This is Reportage Podcast

Excited to welcome the fab Patrick Lombaert on to the Podcast for episode 73 today! Patrick is one of the very best documentary wedding photographers in France, and was our 2nd-ranked French photographer for 2020, with 8 Reportage Awards and a Story Award. Not only is he a great photographer, but he has also very selflessly passed on his knowledge and helped out over 80 of his colleagues with over 170 hours of free online skype/zoom conversations too - something which I find truly remarkable, and we talk about that on the episode today, along with many other things, including: why the good photographer is not the invisible one, the in-between moments, his own reasons for entering awards, shooting during covid times, how he became a photographer, the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards, tips for if you're feeling a bit unhappy or stagnated with your work, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-73-this-is-patrick-lombaert/ to see a link through to his website and the specific Reportage Award that he talked 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 fab Ralu Chase today! Ralu was ranked no.1 in the UK on This is Reportage: Family in 2020 (and 5th in the world), with 8 Reportage Family Awards and 2 Family Story Awards to her name, and I found it really inspiring talking to her. Tune in today as Ralu shares all about: the story behind of her specific Family Story Awards that doesn't actually show any people, her top tips for documentary family photography in general, what living in three different countries over two different continents has meant to her and her photography, our Netflix synopsis game, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-72-this-is-ralu-chase/ to see a link through to her website, the specific Family Story Award that she talked about on the episode, and details of Ralu's mentoring (with an exclusive offer for This is Reportage: Family members). 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/

I'm thrilled to be chatting to the fab Marek Troszczynski for episode 71 of the Podcast today! Marek was joint-28th in the World on TiR in 2020, and joint 24th on This is Reportage: Family - this is a man who really knows his stuff when it comes to documentary photography! But not only is he a fantastic photographer, he's a truly lovely guy too; really enjoyed chatting with him. Tune in today as Marek talks all about: his experience of being a groom himself (and thus on the other side of the camera), how and why he became a photographer, shooting a wedding with 1000 guests, the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards, photographing his own family, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-71-this-is-marek-troszczynski/ to see a link through to his website, along with the specific Reportage Award that he talked 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/

Excited to be joined by the fab Elke Van Rulo for episode 70! Recently ranked 5th in Belgium on This is Reportage: Family for 2020, with 4 Reportage Family Awards and a Family Story Award - and having already picked up two more Family Story Awards in our first Collection of 2021 - Elke shares so many great tips and insights into documentary family photography today, including: the importance of talking when it comes to building trust and rapport, why she started to study photography when she did, her move to America and then back again, day in the life sessions, the value of having her own family photographed, our Netflix synopsis game, photographing her friend's child's birth, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-70-this-is-elke-van-rulo/ to see a link through to Elke's website, and a link to the 'lasting impact' piece she wrote for the This is Reportage: Family blog that we talk 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/

I had such a great time chatting to the lovely human being that is Dan Morris for this week's Podcast! Originally from South Wales (which we may mention a little bit in the episode...), Dan is now based in Cheltenham in the UK, and he captures weddings all over Europe. He recently won 5 Reportage Awards in a single Collection, which is a proper achievement, and Dan talks about one of those specific Awards on the episode, as well as many other things, including: his journey from electrical engineer to photographer, his love of colour, a very funny (but stressful to hear!) story of how he lost his wallet whilst travelling between weddings, his very special sausage dog, how 2020 was for him, his spot-coloured capture of the Olympic Torch Relay, why and how he 'hides in plain sight', 'The Wedding Street Podcast' that he does with Rob Edge, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-69-this-is-dan-morris/ to see a link through to his website, the specific Award he spoke about, and, what you really want to see, I'm sure, his famous 'spot-colour' capture... 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 real pleasure to chat to the fab Ang Waterton for episode 68 of the Podcast today! This is a Podcast from one Cornwall to another, as Ang is based in Cornwall, Canada (whereas I'm in Cornwall in the UK). A brilliant wedding and family photographer, Ang recently won 3 Family Story Awards in a single Collection - something that we talk about on the episode, as well as many other things, including: her tips for people just starting out as a documentary family photographer, trans-Atlantic relationships, her journey from teacher to photographer, her profound hatred of socks, the importance of taking on legacy work for her clients, our Netflix synopsis game, and so much more... Before we get on to Ang, just a few little mentions about some upcoming events: On Friday 19th March at 11am GMT we're doing a Facebook Live with the fab Yves Schepers, who was our TiR Photographer of the Year 2020. He'll be telling us how he captured each and every one of his 20 Reportage Awards from that year - should be really, really interesting, and fun too! Be great if you want to watch live, and ask Yves any questions. It will be on our public FB page, which you can find at https://www.facebook.com/thisisreportage - and if you can't make it live, it will be available to watch exclusively for TiR members afterwards. Then, on Monday 22nd March at 1pm GMT, we're doing our very first Clubhouse chat! I'm going to be joined by this very lovely and talented three: Sanne De Block, Louise van den Broek & Dave Scholes (all of whom have actually been on the Podcast before, as well). We're going to be talking about the mistakes we made (and other horror stories) - whether that's from a wedding, a family shoot, business, or just a general 'life' mistake. It would be great if you wanted to join us, listen in, ask any questions or - even better! - share your own mistakes with us. You can find us on Clubhouse at https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/this-is-reportage - should be fun! Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-68-this-is-ang-waterton/ to see a link through to Ang's website, the 'lasting impact' image she spoke about, as well as photographic proof of her disdain for socks... 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 deadlines are now very soon for our second Collections of 2021; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th March 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/

