Welcome to episode 36 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast. I was recently asked by a listener to do a Podcast on filters. In recent years, digital photography has done away with the necessity for some filters, such as daylight filters, warmup filters etc. as most...
Welcome to this week’s episode, which is number 35. On Monday this week I drove a couple of hours to a town called Chichibu in Saitama prefecture, north-west of Tokyo. My intension was to shoot a park that at this time of year attracts hordes of tourists to enjoy the...
Welcome to the episode 34. Today I’m going to talk about eyes in images. It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. And when shooting subjects with eyes, ensuring they are sharp is the key to good images. When we look at photos with eyes in them, our...
Welcome to this weeks episode, number 33. This is a kind of a follow on from last week’s episode in which I discussed tripods and the various things you might want to consider when buying a tripod. It’s not going to be a long episode, but this week I’ll talk about...
Today we hear who won the March 2009 Assignment, with the theme of Complexity. In 3rd place is Zodiaci with "Sudz": In 2nd place is rodoherty with "The Path to Peace": Congratulations to dennisbrennan , the winner of the Complexity assignment with this image "Boiling...
Today I’m going to describe what types of camera supports I use, give you just a few examples of images shot with each, and a few tips on what to look out for when buying a tripod, monopod or other camera support. Today’s Podcast topic was originally suggested by Dom...
Welcome to this week’s Martin Bailey Photography Podcast. Although including similar colours makes for well balanced images, using contrasting colours can make for dramatic and often pleasing images. We’ll take a look at a colour wheel to find the reasons why some...
On Sunday the 26th or March, 2006, I visited the Photo Imaging Expo or PIE 2006 at the Tokyo Big Sight international exhibition center. In this episode I’m going to relay some thoughts on the visit, based mainly on what I wanted to get from it. I am thinking of...
Spring comes relatively early here in Tokyo, and a resent trip to one of the local parks reminded me of this. Also, I was reminded of the need to stay healthy recently. Without your health no amount of camera equipment and enthusiasm will get you photos. Stay tuned to...
Hello, and welcome to episode 28 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast. In this the fourth and final episode of a photo-journal of my trip to Hokkaido the northern-most island of Japan, in February 2006, I’ll discuss some dear shots from the afternoon of the third...
Hello, and welcome to episode 27. Following on from episodes 25 and 26, I’m going to show you some more images from a trip to Hokkaido from the 17th to the 20th of February 2006. This is the third of a what I now know will eventually be a four part photo-journal of a...
Hello, and welcome to episode 26. Following on from episode, I’m going to show you some images from a trip to Hokkaido from the 17th to the 20th of February 2006. First let’s take a look at image number 870, of two juvenile Steller’s Sea Eagles passing mid-flight. The...