Podcast 273 : The Nature of Japan Exhibition in Retrospect
As you’ve heard in recent months, as I kept you up to date on my preparation, I had my first solo exhibition called “The Nature of Japan” at the H.A.C. Gallery in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, from December 23rd to the 30th. The show went incredibly well in many respects, and not so well in others. To [...]
Podcast 271 : Printing and Framing for an Exhibition (Video)
Now that my ten gallery wraps for my December show “The Nature of Japan” are finished, I have started to work on the 28 standard fine art prints that make up the total of 38 pieces. Over the last few days though, I realized that I’ve figured out a number of ways to make printing [...]
Podcast 270 : The Therapeutic Power of the Creative Process
In July of 2009, I wrote a blog post called “Being in the Zone“, in which I relayed my thoughts in relation to something that Richard Annable, an amazing wedding photographer from Australia had said in an episode of the Shutters Inc. podcast. In the podcast the question was posed “Why do you photograph things? [...]
Podcast 269 : More on Planning a Photography Exhibition
As you probably will have already heard, I’m holding an Exhibition of 38 of my Nature of Japan images from December the 23rd to the 30th this year. With it being exactly a month from today, and bearing in mind that I just completed ten 20×30″ gallery wraps that I’ll be displaying, I thought I’d [...]
Podcast 266 : Signing Fine Art Prints and Canvases
Many times I’ve been asked how I sign my fine art prints, and having received an email recently from listener Tanya Mattson from Pennsylvania, USA, I decided to go into a little bit of detail on this in today’s episode. Apparently Tanya and her husband had watched the video I released recently showing the lamination [...]
Podcast 265 : Sept 2010 – Changes – Assignment Winners
Today we’re going to take a look at the winning images from the September 2010 MBP and WebSpy Photography Assignment, which was on the theme of Change. We had some interesting voting results for the September Assignment on the theme of Change. Although I didn’t notice until it was pointed out to me, there was [...]
Podcast 262 : Preparing for a Gallery Exhibition
In working on preparation for my first solo exhibition in December, I found myself doing a few things that I thought you might find useful, so I’m going to share these ideas today, and I’ll tell you a little more about the exhibition venue etc. at the end of this episode, in case you are [...]
Podcast 261 : Going Pro Update #1 and Misc Updates
Just to recap if you are just joining us, or are catching up for the first time in a few weeks, at the end of August I tendered my resignation for the day-job that I’ve been working in for the last ten years, and I will be dedicating all of my time to photography related [...]
Podcast 252 : June 2010 MBP/WebSpy Photography Assignment Winners
Well, due to my moving apartment, that I mentioned last week, I wasn’t able to get an episode out. Although I had my new office/studio almost set up, and was ready to record last Thursday, I found that the mic stand that I’ve been using for year’s would not attach to my new desk, so [...]
Podcast 250 : 250th Episode! Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes…
![The Pink Flamingo's Stare [C]](http://blog.martinbaileyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Flamingo_7021-150x150.jpg "The Pink Flamingo's Stare [C]")
In the past, I did anniversary episodes that looked back at the last year, and I summarized some of the highlights from that year, but the number 250 seems to warrant a different approach. I’m not sure what it is about the number 250 though. Maybe it’s because it’s a quarter of a thousand. Maybe [...]
Podcast 248 : May 2010 MBP/WebSpy Photography Assignment Winners
Before we start, note that the May assignment marked the end of the six month batch of assignments which our sponsors WebSpy kindly provided prizes for. All of the prizes are now sent out, and the new prizes for the next six months batch of assignments have been announced. Topping the list is a new [...]
Podcast 247 : The Anatomy of a Flowerscape
In Episode #244 of this Podcast, I talked about a couple of recent trips to a local park here in Tokyo, where I’d one week found myself a little bit dry on the creative front, and then the following week, forced myself to go back to face my demons and reacquaint myself with my creative [...]
Podcast 244: Creation Breeds Creativity
As a photographer, have you ever found yourself not being able to turn on the creative juices when you need to? Do you sometimes feel stifled and not able to come up with new ideas? Call it a slump or a rut; call it creator’s block; call it the photographer’s yips even, but the fact [...]
Podcast 240 : February and March MBP/WebSpy Assignment Winners
As I didn’t talk about the February Assignment winners last month, here goes with a two month installment, including some of the winners’ back-stories and my own brief comments about the winning images. (Note that if you would prefer to listen, there’s an audio player at the bottom of this post.) Let’s start with the [...]
Podcast 229 : Do You Listen to the Focus Ring?
There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post, to listen to this Podcast right here. Do you listen to the Photocast Network Focus Ring? Here’s a recent episode of the Focus Ring that I participated in, just in case you don’t. The Photocast Network is a great group of Photography related Podcasts, that [...]
Podcast 226 : Dec 2009 Assignment – Quiet Light – Results
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. This week we’re going to look at the three winning images from the December 2009 MBP and WebSpy Photography Assignment which was on the theme “Quiet Light”. As usual the standards were very high and the three winning images simply amazing. We’re [...]
Podcast 225 : Roundtable #4 with Landon Michaelson and Dan Newcomb
The MBP Roundtable is back, after a two year break! Today I chat with Landon Michaelson and Dan Newcomb on some great photography related topics! Landon Michaelson is a passionate photographer who enjoys photography, in some way, every day. In Landon’s day job as Lead Designer he gets to do a lot of photo making [...]
Podcast 224 : Martin’s Top Ten Images from 2009
Today I’m going to take you through my own personal selection of my top ten images from 2009. I really enjoy going through the exercise of looking back through my last year’s images, and trying to decide which ten really are my favorites. It gives you a view of your progression, and when I compare this to my list from 2008, I certainly feel happier with this year’s work.
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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
