Laura and Benny Show - Laura Redhead Benson

Laura and Benny talk Wedding Photography with an arch-rival Sean Sharpe #soundsean #seanissound. Sean gives us loads of insight to his approach to Wedding Photography including: being a solo photographer his style or how he achieves a balance of creative and natural styles helping those who hate having their photo taken Morning Preparations get a big mention the big Ceremony moments: aisle walk, f...

Benny surprises Laura with a Podcast recording while they drive from Dublin to Galway, in between photographing weddings in Meath and Claire. Laura and Benny look at 2022 for Weddings and how COVID will impact the restrictions imposed on Weddings in Ireland. Benny makes an outlandish prediction regarding Mask wearing. Laura clears the fog of doom. The recording was on 19th December 2021, in case y...

A quick podcast including a clip from a Radio interview on Permits being required for Killarney National Park . Councillor Marie Moloney raised the issue over Weddings having difficulty photographing at Muckross House and thus the radio discussion. Thanks to Cork's 96FM for having us on.  You can read the original news article here: https://www.radiokerry.ie/news/claims-wedding-photographs-no-long...

Laura and Benny discussing the slight pause of the final lifting of restrictions: COVID preventive measures will be in place until Spring 2022. Mainly: COVID Certs (not used at weddings but get vaccinated!), Mask Wearing and Physical Distancing. For Weddings, easiest one first: Curfews are gone! Normal trading hours are now permitted for hospitality. Numbers: there is no explicit numbers restricti...

COVID is ending! Well, the wedding restrictions in Ireland anyway! Music is back, dancing is no longer illegal.  Benny's final show is nearly, NPHET is being disbanded and Benny is going back into his cave. Laura was right, about most things. Hopefully with the lifting of restrictions, the extreme differences in what venues allow are gone and the bending of rules can stop. At the end of August 202...

Season 4 of the Laura and Benny Podcast. The fourth wave is here and COVID wedding restriction are saying the long goodbye. Benny winds Laura up per norm. June was great for weddings but Laura is well and truly done with restrictions (protective measures). Small Weddings are great but timing constraints are a hassle currently. The receiving line is back, hugging n kiss'n. Vaccination buzz is great...

The restrictions announcement is made for Weddings in June, July and August in Ireland. Laura and Benny get into the ins and outs of it as "Christmas has come early!". There is a bit of fear in the air for September and October as the summer weddings are all go. (Hopefully vaccinations out run the rise of any variants) The biggest sign the Pandemic is nearly over is the sweat pants are off. Dress...

The Path Ahead in Ireland for COVID Summer Weddings 2021. Laura and Benny discuss the lifting of restrictions for May and June 2021, with an eye on July onwards. New rules, mass confusion, literally mass is causing confusion. Indoors, Outdoors, silliness. Super positive podcast with some blunt truths. Benny thinks there are 2 red herrings in the guidelines. And there is probably more to come with...

It is all so quiet! March 2021 and we are still recovering from the COVID 3rd Wave in Ireland. Laura and Benny sit down for a chat on the one year anniversary of their first wedding under restrictions and the last wedding in 2020 before the first long lockdown. They reminisce over the weirdness of it all. People's Wedding Venue hunts get a mention. Benny gets pressured into making Predictions. It...

After a brief hiatus Benny is back with Laura, throwing curve balls at the 2021 outlook for weddings in Ireland. Of course, discussing COVID Restrictions. The long intro this episode addresses the serious controversy of February being in Winter or Spring! A deep sea diving story. And a move relevant postponement overview for January 2021. In trying to understand the next restriction moves Benny br...

The Third Season, The Third Wave, The Real Surge. As things get serious in Ireland with COVID, restrictions are at Level 5 and micro weddings are only permitted. Micro Weddings being 6 guests allowed at a wedding. Laura and Benny are back for the first time in 2021. A typical long winding intro with Benny dropping the bomb that the last audio podcast went live, Laura thought it was binned. Laura i...

An emotional rollercoaster of a podcast to say goodbye to 2020. Fittingly we get frustration, optimism, anger, relief and more emotions all in a 15-minute spin to the supermarket! 2020 bashed up Laura but Benny will hang in there and deflect her trauma to something irrelevant keeping her afloat. We will prevail!!! This is a quick sign-off of 2020 with a brief chat on the new restrictions (once mor...

