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Podcast Episode 61: This is Chelsea Cannar
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…
Podcast Episode 60: This is Julia Rose-Greim
Delighted to chat to the fab Julia Rose-Greim for episode 60 of the This is Reportage Podcast! Based in Germany, Julia was recently ranked no.11 in the world on This is Reportage: Family, our sister-site for documentary family photography, and second overall in Germany, with 9 Awards won in 2020 alone. As well as being a brilliant photographer herself, she also offers mentoring programs along with Barbara Puchta.
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…
Collection Nineteen Judges
It’s a whole new Awards year here at This is Reportage, with the submission deadline for our very first Collection of 2021 just a few days away now: Submit by 23:59 GMT on 24th January 2021 (Not yet a member? Join us to submit). We’re thrilled to once again have a world-class lineup of judges, who will be poring over the thousands of entries (both for individual images (our Reportage Awards), and for a series of 15 – 20 images from a single wedding (our Story Awards)).
Thanks so much to (clockwise, from top-left) Donatella Barbera (Italy), Steven Rooney (UK), Sabina Mladin (Romania), Matt Tyler (UK) and Indra Simons (Netherlands).
Podcast Episode 59: This is Steven Rooney
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…
Podcast Episode 58: Thoughts on 2020
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!
