The Irish Photography Podcast

Special Guest - Greg Snell YouTuber Extraordinaire

We managed to get the guy that won "The Best Job in The World" in Australia. Greg Snell an amazing YouTuber and Vlogger from Canada talks about where he came from and how he became a digital nomad. Hey, this dude even tried to talk with an Irish accent. I'm sure ye will enjoy this awesome episode.

Pro's & Cons of Filmmaking & Gimbals with Keith Kennedy

The photography world is evolving at a rapid pace and so Darren and Diarmuid chat about filmmaking and what it means to them. After that, they manage to hook up with Feiyutechs brand manager in Ireland to tell us about gimbals and workshops about them.  

Special Guest - Paul "Duxy" Duxfield Underwater Photographer

Duxy joins Diarmuid & Darren on today's pod to talk about binging workshops to the Red Sea in Egypt, attempted kidnapping, pee valves and how his career started. 

Expectation V Reality

On today's episode, we dive deep into Diarmuid's reality of his family holiday in Lanzarote, (24:17 ) and we also have Bernard back to answer the same questions about Tenerife. 1:05:00 Our VSP this week is the LowePro Powder BP 500 AW

A Scottish Visitor & Firmware Updates

This week we get to talk to Adam (Wadger Catcher) Russel about his advancements on the Irish Photography Podcast Photographer of the Year Award (0:40) and Diarmuid get down and dirty about Sony, Fujifilm & Canons firmware updates (18:51) The ever so popular VSP is at hand to talk about BG jackets (48:35)

Holiday's & Copyright

Today's episode will see Diarmuid and Darren chat about Diarmuid's upcoming trip (1.07) to Lanzarote to see the Underwater Museum and some other photography plans . We also chat about a recent PetaPixel (25:58) article about Dani Diamonds stolen photograph and how copyright theft is simply rampant in this world we live in.

Social Media & Predicting A Sunrise Or Sunset

In this weeks episode the guys discuss if social media is ruining photography and ( 33:40 ) have you ever wondered how to know if you have a good chance of a sunrise / sunset worth photographing ? is it even possible ?

Special Guest - Mads Peter Iversen Landscape Photographer

Today we have the amazing landscape photographer Mads Peter Iversen on to talk to us about his life and where his work carries him. Mads tells us how he started in photography and some of his highlights of his incredible trips so far.Best yet Mads has an incredible Youtube channel which showcases his phenomenal talent.His YouTube videos have become a huge hit and his workshops are getting bigger and bigger.

Pricing A Job & A Review Of Our England Tour

Today's episode we get David Woodland in the studio to talk about pricing a photography job (2:01) and what cost of goods need to be considered when doing so. In our second topic, we chat about our trip to England (23:35) for the photography show in Birmingham and our drive from windy Northumberland, Snow up north, to the calming lake district. Our weekly favourite segment VSP (1:04:30) will feature the DJI Osmo Pocket

6 Inches & Landscape Photography Shootout

In this weeks episode we discuss how important moving your composition by just 6 Inches can be and how it can save you regret when you are back at your desk editing your shots (3:56)
We introduce a new segment called Sure Fire Rapid Round which will have our guests answering rapid questions about photogrpahy(15:47)
Darren & Diarmuid recently challanged each other to a Landscape photography shootout, hear the lads discuss their journey (19:49)
Diarmuid is back with the weekly news (40:00)
VSP ( Very Solid Product ) is back and its a GoPro clamp (43:09)

The Photography Show Birmingham 2019

On today's episode, Darren & Diarmuid fly over to the Photography Show in Birmingham to see some amazing classes, talks and window shopping for gear. SKB Cases (0:49) Will Stevens tells us about these high tech camera cases. The Zeiss Lens (4:03) stand was really impressive as Luke Tait talks about batis and cine lens and their wide variety. We also chat with Gitzo Ambassador (9:10) Roie Galitz about wildlife photography and how he got involved with Gitzo. Our sponsor Hahnel Industries (13:20) was here today and we get to chat with Chris Hahnel about some new products coming on the market. David Parry from Canon (16:53) chats about Canon's new lens to come to market soon and Lee Filters Richie McKitty lends a hand about some info about Lees new filter holder. 

RAW v JPEG & Light Painting

On today's episode, John is finally back in the hot seat to take charge of the two messers and talk shop about the difference in RAW & JPEG, pro and cons. We also visit the effects of light painting and different styles of it. The oh so popular VSP will be at hand and one of the leaders of the photographic industry Manfrotto will be on the podium. 

TIPP Photographer of the Year & Where Did Sigma Come From

Diarmuid and Darren drafted in David Woodland in place of Johns absence today to talk about how to select picking your top 10 photos for 2019 (2:05) and also we discuss the in's and out's of Sigma and their rise to fandom (31:50) the news (52:00) as usual, and last but not least our famous VSP (56:20) will feature a torch of some sort.

Dive Ireland Expo 2019

Today Diarmuid travels over to Nenagh, Co. Tipperary to attend the Dive Ireland Expo 2019 where some of the biggest names in underwater photography were doing special talks and presentations to large groups of people. We had Barry McGill (00:40) talking about Irish shipwreck photography. Paul "Duxy" Duxfield (16:29) talking about More for less, how to learn UW photography properly using budget equipment. Nick Blake (35:56) Working with natural light in the Red Sea, Mexico, and Norway. Tiger sharks, orcas, and whales. Damien McGuirk (52:07) talks about one breathe photography and the challenges and rewards that it brings. Nick Pfeiffer (1:06:00) Photographing Orcas of the Norweigan Sea and that one crazy trip that brought him and his friends to see the Orcas. Mike Orth (1:23:20)  The winner of the Advanced Portfolio Photographer of The Year talks about his new camera setup and nudibranch. Lastly, Ivan Donoghue (1:33:27) closes out the show about the Vincent O'Brien Memorial Photography Competition.

Failure In Photography

This Week Darren is in the hot seat and with John Meyler away, Bernard Geraghty kindly offered to take the chair. We discuss is Failure in Photography should be embraced as it can really help your photography .