Q & A Amongst Lensman Kyrani Kanavaros
Wednesday 27 April 2016
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Today we're excited to portion a Q&A alongside Vancouver lensman Kyrani Kanavaros. We've admired Kyrani's work for the yesteryear few years, too lastly got to piece of work alongside her when she photographed our studio take in alongside Bobbie Burgers before this spring. Her portraits are stunning (a few samples below) every bit is her photography around town that she shares on her instagram feed. And pssssst! If you're inwards the Vancouver surface area this Sabbatum (April 30th/16), yous tin acquire your portrait taken yesteryear her at the Market That Gives Back inwards back upward of Autism Month for Canucks Autism Network. More details at the terminate of this post.
How did yous acquire started inwards photography?
Originally, I got started dorsum inwards high school, exactly I didn’t pursue it yesteryear graduation. My postal service secondary pursuits at that fourth dimension were focused on English linguistic communication literature. Sometime inwards the early on 2000s, I stumbled across an old, fully manual Minolta SLR, too I haven’t looked dorsum since.
Did yous convey whatever photography courses?
I am largely self-taught. But, when I had my twins I didn't receive got the fourth dimension to acquire on my ain or challenge myself every bit I did before. Since too then I receive got taken several courses at Langara College from fourth dimension to time, both to assist me ameliorate too forcefulness me to laid aside the fourth dimension to acquire too challenge myself.
Tell us a fleck almost your focus. (Who are your clients)?
I shoot people; people of whatever age, really. When I was starting out 10 years agone I specialized inwards families too kids, exactly forthwith I dearest capturing anything involving human beings. Lately, the bulk of my piece of work has been corporate, publicity too editorial photography. Regardless of whether I’m photographing a child, businessman, musician, artist, or whoever, my destination is create an editorial-style prototype that tells a story.
What exercise yous dearest taking photos of?
If the lite is correct I’m inspired to photograph pretty much anything, from a gorgeous model to my boys to a hose on board a ferry. I dearest the agency lite plays alongside our perceptions too makes the seemingly mundane, extraordinary too new. I am peculiarly a sucker for backlighting.
I also actually savor having that piffling photographic tv set camera inwards my bag at all times - I am constantly taking pictures of everything that catches my eye, too this enables me to continuously alive inwards the minute too sense my surroundings. Having said this, alongside visual platforms similar Instagram for sharing one’s work, I am finding myself shooting too sharing photos from my DSLR regularly too. Just the other day, I was archiving my personal photos too institute I had been shooting to a greater extent than personal piece of work than I had inwards previous years. It may non live every bit “insta” every bit it is shooting from my iphone exactly it has given me to a greater extent than confidence to seat myself out there. Plus the applied scientific discipline to transfer from photographic tv set camera to estimator to telephone makes it thence much easier to exercise this.
Who are some photographers yous admire?
Of course, the keen Annie Leibovitz.
But, my all fourth dimension favourite volition ever live Vancouver photographer, Gaetano Fasciana. He is my biggest inspiration every bit a somebody too photographer. He passed away almost v years agone too I immature lady him terribly. Every fourth dimension I shoot I endeavour to consider every bit I mean value he would consider - too and then I’ll endeavour to loosen up, too brand room for my ain vision.
Other photographers whose piece of work I admire are Mario Testino too Mark Seliger ; locally, I receive got ever been inspired yesteryear the plant of Candace Meyer, Jennie Marigomen, too Martin Tessler.
Tell us a fleck almost your equipment
I shoot generally alongside Canon bodies too lenses. When I postulate to create my ain lite I operate my Canon flashes (off camera) or Profoto lights if I postulate to a greater extent than power. My tripods too lite stands of pick are made yesteryear Manfrotto.
Do yous receive got whatever advice for novice photographers?
Just acquire shoot! Make mistakes. Learn too experiment. I’m non a technically-minded person, thence for me, hands-on learning yesteryear doing (and often, doing things “wrong”). Having said that, in 1 lawsuit yous acquire the rules yous tin acquire ahead too interruption them likewise - that’s where the fun actually begins!
Also - too this is in all likelihood the most of import - don't underestimate your worth. If you're doing unpaid piece of work for your portfolio, exercise it because yous desire to too because you'll acquire something out of it (creatively at the rattling least), non because someone says they can't afford to pay for it, or it's “good exposure”.
Oh too shoot lots of creatives too! It’s slowly to convey jobs because yous postulate to pay the bills exactly sometimes it tin live discouraging. Creatives volition non entirely assist yous ameliorate your photography exactly remind yous why yous dearest photography too volition acquire yous out of your comfort zone. The best business office is when yous encounter clients that volition appreciate that every bit well.
We remove heed yous volition live taking photos for the "Market That Gives Back" benefiting Canucks Autism on Apr 30th hither inwards Vancouver. What a keen agency to give back, tin yous tell us more?
Whether nosotros know it or not, nosotros all receive got a personal connectedness to autism. With 1 inwards 68 kids beingness diagnosed alongside autism, I mean value it’s of import to back upward organizations similar Canucks Autism Network. What these guys exercise to back upward people too families alongside autism is nil curt of amazing. The Market That Gives Back is a popular upward store at the Aviary (Fraser too Kingsway). There volition live almost 10 local pocket-sized businesses showcasing their wares, thence live prepared to come upward store for beautiful items for a keen cause. Partial proceeds from the consequence volition live donated to CAN to back upward their social too recreational programs.
I volition also live on sthe Canucks Autism Network. I’m actually looking forrad to spending the solar daytime capturing all kinds of portraits - headshots, delineate solid unit of measurement photos, kiddos, etc. - non entirely because it’s what I dearest doing, exactly because I’ll live both providing people alongside beautiful images, AND giving dorsum to this wonderful organization. It’s a win-win.
For to a greater extent than information on the Market That Gives Back click HERE or HERE.
For to a greater extent than information on the Market That Gives Back click HERE or HERE.
Thank yous Kyrani!
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