About Me | Raul Duran Photography

Raúl Durán

Spanish photographer living in Budapest specialized in ballet and dance photography.

Hey there, it’s Raúl Durán, and no worries, I will keep this short: I’m a Spanish photographer living in Budapest for more than a decade. Before having a camera I used to draw professionally. A younger version of me studied in ESDIP (Escuela Superior de Dibujo Profesional) in Madrid back in the early 2000s. I was lucky to work in several areas involving drawing, from storyboarding, text and children’s books, and even a couple of animated short films. One day I got a camera and started to play with it. It turned out that I quite enjoyed it and kept doing it and learning, and even better, some people wanted me to take photos of them! So that’s what I do nowadays. I focus a lot on dance and ballet photography, but if you’ve seen my portfolio, you’ll see that I also work a lot doing portraits and commercial work.

Raul is very kind, nice and friendly person, professional and creative! I’m always enjoying the process of shooting and the result is amazing as well! His pictures are full of colours, perfect composition and unique style!

Ellina Pokhodnykh

Ballet dancer

Amazing photographer, super nice! The photos are always great quality and beautifully edited!

Strbka Zsófia

Ballet dancer

Raul is a very professional photographer! Extremely satisfied with the photoshoots we did. Raul creates a great atmosphere and captures the perfect moments 🙂 He is delivering the edited photos super fast, and his artistic retouch is marvelous. Highly recommended!

Elena Gornova

Model

Raúl is an excellent photographer, very professional and reliable, he made me feel very comfortable in front of the camera even though I’m very shy. It was a great experience and I got amazing pictures! 🙂

Patricia Dolanyi

Psychologist

Un placer trabajar con Raúl, es muy amable y su trabajo original y de calidad.

Ines Furuhashi

Ballerina

Profesional y amable. No puedo estar más satisfecho con la sesión de fotos que me hizo. Supo captar lo que buscaba transmitir a la perfección.

Víctor Fraile

Musician

Thank you. Raul was amazing and speaks great Italian too! He was kind, patient and would accommodate every request. Would definitely book again in the future. Photos looks stunning

Valery

Just do it! It was an amazing experience. We left Budapest, not only with amazing photos, but amazing memories of this city. Raul was amazing, we spent the morning with him and he told us a lot about the city. The pictures are amazing! We loved it! If you’re not sure, let me clear up your mind: go and have this amazing experience.

Joao

Eve Kondi

2022-05-16

Raul is an amazing photographer, talented, professional, ponctual and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend him for events, corporate or private photoshoots.

Ligia T

2022-05-14

I have hired Raul twice and can only recomend him. We loved the results and how equally profesional and close he treated us.

Zsuzsa Balog (BZs)

2022-05-09

Profi, kedves, pontos, gyors! Nagyon kreatív, jó ötletei, meglátásai vannak, érdekes perspektívákkal dolgozik, csak ajánlani tudom!

Nikoletta Mericske

2022-05-04

Raul is a wonderful artist and an amazing person. I truly recommend him for all kind of photo sessions. We did a family portrait session with him, which is in my opinion the hardest to manage and accomplish with a 2 yr old boy, a 1 wk old girl and a 10+ dog 😃 we got amazing pictures, which will serve as wonderful memories for eternity. He was unbelievably patient and calm ☺️ I would love to give 100 stars if possible

Alexandra M

2022-05-03

Wir haben Raul für unsere Hochzeit in Wien engagiert und sind so glücklich, dass er unseren besonderen Tag in Fotos verewigt hat. Wir konnten uns vor seiner Kamera unter seinen und Elena Anweisungen natürlich und frei bewegen und konnten somit unseren Fotos eine persönliche Note verleihen. Seine Betreuung war sehr einfühlsam, die Nachbearbeitung unglaublich rasch! Er hatte uns ein Komplettpaket zu einem Spitzenpreis angeboten. Wir sind sehr zufrieden!

