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Podcast Episode 41: This is Prasheila Lookhar
Delighted to be talking to the fab Prasheila Lookhar for episode 41 of the This is Reportage Podcast today! Prasheila is one half of the award-winning team Going Bananas Photography, and is one of the very best wedding photographers in India. She works together with her partner, Abhimanyu, and between them they have won a massive 15 Reportage Awards and 2 Story Awards.
Prasheila shares so much with us today, including:
how coronavirus has been affecting her and her business in India
her journey from working for a UN agency to wedding photographer,
the story behind their ‘Going Bananas Photography’ business name,
the importance of empathy,
cutting her own pizza,
what makes her happy,
why she loves to capture the Haldi (where the bride and groom are covered in turmeric paste),
shooting a wedding with 2000 guests,
the benefits of shooting as a large team,
advice and tips for just starting out,
the day she would choose to live over and over again,
defining your own success,
something that had a large impact on her photography,
editing tips,
why wooden iPhone cases are so great,
her love of reading and getting inspiration from that,
and much more…
TiR Peer Praise: Elodie Ruelleux-Dagorne on Patrick Lombaert
Delighted to have another Peer Praise piece today, where our members highlight and praise a fellow member – whether that’s because of their photography, or them as a person; whatever reason 🙂 Elodie Ruelleux-Dagorne (top-left / TiR / Website) has sent in pieces about two different members; today she’s talking about Patrick Lombaert (top-right / TiR / Website).
Podcast Episode 40: This is Logan Westom
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.
To celebrate 100,000 #thisisreportage hashtag uses we’re giving away 100,000 hours of membership!
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).
TiR Peer Praise: Lukácsi Alpár on Paul Budusan
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.
