This is Reportage Podcast

A pleasure to have the lovely Soven Amatya on the Podcast this week! Based in Surrey, Soven is one of the best wedding photographers in the UK, and was equal-tenth in the world on TiR in 2018. I've had the pleasure of meeting him in 'real life' a few times now, and he's a lovely guy too. Stick with us today as Soven talks all about: how 2020 was for him, the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards and another image (also awarded) that had an impact on him, why he loves to go to conferences all over the world, yoga and mindfulness, how he became a photographer, our Netflix synopsis game, his experience judging for This is Reportage: Family, why listening is so vital when it comes to capturing moments, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-63-this-is-soven-amatya/ to see the specific Reportage Awards that Soven talks about, as well as a link through to his website. Not yet a member? 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 be talking to the fab Louise van den Broek for episode 62 of the Podcast today! Louise was joint 6th in the World for 2020 on This is Reportage: Family, and no.2 in the Netherlands, with 9 Reportage Family Awards and a Family Story Award. She's captured some amazing moments, and she talks about two of her specific Awards in the episode today, as well as so much more, including: her top tips for getting better at documentary family photography, living on a working farm and how that's a big inspiration for her, lots about her amazing birth photography, our Netflix synopsis game, funeral or 'farewell' photography (how she captures the whole gamut of life, from birth, weddings, family and even the passing of life), and lots more too... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-62-this-is-louise-van-den-broek/ to see the specific Reportage Family Awards that Louise talks about, as well as a link through to her website. Not yet a member? 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/

Super to have the very lovely Chelsea Cannar on the Podcast for episode 61 today! Chelsea is one of the best UK wedding photographers, and was ranked in our Top 100 Worldwide photographers of 2020 list, with 4 Reportage Awards won in 2020 (one of which Chelsea tells us all about how she captured in the episode). I've had the pleasure of meeting Chelsea at a TiR Christmas Party, and it was lovely to catch up with her here. Stick with us today, as Chelsea talks all about: her military upbringing and living in a boarding school, taking chances with your photography (whilst also having backup plans), a very tricky conundrum about what album she'd take to a desert island, how a chance encounter at work had a profound effect on her photography journey, super tips and insights on social media and why it's so important to be yourself, and much, much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-61-this-is-chelsea-cannar to see the specific Reportage Award that Chelsea discussed, as well as a link through to her website. Not yet a member? 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 chat to the fab Julia Rose-Greim for episode 60 of the Podcast today. Based in Germany, Julia was recently ranked no.11 in the world on This is Reportage: Family, our site for documentary family photography, and second overall in Germany, with 9 Awards won in 2020 alone. Tune in today as Julia shares all about: why communication with your clients is so important, why she collects old polaroids, the time she started to dream in English, her journey to being a photographer, photographing the same families over years (from newborn to school-age and more), our Netflix synopsis game, the story behind one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, and much more... Before we get on to Julia, just a little reminder that the submission deadline for both our websites (This is Reportage for weddings, and This is Reportage: Family for, well, family photography!) is just a few days away now: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2021. All award entries are included in our membership fee (60 individual image entries and 18 Story entries per year), and though our Awards are just one part of membership, if you are interested in maybe ranking on our Top 100 Worldwide lists, you have the best chance if you enter the first round of the year. All the best if you're entering...! Not yet a member? 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/ Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-60-this-is-julia-rose-greim/ to see the specific Reportage Family Award that Julia discussed, as well as a link through to her website.

After a little break for the holidays, the Podcast is back for 2021 with episode 59, and it's a real pleasure to be talking to the fab Steven Rooney! Steven is a UK-based wedding photographer, and someone I've had the pleasure of meeting a few times in 'real life', too. Not only is he a brilliant photographer - with a huge amount of Awards from various bodies to his name - but he's also a very down to earth, lovely guy, too. Tune into today as Steven shares all about: going from primary school teacher to photographer (and how his teaching background has affected his own workshops), why he personally enters awards, having his sirname chanted to him, the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards, the subject of comparing yourself to others, home-schooling, learning how to use flash effectively, and much, much more... Before we get on to Steven, just a note to say that it's a whole new Awards year (both at This is Reportage, and over on our sister-site for documentary family photography, This is Reportage: Family). Our Awards are just one part of membership, but if you do like to enter them, you have the best chance of making our Top 100 Worldwide list if you enter our very first Collection of the year. Deadline for submissions is the same for both our websites: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2021. Not yet a member? 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/ Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-59-this-is-steven-rooney/ to see the specific Reportage Award that Steven discussed, as well as a link through to his website.