Orsi Karasz

2022-04-28

The best choice of my life was to get married to my husband and the second best choice was to ASK RAÚL TO TAKE THE WEDDING PHOTOS!!! He was very professional, and his unique view made our photos special and beautiful. I absolutely recommend Raúl Duran photography for the big day, he is a super wedding photographer 🙂 Thanks Raúl!

Emiliano Barrios Alfonso

2022-04-23

We loved his work. He was at the same time close, kind, funny and professional. The results were simply beautiful. Highly recommend

Helena Meier

2022-04-05

Raul is very professional and super talented! He and Elena made us feel comfortable during the shooting and had a lot of great ideas. Thanks a lot for this great experience!

Alena Ivanova

2022-03-26

My experience with Raul was outstanding! It was my first professional photoshoot and he made me feel very comfortable. He is very professional, shares advise on better poses and takes amazing angles. He is super friendly and kind! Cannot recommend him enough!!

Lili

31. May, 2022.

Cinco estrellas ! Raúl estuvo pendiente desde que hicimos reserva, incluso pasó a recogernos a nuestro hospedaje para iniciar a tiempo la sesión y la verdad es que nos lo facilito mucho. Las fotos excelentes, te hace sentir en confianza enseguida y resuelve cualquier duda o petición que tengas. Sin duda súper recomendado, profesional y amable. Las fotos súper originales.

Leah

6. May, 2022.

Raúl was incredible! He went above and beyond for us. Our little four year old loved him too! Great for any photo shoot - including families with littles 🙂 The pictures will be hung in our house, no doubt. Dont miss out on getting incredible pictures in Budapest!

Nam

2. May, 2022.

I booked a session with Raul at the end of my stay in Budapest. He was quick to respond to my request. The planning and selecting shooting locations were a breeze. Raul was very accommodating, down to earth and friendly. I absolutely loved his photojournalistic approach and artistic flair. The pictures turned out even more beautiful than I imagined. Highly recommend Raul to anyone who is looking for a top-notch, talented photographer in Budapest.

Valery

19. September, 2021.

Thank you. Raul was amazing and speaks great Italian too! He was kind, patient and would accommodate every request. Would definitely book again in the future. Photos looks stunning

Stephan

6. June, 2021.

Ich hatte dieses Shooting gebucht, da ich einen Tag davor einen Bodybuilding Wettkampf in Budapest hatte und unbedingt ein Sportshooting in Budapest machen wollte. Elena (Co-Host) hat meine Ideen super umgesetzt und wesentlich verbessert. Die Ergebnisse sprechen für sich und somit kann ich diese Shooting nur jeden weiter empfehlen.

Anna-Sofia

14. July, 2020.

Raul and Elena were an amazing team! They did everything for us to have the perfect pictures. They put heart and soul into it and also their time!!! Definitely recommending this great experience in this beautiful city 🙂 Thank you once more Elena & Raul! 🙂

João

1. March, 2020.

Just do it! It was an amazing experience. We left Budapest, not only with amazing photos, but amazing memories of this city. Raul was amazing, we spent the morning with him and he told us a lot about the city. The pictures are amazing! We loved it! If you're not sure, let me clear up your mind: go and have this amazing experience.

Ruby

28. February, 2020.

This was AMAZING, really reccomend. I did this with my friend and we had an amazing time. Raul is an awesome host, very thoughtful and caring and shares some great points about the city and you get the photos really quickly !!

Ali

24. February, 2020.

Do this! Raul was magic. I took my family of 6 and he actually got multiple shots of all of us looking at the camera, a feat no other photographer has ever accomplished. He suggested a lot of fun shots and the scenery was absolutely incredible. He was able to engage even my small children into taking fun shots and my teen has is in love with all her shots. He gives some insight into local life and the history of Fisherman's Bastion as well, and after the photos you're in a great spot to continue touring around the Buda side of the city. Book with Raul- you won't regret it!

José Alberto

14. February, 2020.

Raul fue super amable conmigo, flexible con la hora de encuentro, me recogió del airbnb, no me apresuró ni nada y me gustaron mucho las fotos que tomó. Pase un muy buen rato, por supuesto lo recomiendo.

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