Episode 290 : The Poorly Photographers Society, with David duChemin
David duChemin is a world & humanitarian photographer, best-selling author. David recently took a fall during one of his workshops in Italy, and is still recovering from his ordeal. With me finding out last week that I have a brain tumour we find ourselves with a heightened appreciation for life itself, and the beauty [...]
A Reminder of Our Transience
OK, so this is a difficult thing to talk about, but I’m not one for hiding things away, however personal, so here we go. About six weeks ago, on the evening of the day we’d reached Patagonia, after a few days at sea from the Falkland Islands in the last stage of my Antarctica voyage, [...]
Episode 289 : A Chat with Ibarionex Perello
Today, I’m proud and honored to be joined by fellow Podcaster and friend, not to mention just amazing photographer, Ibarionex Perello. Ibarionex is a photographer, writer, educator and filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in the photographic industry. He’s been published in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, Shutterbug, Popular Photography and [...]
Canon Mugs!
It felt very strange taking a soapy sponge to my new 24-105mm F4 and 70-200mm F4 lenses this morning! These turned up yesterday from canonmugs.com, after a short wait for stock to arrive. After washing them, I tried the 24-105mm for a cup of coffee with lunch. Although the plastic taste might wear off in [...]
Podcast 235 : Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Lens Review
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. On March 19th, 2010, Canon released the updated version of their famed workhorse, the EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM lens. I have spent the last three days taking mine through its paces, and today I’m going to share my findings. I’ve [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
