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Welcome to ‘This is 2021’, where some of our members – 179 of them, to be exact! – share some of their favourite documentary wedding captures from last year. We’re featuring one image per member who contributed, but note that doesn’t mean it’s their single favourite shot of 2021 – how hard would it be to pick just one? – but each image is definitely in that photographer’s Top 5 favourites of the year.

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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…!

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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…

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A couple of weeks ago we had our Christmas Party in London, UK, and it was such a great night! For reasons known to the entire world, we were unable to do the party in 2020, so it felt amazing to be able to come together again this year. Very sadly, just a few days before the event, the UK covid travel rules changed, meaning lots of our European members were unable to make it over – such a shame! – but those that managed to come along all had a super (and perhaps, quite drunken…!) time 🙂

Thanks so much to the fab Tom Beynon for capturing the night so brilliantly for us! Here’s a selection of Tom’s images from the night:

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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 affect on her,
and much more…

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