This is Reportage Podcast

Honoured to chat to the fab Justine Boulin for episode 103 of the Podcast! Based in Canada, Justine has won 9 Reportage Awards and 2 Story Awards from us, and was in our Top 50 Photographers Worldwide for 2020. She was also a judge for us right back in Collection 2; something which she talks about on the episode today, as well as many other things, including: *approaching each wedding without any preconceived ideas or judgements, *why her very first wedding was such a good one, *a 21km run as her first date with her husband, *why less gear can be a good thing, *how having a heart attack gave her a new perspective on life, *and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-103-this-is-justine-boulin/ for a link through to Justine's website. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties, exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. We've just revealed the winners of our first Award Collections of 2022 - congrats to all the winners! Head to thisisreportage.com and thisisreportagefamily.com to see our wedding and family award-winners respectively. This also means that submissions are now open for our next Collections (we have six Award Collections per year; so every two months) - the deadline to submit is the same for both our wedding site and our family site; submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th March 2022. See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

I really enjoyed talking to the fab Jess Lycoops for episode 102 of the Podcast this week! Originally from Belgium, and now based in Denmark, Jess has been in our Top 100 Family Photographers Worldwide on This is Reportage: Family for the past two years in a row, and she shares so many great bits of advice in the episode, including: *why it's important to put yourself out there and challenge yourself, *her favourite lens for documenting families, *Instagram Stories, *the importance of a good mentor, *our Netflix synopsis game, *tips for if you're just starting out as a documentary family photographer, *the story behind one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, *and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-102-this-is-jess-lycoops/ to see the specific Reportage Family Award that she spoke about and a link to her website. See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

A real pleasure to talk to the fab Tsvetelina Deliyska for episode 101 of the Podcast this week! Based in Bulgaria, Tsveti has won 4 Reportage Awards from us, and 2 Story Awards, and was ranked in our Top 100 Photographers Worldwide for 2020. She talks about lots of different things in the episode, including: *shooting a wedding where both the bride and groom were blind, *how she captured one of her specific Reportage Awards, *live chickens at weddings, *the experience of seeing her work exhibited, *our Netflix synopsis game, *shooting her first weddings on film when she was only 19, *and much more... Just a couple of things to mention before we hear from Tsveti: Thanks so much to everyone who has listened to our 100th Podcast episode that we released last week; I've had so many lovely messages and comments about it; I'm so glad people enjoyed our special 'montage' episode, I really enjoyed putting it together and listening to all those voices again! I do apologise that I couldn't include a clip from every single photographer that I've been lucky enough to interview - I really would have needed to put out a 10+ hour episode if I included everyone. As part of that 100th special episode, we were running a giveaway, with a chance to win 1 of 10 This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family memberships - and the deadline for that giveaway is 23:59 GMT *today* (which is 20th January 2022, in case you're listening in the future...). So if you want to be in with a chance to win 1 of 10 memberships - worth £100 each - then do make sure you listen to that episode and get entering today. Secondly, just a mention that it's a whole new awards year on both This is Reportage and This is Reportage: Family, so if you are interested in maybe making our Top 100 and Top Storyteller lists for 2022, you have the best chance if you submit to our first Collection of the year. Members receive 60 individual award entries and 18 story award entries per year, all included in your membership fee (as well as many more benefits). The deadline to submit is just a few days away now: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2022. Finally, just a note that this interview was actually recorded a couple of months ago, so please excuse us if there are any time-related things in our discussion - such as the weather! - that maybe a little out of date now... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-101-this-is-tsvetelina-deliyska/ to see the specific Reportage Award that she spoke about, a link to her website, and to the exhibition she discussed on the episode too. See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

