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An absolute pleasure to talk to David Ryan for the 31st episode of our This is Reportage Podcast! Based in Ireland, David has been in our Top 30 photographers worldwide for both 2019 and 2018, with a total haul of 8 Reportage Awards and 3 Story Awards won – a remarkable feat! Tune it today as David talks about:

why lockdown is suiting him,
why he classes himself as an introvert and how that works with shooting weddings,
the story of why he posted a specific email from a bride,
how honesty is core to him and his photography and marketing,
why he started his best of 2019 post with the words “my wedding photos are rubbish”,
how a single image had a huge impact on him,
the story of how he came to be a wedding photographer,
why he has turned down business in the past,
his favourite food,
why he doesn’t like fiction,
slow shutter shots and taking risks,
why teaching didn’t suit him,
why workshops and conferences are not for him,
his thoughts on black and white,
top tips for better documentary photography,
why he tapes over the logos on his cameras,
why he’s recently stopped following other wedding photographers,
what success means to him,
his thoughts on the wedding industry as a whole,
why his photographs are his marketing,
and much more…

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Join us at 3pm on Friday 5th June over on our Facebook page as we go totally live with the fantastic Dominique Shaw of York Place Studios! Dom will be talking us through various images that she has taken – including some of her Reportage Award-winning images – and telling us exactly how she captured each shot.

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So great to have the lovely Sam Docker on the Podcast for episode 30! Sam is a Rangefinder 30 Rising Star, winner of numerous TiR Awards, globe-trotting wedding photographer, and also just an all-round top guy – an honour to talk to him for the Podcast! Sam shares so much with us today, including:

how his life’s been impacted during corona and looking at the positives,
his recent experience doing an Iron Man (and why…!)
destination weddings (his thoughts on getting and shooting them, pricing and more)
Instagram tips,
how he went from a business selling second-hand clothes to wedding photographer,
a recent favourite joke and album-choice,
the effect becoming one of Rangefinder’s 30 Rising Stars had on him and his career,
his approach to workshops,
the story behind one of his Reportage Awards,
risk and trusting yourself,
his thoughts on equipment and camera systems in general,
his top tips for better documentary work,
his thoughts on staying late,
an embarrassing moment of his photography career,
great advice about starting out,
his first job at McDonald’s and what he’s learned from past jobs,
his lenses of choice,
advice on editing,
Netflix suggestions and how they can affect your photography,
and much more…

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…and they win Story Awards for them too! Yep, that’s exactly what happened during a single Awards Collection here at This is Reportage: Two different wedding photographers (the fab Yves Schepers and Sanne De Block) shot the weddings of two other wedding photographers (the fab Linda Bouritius and Simon Leclercq – both of whom are also TiR members, and award-winners themselves), and both weddings became Story Awards during Collection 14.

We thought this was a great opportunity to hear from all of them: From Yves and Sanne, as the photographers who won the Story Awards, and from Linda and Simon, as the bride and groom respectively (though not marrying each other!), and as wedding photographers themselves – getting thoughts from all different perspectives…! Here’s what they had to say (with the full Story Awards displayed below too):

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Super excited to have the fab Alison Bounce with us for episode 29 of the This is Reportage Podcast! Winner of no less than 12 Reportage Awards, Alison is not only one of the best wedding photographers in France, but she’s also a brilliant underwater photographer too, something which we dive into (sorry, had to do that pun!) – amongst many other things – on the episode today.

Stick with us as Alison shares all about:

how she went from being a firefighter to photographer,
how she’s currently dealing with the pandemic,
her thoughts on weddings themselves and why she likes photographing them,
her first ever wedding,
how she got into underwater photography (after initially being scared of water!),
her favourite TV series,
advice for entering our awards (Alison was a judge for us in Collection 6)
an amusing story behind one of her recent Reportage Awards,
how her cat has changed her life,
top tips for starting out in the industry,
giving at workshops and receiving in return,
the bloody tale of what happened after one of her Reportage Awards,
why moment trumps composition and light,
what annoys her about the industry,
shy she doesn’t like to book weddings too long in advance,
what makes her happy,
her thoughts on second shooters and why it’s important they meet the couple beforehand,
the most challenging aspect of wedding photography,
and much more…

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