The very lovely Richard Skins is my guest on the Podcast this week! Rich was ranked joint-37th in the world on This is Reportage in 2020, with an amazing haul of 5 Reportage Awards and 3 Story Awards won in the year. Join us today as Rich talks all about: how, ten years ago, he never thought he'd be a photographer (but he's so glad that he is), something very funny that happened to him at a wedding (and which there is video proof of!), the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards (which may be my personal favourite 'Giant Jenga' capture), tips and advice concerning our Story Awards, thoughts on destination weddings, web design, auto-culling software, and loads more too... Just a little note that this episode was actually recorded on 29th January 2021, so any conversation about dates or 'current events' may be a bit behind the times. Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-67-this-is-richard-skins/ to see a link through to Rich's website, the specific Reportage Award he spoke about, and a link to the video proof of his 'tangled' moment 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. The submission deadlines are now very soon for our second Collections of 2021; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th March 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/

Delighted to talk to the fab Lisa Hu Chen for episode 66 today! Lisa was joint 4th in the USA on This is Reportage: Family for 2020, with 5 Reportage Family Awards, and she's picked up another three since the start of 2021 as well. Not only is she a great photographer, but she's a superb writer too, and has written some great, inspirational pieces for us. As well as all that, she's just a delight to talk to! Stick with us today, as Lisa shares all about: her journey into photography, how she's invested in herself during the pandemic, her experience of feeling awkward in front of the camera and how she makes sure to make her own clients feel at ease, the story behind one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, 80's and 90's films, composing your frames intentionally, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-66-this-is-lisa-hu-chen/ to see a link through to Lisa's website, the Reportage Family Award she speaks about on the episode, and her 'lasting impact' image, 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 now open for our second Collections of 2021; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th March 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/

The fab Olivier Bolte is my guest on the Podcast for episode 65, and it was a real pleasure chatting with him. Olivier was our French Storyteller of the Year for 2020 on TiR, and he was also the overall French Photographer of the Year - and Storyteller! - on This is Reportage: Family; a truly incredible achievement. Olivier talks about lots of different topics on the episode today, including: why there's so much joy and happiness in his work (and why he's attracted to that), his morning routine, our Netflix synopsis game, why he takes so long doing his slideshows, picking fruit in Australia, what makes him happy, things he would have done differently, top tips for better documentary coverage, and so much more... Just a little note that this interview was actually recorded on 29th January 2021, so that's why there may be some date and time discrepancies with what we discuss. Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-65-this-is-olivier-bolte/ to see a link through to Olivier'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. Submissions are now open for our second Collections of 2021; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th March 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/

Excited to have spoken to the fab Nienke Koedijk for episode 64 of the This is Reportage Podcast today! Nienke is a brilliant family photographer and educator based in the Netherlands; her 'Unfreeze Yourself' workshop has been a real inspiration for photographers all over the world (including members of This is Reportage: Family), and she is just such a positive and joyous person; such a pleasure to chat to! Stick with us today as Nienke shares all about: how she built her entire business from an Instagram account, tips on how to get a family to feel at ease in your presence (and why that's so important), how one of her photo projects (about adults who sleep with stuffed animals) was published as a book, and was all over the media in the Netherlands, being on the other side of the camera to have her own family photographed, top tips for starting out in the family photography world, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-64-this-is-nienke-koedijk/ to see a link through to Nienke's website, where you'll also find out more details about her workshop and mentoring. 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 now open for our second Collections of 2021; the deadline is the same for both our wedding site and our family site: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th March 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/