How do you introduce someone who’s practically part of the furniture in Irish photography? Jay Doherty’s name is woven through so many corners of the industry it’s almost become folklore – from creating the much-loved Learning to Fly retreat to bringing Doc Day to a close each year with his signature style. Jay’s a photographer who doesn’t just tak…

Episode 54 – A conversation with Martin Ellard This week’s guest is Martin Ellard – a documentary wedding photographer based in South Wales with one of the most varied and fascinating paths into the industry we’ve heard yet. Martin’s background takes us from the offices of Magnum Photos, where he somehow managed to land a one-on-one with the legend…

Episode 53 - The Photowalk with Bermingham Cameras A break from the norm this week. This episode was recorded during our photo walk through Dublin in association with Bermingham Cameras. It’s a mix of sound bites and conversations, capturing moments from the day and voices from across the photography community. We talk about the value of connection…

Episode 52 – A conversation with Janina Brocklesby (Reportage Studios) This week we’re joined by Janina Brocklesby – one half of Reportage Studios and someone whose work manages to hit that sweet spot between honest, emotional and, quite often, properly funny. Her images have a real heart to them – shaped by culture, personality and the chaos of a …

Episode 51 – A conversation with Paul Williams (Gingerbeard Photography) In this episode, we sit down with Paul Williams – though you’ll probably know him better as Gingerbeard Photography. With over 22 years of experience in photography and videography, Paul has built a name for himself with a style that blends honest documentary with a touch of e…

Episode 50 – Ryan Devereux For our 50th episode, we sat down with Ryan Devereux — a man who’s quietly carved out a space as one of Ireland’s most respected wedding photographers. You’ll probably know his work even if you don’t know his name. Ryan is someone who lets the photographs do the talking, and they speak volumes — honest, considered and ful…

Episode 49 – Tim Millen (This Modern Love) In this episode, we chat with Tim Millen — the creative mind behind This Modern Love, and a man who lives a bit of a double life. By day, he’s a wedding photographer capturing real moments with honesty and heart. But when the cameras are down, you’ll find him in the studio painting — a slower, more solitar…

Episode 48 – Lucy Nuzum In this episode, we chat with the brilliant Lucy Nuzum — a photographer whose path took her from self-portrait experiments as an art student to a thriving career in wedding photography. Lucy opens up about everything from creative influences and personal projects to navigating wedding trends, working with musicians, and the …

Episode 47 – Darren Kirwan In this episode of The Raw Podcast, we’re joined by Darren Kirwan — one of Ireland’s most consistently brilliant wedding photographers, known for his calm presence and sharp eye for real moments. This is a wide-ranging and honest chat about the craft of wedding photography. Darren talks us through his early days in photog…

The RAW Podcast | Episode 46 – Johanna King (Johanna King Photography) In this episode, we’re joined by Johanna King, a brilliant documentary family photographer based in Dublin. Johanna is known for capturing the chaos, calm, and everything in between—without the stiff posing or forced smiles. Her work is honest, warm, and full of heart, earning h…

The RAW Podcast | Episode 45: GFX100RF In this episode, We share our thoughts on Fujifilm's intriguing new camera, the GFX100RF—a groundbreaking medium-format camera in a surprisingly compact package. The GFX100RF boasts an impressive 102MP sensor in a body that isn't much bigger than the current X100VI. It’s Fujifilm’s smallest and lightest medium…

The RAW Podcast – Episode 44 Guest: Shane O’Neill (Aspect Photography) Episode Summary In this episode, we sit down with the brilliant Shane O’Neill of Aspect Photography, one of Ireland’s most distinctive documentary wedding photographers. Known for his effortless, unposed style and his ability to capture real, unscripted moments with humour and a…

The Raw Podcast - Episode 43 – Mic Drop We’re back with another packed episode, diving into everything from new photography gear to documenting an intense boxing event. We discuss the balance between personal projects and professional work, the power of community in photography, and the evolution of The Raw Podcast. Plus, we’re putting out a call f…

The Raw Podcast – Episode 42 - A conversation with Ronan Palliser We’re joined by Ronan Palliser for an in-depth chat about his journey in photography, the lessons he’s learned, and his approach to lighting and storytelling. From his early days in camera clubs to becoming a respected wedding photographer and educator, Ronan shares insights into his…

The Raw Podcast Returns – Episode 41 We’re back! After a long break, The Raw Podcast is making a return, and we have plenty to catch up on. In this episode, we dive into where we’ve been, why we’re back, and what’s ahead. Episode Breakdown 🎙 Intro – A fresh start for The Raw Podcast. 🔄 Catch Up • Where did we go, and why are we back? A look at why …

Something a little bit different for you all with episode 40. We were lucky to have been blessed with the presence of the one and only Eric Savoie. You may know him as Savo. The Sav or maybe even The Bear. The man is a photography master who over the years has had may accolades thrown his way. One of Rangefinders Magazines 30 Rising Stars and Juneb…

