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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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