interview with valeria

so we are back to the third interview on {photography… by photographers} latin-american edition, and i will remind you the schedule, so that you do not miss a thing!

january 10th – {françoise rachez}

january 11th – {euge de la peña}

january 12th – {valeria spring}

january 13th – {jackie rueda}

january 14th – {libertad leal}

today we shall have {valeria spring}… that recently launched her {red balloon photography} project! she comes from buenos aires, and currently living in seatlle with her husband and their two girls.

hello how are you today? i am great and excited to be here!

1. so, here we are to talk about {photography}… let’s start with a very important detail, how did you learn your way through photography? i went to photography school in my home town, buenos aires, right after high school. i’ve also taken a few workshops and taught myself photoshop googling around.

2. what camera + lens do you use the most? i use a nikon d90 and my favorite lens is the 50mm 1.4. i think i use that lens for the 95% of my photos. i am hoping to upgrade to a full frame body soon and the 85mm 1.4 and 24-70mm 2.8 are both on my wish list.

3. what is your camera’s best feature? hmm, my d90 is just so user friendly and light, so easy to handle.

4. can you give me three must-do’s concerning {photography}? practice, practice, practice, keep my photography unique, the bloom workshop.

5. and what is your favourite subject to shoot? children and families, but i also love photographing birds, flowers and still life.

6. after taking pictures, do you use any program to edit them? I use a acr – adobe camera raw (to process my raw images) and a {lot} of photoshop. i love post processing, to me it’s as important as the shot. i put a lot of my vision on my pp.

7. in three words, how would you describe your {photography}? storytelling, nostalgic and joyful.

8. what inspires you to do what you do in {photography}? my daughters have been my biggest inspiration and the ones that had made me want to get back into photography. also, vintage drawings, vintage book covers and posters have been an inspiration on my style.

9. when you wander in flickr, what drives you to write a comment? flickr had also been a {huge} inspiration and i have discovered many {amazing} photographers there. i usually leave a comment when the photo makes me smile or when i can’t stop looking at it or when it inspires me.

10. would you like to try something different from what you do in {photography}? yes i’m always trying to improve and learn more and more and trying new things to enrich my images. i have my own style and i wouldn’t want to change it, but i always add or twist things a bit to keep it fun and interesting. i can get bored pretty easily.

well, we have another nikon lady, but still… have not changed my mind about my love for canon!! from all these interviews, and being these photographers among my favourite ones, it is pretty interesting how different they are as photographers, how different are their inspirational sources, and even so, they manage to create and drive us to their beautiful, nostalgic, dreamy worlds, filled with sensitivity, colours… and love, so much love. as in blogging, in photography it is deeply important to be yourself and find your way. remember that images are worth more than a thousand words… and this magic it is only up to you, only when being yourself. have a sweet sweet wednesday, my friends! tomorrow we shall have another distinctive lady… a lady from around the world!