The Raw Photography Podcast With Dave and Paul

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 some of the questions we've been asked on insta...

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=TFIUK001-65 Once you get it, get in touch and we'll add you to the leaderboard. The more the sweatier. Th...

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 1000XM3 https://www.sony.ie/electronics/headband-headphon...

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-RP https://www.canon.ie/cameras/eos-rp/ and the Fujifilm X-T30 http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras...

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 Pixel 3 Phone. This thing can see in the dark. I'm...

Number 32 Welcome 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 Belfast http://pizzapunks.co.uk Check out Learning to Fly at https://www...

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 about some apps to help with getting those blogs ou...

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/ Then of course - The new DJI Mavic 2 drones....

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 Robochop. https://www.husqvarna.com/ie/product...

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 the best photographers currently shooting with...

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 expecting. Dave updates us (again) on his Fujifilm...

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 YouTuber. You can find his channel in the lin...

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/ https://www.instagram.com/nickokeeffephotography/ h...

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 get on to the new stuff, Dave talks about his ne...

Second in a series of shorts made at the Islanders Conference Ireland

First in a line of short recorded from the Islanders Conference in Kilkenny Ireland.

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. #arselessunderpants Stay tuned for the competition at the end of the podcast but just incase you can't follow Dave's rules through his constant lau...

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 we're giving away a digital holga. All you hav...

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 with lots of talk on the new Fujifilm XE3, Paul got...

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 continued the rest of the podcast a day or two later...

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 & Paul To find out more from us then you can check out the fo...

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 be held in Kilkenny next March they are planning...

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, especially now that his Phantom 4 is is in a few pie...

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 is trying to decide on what to bring. DJI are...

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-goggles Dave is back on Instagram and explains why and also why he'll try not to...