A bit of a different Podcast episode this week, as I usually speak to a brilliant photographer, but today I have an incredibly average one... myself! Yes, it's Alan Law here, founder of This is Reportage and This is Reportage: Family. I just thought I'd try a solo episode - as I have various things I would like to say about the year; my personal experiences as a photographer myself, but also some behind-the-scenes thoughts and musings on running TiR and TiRF, and about the Podcast itself as well. I also have lots of thank yous to say! So if you're interested in my thoughts on all of that (and more), and think you can put up with only hearing my voice (in just one long take, amazingly!) then perhaps you'll enjoy it - but I also expect (of course!) that you may much prefer to hear the interviews, so don't worry, our usual interview format will be swiftly returning for all our future episodes! Listen at https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-58-thoughts-on-2020/ Submissions are now open for our first Collections of 2021; a whole new Awards year, so if you’re wanting to get on our Top 100 Photographers list, you’ll have the best chance by entering our first Awards of 2021. Deadline for submissions is 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2021, for both our sites (This is Reportage & This is Reportage: Family), and submitted images can be taken from any time. Members receive 60 Individual Award and 18 Story Award entries per year, an unlimited number of images on your profile, exclusive educational videos, and many more benefits. Join us to submit at: This is Reportage (weddings) https://thisisreportage.com/ This is Reportage: Family (family) https://thisisreportagefamily.com/

It was such a delight to chat to the fantastic Rowena Meadows for episode 57 of the This is Reportage Podcast! Based in Australia, at the time this episode was recorded Rowena was the no.1 photographer worldwide on our sister-site for documentary family photography, This is Reportage: Family, after our first two Collections, with 7 Reportage Family Awards and 4 Family Story Awards won already. As well as being a brilliant family photographer, Rowena is just pure joy to speak to; I enjoyed talking to her so much! Tune in today as Rowena talks all about: her background in psychology and its effect on her photography, top tips for documenting families, table tennis (!), why it's important to not only photograph the 'happy' moments, Day in the Life sessions and tips for getting families to feel at ease, her 'covid rainbow' photo series (and jigsaw puzzle!), the story behind one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-57-this-is-rowena-meadows/ to see the specific Reportage Family Award that she spoke about on the episode, the memorable image she talked about, a link to her website, and to her awesome jigsaw puzzle too, which really would make for a brilliant Christmas gift...! Interested in joining us? Find out all the benefits of membership and join our documentary wedding photography site at https://thisisreportage.com or our sister-site for documentary family photography at https://thisisreportagefamily.com

Delighted to have the fab Katrin Küllenberg on the Podcast today! One of the best family and wedding photographers in Germany, Katrin has won 2 Story Awards from us here at This is Reportage, as well as 6 Reportage Family Awards and a Family Story Award on our sister-site, This is Reportage: Family. She was also a judge for us on TiR, right back in Collection Two. Katrin shares all about: the experience of judging for our wedding site, her top tips for better documentary family photography, her time in America, the story behind one of her specific Reportage Family Awards, how she's been dealing with covid, why it's so important to have context in your images, being on the other side of the camera for a family shoot, and much, much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-56-this-is-katrin-kuellenberg/ to see the specific Reportage Family Award that Katrin talks about on the episode, as well as a link through to her website and TiR/TiRF profiles. Interested in joining us? Find out all the benefits of membership and join our documentary wedding photography site at https://thisisreportage.com or our sister-site for documentary family photography at https://thisisreportagefamily.com

It's an absolute honour to have our overall Photographer of the Year 2018 on the Podcast today: The brilliant Liam Shaw. One half of the fab duo that is York Place Studios, not only did Liam win our Photographer of the Year in 2018, but he's also third-overall in terms of Lifetime Awards won from us - with a quite staggering 21 Reportage Awards and 11 Story Awards to his name. On top of all those accolades, though, he's also a lovely, lovely guy. Tune in today, as Liam talks all about: the story behind his 'birth to grave' Reportage Award, whether he feels any pressure when becoming more well-known in the documentary field, working with the equally talented Dominique Shaw (who you can hear interviewed on episode 26 of the Podcast), tips on submitting to Awards, layered-imagery and the influence of street photography, a rock-and-a-hard-place question, and so much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-55-this-is-liam-shaw-of-york-place-studios/ to see the specific Reportage Award that Liam discussed, as well as a link through to the York Place Studios website. If you liked this episode, you may also be interested to hear our interview with Liam's equally-talented sister, Dominique Shaw. Listen to Dom on Episode 26 at https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-26-this-is-dominique-shaw-of-york-place-studios/ Interested in joining us? Find out all the benefits of membership and join our documentary wedding photography site at https://thisisreportage.com or our sister-site for documentary family photography at https://thisisreportagefamily.com

It was an absolute pleasure to chat to the fab Tobias Löhr for this week's Podcast! Tobias is one of the very best documentary wedding photographers in Germany, and has won 9 Reportage Awards and 3 Story Awards. I remember coming across his work on Instagram a couple of years ago and just been so impressed by his compositions - really great to have been able to talk to him now. Tune in today, as Tobias talks all about: photographing his own son's birth, his love of travel and street photography, the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards, his approach for choosing images for Story Award submissions, getting married in Las Vegas, his huge TV watch-list, why moment trumps everything, and much more... Head to https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-54-this-is-tobias-loehr/ to see the specific Reportage Award that Tobias talked about, as well as his Family Story of his own son's birth, and links to his websites too. Interested in joining us? Find out all the benefits of membership and join our documentary wedding photography site at https://thisisreportage.com or our sister-site for documentary family photography at https://thisisreportagefamily.com At the time of this episode's release, there's just 5 days left for submission to our final collections of 2020 - the deadline is the same for our wedding site (This is Reportage) and our family site (This is Reportage: Family): submit by 23:59 GMT on 23rd November 2020.