This is Reportage Podcast

The fab Stephana Ferrell is my guest for episode 83 of the Podcast, and I absolutely loved talking to her! Based in the USA, Stephana is a brilliant documentary family photographer; she was ranked 6th in the US on This is Reportage: Family for 2020 (and joint-47th in the World), and she's won 6 Reportage Family Awards from us. She talks about one of those specific images on the episode today, along with so much more, including: how and why she transitioned from weddings to families, vacation photography, what her 'last meal' would be, escape rooms, Disney, the business-side of what we do and being raised by a generation of entrepreneurs, our Netflix synopsis game, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-83-this-is-stephana-ferrell/ for a link to her website, and to see the specific Reportage Family Award that she talks about on the episode too. Before we get on to Stephana, today is a bit of a milestone for us, as it's the 1st Birthday of This is Reportage: Family! I personally can't believe it's been a year already since we launched our sister-site for documentary family photography - it honestly feels just like a month for me. It's been amazing to see hundreds of family photographers from literally all over the world join us; the talent out there is absolutely incredible, and it's been an honour to help shine some more light on this important and incredibly talented genre. We're celebrating our birthday by giving away 5 This is Reportage: Family memberships, worth £100 each - visit https://thisisreportagefamily.com/were-celebrating-our-1st-birthday-by-giving-away-5-memberships/, or head to our Instagram account (we're at https://www.instagram.com/thisisreportagefamily/) to see how to enter. It's open for new members, and existing members too. Good luck if you 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. Submissions are open now for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th July 2021. 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/

Really loved talking to the fab Patrick Mateer of M and G Wedding Photography for episode 82 of the Podcast! Patrick is one of the UK's best documentary wedding photographers, and was ranked joint-49th in the World on TiR for 2020. He's amassed more awards since then, too, and currently has 11 Reportage Awards and 2 Story Awards to his name - an incredible achievement. Patrick shares so much in this episode, including: the forming of his studio and shooting alongside his wife (the very talented Hollie Rosa Mateer), how and why his approach to shooting has evolved, being in a band, our Netflix synopsis game, the story behind his 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' Reportage Award, top tips for improving your documentary work, football, community, why he personally enters awards, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-82-this-is-patrick-mateer/ for a link to his website, and to see the specific Reportage Award that he talks about on the episode. 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. Submissions are open now for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th July 2021. 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/

Thoroughly enjoyed chatting to the fab Marieke Zwartscholten for episode 81 of the Podcast! Based in the Netherlands, Marieke is a great wedding and family photographer, having won numerous awards from us on both our wedding site and family site, and we talk about both disciplines on the episode today. Tune in as Marieke talks about: why attending workshops has been so vital for her, how she captured one of her specific Reportage Awards (the one of the bride arriving, shot through the groom's legs), her top tips for documenting families, her experience judging for our wedding site (and top tips for people submitting), running her own training and workshops, our Netflix synopsis game, pressure, nerves, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-81-this-is-marieke-zwartscholten/ for a link to her website, and to see the specific Reportage Award and Reportage Family Award she talked about. 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. Submissions are open now for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th July 2021. 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 absolutely loved chatting to the fab Erica Hawkins for episode 80 of the Podcast this week! Erica is a fantastic UK-based wedding and family photographer - she has won 3 Reportage Awards from us for her wedding work, and was also ranked 14th in the World on our documentary family site, This is Reportage: Family, for 2020, and has won 11 Awards from us there - we talk about both arts in the episode today. I found it really inspiring to talk to Erica, as she talks so openly and honestly about so many subjects, including: capturing her own family during lockdowns, anxiety and nerves, finding out she had cancer, how she won a gallery spot with the renowned Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London, imposter syndrome, branching out into teaching and branding photography, filming onstage at Glastonbury, shooting a 'Don't Tell The Bride' wedding, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-80-this-is-erica-hawkins/ for a link to her website, and to see the specific Reportage Award and Reportage Family Award she talked about, and the image that earned her a gallery spot with the renowned Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery. 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. Submissions are open now for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th July 2021. 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 an absolute pleasure to chat to the fab Fille Roelants for episode 79 of the Podcast! One of the best wedding photographers in Belgium, Fille was recently ranked 13th in the World on This is Reportage for 2020, with 10 Reportage Awards and 2 Story Awards won in the year. I briefly met him at Doc Day - the documentary wedding photography conference that TiR is partnered with - and it was great to be able to properly talk to him for the Podcast. Stick with us as Fille shares all about: how he graduated as a pharmacist and his journey from that to photography, living abroad for a while, the story behind one of his incredibly emotional Story Awards, photographing whales, why Belgium has such a wealth of photography talent, his top tips for better documentary coverage, our Netflix synopsis game, canapes, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-79-this-is-fille-roelants/ for a link to his website, and to see the specific Reportage Award he talked about, the incredibly emotional and powerful Story Award we discussed, and some of his whale captures 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. 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/

