Podcast 223 : 2009 Achievements and Goals for 2010
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. As 2009 draws to an end, I’m once again going to look back at the year, and see how I did against the want-to-do list that I set for myself for this year, and talk a little about what I plan to [...]
Podcast 222 : Making Pictures
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. On November 28, I visited one of my favourite parks here in Tokyo, Jindai Botanical Gardens, to shoot the beautiful autumn color that they have as a result of some strategically planted Japanese maple or Kaede trees. While I was shooting the [...]
Podcast 221 : Assignment Winners and Next Assignment Prizes!
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Today it gives me great pleasure to announce the winners of the first MBP/WebSpy Photography Assignment accumulated vote winners for the last six month’s assignments. As you know, when our sponsors WebSpy came on board in July 2009, they kindly set by [...]
2nd MBP/WebSpy Photography Assignment Prizes!
WebSpy, sponsors of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, have once again kindly set aside funds for us to offer prizes for the next six month’s accumulated votes from each of our monthly assignments. The first assignment, for December 2009 is already in progress, so if you haven’t already started shooting for this, the theme is [...]
Podcast 220 : Martin Bailey Photography Fine Art Folios
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Some time ago I saw a Luminous Landscape Video Journal interview with Lenswork’s Brooks Jensen, in which he showed some work in a card folio, and I immediately fell in love with the look of these folios. I thought it was such [...]
Podcast 219 : Photography Fundamentals – Next Steps
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. A few weeks ago I did two episodes, number 216 and 217 relaying some fundamental things for someone just getting starting in photography to bear in mind. During the preparation for those episodes, I had a lot of ideas that were arguably [...]
Podcast 218 : Oct ’09 Assignment – Only 50mm! – Results
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Today we look at the results of the October MBP/WebSpy Assignment on the theme Only 50mm! We have some great back-stories to share too! Once again, the quality of the entries for this assignment was outstanding. Thanks to everyone that participated! As [...]
Podcast 217 : Photography Fundamentals for the Beginner – Part 2
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. last week we started this two part series to update a 5 year old forum post on the fundamentals of photography, which was revived by Chua Kim You, from Montreal, Canada. Thanks again Chua for reviving that thread, and I hope you [...]
An Exercise in Magnification with Extension Tubes
Extension tubes are really handy. Because they have no glass elements, they aren’t very heavy, and you can couple two or three together and put them into one pouch, and they are no bigger than a small lens, so they fit in the photographer’s vest without taking up much room. When you put an extension [...]
Podcast 216 : Photography Fundamentals for the Beginner – Part 1
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Last week, a new user on the forums, Chua Kim You, user name redpandafire from Montreal, Canada, revived an old thread from June 2004. I’d posted and article called “Fundamental Advice for Photographer’s Getting Started”. I had to admit, that looking back [...]
Podcast 215 : Soft Proofing for Best Print Results
This week I have created a video Podcast. It is also be available as an mp3 in iTunes and there’s a player at the bottom of this post too, for those that prefer only to listen. I do suggest trying to watch the video when at a computer though, to actually see what I got [...]
Podcast 214 : Sept ’09 Assignment – Mirror Image – Results
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Before we take a look at the winning images, I wanted to note that since we upped the pace when we shifted to a monthly assignment, more and more I’m announcing the theme of the new assignments in the forum, and once [...]
Shooting Stars Flash on Entry!
On Saturday night after I’d had a shower and ready to go to bed, I had a change of heart, and packed my camera and lenses etc. and jumped into the car and drove for four hours from Tokyo to the Urabandai area of Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan. The autumn colour is setting in, [...]
Podcast 213 : Martin Interview by Jack Andrys, WebSpy CEO – Part 2
Many people have asked me to give more details about myself over the four years that I’ve been doing the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, but I didn’t get around to it until last week. When I spoke with Jack Andrys, the CEO of WebSpy, our sponsor, about having Jack on the show, he had the [...]
Podcast 212 : Martin Interview by Jack Andrys, WebSpy CEO – Part 1
Many people have asked me to give more details about myself over the four years that I’ve been doing the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, but I have never gotten around to it. When I spoke with Jack Andrys, the CEO of WebSpy, our sponsor, about having Jack on the show, he had the idea of [...]
Podcast 211 : Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM Lens Review
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. I’m not sure if Canon is using this marketing worldwide, but in Japan, they are calling the 7D the Image Monster! On the same day as the 7D release, Canon also released their new EF 100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM and [...]
Podcast 210 : Indoor Portrait Shoot Walk Through
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Lem Fugitt and I first met virtually a while back, when Lem asked some advice when he was getting ready to buy a new camera. Then Lem commissioned me to shoot his portrait for his professional profile image, which I was happy [...]
Podcast 209 : Aug ’09 Assignment – Juxtaposition Results
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Because I announced the winners via the Photography Forum last week, we actually are able to include a little behind the scenes type information on the images, as Landon and Marcus, two of the winners, shared their back-stories in the follow up [...]
The Demise of a Canon EOS 5D Mark II
The Japanese calendar is marked with six days that rotate through from January 1st to the end of the year, and these days are pretty important to the Japanese when planning weddings, funerals and when to start doing new things etc. Sensho days for example are good luck in the morning, but not afternoon. Senbu [...]
Podcast 208 : Canon EOS 7D & 100mm F2.8L Macro IS Lens Preview
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. On Saturday the 12th of September, 2009, I visited the Canon S Tower in Shinagawa, Tokyo, to attend the Canon EOS 7D and 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Lens Special Preview event. I’m a member of the Canon Photo Circle, which is [...]
Podcast 207 : Overcoming the Fear of Charging
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. I recently had a mail exchange with David Sumner in Melbourne, Australia in which we discussed the apprehension that photographers starting out sometimes feel when handing over photographs to their clients. David said “I develop this fear that nobody will like the [...]
Keeping Tabs on Your Star Ratings
Have you ever forgotten the star rating protocol that you use for rating and sorting your images? I have. Not for the best shots. I give my final selection 5 stars. However, I use the other stars in various ways, mainly to allow me to show or hide image files, based on their role in [...]
Podcast 206 : Dynamic Range
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Today we’re going to talk about Dynamic Range. Dynamic Range is one of those words that crops up a lot, but is sometimes not fully understood. Indeed, I don’t profess to fully understand all the fine details, but I know enough about [...]
Podcast 205 : July ’09 Assignment – Backlit – Results
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. So, the images that we’ll look at today as usual will be included in the enhanced podcast, so you’ll see them in iTunes or on your iPod etc. Of course here on the blog they are posted below. Let’s first go through [...]
