Capturing the perfect photo or the magica moment on film is an art that takes experience, patience and dedication to the task. You have to be there to see it and to recognise it when you see it, and it is those photographers and film-makers who capture these mometns that enrich our lives as sprots fans hugely.

This week's Off the Ball Saturday Panel invited two of Ireland's fienst sport photographers and the maker of several IFTA nominated sports documentaries ni to speak about their work and their own individual lives on the edges of sport.

Cormac Hargaden is the IFTA winning producer of The Rod Squad, Pride of the Parish and The Sound of Sunday. With a litany of credits on some of Ireland’s best sports documentaries Hargaden is one of the most experienced documentary producers working in Ireland today.

Ray McManus is the founder of SportsFile, the Dublin based photo agency that covers Ireland’s major sporting events, as well as being one of Ireland’s best sports photographers. A career highlight for McManus came in 2012 when when his photo ‘Scrum Half’ won the second prize sports singles at the World Press Photo contest. The contest if the world’s most prestigious annual photojournalism competition and the win signaled major international recognition for McManus’s work.

Lorraine O’Sullivan is a senior photographer at Irish photo agency Inpho having worked with Inpho since 1991 has covered all of the major events in the past two decades of Irish sport. Her work is perhaps best known for her iconic image of Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in the aftermath of Ireland’s famous 1-0 win over Holland at Lansdowne Road in 2001 (above).

The three joined Ger for an in-depth and fascinating story about their work