11: This is Philippe Swiggers

So excited to be bringing you the fantastic Philippe Swiggers for Episode 11 of the Podcast! Hailing from Belgium, winner of no less than 15 TiR Awards (he's fifth overall, in terms of Lifetime Awards), Philippe is a brilliant photographer and has so much to share, including: the number of weddings he shoots per year, what he gets up to in the quiet season, the importance of getting someone to photograph his own family, seeing what certain images mean to him and how that helps his own photography, his love for teaching, how he second shot to get into the industry, how he still gets nervous before every wedding, being an introvert in the extrovert world of weddings, the importance of being himself, family and what makes him happy, what success means for him, advice for people who have been shooting for some time but are not happy with their current work, his personal project on social workers which became a book and exhibition, how specifically not thinking with social media in mind helped him, building trust, what he's awful at, his tips (as a previous judge and winner of five Story Awards himself) for submitting to the Story Awards, how you should never stop believing in your own images and should re-submit what you believe in, photographing Steven Defour's wedding as a second shooter, the Mind the Moment Collective that he's part of, why you need to have passion to teach, what skills wedding photographers should have, and more... For a full transcript, and to join us at This is Reportage, head to our website at https://thisisreportage.com/