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
Ellina Pokhodnykh
Ballet dancer

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

 Strbka Zsófia
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
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
Patricia Dolanyi
Psychologist

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

Ines Furuhashi
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
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
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
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)
Zsuzsa Balog (BZs)
2022-05-09
Profi, kedves, pontos, gyors! Nagyon kreatív, jó ötletei, meglátásai vannak, érdekes perspektívákkal dolgozik, csak ajánlani tudom!
Nikoletta Mericske
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
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
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
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
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
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!!

Ivan
Ivan
28/08/2023
Raul es le mejor, muy paciente y profesional - el mejor servicio de fotografia de Budapest! Lo recomiendo, no busquen mas ni duden.
Mariana
Mariana
06/08/2023
Raul tiene cualidades como fotógrafo y como persona que hacen que la experiencia misma y las fotografías sean maravillosas. Gracias a ti tenemos recuerdos hermosos de una ciudad bellísima. Los tips que nos diste mejoraron nuestro viaje! Que padre que te conocimos. Muchas gracias por todo 🙂✨
Rosalina
Rosalina
22/07/2023
Amazing experience with Raul, he was very kind, open and passionate about taking the best pictures in magical spots and made us feel very comfortable in the session. I cannot wait to see the pics!
Alina
Alina
22/06/2023
An amazing experience! It turned out to be a very romantic experience for my partner and I. This was one of the most memorable things we did in Budapest and we have photos to prove it! Great communication from start to finish. Raul is truly professional and knows what he is doing - catches the best lighting, can offer guidance in posing and makes you feel very comfortable. He takes very natural photos and captures you in your best moments. Photos don’t look posed or staged but natural and happy. We were able to do couple and individual photos and we had so many amazing ones that it was hard to choose because we liked them all! If we come back to Budapest, we will do this again.
Yue
Yue
20/06/2023
Raul is a great photographer to work with. He is professional, knows the sites well, easy and fun to work with. At each spot, he took more than plenty of photos and took time to make sure I was happy about them before moving on to the next location. I highly recommend working with him.
Lauren
Lauren
14/06/2023
Great morning wandering around the Buda castle district with Raul and capturing some nice photos and memories! Loved the way the photos turned out, A++!!!
Xinyi
Xinyi
07/05/2023
Really helpful photographer! Have a good eye for details and good places! He took a lot of pictures for us. We are really happy to have him as our photographer in Budapest! Really recommended!
Brian
Brian
02/03/2023
Raul instantly made me feel at ease, I really liked his approach to capturing the most organic/natural photos without contrived posing. He knew all the best spots around Buda castle and was incredibly easy to talk to! Most importantly, the photos turned out fantastic, would highly recommend!
Matthew
Matthew
14/02/2023
Had a great time with Raul, he was really nice and helped me feel relaxed. Was Solo travelling and was a great thing to do.Took some excellent photos, would highly recommend to anyone thinking about this.
Geneil
Geneil
10/02/2023
This a dream like experience! The best photographer I have worked with. Please do not hesitate to book. You will not regret this at all. My best experience in Budapest ♥️ Raul is just absolutely the best far beyond.

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