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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…
This is Abhimanyu Sharma – Collection Eleven Judge
The third of our five judges for Collection Eleven is revealed: Very excited to announce the brilliant Abhimanyu Sharma! Based in India, Abhimanyu is one half of Going Bananas Photography (together with Prasheila Lookhar), and they take their creative wedding photography all over the world. Excited to see what Abhimanyu and our other four judges choose as winners soon…!
Deadline for submissions is *tomorrow*: Submit by 23:59 BST on 23rd September 2019. Not yet a member? Apply over here to get 10 Reportage Award entries and 3 Story Award entries per Collection.
This is Kevin Kheffache – Collection Eleven Judge
Excited to announce the second of our five judges for Collection Eleven: The brilliant Kevin Kheffache! Kevin is based in Ireland and has a fantastic photojournalistic approach to his weddings; we’re honoured that he’ll be assessing our thousands of entries for Collection Eleven.
Deadline for submissions is just a few days away: Submit by 23:59 BST on 23rd September 2019. Not yet a member? See all the benefits of membership and apply over here.
This is Kim Rooijackers – Collection Eleven Judge
Honoured to reveal the first of our five judges for Collection Eleven: The fab Kim Rooijackers! Based in the Netherlands and shooting all over the world, we’re really excited to have Kim casting her expert eyes over our Reportage Awards and Story Awards for Collection Eleven!
Have you entered yet, by the way? Deadline for submissions is just a few days away: Submit by 23:59 BST on 23rd September 2019. Members receive 10 Reportage Award entries and 3 Story Award entries per Collection; see all the benefits of membership and apply to join us over here.
Top Tips For Surviving Wedding Season
It’s the time of the year when wedding photographers all over the world are neck-deep in editing, shooting, editing, shooting, and even more editing…yes, wedding season is well and truly upon us! We know – first hand – that as well as being a very exciting time of the year, it can also – sometimes – be quite stressful, dealing with deadlines, an ever-mounting editing backlog, communications with clients, and all at the same time as frequent travelling for the actual shooting of the weddings themselves, and thus being away from family and friends so much – it can be hard.
With that in mind, we asked some of our This is Reportage photographers what their top tips were for surviving wedding season. Below you’ll find lots of golden nuggets of advice, from things such as how to make your workflow more efficient, keeping fit and healthy, client communication skills, making time for loved ones (and your own peace of mind), keeping a car-kettle handy, pre-writing blog posts, staying hydrated, surviving the added-pressure of school holidays, tips on admin-software, working in short sprints, business automation, cutting out distractions, personal projects, running, outsourcing, the importance of sleeping and eating well, taking days off, time-blocking, planning, not being so hard on ourselves, not seeing it as something to survive at all, and lots more…
Collection Ten Winners Revealed!
Thrilled to announce the winners of Collection Ten! We say it every time, but it’s always so true – the standard of submissions was truly exceptional; our five judges really had their work cut out in choosing their winners. Once again, we also had a record number of submissions, with our judges poring over thousands of captures to determine the very best of documentary wedding photography.