It's our 100th Podcast episode! To celebrate we're giving away 10 This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family Memberships - worth £100 each! We've reached our 100th episode! Can you believe it? It feels very surreal to me; it honestly only feels like a couple of months ago that it all began. We launched on November 7th 2019, and in just over two years I'm so happy to say we've reached this pretty special milestone. We've had over 76,000 listens so far, which means that each episode gets listened to over 760 times on average... amazing! I'm so thrilled that the photographers I talk to each week get to share their stories, tips and advice with so many people all over the world. Thank you so much for listening! As this is a special milestone, I thought I'd do a bit of a different episode, and I thought it would be nice to do a kind of 'montage' episode, where I'm featuring clips from past episodes. Now, this is in no way a 'best of' episode, as there has been far too much great content shared over our all the episodes so far - it would need a 10-hour episode to do one of those - but it is just a selection of some clips that stood out to me, or made me smile, or clips that gave a good sense of what the Podcast is about. It would have been impossible for me to feature every single photographer that I've interviewed so far (see above about needing a 10+ hour episode for that!) but you will hear from over 30 of my guests, including Valter Antunes, Sanne De Block, Rowena Meadows, Adam Johnson, Tyler Wirken, Rocio Vega, Yves Schepers, Gretchen Yost, Pedro Vilela, Lisa Hu Chen, David Scholes, Julia Rose-Greim, Franck Boutonnet, Dominique and Liam Shaw, Katrin Küllenberg, Ross Harvey, Menino Conhece Menina, Sam Docker, and many more... If you're a regular listener, hopefully you'll enjoy re-visiting some things you've heard before, or perhaps it'll point you to some episodes that you may have missed - and if you're brand-new to the Podcast, I hope this episode gives a good taster of what you've got in store if you want to delve into our back catalogue of episodes. ***We're also celebrating this milestone with a contest, where you can win 1 of 10 This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family memberships - worth £100 each.*** Visit https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-100-this-is-the-100th-special/ to see how to enter. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties, exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. It's a whole new awards year on This is Reportage and This is Reportage: Family, so if you are interested in maybe making our Top 100 and Top Storyteller lists for 2022, you have the best chance if you submit to our first Collection of the year. See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm very happy to be back with the Podcast and chatting to the fab Joosje Janssen today. Joosje was recently ranked in our Top 10 Netherlands Photographers of 2021 on This is Reportage: Family, and we talk all things documentary family photography today, including: *behind the scenes on her childbirth Family Story Award *top tips for improving your documentary work *her journey to becoming a photographer *comparing your work to others' *our Netflix synopsis game *length of sessions and making your clients feel at ease *the story behind her rabbit-hutch Award *and much more...! Before we get on to Joosje, I just want to mention a couple of things: Firstly, it's a whole new awards year on This is Reportage and This is Reportage: Family, so if you are interested in maybe making our Top 100 and Top Storyteller lists for 2022, you have the best chance if you submit to our first Collection of the year. Members receive 60 individual award entries and 18 story award entries per year, all included in your membership fee (as well as many more benefits). The deadline to submit is 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2022. Secondly, just a little heads-up that next week will be our 100th episode, and we'll be doing something a bit different for that - including some giveaways! - so do keep your ears open for that one... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-99-this-is-joosje-janssen/ to see the specific Reportage Family Award and Family Story Award that Joosje spoke about, as well as a link to her website. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties, exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

It was such a pleasure to chat to the fab Alpár Lukácsi for episode 98 of the Podcast! Alpár has been in our Top 10 Romanian Photographers for the past two years in a row, and has won six Reportage Awards from us. He talks about one of those specific Awards on the episode today, as well as lots of other things, including: *how you should never be satisfied, *shooting his first weddings in his early twenties, *the importance of empathy, *having a positive mindset, *why his Grandfather is such a huge inspiration for him, *destination weddings, *and much more... Before we get on to Alpár, I just wanted to wish you all a fantastic Christmas; I hope you have a super holiday season, and here's to 2022 being better than this year (and the last...!). Thank you so much for tuning in to the Podcast this year - I feel so grateful to you all for listening in; it's so great that the photographers I chat to each week are being listened to by hundreds of people all over the world - so, thank you. Thanks also to the people who share things about the Podcast on their socials, Insta Stories... to the people who have very kindly messaged or emailed me to say how they're enjoying the podcast, and to those who have left reviews; it's all super appreciated; thank you. To This is Reportage and This is Reportage: Family members, I just want to say how it's been amazing - as ever - to see all your brilliant work this year - you are all so talented, and I know this year hasn't been the easiest; thank you for sharing your work, opening yourselves up to our live critique sessions, submitting to our awards, coming over to our party in London, and just being the fab community of lovely people that you all are. I'll be taking a little break from the Podcast over the holidays, but we'll be back early in the New Year, and we'll be doing something a little special for our 100th episode, which is just a couple of episodes away now. Honestly, I can't quite believe that we're almost at that milestone already; it honestly only feels like a couple of months ago that I released the first few episodes, without any hope or expectation about how they would be received - or even if they'd be listened to at all! - so I can't quite believe we're nearly at 100 already...! Lastly, just a mention that this episode was recorded towards the end of October, so please excuse us if any time-sensitive talk is a little out of date... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-98-this-is-alpar-lukacsi/ for a link to Alpár's website, and to see the specific Reportage Award he talks about on the episode too. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties, exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. Entries are now open for our first Award Collections of 2022, where it'll be the start of an all-new Awards year; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2022. If you'd like to be on our Top 100 Photographers or Top Storytellers lists for 2022, you have the best chance if you submit to the first Collection of the year... See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

