Interview with:Felix Dasilva [felixdasilva]
PHOTOGRAPHY
 | Do you have an online gallery where one can view your photos? http://portfolios.models.com/-136571/
www.iqons.com/felix+dasilva
www.felixdasilva.blogspot.com |
| For how long have you done photography? How did you begin? 10 years officially
I don't know how I exactly started but in a way it has always been there. |
| What has been your education as a photographer? Self taught. |
| Please list any exhibitions in which you have participated. Canon Professionals
Delhi Times |
| Please list any awards for your work. I have not had any awards yet |
| What is your favourite type of photography? I do fashion photography mostly |
| What do you try to express through your photography? My photography is everything about me, around me, and everyone that I see and everything that impresses me and the things that I love. It is also all my moods, my cheerfulness, my sarcasm, my darkest moods. It is everything really. |
| How do you choose your subjects? Most of the time after thinking, a concept comes to my mind and that's how everything gets started |
| What type of preparation do you do before undertaking the photo session? Make sure that the equipment is all ready and that I get a good sleep or that I am rested mentally at least. |
| Do you normally photograph with a purpose already in mind, or do you let yourself go with the flow? I usually have a concept in mind but the concept or the compositions are not set on stones so things can also chance within the shoot. |
| Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Sigma, Olympus, Sony, Pentax...which do you place your bets on and why? I photography with Canon and Hasselblad because I like and because I am used to |
| Describe your current equipment: cameras, lenses, computers, accessories... There is too much to describe here. |
| What software and plug-ins do you use to retouch and manage your photos? Adobe Photoshop CS4 |
| What measures do you take to protect your work against Internet piracy? I don't really have any experience with internet piracy |
| Are you a good salesperson of your work? In what should you improve? I am a good salesperson in general. My work like my life is in a constant state of improvement. |
| Which past masters of photography do you most admire? Helmut Newton
Richard Avedon |
| Are technology and digital retouching reducing the gap between professionals and amateurs? Not really |
| What is your team of habitual collaborators like? I usually work with:
Models
Stylist
Makeup Artists
Hair Stylists
Photography Assistants
Runners
Light Technicians
Photoshop Specialists
etc |
| With which other photographers do you normally team up with or do sessions with? Although sometimes I work a few other photographers, most of the time I work alone. |
| Do you consider yourself more technical or more artistic? Much more artistic than technical, no doubt |
| What have you learned about the art of framing and composition? I think framing and composition is fundamental in telling what kind of photographer one is. It is fundamental. |
| How does one develop the instinct of knowing when to press the shutter release button? I think the instinct is always there, it has always been there. One can definitely improve that with practice but it has to be there from start. |
| When should one use film, and when should one use digital? I always use digital except if I am using a large format camera |
| Does photography have the recognition that it should have in contemporary art museums? Not in the museums, no. But hopefully this will change. I recently went to the last Pre-Auction Cocktail party of Phillipe de Pury in London and was surprised to see more photography than paintings going under the hammer. This means a shift to the importance of photography within the art world. |
| Which websites for photographers do you frequently visit? Don't visit much other photographers websites but I check a lot of the magazines and that's how I check most of what is going on in photography in the world today. |
| Is there any particular technique that you could share? I can't really think of any. It is all so in the instinct rather than the technique.
I think knowing how to deal with people is extremely important in the type of photography I do.
Knowing your light is fundamental
being sharp enough to know when to snap the right moment is crucial. |
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