《对话·互动--Profoto（保富图）专业摄影师》
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编者按：Adam Pretty 于1997年作为新闻摄影师加入《悉尼先驱晨报》，开始其职业摄影师生涯。1998年，他加入Getty Images 成为亚太区首席体育摄影。Pretty先生尤其热爱水下摄影，他创造了独特的水下摄影方法，并多次获得国际大奖。此次，Adam Pretty 接受了色影无忌独家专访，与大家分享他的摄影历程和对摄影的理解与探讨。
“这是我真正的激情所在。”
“走出去，拍摄！获取经验。”
“保持尝试，犯错误并从中吸取教训。”
——Adam Pretty 如是说
盖蒂图片社首席体育摄影师Adam Pretty
这是我真正的激情所在
色影无忌：Adam 您好，很高兴此次借由Profoto这个平台采访到您。 1997年的时候，您是因为怎样的契机加入《悉尼先驱晨报》，开始摄影师生涯的呢？
Xitek : Hello Adam, We are very glad to interview you today through Profoto Platform on Xitek. Please tell us how you became the «Sydney Morning Herald» photographer back in 1997.
Adam:I finished high school in 1994 and went to university to study Visual Communications, however I was eager to obtain experience working in the photography industry so I was looking for a job as well. A new position became available at the Sydney Morning Herald in 1995, working in the Mac room, scanning and printing images from digital negative into the computer and outputting them to the printers. I applied and got the job as I had quite a bit of experience printing in my own home darkroom and also taking pictures. Being pretty young I was familiar with computers,when, at that time, many photographers were not that comfortable using them. After a few years in that role, and constantly taking pictures and doing small assignments on my days off, I was given a job as a full time news photographer at the Sydney Morning Herald.
1994年，我高中毕业，并且进入大学学习视觉通讯，无论如何，我渴望在摄影行业得到工作经验，所以我也一直在找寻相关工作。1995年，《悉尼先驱晨报》有一份新的职位，在Mac房间工作，扫描和打印图像，将数字负片输入计算机，由打印机输出它们。我申请并得到了这份工作，因为我有相当多在自己家里暗房冲印的经验，同时还拍照。年轻的我对计算机非常熟练，在那个时候，很多摄影师并不能很熟练的使用它们。几年后因为这个角色，在我休息日时不断的拍照和做小任务，我在《悉尼先驱晨报》得到了一份全职新闻摄影师的工作。
色影无忌：您觉得1998年加入Getty Images 后，您的摄影师生涯有什么不同么？
Xitek : Then in 1998 after you started to work for Getty Images, do you think something changed in your way of taking pictures ?
Adam:I started shooting sports full time when I joined Getty, which was my real passion. Being able to focus on sports photography full time really helped me improve as a sports photographer. It was also a very different way of working, being in an agency environment rather than with a newspaper, so that influenced my photography as well.
当我加入Getty图片社时，开始专职拍摄体育运动题材的图片，这是我真正的激情所在。作为一个全职体育摄影师，能够专注于体育摄影真的帮助我提高了很多。它也是一个非常不同的工作方式，在一个机构的环境而不是报纸，这样影响了我的摄影风格。
色影无忌：小时候有料想自己会从事摄影师职业么？
Xitek : As a kid, did you ever wanted to be a professional photographer ?
Adam:Yes! From the age of 15 I thought I would like to do this as a profession.
是的！15岁的时候我想我开始愿意从事这个职业。
通过实践不断尝试，你需要具备敢于冒险的精神
色影无忌：您的作品多次获得国际大奖，您认为是什么特质让您的作品无往而不利，吸引评委和大众眼球的呢？
Xitek : World Press Photo，Sony World Photography Awards，Pictures of the Year International，NPPA Best of Photojournalism... Your pictures won several awards over the years, what do you think is the specificity of your work that bring attention in judges and public eyes ?
Adam:I think if you really express yourself through your work, strive to shoot something different and try and develop a unique visual style your work will be noticed by judges and the public. This definitely helps get your pictures published and, by extension, gets you noticed in competitions as something slightly different will – hopefully! - make your work stand out from the other entries and catch the eye of a judge. Keep trying to push your photography forward by experimenting and not being afraid to make mistakes. You really need to take a few risks in order to capture something different and surprising.
我认为如果你真的想通过你的工作表达自己的思想，那么力求拍出与众不同的作品，并尝试开发一种独特的视觉风格，将会吸引评为和大众的关注。这显然可以有助于让你的作品发表，并通过其拓展，进而让你注意到，与比赛略有不同的东西——希望！使你在工作中脱颖，并且捕获评委的眼球。通过实践不断尝试，努力增强你的摄影技术，不要害怕犯错误。为了捕捉与众不同且令人惊奇的东西，你需要具备敢于冒险的精神。