So fab to have the awesome family photographer Sandra Stokmans on the Podcast for episode 97! Sandra was just recently ranked 5th in the Netherlands on This is Reportage: Family for 2021, and joint-30th in the World, with 6 awards won from us in the year. Sandra talks about one of her specific, very emotional awards in the episode today, as well as many other things, including: *her personal project about children with congenital heart defects, *why and how she also photographs businesses in a documentary way, *day in the life and year in the life shoots, *why it's important to not only capture the happy times, *our Netflix synopsis game, *how growing up in lots of different countries had an effect on her, *and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-97-this-is-sandra-stokmans/ for links to Sandra's websites, and to see the specific Reportage Family Award she talks about on the episode too. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties, exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. Entries are now open for our first Award Collections of 2022, where it'll be the start of an all-new Awards year; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2022. If you'd like to be on our Top 100 Photographers or Top Storytellers lists for 2022, you have the best chance if you submit to the first Collection of the year... See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

A real pleasure to have the fab Kevin Kheffache for episode 96 of the Podcast! As well as being a brilliant wedding photographer (with 11 Reportage Awards and a Story Award to his name), Kevin is also the co-founder of Doc Day, with his wife, Annie Kheffache. It's an honour to have This is Reportage partnered with Doc Day - the conference that's all about documentary - and I was lucky enough to have been asked to speak at the inaugural event; it was brilliant, and I can't wait for Doc Day 2022, where speakers include two of our This is Reportage Photographers of the Year (Fabio Mirulla and Liam Shaw of York Place Studios)! Kevin shares so much in the episode, including: *how he came to be a photographer *how Kevin and Annie got the idea for Doc Day *wed-aches *whether there's any competitiveness between himself and his very talented wedding photographer wife, Annie Kheffache *our Netflix synopsis game *his personal highlights of the conference, what he's looking forward to most about Doc Day 2022 *and much more... There are just a handful of tickets left for Doc Day 2022 now (which has the fab date of 22/02/22) - grab one of the last tickets at https://docday.international/ - Anybody can buy a ticket, of course, but This is Reportage members have an exclusive discount - just login to your account and visit the members area to get the exclusive discount code. I'll be there, and I can't wait; hopefully see you there too. Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-96-this-is-kevin-kheffache/ for a link to his website and to Doc Day. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties, exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. Entries are now open for our first Award Collections of 2022, where it'll be the start of an all-new Awards year; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2022. If you'd like to be on our Top 100 Photographers or Top Storytellers lists for 2022, you have the best chance if you submit to the first Collection of the year... See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

Excited to have the fab Agata Szymanowicz on the Podcast for episode 95! Based in London, Agata has won an incredibly impressive 10 Reportage Family Awards from us, and she goes behind the scenes of a couple of those today, as well as much more, including: *how she approaches a typical family shoot, *her 'Waiting For The Miracle' project, *top tips for better documentary family coverage, *why I think her website is so great, *our Netflix game, *her background as a child psychologist, *and much more... I'll be meeting Agata at our This is Reportage & This is Reportage: Family Christmas Party on December 6th as well, which is just a few days away - can't wait! Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-95-this-is-agata-szymanowicz/ for a link to her website and her 'waiting for the miracle' project, and to see the couple of Reportage Family Awards she discussed on the episode too. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties (including our upcoming Christmas Party in London in December 2021), exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. We're currently judging the final Collections of 2021; can't wait to reveal the results soon! Hopefully see you soon for our Christmas Party in London on December 6th :) See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/

Delighted to have the fab Rianne Hogewoning on the Podcast for episode 94 today! Rianne was 5th in the Netherlands on TiR for 2020, and 60th in the world, and she's amassed 10 awards from us so far. She was a real pleasure to talk to, and she shares so much, including: *a certain image that's had an impact on her, *photographing something that scared her, *how she got her first wedding, *the Full Monty, *the story behind one of her specific Reportage Awards, *having her Facebook and Instagram hacked, *and so much more... I'll be meeting Rianne in under two weeks' time, too, as she's coming over to London for our Christmas party on December 6th 2021! The party is exclusively for This is Reportage and This is Reportage: Family members, and it's totally free - including a free drink for the first lot of people who turn up, too. Over 100 photographers from all over Europe (including Portugal, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Spain) are coming over to the UK for it; I really can't wait. I love our parties; we're much more than just an online community of photographers - it's so important to meet face-to-face... and have a drink or three too, of course! Members, there's still time to RSVP if you want to attend - and if you're not yet a member, there's still time to join us and then RSVP too :) Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-94-this-is-rianne-hogewoning/ for a link to her website and to see the couple of Reportage Awards she talks about too. If you're not yet a member of This is Reportage or This is Reportage: Family, check out all the benefits of joining us, including an unlimited number of images on your profile, 60 individual Award & 18 Story Award entries per year, invites to our physical meetups and parties (including our upcoming Christmas Party in London in December 2021), exclusive discounts, hours of educational videos featuring tips and advice from some of the world's best photographers and much more. We're currently judging the final Collections of 2021; thanks to everyone who submitted; just brilliant, brilliant work. Can't wait to reveal the results soon! Hopefully see you soon for our Christmas Party in London on December 6th :) See all the benefits of membership and join our wedding site at https://thisisreportage.com/register/, or join our family site at https://thisisreportagefamily.com/register/