The Irish Photography Podcast

NOW LIVE Shunday Showcase and Insta Spotlight November Its time for our regular and much loved feature the Shunday Showcase to take over this weeks episode and on todays show Darren & Bernard pick their favourite 3 shots with a twist and our Insta Spot Light is Felix Sproll https://www.instagram.com/felix.sproll/

On todays Episode Darren gets to sit down and have a great chat with renowned outdoor photographer Steven Hanna to discuss his photography journey so far, what makes him tick and how important printing is in photography 

After making a video to share my thoughts on why it’s good to own photography books I wondered how much work went into creating one So I reached out to friends of the podcast Adam Gibbs and Thomas Heaton Photography to give us an insight in just how much work is involved .. Some eye openers for sure and lots of laughs , including the feathered Friends who joined Adam for the chat

So one of us lucky podcasters got to test out the R5 from Canon Ireland to see what it's all hyped up for, and....... the other podcaster did......not !!!!

On todays Episode Darren sits down with his good friend and fellow photographer/ vlogger/ creator Mali Davies. Mali who hails from England has been creative all his life and now he has put this passion into action across various projects and platforms like his very active group on facebook Lets Create , a member of the Photography Pubcast and also a friend to the stars.   A great chat, very inform...

NOW LIVE | EP 120 We are back and back with your shots for this weeks episode.. Darren & Diarmuid sit down and try and pick their favourite 3 shots from the very popular Sunday Showcase.. Thanks for everyone who posts each week, the talent is amazing and its getting harder to pick just 3 each.. And our insta spotlight for this month is Jono Carey https://www.instagram.com/another_irish_photographe...

How is it to learn landscape photography in Ireland , what are the best parts and what has made it all the easier to learn snd retain.. Darren sits down with Mark Fletcher who has been on a fast track of development and in just over 12 months has produces some incredible images to discuss his inspirations and journey so far,

Today Diarmuid is fully convinced that he has become a better photographer because of his GAS, and is determined to prove it, Darren has other ideas on his mind. 

And we're back !!! Where have we been, what have we been up ya ?   Its the return of the Insta Spotlight and this week we have the very talented and experimental photographer Henry O Brien  https://www.instagram.com/henry_o_brien_/ Darren &  Diarmuid pick there 3 favourite images from our very popular Sunday Showcase.. Spolier Alert, we didn't match any again, but you can have you say now by votin...

On the show today we have a subterranean Special Guest Robert Mulraney  from Caves of Ireland Robert gives us a fascinating look into what's involved in exploring and photographing caves around Ireland and further a field also Don't miss this one

Well now, Darren decides to riddle Diarmuid's little brain with some odd but fair questions & to get his side of artistic values, when is something too much........

After months of rumours, leaks and dreams, it seems that most of those dreams are now a reality.. Canon Launched two new cameras, a bunch of lenses and a fantastic new printer and we get talk to Garret from Canon Ireland about whats new & ground breaking . We then get to drool of the insane specs and try and decide which one we will or won't get ? Who's taking odds on Diarmuid O'Donovan biting fir...

Its the return of the insta spotlight and this week we feature our good buddy Patrick Murtagh Instagram/murtaghp and  Diarmuid & Darren each pic three images form this weeks Sunday Showcase.. will they finally pic the one the same ?  Starting with this episode we will share the chosen images on our facebook group after the podcast goes lives , create and poll and you can vote for which image is yo...

Darren discovered an interesting article in Digital Camera World about some hidden features in Lightroom. So we go through them one by one to see what hot and whats not. Lightroom also recently got a lick of paint with  a fancy new badge and now called LRC.

Today Darren & Diarmuid take a road trip to West Cork. In a bit of down time after dinner they decided to chat about taking online course and what they can do for you as a photographer.

Today we go back to our roots and chat about topics like we used to and see what they are all about. Filters have made into the news recently so we talk about what they can do for us, and will GoPro be around this time next year, Who Knows !!!!!!

So we managed to chat with a real life superhero called Thor about his photography, the journey of of his workshops and the ups & downs of the world we are now surrounded by.

Darren & Diarmuid draft in a 3rd voice for the podcast to discuss what our audience whats to do. We also touch base with some wildlife photography with Paul Madigan from Blackwater Photographic Society. 

Is Diarmuid an Influencer ? Darren will make his judgement & Also lets see what we are really like when we get outside of comfort zone.  Check out what the guys are talking about with the Dolby Atmos Test, trust me, you will enjoy this -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZFpwlXKpg

Now I think we are back into the normal swing of things here on the Irish Photography Podcast, Darren gets jealous of Diarmuid's outing and whats to talk about what expectations do we have once we get freed. Also we bring back the Insta Spotlight.

Well aint this just the best thing in the world at the moment, During this global pandemic we are all in-trolled with The Irish Photography managed to hit an amazing feat of hitting 100 episodes. Tune in to listen to your QUESTIONS answered by yours truly Diarmuid & Darren.  

As isolation continues we check in with Blake to see how he is getting on and also to have a 1 hour masterclass on everything photoshop aswell as some laughs along the way  Blake Rudis is a classically trained artist who started as a painter, transitioned into printmaking and sculpture, and finally decided to double down on his love for photography. He incorporates his knowledge of aesthetics and...

Wow, well it was an honour to chat with Michael Shainblum for an hour about his life as a photographer and how he evolved over time into the Timelapse King. We ask about his gear, his process of a shoot & some dirt on some member of the F4 group on YouTube, some bold claims !!!!! An episode not to be missed.

We managed to hook up with Greg Benz the creator of Lumenzia this week to chat about where it all started for him and what Lumenzia is and what It can do for us normal folk :) https://gregbenzphotography.com/

We are still in isolation and Darren has an idea to see how some of our previous guest on the podcast are coping during the current pandemic. We talk about their recent f4roadtrip , gimp suits , day drinking , pet boudoir photography , vegas and there may even be a special guest somewhere all mixed in with copious amounts of humour