攝影師 Stephanie Kindermann

—首先─您認為誰是布里斯班, 澳大利亞最優秀的攝影師呢？ :)

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

—您上相嗎？

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

—您如何開始從事攝影行業？

—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.

—您認為一張好照片裡最重要的元素有哪些？

—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.

—您熱愛旅行嗎？

—I live for it.

—您最喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

—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.

—您最不喜歡這個職業的哪個部分？

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

—攝影的前景如何？

—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.

—您擅長的攝影類型有什麼特別之處？

—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.

—您如何應對批評？

—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.

—攝影有什麼潮流？

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

—客戶選擇攝影師的標準有哪些？

—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.

—拍攝時應該避免哪些事項？

—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.

—通常不會被注意，但攝影師卻能留意的細節有哪些呢？

—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.

—什麼事物會影響照片的價值？它包含了哪些因素？

—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.

—您認為哪個人可以被視為21世紀的代表人物？

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

—您想拍誰？

—People madly in love.

—您有任何職業禁忌嗎？

—I am a woman of no limits.

—您想和誰一起拍攝？

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

—您會擔心什麼？為什麼？

—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.

—您人生中印象最深刻的一刻是什麼？

—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.

—如果您是個卡通、小說或電影角色，您想成為誰？為什麼？

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

—誰能在生命中激發您的靈感？為什麼？

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

—您如何定義成功？您會怎麼衡量它？

—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?

—您是希望被喜愛或是被景仰呢？

—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.

—您在工作上犯過最大的錯誤是什麼？

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

—當您要去旅行時，您會帶什麼？為什麼？

—My husband, because he can read maps.

—在您擁有的物品中，有任何您希望沒買過的嗎？為什麼？

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

—您如何學習拍出更好的照片呢？

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

—身為攝影師，誰的作品對您影響最大？

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

—哪件事是您希望從開始拍照時就知道的？

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

—您想用自己的照片說些什麼？

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

—讓您持續拍照的動力是什麼？

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

—您的雙親應該更加或是更不嚴厲呢？

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

—如果能回到過去，您會有什麼不同舉動呢？

—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.

—您對在其他星球上的生命有什麼看法呢？

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

—誰是您的英雄？

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

—您不重視誰？

—Paedophiles

—您空閒時會做些什麼？

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

—您的哪一面是公眾不曾看到過的？

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

—您什麼時候會對自己的作品完全滿意？

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

—您認可男女性的傳統角色嗎？

—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.

—您容易交到朋友嗎？

—Yes

—您希望在哪裡生活？

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

—您曾同意嘗試過最愚蠢的事是什麼？

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

—結婚後還有人生嗎？

—YES! It just keeps getting better!

—您有最愛的笑話嗎？請告訴我們。

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

—您喜歡狗還是貓？

—Cats. I'm not embarrassed.

—您討厭誰或什麼？

—Celery. Eww

—人生中最棒的事是：

—Champagne and cheeses with friends.

—人生中最煩人的事是：

—People farting next to you on flights.

—您的周圍有任何您想改變的事情嗎？

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

—您希望改變自己的哪一點？

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

—您希望改變世界的哪些方面？

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

—您能為新進攝影師提供一些建議嗎？

—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!

—如果外星人來到地球，而您是他們第一個遇見的人，您會跟他們說什麼？

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

—如果您被邀請去拍攝電影，那會是什麼類型的電影呢？

—Whatever genre Monty Python calls itself.

—明天我會去做...

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