Fotoğrafçı Stephanie Kindermann

—Her şey bir yana sizce en iyi fotoğrafçısı şehrinizde kimdir? :)

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

—Fotojenik olduğunuzu düşünüyor musunuz?

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

—Fotoğrafçılık endüstrisine nasıl giriş yaptınız?

—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.

—Sizce iyi bir fotoğrafın en önemli bileşenleri nelerdir?

—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.

—Seyahat etmeyi sever misiniz?

—I live for it.

—Mesleğinizle ilgili en sevdiğiniz şey nedir?

—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.

—Mesleğinizin en zor tarafı nedir?

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

—Fotoğrafçılığının geleceği konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—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.

—Uzmanlaştığınız fotoğrafçılık türünü özel kılan şey nedir?

—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.

—Eleştiriler karşısında yaklaşımınız nasıl oluyor?

—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.

—Fotoğrafçılığı ile ilgili yeni trendler var mı?

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

—Müşteriler fotoğrafçı seçerken ne gibi kriterleri göz önünde bulundurmalıdırlar?

—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.

—Fotoğraf çekimi sırasında kesinlikle izin vermeyeceğiniz şeyler nelerdir?

—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.

—Bir fotoğrafçı diğerlerinin görmediği hangi detayları yakalayabilir?

—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.

—Fotoğrafın değerini belirleyen şey nedir? Ne gibi unsurları vardır?

—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.

—Sizce 21. yüzyılın sembolü kim olabilir?

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

—Kimi fotoğraflamak istersiniz?

—People madly in love.

—Mesleğinizle ilgili tabularınız var mı?

—I am a woman of no limits.

—Birlikte fotoğraf çekmek istediğiniz birisi var mı?

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

—Hangi konularda endişeleriniz var ve neden?

—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.

—Hayatınızda sizi en çok etkileyen an?

—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.

—Çizgi film, edebiyat veya sinema karakteri olsaydınız nasıl bir karakter olmak isterdiniz, neden?

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

—Hayatınızda size ilham veren birisi var mı? Neden?

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

—Kısaca başarıyı tanımlar mısınız? Başarıyı nasıl ölçersiniz?

—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?

—Beğenilmeyi mi yoksa saygınlığı mı tercih edersiniz?

—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.

—Bugüne kadar işinizle ilgili yaptığınız en büyük hatanız nedir?

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

—Bir seyahate giderken yanınıza alacağınız şey nedir? Niçin?

—My husband, because he can read maps.

—Kullandığınız cihazlar arasında keşke satın almasaydım dediğiniz bir cihaz var mı? Neden?

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

—Daha iyi fotoğraflar çekmek adına kendinizi nasıl geliştiriyorsunuz?

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

—Bir fotoğrafçısı olarak çalışmalarından en çok etkilendiğiniz kişi kimdir?

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

—Fotoğraf çekmeye başladığınızda bilmeyi istediğiniz en önemli şey nedir?

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

—Fotoğraflarınızda neleri anlatmak istersiniz?

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

—Neler fotoğraf çekme arzunuzu motive ediyor?

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

—Ailem daha otoriter veya daha özgürlükçü olmalıydı diye hiç düşündünüz mü?

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

—Geçmişe gidebilseydin neyi değiştirmeyi isterdin?

—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.

—Diğer gezegenlerde de yaşam olduğunu düşünüyor musunuz?

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

—Herhangi bir kahramanınız var mı?

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

—Kime saygı duymazsınız?

—Paedophiles

—Boş zamanlarınızda neler yaparsınız?

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

—Diğer insanların hiç bilmediği farklı bir yönünüz var mı?

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

—Şu ana kadar tam olarak tatmin olduğun bir çalışma oldu mu?

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

—Kadınların ve erkeklerin geleneksel rolleri hakkında neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—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.

—İnsanlarla hemen arkadaş olabilir misiniz?

—Yes

—Nerede yaşamayı isterdiniz?

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

—Kesinlikle yapmayı kabul etmediğiniz en aptalca şey nedir?

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

—Evlilik sonrası hayat konusunda neler düşünüyorsunuz?

—YES! It just keeps getting better!

—Çok sevdiğiniz bir fıkra var mı? Eğer varsa bizimle paylaşır mısınız?

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

—Kedileri veya köpekleri sever misiniz?

—Cats. I'm not embarrassed.

—Kimden veya ne yapmaktan nefret edersiniz?

—Celery. Eww

—Hayatınızdaki en iyi şey:

—Champagne and cheeses with friends.

—Hayatınızdaki en sinir bozucu şey:

—People farting next to you on flights.

—Çevrenizde değiştirmek istediğiniz bir şeyler var mı?

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

—Kendinizde neyi değiştirmek isterdiniz?

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

—Dünyadaki neleri değiştirmek isterdiniz?

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

—Fotoğrafçılığına yeni başlayanlar için birkaç ipucu verebilirsiniz?

—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!

—Uzaylılar dünyaya gelse ve onların karşısına çıkan ilk kişi siz olsanız, onlara ne derdiniz?

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

—Sizden bir film çekmeniz istenseydi, bu ne tür bir film olurdu?

—Whatever genre Monty Python calls itself.

—Yarın yapacağım...

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