Thanks for listening to Episode 39! While we have you, we'd love it if you could give us a 5 star review or a thumbs up or a like or double tap or whatever these podcasting apps make you do these days? It helps to bump this podcast up the charts and edge us closer to world domination. Or at least dominate a space in the top 1000. Good enough!Done? …

Welcome to Episode 38! We're back again with another episode. As the summer has start we chat about some recent camera issues that Dave was having.Along with that we discuss the question of how many weddings is a good number to shoot… or is that even a valid question. Its not an easy one to answer as you'll hear.Dave also chats about his try out of…

Welcome to Episode 37! We're back again with another episode. As the summer begins here in Ireland the wedding season really kicks off. In this episode we give a brief update on the workout challenge from April.. April Agony's results.We chat some about social media and instagram changes and how we use it and how it impacts our businesses.We answer…

Welcome to Episode 36! We know what you're thinking…. How did the MyZone March Madness play out? Well, we cover that first.By the way - If you want to get a belt and join in, the offer still works.Get your belt for 50% off at the following link.https://buy.myzone.org/ship/?lang=enGB&voucher=TFIUK001-65Once you get it, get in touch and we'll add you…

Welcome to Episode 35! We're back with a slightly longer episode than normal. This is because we found out that both of us are afraid of getting murdered in the dark. You'll understand soon enough. (That's not a threat)So, once we got over that and stopped shaking her'e what we covered.Paul got new swanky noise cancelling headphones. Sony 1000XM3ht…

Welcome to Episode 34! Who likes blogging? Who likes putting together end of year posts? Is it worthwhile? Who watches them? Well, Dave and Paul ask these very questions and more on this weeks episode. Aside from that we discuss the new camera offerings from Canon and Fuji.The Canon EOS-RPhttps://www.canon.ie/cameras/eos-rp/and the Fujifilm X-T30ht…

Welcome to Episode 33! It's 2019 and we're back! We're in our new podcasting studio, also known as Dave's new office. We ditched the Instamics and reverted back to the old reliable - wired mics. What is the sorcery? So, what did we discuss?Dave's new monitor the BenQ PD2700U 4K HDR Monitor for Graphic Design. 27inches of sheer quality.Dave's new Pi…

Number 32Welcome to Episode 32! Firstly... apologies for the sound quality we recorded in a car .. that was moving.. and it was raining.. we promise to be better next time.This week we talk Learning to Fly. The Irish workshop/retreat on the way back from the learning to fly awards in Belfast.The Pizza place was Pizza Punks Belfasthttp://pizzapunks.…

Welcome to Episode 31! Well, we're back… what happened.?? We're sorry! This episode was supposed to be out last week but due to some technical difficulties we had to bin it and start again.. But fear not we're back and sounding just as good as ever…we hope..In this episode we talk a little about blogging and is it still relevant and why?We chat abo…

The Big 3 0 !Welcome to Episode 30! Well, what a weeks it's been with Nikon's announcement of their full frame mirrorlessT Z6 and Z7 cameras. That card slot though…Oh, speaking of cards slots and memory cards.Dave mentioned these Tough memory cards from Sony.https://petapixel.com/2018/08/28/sony-tough-sd-cards-are-the-toughest-and-fastest-ever-made…

Welcome to Episode 29!The heatwave is over and we've cooled off and regained enough energy to record a fresh podcast for you. So, what have we been up to? Well,Dave has went off and purchased some new tech. Mind you it's not photography related.Midlife crisis alert.Fist up his his "best thing ever"? The Husqvarna Automower 450x. Otherwise known as …

Welcome to Episode 28!Dave and Paul travel to Bath in Somerset in the UK for the X-Weddings conference.The X-Weddings Wedding Photography Conference is, well, just a bit different from all the other conferences out there. Born from the X-Weddings Facebook Group this two-day conference is aimed at wedding photographers who want to learn from some of…

Welcome to Episode 27!Dave and Paul meet up at Junction Five to Stay Alive and fuelled by two bun-less burgers and strong coffee bring you the latest episode of the Raw Podcast.Well, at last Paul has dusted off the wallet and made a splurge on the Sony A7III. About bloody time.So, find out how he got on with that. It might not be what you were expe…

Welcome to Episode 26!In this episode we chat cameras.We find out how Dave is getting on with his Fujifilm X-H1 and we discover that Paul is lusting over the new Sony A7 III (the traitor)Stay tuned as well for Dave's Billion Dollar idea. Keep it to yourself though. It's for Raw Podcast listeners only! We'll all be rich together!Oh and Dave is now a…

The conclusion to what has been a brilliant few days at the islanders wedding photography and film conference. Ideally I would have loved to have interviewed you all however there was only one of me and about 250 of you. So settle in and enough the chats of the few I managed to catch up with.. Thanks to...https://www.instagram.com/tomasz_kornas/htt…

Boom, Dave's back...After a few lonely days of roaming the streets of Kilkenny and attempting to talk to anyone he could Paul welcomes Dave back to the show.In this episode Dave and Paul have a quick chat and overview about the Wedding Photographers and Videographers Islanders conference held in Kilkenny and how Paul found the whole event. We then …

