na sua vida?

—Once, driving home very late from a wedding (of course), I saw space junk or a comet or the worlds most massive shooting star – so bright it illuminated everything around me. It travelled directly down the line of the straight highway I was driving for a full 10 seconds before burning out. An exceptional moment.

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

—Trinity from The Matrix. She was cool and wore latex before lip injections and enormous butts became the symbols of beauty.

—Quem o inspira na sua vida e porquê?

—Jimmy Nelson, photographer and author of Before They Pass Away. His is a body of work that is truly exceptional and of historical value.

—Como define o sucesso? Como o afere?

—Can't measure it but you can feel it – are you getting enough quality sleep? Are you eating well and sharing good wine with friends? Do you have leisure time with your loved ones, and does your work fill you with pleasure?

—Gostaria mais de ser amado ou respeitado?

—Not everyone will like you all of the time, but you should always conduct yourself in a way that people have no loss of respect for you.

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

—Working at a camera shop, shipped two very expensive video cameras to someone who turned out to be fraudulent. OOPS!

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

—My husband, because he can read maps.

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

—No, but people love to "gift" me their defunct camera gear. Please stop doing this baby boomer friends.

—Como aprende a tirar fotos melhores?

—I spend A LOT of time on lovely curation sites like this one.

—Que trabalho mais o influenciou como fotógrafo?

—Steve McCurry (again). Portrait photographer for National Geographic.

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

—That the rules don't actually matter, and only diminish the potential expression of true moments.

—O que pretende transmitir com as suas fotos?

—This is a mirror of your life in this moment.

—O que o motiva a continuar a fotografar?

—I have no other talents. LOL, no I can cook quite well. But photographing is my true purpose.

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

—Less. I was raised conservative Catholic. Not allowed to watch The Simpsons when you're 17... come on!

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

—I wouldn't bother going to study, and instead buy a great kit and apprentice myself out 3 years earlier instead. I did the ol' highschool > study > apprentice > professional route. But study is now a moot point with online resources like Linda.com.

—O que pensa da vida nos outros planetas?

—Oh jeez I hope so. Certainly spices things up.

—Quem são os seus heróis?

—My colleagues, for lifting my heavy, heavy camera bag up and down stairs and into the car innumerable times.

—A quem é que não respeita?

—Paedophiles

—O que faz nos seus tempos livres?

—I punch through Netflix series like a karate master does bricks.

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

—Lying around in pyjamas, no makeup, orange Dorito stained fingers, unshaved legs.

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

—When a couple tells me they cried seeing the pictures. (With JOY).

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

—There are definitely things men are better at, like being muscly and crushing rocks with their bare fists. And there are definitely things women are better at, like looking good in high heels and jean shorts.

—Faz amigos com facilidade?

—Yes

—Onde gostaria de viver?

—I'd love a couple of years in Istanbul. I'm a big fan!

—Qual foi a coisa mais estúpida que concordou em fazer?

—To go on a VERY long bush walk, mere hours after getting home from a pub crawl.

—Existe vida depois do casamento?

—YES! It just keeps getting better!

—Tem uma anedota favorita? Conte-nos.

—Any Gary Larson comic ever published. He might be the funniest man on earth.

—Gosta de cães e gatos?

—Cats. I'm not embarrassed.

—A quem ou o que odeia?

—Celery. Eww

—A melhor coisa na vida é:

—Champagne and cheeses with friends.

—A coisa mais irritante na vida é:

—People farting next to you on flights.

—Existe algo em seu redor que gostaria de mudar?

—I'm about to try my hand at home renovation, in a very literal interpretation of that question!

—O que gostaria de mudar em si próprio?

—I would love to learn Chinese. And sign language. And also do some pottery. And learn to ride horses. Probably should exercise more too.

—O que gostaria de mudar no mundo?

—Let's turn down the level of racism shall we, it seems to be gaining momentum instead of losing it.

—Pode dar algumas dicas para fotógrafos principiantes?

—Sure! Don't train yourself out of -not- shooting things. Such as the weird, or awkward, or funny or embarrassing moments. These are some of the greatest photographs you could take!

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

—I guess I'd ask them if they wanted to join us for lunch, I know a good place...

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

—Whatever genre Monty Python calls itself.

—Amanhã eu vou fazer...

—EDIT! Pat my cat. Email clients! Poke around the fridge and hope for the best. Print some albums! Look at memes!