36: This is Jill Streefland

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!