Podcast 257 : Making a Gallery Wrap
Here’s a video for this week’s Podcast in which I show you how to make a gallery wrap with the Hahnemühle Pro Gallerie Wrap System. NOTE: You can now view the embedded video on your iPad, thanks to a recent Vimeo update! Don’t forget to hit the full-screen button in the video window to view [...]
Podcast 249 : Display and Monitor Calibration with the X-Rite ColorMunki Photo
Today I take you through a full monitor and printer calibration with the X-Rite ColorMunki Photo, and we also take a look at how to optimize a printer profile. Although it was a little late, I finally published an iPod optimized version of the video via the iTunes/RRS stream, so recheck iTunes if that’s where [...]
Podcast 238 : Meguro River Sakura (My First Short Movie!)
Here’s my first short movie “Meguro River Sakura” as this week’s Podcast episode, along with just a little bit of background information on the project. The Podcast stream and iTunes will contain only the iPod/iPhone optimized version. You can view the full sized version below, or on Vimeo. It’s High Definition video too, so if [...]
Podcast 236 : The EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Lens with Extenders
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Last week, I released a review of the new Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM lens, and was asked how the version II of Canon’s workhorse lens fairs with Canon’s Extenders (teleconverters)? I’m pleased the reader/listener asked quickly, as I sold [...]
Podcast 233 : Snow Monkey Tour and Workshop 2010
This week you’re going join me on my Snow Monkey Photography Tour and Workshop, from Jan 28th to Jan 30, 2010, as I discuss the trip along with looking at some of my images. Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. This year was the first time I added [...]
Podcast 232 : Antarctica 2010 : A Photo Odyssey – Q&A
I’ve teamed up with professional Australian nature photographer David Burren to host a photography expedition to South Georgia and Antarctica from November 8th to 26th this year. Today it gives me great pleasure to welcome David to the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast to answer questions on the expedition. Note that David and I aiming to [...]
Podcast 231 : Jan 2010 Assignment – Square Crop – Results
Today we take a look at the results of the January MBP/WebSpy Photography Assignment, on the theme of Square Crop. Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. The Square Crop assignment was much more difficult than I had imagined it would be to come up with something compelling, but [...]
Podcast 230 : Canon EOS 1D Mark IV Review
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Just back from my Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Photography Tour and Workshops, today I’m going to give you some initial impressions of the new Canon EOS 1D Mark IV camera, which I picked up a few days before leaving for the Snow [...]
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 228 – Snow Monkey Workshop Participant Comments
Note that there’s an audio player at the bottom of the post, to listen to this Podcast episode. Having just finished the Snow Monkey Workshop and Photography Tour, today I’m releasing a very brief update and a recording of some participant comments from the bus as we arrived back in Tokyo. We set off for [...]
Podcast 227 : X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Review (Video)
Today I’m going to take you through some of the basic operations of the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport. With the preparation for my Snow Monkeys and Hokkaido Workshops, I really didn’t have time to prepare for a Podcast this week, but I had planned on talking about my new X-Rite ColorChecker Passport, which I have fallen [...]
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 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 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 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 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 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 [...]
Podcast #203: Q&A #10 – Shooting with Grey Skies and Why Manual Mode?
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Today, in the first Q&A episode for a year, I answer a question from a listener about shooting under a grey sky, and I also go into detail on why I use Manual Mode, especially in challenging exposure situations. The question that [...]
Podcast #202: Lens Review – Lensbaby Composer
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. About six weeks ago I bought a Lensbaby Composer, and although I released an Initial Impressions review here on my blog straight away, having now had a chance to take it through its paces a little more, here’s a more in-depth review [...]
Podcast #190: Ten Steps to Great Long Exposure Images
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Following on from Episode 201 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, I thought I’d post the transcript for Episode 190, in which I gave you ten steps to great long exposure images. So here goes… Long Exposures can push a photographer and [...]
Podcast #201: Towada Lake Images
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. While in Aomori photographing the beautiful Oirase Mountain Stream, I stayed in a hotel at the Towada Lake, which is about 10 to 15 minutes away from the road that runs along the mountain stream that we looked at last week. The [...]
Podcast #200: Oirase Mountain Stream (200th Episode!!)
Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. This is Episode 200!! Yeeeey, wooh! It’s been almost 4 years now since I started the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast and today marks the 200th episode. I almost can’t believe it. Bear with me as I revel in this for a few [...]
