Excited to have the fab Jill Streefland on the podcast today. Based in the Netherlands and winner of 5 Reportage Awards and 2 Story Awards, Jill was in our top 30 photographers of 2019, and she shares so much with us today, including:
• actually shooting a wedding during the middle of corona times,
• shooting fellow wedding photographers' weddings,
• her past life as a dancer and its impact on her photography,
• how she got into photography,
• the story of her very first wedding,
• some Netflix recommendations,
• Dirty Dancing,
• the importance of workshops,
• her specific thoughts and tips regarding Story Awards,
• the story behind one of specific Reportage Awards,
• some life changes she will make going forwards,
• word of mouth and social media,
• living in the moment,
• a memorable mistake,
• her recent work in boudoir,
• something that bugs her about our industry,
• what drives her in life,
• what happiness is to her,
• advice for just starting out,
• and much more...
By the way, this interview was actually recorded on 13th June 2020, so if you notice any time discrepencies with what we say - things move so fast during these corona times! - you'll know why.
There's a full transcript at https://thisisreportage.com/podcast-episode-36-this-is-jill-streefland/, as well as examples of her work and link to her website.
Also, just a quick word before we go over to Jill: It's been so exciting this week to see so many photographers from all over the world join our brand new sister site for documentary family photography, This is Reportage: Family. We only launched last week and we already have over 130 members; just been blown away by the response. So exciting to be promoting the power and skill of both documentary family photography, and documentary wedding photography, with the two TiR sister-sites going forward. Exciting times!