Honoured to chat to the fab Gretchen Yost for episode 78 of the Podcast this week! Based in the USA, Gretchen has won 6 Reportage Family Awards and a Family Story Award from our most recent two Award Collections on This is Reportage: Family - a truly remarkable achievement. But not only is she a great photographer, but she was also a real pleasure to talk to - I hope you enjoy listening today :) Stick with us, as Gretchen shares all about: how she became a documentary photographer, her personal projects, our Netflix synopsis game, how she captured one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, 'Poohsticks', why workshops have been so important for her, not having a TV in the house, her top tips for if you're thinking of starting your documentary family photography journey, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-78-this-is-gretchen-yost/ for a link to Gretchen's website, and to see the specific Reportage Family Award she talks about on the episode. 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/

A delight to chat to the fab Anna Pumer for the 77th episode of the Podcast today! As well as being an award-winning wedding photographer herself, she's also the founder of Kick Ass Photographers, where she offers a course, mentoring, website reviews and now also membership - which is all about getting "enquiries from your dream clients" and running a "wedding photography business that feels like it’s totally you". We talk about that on the episode today, along with many other things, including: how she became a photographer after only about a month from buying her first DSLR, how she gets such fun images and attracts relaxed clients, working with her partner Todd (and how that came about), why she uses the line "You're not into smushy romance' on her website, offering videography as well, mini-weddings, our Netflix synopsis game and much more... If you're a member of This is Reportage, you can also check out an exclusive video that Anna did for us with her partner Todd, all about 'Website Tips To Attract Your Ideal Clients' (just login to your TiR account and visit our 'education' page to watch the video - we have over 20 hours of exclusive videos now, with more added regularly). Their video is almost an hour of absolutely fantastic and practical advice on things you can do to your website to make a huge difference; a really great watch. Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-77-this-is-anna-pumer/ for a link to Anna's site, and to see the couple of images that she talks about on the episode. 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. Submissions close within the next few days for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th May 2021. 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 a real pleasure to chat to the very talented and lovely Emma Collins for episode 76! Emma is an award-winning documentary family photographer (she was ranked 3rd in the UK on This is Reportage: Family for 2020) and also a co-founder of 'Made for Documentary', an educational platform for documentary family photographers. Emma has so many great stories to tell and advice to share in today's episode, including: her top tips for improving your documentary family photography skills, how she became a photographer, her experience of studying and living in France, the story behind one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, storytelling, best ever Friends episodes, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-76-this-is-emma-collins/ for a link to Emma's site, and to see the Reportage Family Award that she talks about on the episode. 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. The submission deadline is soon for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th May 2021. 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 great to talk to the fab Marnix de Stigter for our 75th episode! Marnix was not only in our Top 50 Photographers in the World for 2020 on TiR, but he was also 4th in the Netherlands, and also made our Top 25 Storytellers in the World list too - really remarkable achievements. He was really fun to talk to on the episode, with so many fun and interesting stories to share, including: something a bit embarrassing that happened to him at a wedding, the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards, why walking in the park and sitting on benches holds such resonance, his experience of living in China for over a year, his thoughts and advice on Story Awards, being, in his own words, 'quite a geek', and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-75-this-is-marnix-de-stigter/ for a link to Marnix's site, and to see the Reportage Award that he talks about on the episode. 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. Submissions are open now for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th May 2021. 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 chat to the very lovely Águeda Sanfiz for episode 74 of the Podcast today! Águeda is a wonderful Spanish documentary photographer based in Tampa Bay, Florida in the USA, and she recently won four Reportage Family Awards from us in a single Collection, which is no mean feat! As well as being a great photographer herself, she's recently organised 'Picture (im)Perfect', an exhibition and book of documentary family photography - something we talk about on the episode today, along with many other things, including: how picking up a camera when she was 19 for a road trip shaped her photography, the importance of patience and other top tips for documentary family photography, why you don't always have to shoot fully manual, why its vital to be in your own family photographs, the story behind of her specific Reportage Family Awards, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-74-this-is-agueda-sanfiz/ to see a link through to her website and Instagram, where you'll be able to find out more about the exhibition and book, and to see the specific Reportage Family Award that she spoke 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. Submissions are open now for our next Award Collections; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 BST on 24th May 2021. 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/