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Welcome to the This is Reportage blog, where we'll be sharing lots and lots of documentary wedding photography goodness. Check back frequently for the latest features…
Podcast Episode 3: This is Citlalli Rico
Delighted to interview the fantastic Citlalli Rico for episode 3! Hailing from Mexico, winner of countless international awards, and with over 700 weddings under her belt, Citlalli shares so much with us, including info about:
working with her sister, how she used to shoot 100 weddings a year, the time she had to speak in front of 2000 people, her love of Harry Potter, top tips for starting out as a wedding photographer, business-sense, how sharing our industry is, staying creative even after shooting over 700 weddings, one of my personal favourite Reportage Award images of hers, capturing the wedding vendors, what she would do if she won the lottery, how the Foundation conference had a massive impact on her career, meeting some her favourite photographers, why submitting ‘honest’ images is what she prefers to do, why Story Awards are her favourite, any regrets in her life, why she used to prefer saying she was unemployed rather than being a wedding photographer (which obviously changed, though!), her favourite part of the day to capture, what the most important thing in life is, and more…
Podcast Episode 2: This is Ross Harvey
We’ve launched the This is Reportage Podcast today with three episodes; for episode 2 we’re so honoured to have interviewed the brilliant Ross Harvey: Wedding photographer extraordinaire, Nikon ambassador, and a bit of a master of the mind. With countless Awards to his name (including ‘Best Wedding Photographer in England’ two years in a row at TWIA), and experience of teaching at conferences all over the world, Ross has a wealth of great advice to impart.
Podcast Episode 1: This is Adam Johnson
We’re super excited to be launching the This is Reportage Podcast! We’ll be interviewing some of the world’s very best wedding photographers, delving deep into their lives and careers. Expect lots of brilliant wedding photography advice and tips to be shared, as well as great insights into what makes them tick, how they broke into the industry, anecdotes and life-stories, favourite films, most useful pieces of software, whether they love romantic comedies, and much more…!
We kick off with an absolutely brilliant photographer, based in the UK: Adam Johnson. One of our original TiR judges, Adam has shot weddings in over twenty different countries (something that we go into in depth in his interview, including how he got his very first destination), has won virtually every award under the sun (including no less than six TiR awards, and being named best overall photographer in England at TWIA), and is also a co-founder of the excellent NineDots.
This is Ken Pak – Collection Eleven Judge
Honoured to reveal our fifth and final judge for Collection Eleven: The brilliant Ken Pak! Based in the United States and shooting all over the world, we’ve long been admirers of his; exciting for us to have him casting his eyes over our thousands of submissions to Collection Eleven.
Speaking of which, the deadline for submission is just hours away: Submit by 23:59 BST on 23rd September 2019. Not joined us yet? Apply for membership over here in order to be able to submit to our Awards (and also receive a host of other benefits, too).
This is Lyndsey Goddard – Collection Eleven Judge
Thrilled to announce the fourth of our five judges for Collection Eleven: The fantastic Lyndsey Goddard! Overall winner of Best Wedding Photographer in England (TWIA / 2017), it’s a real honour for us to have Lyndsey curating our Reportage and Story Award entries for Collection Eleven.
Deadline for submissions is just hours away now: Submit by 23:59 BST on 23rd September 2019. Members receive 60 Reportage Award entries and 18 Story Award entries per year, all included in our low membership fee. Find out more and apply to join us over here.
