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Capturing the moment. Stopping the life. Linking the present with the past and conveying it into the future is something that photography truly is for me. Hence, this simple and brief thought, by an unknown author, is a reflection of my relation towards what I want to accomplish when I grab a camera and start snapping photos.
I am convinced that before you even started reading this text, you glanced at my photos. I hope they left a positive impression on you, therefore you decided to find out who is behind the camera lens. I will try my best to skip that conventional introduction and still tell you something about myself that you might find interesting.
It might sound like a cliché, but photography began to occupy my mind as a child. As I grew up, I saw in everything around me as a moment that must be halted. Whether it was an explosion of colors during the sunset, dew on a blossom, or a cat taking a nap on the doorstep of an old house. Photography has always relaxed me, with it, I forgot about everyday life struggles and it was my manner to escape from reality. At one point, I realized this is my reality and something I want to do. Consequently, I can say that I did not choose photography as my walk of life, it chose me. I am specifically interested in documentary photography, thus this is exactly one of the reasons I decided to photograph weddings. I tend not only to photograph people, but their souls. Feeling. To stop the moment when newlywed’s hearts shiver at the sight of each other or lumps stuck in their throats from mixed emotions when leaving the family home. I try to capture the emotions and souls on the spur-of-the moment of the people I observe through the lens. Since it is one of the most important days in their lives, the spectrum of emotions that both they and their loved ones go through is truly radiant.
I have been photographing weddings since 2015. The number of newlyweds whose fateful “YES” I recorded was over fifty. It is not a small number, but I must say that I always insist on quality, not quantity. I like to go through the process of preparation and agreement with “my” newlyweds, if chances allow, in order to remove all doubts and answer all inquiries. By that, we minimize the possibility that something remains vague or something unexpected happens. Even in some exceptional circumstances, I try to act calmly and responsibly. I do not like to “direct” the wedding with my steady instructions and get in the way of their spontaneous development, but my goal is to humbly point out the direction they should go, which we previously planned together.