"The word photograph literally means "writing with light". You could write a report about a circumstance, or, you could express yourself through poetry about the exact same circumstance. This exactly is John Makris' viewpoint on photography.
Born in 1989, John Makris is a professional photographer based in Athens. He studied I.T. but his love for photography proved a greater influence for his later choices. He is a self-taught photographer and through a lot of study and practice he managed to transform his favorite hobby into his current profession. Needless to say, the many seminars he has attended have contributed considerably to his progress. His great love for wedding photography led him to want to share all his knowledge and influence others too about the art of photography. This is the reason why, since 2017 he himself began teaching and conducting seminars in Greece and overseas.
His main objective, a wedding, the couple, family, man... He believes you cannot succeed in a good shot just because you are alert and quick, or because you are fully trained, or you have the latest gear or simply because you have great imagination. He believes it is the combination of all the above that makes a good shot plus realizing that since you are taking photographs of people, emotions are involved. He is positive that the most important ingredient in the success of a photographer is never ceasing to 'feed' his aesthetics through observation, study and making continuous progress.
Having shot many weddings in every nook and cranny of Greece and in many countries overseas, he has come to love wedding photography dearly. He believes it is an extraordinary way to narrate the most beautiful day of a couple's life together, to contribute in recording the story and offering the couple and their relatives a kind of special heritage.
John Makris has been awarded with a number of photography awards in Greece and on a worldwide level."
Έχοντας φωτογραφήσει πολλούς γάμους, σε κάθε γωνιά της Ελλάδας, καθώς και σε αρκετές χώρες του κόσμου, ο Γιάννης Μακρής πιστεύει οτι η Φωτογραφία Γάμου είναι ένας καταπληκτικός τρόπος να αφηγηθείς την ιστορία της πιο όμορφης μέρας ένος ζευγαριού, να συμβάλλεις στο να καταγραφεί η ιστορία, και να δώσεις ένα είδος κληρονομιάς στο ζευγάρι και στους συγγενείς τους. Έχει βραβευτεί με περισσότερα απο 250 βραβεία φωτογραφίας σε πανελλήνιο και παγκόσμιο επίπεδο σε αρκετούς διεθνείς διαγωνισμούς. Η μεγάλη του αγάπη για αυτό το είδος φωτογραφίας τον οδήγησε να θέλει να μοιραστεί τα όσα γνωρίζει και να εμπνεύσει και άλλους. Γι’ αυτό, απο το 2017 έχει ξεκινήσει να διδάσκει ο ίδιος σε σεμινάρια στην Ελλάδα και στο εξωτερικό.
