E101 | I Show What I Love with Award Winning Documentary Photographer Erica Hawkins

How to Shoot Hybrid - Photo & Video

On this episode I get to chat with a brilliant, multi award wining documentary style wedding photographer Erica Hawkins who originally came from a background in filmmaking.

Some of Erica's awards include Nine Dots Photographer of the Year 2024, This is Reportage Top 10 photographers in the UK, Fearless Top 50 Photographers of the World, TWIA regional winner and the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize which provided Erica with the opportunity to see her work exhibited in the national portrait gallery!

We talk about everything from filming at Glastonbury as a student, to learning what works in an image while working at a commercial art publishing house. How she transitioned into weddings, battled kidney cancer and overcame imposter syndrome to become a multiple award winning documentary wedding photographer!

Erica's story is packed full of inspiration and nuggets around capturing images, knowing your numbers and finding balance. She explains her progress for capturing an amazing award winning image that she took while I was working alongside her and she talks about how she feels highlight films can be incorporated into a photography business.

You can check out Erica's work here: https://www.ericahawkinsphotography.co.uk/

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On the How to Shoot Hybrid Podcast we talk about all things Photo, Video and Hybrid Shooting!

This is a place for photographers and videographers who want to build successful and sustainable business capturing weddings, live events, working with commercial clients or working on creative projects.

We discuss different topics around photography, filmmaking and business as well as interviewing guests in the photography, filmmaking and hybrid content creation industries.
To discover more about the podcast click this link: https://lnk.bio/howtoshoothybrid

Chapters

1. Into (00:00:00)

2. Filming at Glastonbury (00:08:50)

3. Getting experience in art publishing (00:10:00)

4. How I thought id be a filmmaker (00:13:30)

5. Imposter syndrome (00:19:40)

6. Fighting cancer (00:28:30)

7. Recognising your personal achievements (00:32:30)

8. Knowing your numbers and finding balance (00:40:00)

9. How Erica see's the difference with photo and film (00:42:30)

10. Getting into documentary style wedding photography (00:45:00)

11. How every frame is a considered frame (00:48:00)

12. Curation - showing what you love to shoot (00:51:00)

13. Explaining how Erica captured a real award winning image (01:02:00)

14. Awards and how to use them for marketing (01:14:00)

15. Incorporating highlight videos into your photography business (01:29:00)

16. Quick fire questions (01:40:00)