Second in a series of shorts made at the Islanders Conference IrelandVon Raw Podcast With Dave and Paul

First in a line of short recorded from the Islanders Conference in Kilkenny Ireland.Von Raw Podcast With Dave and Paul

Welcome to our first podcast of 2018! It's great to be back. This week Dave and Paul catch up on how their 2017's seemed but more importantly look forward 2018 and what they're excited about. We talk various tech and also discuss their worst purchases. #arselessunderpantsStay tuned for the competition at the end of the podcast but just incase you c…

Does anyone read this? In this weeks episode, the last of 2017, we take brief look back at the year and the podcast moments and chats we had.We also chat about Dave's new purchase and how he's finding it and also the plans for the pod in 2018.We where on the way to Star wars so that was on our minds too!We have a little competition at the end where…

Does anyone read this? This week's episode has some serious background noise annoyance. Sorry about that. We decided to meet up half way to record this episode and it turns out that Mcdonalds is not the best place for recording audio. This will NOT happen again. With that apology out of the way we hope that this episode brings you plenty to enjoy w…

Hello All!Thanks again for listening and sorry it's been such a long time since the last episode. The summer season tends to do that to us wedding photographers. All work and no play makes for two very dull podcasters.Dave and Paul meet up to watch the new Bladerunner movie so as we had a bit of time prior to the movie we started recording. We cont…

Hello All!Welcome to Episode 17 and thanks for joining us for another Raw Podcast.This week we talk much of general chit chat and cobble stones. A little on the new Nikon D850 which will be launched Thursday the 24th of August and a little about photo editing apps for phones.Enjoy and thanks for listening.See you on Episode 18!Dave & PaulTo find ou…

Hello All!Welcome to Episode 16 and thanks for joining us for a special episode of the Raw Podcast.This week we have two guests. Nick O'Keefe and Tomasz Kornas. These guys are two brave souls who are undertaking quite a task. They are organising Irelands first wedding photography and videography conference, at the least the first of this scale.To b…

Hello All!Welcome to Episode 15 and thanks for joining us for another Raw Podcast.This week, Dave asks Paul how he's enjoying his Fuji X100 and also if he's still enjoying his Canon 5DMKIV as much as he did initially. His answer may surprise you.Also….The DJI Spark is out! Just look at this thing! Unreal. Dave is drooling over this big time, especi…

Hello All!Welcome to Episode 14 and thanks for joining us for another Raw Podcast.Paul has went and done it and bought himself a Fuji X100F. It was bound to happen :)http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x100f/In other news …Dave has crashed his drone. A tree stepped out in front of him.Paul is off to Ibiza for a wedding and i…

Hello again!Welcome to Episode 13. This episode may sound slightly different than normal as we're doing it over Skype, rather than face to face but hopefully you won't notice - in fact, forget I said anything…So in this episode we drool over the new DJI Goggles. WANT. Big time want.http://store.dji.com/product/dji-gogglesDave is back on Instagram a…

RAW PODCAST 12... not 11..In this episode we talk a little about the new Fuji x100f, yes Dave has already switched... I know...We chat about the Fuji and why Dave got one and Paul's mavic pro purchase. Dave speaks about shooting Jpeg and its advantages.We then move on to the dreaded cancellations.What do to and how to combat losing your income when…

RAW PODCAST 11! Who would have thought this would ever last?In this episode we talk about what we’ve been up to. We both visited the ProFoto Expo. It was… meh, okay. Good if you’re into things like Printers and Album design companies. Not so much if you want to look at latest camera tech.ProFoto WebsiteDave talked a bit about Adobe Bridge vs Photo …

Back for the new year and its the first pod recorded in 2017.In this weeks episode the bouy's talk Home automation and other cool home tech. We chat a little about speakers and camera servicing and accidents or incidents or whatever they’re called.Here’s some stuff we mention.Speakers and home sound wireless and wired.Check out Libratonehttps://www…

This one is out a little late but was recorded before Christmas 2016.In this weeks episode the bouy's talk and drink and just have some general fun and games. Well mostly its games, speakout to be exact.If you want a laugh its worth a try...Click here to order.. We talk TV's and wireless speakers and the eagles...We mention Sugru too check it out h…

We’re back with a bang..bang boom! Soz for being so late with this one the frequency will increase very soon.In this weeks episode the bouy's talk Mavic vs Karma and eat some cheese. The jokes are flying cos the coffee is too..well flying or falling you decide.Dave talks more on Xpro-2 vs Xt-2 worth a listen.Finally we talk workshops, the merits of…

We’re back with a bang.. its been a few busy weeks so this one comes a little late and what a better way to start then with a bottle or two of our favourite red!In this weeks episode Dave talks Venice, the Bouys talk tech like the new DJI drone and other bits from Photokina and then the conversation goes to the origins of both men.How did they get …

Today is the day folks! It's September 8th and that means only one thing! Well two things…. The Canon 5DMK4 and the Fuji XT2 are out today!Will Paul take the leap? Will Dave go through with yet another trade in? All will be revealed in this slightly longer than normal episode that was actually recorded over the course of a few days.Aside from the c…