The Photography Pod
Nick Church and Steve Vaughan host The Photography Pod, a show for both working professional photographers and enthusiast snappers. Nick and Steve are professional photographers and educators based in the UK, and welcome...
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- Hannah Young1 ep
- Julian Elliott1 ep
- Luke Vaughan1 ep
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21K to 252K🎙 Monthly cadence·50 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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23K to 280K🇬🇧100% - Active Followers
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9.1K to 112K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/12/26 | Two Photographers, One Wedding – with Murray McMillan & Lawrence Scott | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick are joined by Scottish wedding photographers Murray McMillan and Lawrence Scott for a very funny and refreshingly candid conversation about photography, friendship and working together at weddings. Murray and Lawrence have very different photographic styles, but years of shooting together have turned them into a highly effective team. They talk about the benefits of having two photographers at a wedding, learning to anticipate what the other person... | 1h 00m 41s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Grey Imports, the Pocket 4 Pro and Making Photography Fun Again | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick revisit the grey import debate after asking photographers where they buy their gear. The savings can be substantial, but what about warranties, VAT and the UK camera shops we value? Wedding photographer Greg Thurtle joins them to talk about using the Osmo Pocket 4 Pro for hybrid wedding coverage. They discuss where a small camera helps, how the second lens changes the way Greg shoots, and the compromises he has found so far. Later, Steve shares a s... | 50m 43s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | The £10,000 Camera Bag Challenge | Message Nick and Steve here: What would you put in your camera bag if you had £10,000 to spend? In this episode, Steve and Nick take on the £10K camera bag challenge, choosing the bodies, lenses, lighting and video kit they’d want for weddings, commercial work and personal photography. Along the way they discuss the new Sigma 85mm f/1.2, compact street lenses, fisheyes, Sony A1 and A7R bodies, prime lenses versus zooms, grey imports, DJI Osmo Pocket frustrations and the gear they actually re... | 1h 00m 08s | ||||||
| 9/1/26 | weddingsphotography challenges+3 | — | SonyGodox+1 | — | weddingsphotography+3 | — | 37m 33s | ||
| 6/22/26 | photographycamera gear+3 | — | — | — | photographycameras+3 | — | 45m 13s | ||
| 4/19/26 | travel photographystreet photography+3 | Hannah Young | SonyDJI+1 | — | Hannah Youngtravel photography+5 | — | 56m 34s | ||
| 3/30/26 | photographyhistogram+4 | — | Da Vinci Got It Wrong | — | histogramphotography debate+5 | — | 52m 36s | ||
| 3/7/26 | photographydebate+4 | — | Fujifilm Instax CameraChatGPT+2 | — | photography questionsChatGPT+4 | — | 55m 33s | ||
| 2/20/26 | content creationphotography+4 | — | Sony Alpha Cameras | — | content creatorsphotographers+5 | — | 54m 45s | ||
| 1/29/26 | dream photography gigphotography travel+3 | — | Fujifilm GFX100RF | Dallas | photographytravel+4 | — | 51m 57s | ||
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| 1/19/26 | photographytravel+4 | Julian Elliott | — | — | travel photographylandscape photography+3 | — | 42m 25s | ||
| 12/21/25 | year in reviewprofessional photography+3 | — | — | Black Country Living Museum | photographyMartin Parr+5 | — | 40m 30s | ||
| 12/6/25 | gig photographycamera comparison+3 | Luke Vaughan | Sony A75Lumix S1 II+1 | Instagram | Sony A75Lumix S1 II+3 | — | 51m 37s | ||
| 11/21/25 | Sony Alpha 7M5hybrid photography+3 | — | Sony Alpha 7M5DJI Osmo Pocket 3+1 | — | Sony Alpha 7M5hybrid photography+3 | — | 31m 36s | ||
| 11/2/25 | photography businesspricing strategies+4 | — | The Photography Pod | — | photographypricing+5 | — | 56m 53s | ||
| 10/19/25 | Karl Taylor - Advertising Photographer, Educator and Brand Ambassador | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick are joined by Karl Taylor, a renowned advertising, fashion and beauty photographer with over 25 years experience of working with some of the leading global brands. From his studios in Guernsey, he specialises in precise and exquisite control of lighting. He is also the founder of Visual Education, an award winning on line education platform with over 1m followers and nearly 300,000 creatives who have participated on the courses. Karl also mad... | 1h 10m 00s | ||||||
| 10/12/25 | Michal Korta- Award Winning Portrait and Documentary Photographer | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick's guest for this week's show is Michał Korta, an award winning Polish portrait and documentary photographer, who shares his artistic approach, creative process, and unique projects. He is from a new generation of photographers who seek projects from both historical and every day life. He has published two photobooks, including Balkan Playground, a study of the complicated identity and atmosphere of the Balkan region. Steve has experienc... | 48m 24s | ||||||
