Mariana Velichkova’s interview with Yessenia Quiros
When and how did you decide to become a photographer?
It’s been a long process. About twelve years ago, while on my honeymoon, I was taking pictures with a disposable camera and photographed some crabs and some landscapes. It was like discovering a new world, since then, I’ve been growing and learning about photography.
What are your pursuits while taking pictures?
I seek to catch more than just a simple image. I try to capture a feeling, a message, a new angle, a hidden detail.
How has photography changed your life?
In one word: Incredibly!
It has allowed me to grow as a person. It has made me a lot more secure; it helped me to look at nature in a different way, to see simple things as something extraordinary; it has showed me how to find art everywhere and in every little thing. By changing the way I perceive things, it has helped me to try to become better and to take care of nature.
What is your dream destination for taking pictures?
Every year, thousands of tourists come to Costa Rica because of its natural beauty: its landscapes, beaches, mountains and volcanoes. Through photography, I’ve discovered in my own country a paradise for nature and photography lovers. I still have a lot to discover in my country (Coco’s Island, Chirripo Mount, Tortuguero Canals ), but I’m enjoying it.
What are your realizations about photography?
I believe photography is a technique to interpret images. It is true artistic expression that allows you to communicate beauty, sorrow, awe, happiness, sadness, exaltation, disappointment and a lot more.
Who are you besides photography?
I am a woman who enjoys life with my children and husband. I am a person who believes in friendship, who likes to learn and teach, a woman who puts a lot of passion in everything she does. I am a perfectionist and I believe that God created a beautiful world to enjoy and take care of.
Biography:
Yessenia Quiros lives in a small city called San Isidro de El General of Costa Rica, Central America. She is 29 years old and got married twelve years ago and has three children, one girl and two boys.
She is a self taught photographer. She began photography as a hobby, but soon it became an important part of her life through expressing herself as an artist. Since 2002, she began learning digital edition techniques using two different types of software: Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photoshop. At the same time she got a digital camera, first a little compact one, then a reflex Cannon 400 XTi, now she owns one reflex Cannon 40D.
With her cameras, studying by herself, her passion and a lot of sensibility she has been able to take hundreds of pictures. Her principal area of development is nature and landscape photography.
Her work has been exposed in online galleries like: fotonaturaleza.net, fotosmundo.com and Flickr.com. In the last one, sixty of her pictures have won first place in the “20 photographic themes “section. (http://www.flickr.com/groups/20temasfotogrficos/). She also had an exposition in June 2008 as an invited artist for “Casa Arte” inauguration in one of the art schools in her city.
In the commercial side, her specialties are wedding photography, family portraits, interior decoration, advertising design, picture restoration and digital photo montage.
17 comments so far ↓
John Z // Jun 18, 2009 //
Hi All,
Nice Photo’s and a very good interview, i especally like the close up’s and “The Stream”.
Nice work, well done.
Thank You,
John Z
Roberto Garcia // Jun 18, 2009 //
Marvelous interview!! A most talented photographer indeed, Yessenia’s photographs are visual poems, full of color, detail and art.
Mauricio // Jun 18, 2009 //
Felicidades Yessenia, no es para menos con tan buenas fotografías.
Gracias por mencionar a FN !
Susy Salas // Jun 18, 2009 //
• Wow!!! Que belleza de entrevista, y de entrevistada!!! Yesenia sabes que sigo tu trabajo de cerca y que eres una gran inspiración para mi vida… FELICIDADES!!! Muy merecido reconocimiento y se que vendrán cosas mayores… Porque poses un hermoso regalo de Dios… Un beso.
Susy.KC.
rafael-angel // Jun 18, 2009 //
Mi más cordial enhorabuena. El talento es como el agua, antes o después ha de brotar. Que sea éste el origen de los más grandes éxitos de tu vida.
Un abrazo Yessenia.
Rafael
Alex Vargas // Jun 19, 2009 //
Congratulations Yess… keep up the good work and please keep sharing that passion with us… Cheers!
Ariana Quiros Blanco // Jun 20, 2009 //
Yess esto es una bendicion tan grande para tu vida que no tengo las palabras para expresar esta enorme alegria. Te Bendigo a TI y TU FAMILIA, es un orgullo para todos los ticos ver el trabajo tan bello que haces es un don de DIOS. TE FELICITO y sigue demostrando ese talento tan lindo que Dios te a regalo. TE QUIERO MUCHO. ARI…..
Carlos López // Jun 23, 2009 //
Yessenia exelente trabajo como siempre cada vez mejor muchas felicidades, como persona y como profecional eres más que exelente, viene más en camino tenlo por seguro….
Yessenia exellent Job like always, your talent is getting better and better, congratulations, you are as a person and has a professional Photographer just amazing, a lot more is coming be sure of it…
Lily Ortiz // Jun 25, 2009 //
Felicidades mi harmanita bella, yo se que todavia hay mucho mas en ti para dar, Dios puso cosas muy grandes y maravillosas en ti para regalarnos,,, vez que a pesar de los obstaculos Dios te ah llevado muy alla y falta mucho mucho mas por alcanzar. Que Dios te continue Bendiciendo.
Jorge Chinchilla // Jun 27, 2009 //
Muchas felicidades Yessenia, la verdad es que la calidad de sus fotografías merece esto y mucho más. Seguiras cosechando muchos éxitos si Dios asi lo permite. Gracias por darnos la oportunidad de poder admirar tan maravilloso trabajo.
Jorge Chinchilla A.
Guiselle // Nov 6, 2009 //
Exelente trabajo, esas fotografias son maravillosa, me fasina todas pero las que mas llamaron mi atencion son la q-10 y la q-11.
Me siento muy orgullosa de ti primita, sigue adelante, y que tus bellos ojos sigan captando atras del lente de la camara las mararillas de DIOS, como dice el Salmo 139:14 …¨TE ALABARE; PORQUE FORMIDABLES, MARAVILLOSAS SON TUS OBRAS; ESTOY MARAVILLADO , Y MI ALMA LO SABE MUY BIEN.
Good work.. .Congratulations Yess…
Jonathan Serrano // Nov 6, 2009 //
Exelente trabajo primita, que el Señor te siga Bendiciendo, y sigas captando imagenes tan hermosas como las que estan presentadas en esta entrevista, me alegra mucho el exito que has tenido hasta hoy, sigue adelante porque te lo mereces…..Chao…
Magaly Mora // Nov 6, 2009 //
Yesy, como te dije un dia de estos, estoy super orgullosa de ti, esto es solo el principio de algo muy grande que viene en camino…tus trabajos son mas que excelentes…bendiciones….
Natalia Amador // Nov 30, 2009 //
Yes, has cumplido con el consejo “hacer todo con excelencia…como si fuera para Dios”. Tu trabajo es una perfecta muestra de ser excelente en lo que hacemos. Es un orgullo ser tu amiga y tu clienta.
Luis Barboza // Jun 27, 2010 //
Que orgullo que nuestra amiga esté desarrollando sus proyectos fotográficos tan bien, muchas felicidades.
Mariola Romero y Toni Soria // Jun 28, 2010 //
Yes,tu trabajo es majestuoso,no nos estraña nada, esto tu te lo mereces y nos sentimos muy orgullosos de nuestra hermanita querida…….
esto es solo el comienzo…llegaras a lo mas alto.TQM.
Yessenia Ortiz Q. // Aug 13, 2010 //
Gracias a todos por sus comentarios tan lindos se los agradezco de todo corazón, un abrazo.
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