I have stumbled upon her flickr profile for quite a long time now. The photos she took are captivating, so I decided to give her an interview and in the same time share hers photo to all of you. This is the first interview from Queness. If you are a starter of photography, I hope you will able to get something out of this interview.
Our subject is a photographer from flickr under an alias called {Peace&Love}. She has numerous of photos got explored in flickr and plenty of comments from others towards hers photos.
Kevin: Hi Lara, can you give us a brief introduction of yourself?
Lara: Well to begin with the basics my name is Lara. I live in a town in the middle of nowhere, the middle of nowhere, America. I have never moved my whole life but when I get the chance I am going to move to England or France, I have never felt I belong in America. I love going to the city and people watching.
Photography was one thing in life I never thought I would do, but the signs where always there . I remember every year someone or somehow I would get a camera for Christmas. Yet, I was never interested in photography. Once, when I was in middle school, my friend asked me if I wanted to join photography club in school and I just couldn't wrap my head around how that would be fun. But one day, for some strange reason I picked up my dads camera and brought it to my friends farm. I was just casually showing it off when I realized the pictures I took weren't half bad. The rest is history.I want to go to school for photography, specifically fashion photography. Even before I could read I was looking at fashion magazines.
Kevin: Do you have a favourite photographer or an artist who inspires you?
Lara: It's hard to pick just one, I like little things from every photographer. If I had to pick just one it would be Anna Wolf. Her photos are so carefree and spontaneous but also well composed.
Kevin: How do you learn all the technical aspects of photography?
Lara: The technical aspects just came naturally. I would play around with my camera and wonder what happens if I clicked a button or changed a setting. The only thing I have had training in is dark room which I learned from a summer camp, which even there I would be making up my own way of doing things.
Kevin: How do you find locations for your photos? is there a certain time of day you know will make better pictures?
Lara: I take mental notes of places all the time. I'm lucky enough to live in a place with lots of variety. Even my backyard is home to long grass fields and lakes. I like taking photos an hour before sunset, everything sparkles.
Kevin: You like to create something and take a photo of it, where do you get those unique inspiration from?
Lara: Daily life experiences, especially my conceptual photos. I like to express how I'm feeling at the time or how someone I know is feeling. I like to think of photography as a time portal, I can look at a photo and know exactly what i was feeling at the time.
Kevin: The color of your photos look retro and captivating. Do you do a lot of post-processing work on them?
Lara: Actually, I am probably the laziest person when it comes to editing. I'll just quickly apply a curve layer or a color fill. I don't like to change much besides the colors, I like my photos to look believable.
Kevin: What photo gears do you currently use? And your favorite lens is?
Lara: Currently I have a canon xti and various cheap plastic film cameras. My favorite lens is the canon 50mm f/1.4. I don't remember the last time I took it off my camera.
Kevin: Any tips for people getting started in photography?
Lara: Take one object and try to make it look the best you can. When I first started photography I would choose a little figurine or something similar and think "a great photographer could make anyone want this". Also bring a camera everywhere. Some of my favorite photos have been taken while in a car.
Kevin: Thanks for your precious time Lara, I wish you all the best with your photography career. The following is some of her beautiful photos, if you want to view more of hers photo, you can view {peace&love} flickr profile.
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By Kevin Liew
Kevin Liew is a web designer and developer and keen on contributing to the web development industry. He loves frontend development and absolutely amazed by jQuery. Feel free to say hi to me, or follow @quenesswebblog on twitter.
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