This is Reportage Podcast

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...

It was really lovely to talk to the brilliant Laura Beth Davidson for the podcast this week! Based in the USA, Laura Beth was in our Top 100 Photographers Worldwide on This is Reportage: Family for 2020, and she shares so much on the episode today, including: *the importance of documenting a family's environment as well as the people, *Harry Potter voice impressions, *advice for if you're just sta...

Loved chatting to the fab Ronan Palliser for episode 92 of the Podcast! Ronan was 5th in Ireland on TiR for 2020, and I've had the pleasure of meeting him a few times now - he's a really lovely guy, and he did one of the best conference talks I've ever seen as well. We talk about that on the episode today, as well as many other things, including: *why he's 'not just a bride or groom photographer',...

So fab to have the very talented Marisa Martins on the Podcast this week! Based in Portugal, Marisa was in our Top 30 Photographers Worldwide on This is Reportage: Family for 2020, with 3 Reportage Family Awards and 2 Family Story Awards won in the year. Marisa shares so much in the episode today, including: her work and collaboration with Canon, the story behind one her latest Reportage Family Aw...

Excited to be talking to the fab Mihai Zaharia for episode 90 of the Podcast! Mihai was ranked 7th in Romania on This is Reportage for 2020 with 2 Reportage Awards and a Story Award, and we talk about one of those Awards today (an image that, whenever I see Mihai's name, I always think of, actually), and many more things, including: *turning your passions into businesses, *an image that had a last...

Honoured to have the fab Lisa Winner on the Podcast with me today for episode 89! Lisa was in our Top 10 USA Photographers of the Year on This is Reportage: Family for 2020, and she's won 9 Awards from us in total (6 individual, and 3 Story awards). Lisa shares so much in the episode today, including: *the Story behind one of her Family Story Awards *her personal projects regarding autism and fami...

So fab to be back with the Podcast again! After some time off over the summer, it feels great to be back in front of the microphone and talking to inspiring photographers from all over the world; I hope you'll enjoy listening again. It's a real pleasure today to be speaking to the fab Dave Thompson. Based in the UK, Dave has 20 years experience as a press and sports photographer, covering events a...

Loved chatting to the fab Barbara Puchta for episode 87 of the Podcast! Barbara is one of the world's best documentary family photographers, ranking 3rd in Germany for 2020 on This is Reportage: Family, and joint 17th in the world. She shares so much on the episode today, including: her top tips for improving your documentary family work, how she's a life coach as well as a photography mentor, her...

Such a pleasure to chat to the fab Nikola Smernic for this week's Podcast! One of the best photographers in Croatia, Nikola was ranked in our Top 10 Photographers Worldwide here on This is Reportage in 2018, and he's amassed a haul of 11 Awards from us in total (7 Reportage Awards and 4 Story Awards). He talks about so many things today, including: how he captured one of his specific Reportage Awa...

The brilliant Sara Paolucci is my guest for episode 85 of the Podcast, and we talk all things documentary family photography! Based in Italy, Sara really knows her stuff: She was ranked in our Top 50 photographers in the world on This is Reportage: Family for 2020, and she was also a judge for us in Collection 5. We cover so many subjects today, including: how she became a documentary family photo...

Really loved chatting to the fab João Lourenço for episode 84 of the Podcast this week! João is one of the best documentary wedding photographers in Portugal, and was in our Top 10 Portuguese photographers of 2020. He's won 3 Story Awards from us, and 6 Reportage Awards too - an amazing haul, and he talks about some of those on the episode today, as well as many other things, including: how he's u...

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, alon...

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 th...

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 captu...

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 episo...

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 gre...

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 :) S...

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 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 e...

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 b...

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 exhibiti...

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...

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 t...

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 M...

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 ta...