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So great to be talking to the fab Logan Westom for episode 40 of the This is Reportage Podcast! Logan is one of the best wedding photographers in the USA, and has won an incredible 6 Story Awards from us, and 7 Reportage Awards. He’s also just won a Family Story Award on our brand new sister-site for documentary family photography, This is Reportage: Family.

Logan shares so much with us in the episode, including:

music and concert photography (his first passion in photography),
how Seattle was one of the first epidemic centres in America and its affect,
the excitement of shooting again,
his experience as a photojournalist,
photographing a chicken-wing eating contest,
how he got into weddings,
Comedic and Dark Netflix recommendations,
the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards,
his personal project documenting artists of all kinds,
tips on Story Awards,
shooting solo or with seconds,
what success means to him,
networking,
the reason he learned to ski,
thinking about the future,
working with his wife,
tips on improving your documentary skills,
and much more.

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We were blown away to discover that there has been 100,000 uses of the #thisisreportage hashtag on Instagram! That’s amazing; 100,000 images tagged with #thisisreportage – humbling, and an honour to be helping to increase the prominence of this art that we love and is so important: documentary wedding photography.

To celebrate this milestone of 100,000 #thisisreportage hashtag uses, we’re going to be giving away 100,000 hours of membership! 100,000 hours equates to 11.4 years, but we’re going to round that up to 12 – so, basically, it’s a bit of a long-winded way to say that we’re giving away 12 annual memberships! This is a total prize-pool value of £1200 (as membership is usually £100/year).

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So lovely to bring you a new Peer Praise piece today, with Lukácsi Alpár (top-left) talking about Paul Budusan (top-right). I think it’s just so great how our members are highlighting and praising fellow members like this – whether that’s because of their photography, or just them as a person.

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Did you know that we have *over 17 hours* of educational videos with some of the world’s best documentary wedding photographers?

This feature was added back in May, and is included in our membership fee – with new videos added regularly.

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Excited to be talking to the fab Nikhol Esterás for episode 39 of the This is Reportage Podcast today! One of the very best wedding photographers in Mexico, Nikhol has won a staggering 12 awards from us, including 5 Story Awards, and was ranked in our Top 50 photographers of 2019. In this episode Nikhol shares all about:

how she got into wedding photography,
working with her husband and the benefits of that,
how their backgrounds in art and psychology have affected their photography,
dealing with the effects of covid,
travelling in their VW bug, and their photoseries during covid from within that,
some TV series recommendations (Dark! Watch Dark, everyone!)
what time she would travel to if she had a time machine,
tips on submitting to the Story Awards,
the pronunciation of reportage,
the importance of observation and getting to know people,
what success means to her,
what’s been good sources of bookings for her,
how she does her video meetings with couples,
the importance of practice,
how she approaches family photography in the same way as weddings,
advice for if you’re feeling stagnant,
why olives aren’t her favourite thing,
what happiness is to her,
and much more…

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