Benny is back at it again, catching Laura for a driving chats podcast. With more restrictions on the way in Ireland there is some wedding talk. Cold water dips get a mention again along with Christmas lights. Laura makes a New Years resolution to stop caring so much and Benny just doesn't care. Laura and Benny Photography are wedding photographers in Ireland.

Laura and Benny drive 2 hours home after photographing a wedding. Benny surprises Laura by recording a podcast in an attempt to keep them both awake. Laura on Benny left Cobh at 8am and now were making the spin home after a long days shoot. Random conversations on 2020 are had, some relevant to weddings, some less so. COVID to the minimum. Laura and Benny Photography are wedding photographers in I...

December is here! Merry Christmas! This is the last episode of Season 2, The Second Wave! It has been quite an undoing but who done it? (don't mind Benny's humour). Day 1 of Level 3 and Laura is straight in with getting the Hair done. Benny will hold out a bit longer. His odd behaviour is down to sleep deprivation, so really don't mind him today. Level 3 restrictions for December 2020 in Ireland a...

COVID weddings update as the current restrictions and how they will be used until the end of 2020 is causing confusion online. Laura and Benny clarify the levels at a high level without getting into details of each. Argo ensues as Laura tries to undo Benny's clarification (oh the tension!). Misinformation in the press is given a kicking. Vaccine hope is discussed, Benny takes a cautious approach. ...

Small Weddings are going to be knocking around a bit longer into 2021 so Laura and Benny do a quick overview to put 2021 wedding couples at ease. (this is not a COVID rules discussion but a Small Weddings chat!) Wedding Dress questions get dealt with. Should you still wear a wedding dress, the big one! Is there a need to get a ne Wedding Dress? Comfort is give that Mornings and Ceremonies are larg...

A tetchy podcast from Laura and Benny , Lockdown may be getting to them. Laura tries to help newly engaged couples (or those still researching) plan for their wedding during COVID lockdown. Benny is distracted by cheesecake and rugby. With restrictions, Wedding Shows and Fairs cannot happen, viewings are limited and in person meetings are off limits. Laura has a plan to give advise on searching fo...

The Irish Government put additional restrictions on Level 5 Weddings 2 days after the initial announcement of restrictions. Laura and Benny discuss how brides and grooms are battling on even with change after change to wedding rules. Laura tells of the talk online and fight back by Hair, Make-up and Music. 3 major negative rules changes for weddings are detailed. The varying policies across differ...

Ireland's Level 5 COVID restrictions for Wedding Explained. The farce of setting and explaining rules for Level 5 climaxed in the Government's Press Conference on the 19th October 2020. Laura and Benny detail what the rules mean for Weddings, for couples, guests, suppliers, venues and more. Midnight Wednesday is discussed (poor Leo). Laura coin's Weddings are still in Level 3! A solution is sugges...

This episode was recorded pre-road-trip (see Instagram). Benny was in a mood. Any way, Laura and Benny get into Wedding Albums and the deadlines that approach at Christmas. Also, remember, animals are for life and not just for Christmas or COVID. Laura gives a timeline for selecting photographs to be included in the wedding album, design, production, delivery. And of course as it in 2020, a COVID...

Laura and Benny surge back, looking yet again at the latest restrictions. The Irish government put some counties to Level 4 and add more restrictions to those counties in Level 3. Laura and Benny work through what this means to Weddings. Clarification is given as suppliers and wedding couples try to interpret Level 3 rules into their situations. The exception afforded to Weddings is confirmed. Hou...

Laura and Benny outline what the nation wide Level 3 COVID restrictions means for Weddings.  County Lockdown, Couple County movement exemptions, 25 Guests, Supplier work exemption are all broken down and explained. Benny works through what the coming months may look like for Weddings. Laura gives advice to those postponing Weddings.

Laura and Benny 's quickie, well they tried to speed it up, but there is all solid wedding transport information in this episode. Following a disaster of driving back and forth for a lost phone ( Laura 's), Benny prompts this session of tip giving. Transport tips include, remember everyone, use reliable people, round trips do's and don'ts, hanging around avoidance, knowing where transport is going...

Laura and Benny give couples a sense of what food and drink service is like for COVID Weddings. Couples raised the question as to whether late food was still being served. Laura set about getting a fell for how a few venues are dealing with night food while the Cinderella COVID Curfew is in place.  Some off topic but helpful ideas are given on various music options and bringing live music into the...