| 9/28/25 | Smartphone or "Real" Camera on Vacation? | Message Nick and Steve here: Nick is back from his vacation in Croatia, and used his phone for his holiday photos! Is a smart phone all you need when on holiday? Steve is contemplating (another) new camera, but which Sony should he buy? And what are Sony up to with the camera line up? Plus the legalities of taking street photos in Paris. Support the show The Photography Pod is twice monthly photography podcast for both working professionals and enthusiast photographers. The host Nick C... | 1h 03m 06s | ||||||
| 9/13/25 | Brand and Business Photography - Marcus Ahmad | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick's guest this episode is Marcus Ahmad. Marcus has had a long and varied career in photography, including fashion, advertising and now brand photography. He is also a qualified senior lecturer in fashion and advertising photography. Marcus somehow also finds time to play bass guitar for a variety of bands and venues. Steve is nursing a hangover from sampling real ales in Birmingham, whilst Nick is packing his bags for a well earned vacati... | 51m 49s | ||||||
| 8/31/25 | All about lenses! Do you NEED that wide aperture glass? | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick are running on empty through a busy wedding season! In this show they look at their respective collection of Sony fit lenses. Do we really need that F1.4 aperture? And what else do they look for when choosing and using Sony lenses. The guys also look at their back up strategies for wedding raw files, do we have a blind spot in our workflow? And, at what stage do we break out the flash gear at a wedding, if at all? Evoto One launch event in NYC http... | 50m 30s | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | IWPOTY- Wedding Photography Awards with Luke Simon | Message Nick and Steve here: Nick and Steve put wedding photography awards under the microscope with Luke Simon, the curator and founder of the International Wedding Photographer of the Year awards. The International Wedding Photographer of the Year showcases the work of Wedding Photographers worldwide and has become the new benchmark for Wedding Photography competitions. Nick, Steve and Luke discuss judging criteria, the impact of technology on photography, and the future of awards in a rap... | 55m 08s | ||||||
| 8/3/25 | Our favourite Sony gear - and what isn't! | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick delve back into their bulging camera bags and discuss the favourite - and least favourite- Sony photography and video gear. Steve has been meeting podcast royalty at an unlikely location, whilst Nick has been getting lost in North Oxfordshire. Plus, is LinkedIn a place for photographers to get bookings? Sony microphone that Steve couldn't remember the model number of (!) ECM-B1M https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/interchangeable-lens-ca... | 39m 56s | ||||||
| 7/21/25 | JPG vs Raw vs DNG; what to use and when, plus film simulations on a Sony? | Message Nick and Steve here: Steve and Nick are both now fully into wedding season, but Nick manages to fit in a trip to Ireland before the season gets crazy! The guys discuss the pros and cons of shooting JPG's professionally, and should you convert your propriety raw files into DNG. Steve has been using film simulation JPG's on his Ricoh GR3x and Samantha's X100VI, and discusses the merits of Sony film simulations. They discuss the new Sony RX1R III, and who is it for, and some of th... | 47m 12s | ||||||
| 7/6/25 | Stuff we take to weddings - and why! | Message Nick and Steve here: For this episode Steve and Nick are joined by Jan Willem Van Konijnenburg, one half of Creative Depiction Studio, a Gloucestershire based wedding photographer and videographer, whom Nick often works with a weddings. The three of us discuss those all important non-camera gear stuff we always take to weddings, and we couldn't be without! Nick has been working hard on the Nick Church Creative Academy, whilst Steve has had his walking books on walking, and videoing, ... | 1h 00m 43s | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | Jay Farrell - Abandoned buildings photographer and author from Nashville, TN. | Message Nick and Steve here: Nick and Steve's guest for this week's show is Jay Farrell, a Nashville, TN based photographer who specialises in photographing abandoned building throughout USA. He is also a successful author, with 15 published books of abandoned buildings and his travels. He recently self published is own book, Route 66 Roadscapes. He tells Steve and Nick: How he got started photographing abandoned buildingsHow he finds his locationsHow he keeps safe when exploringHis approach... | 44m 36s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Photography Pod
Peaked at #98 in MY, currently #98 in MY.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| MY | — | #98 | #98 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.