Welcome to this week’s episode which is number 13. I hope this doesn’t turn out to be unlucky. Last week was definitely a lucky week for me. If you didn’t catch Chris Marquardt’s Tips from the Top Floor show 74, then take a listen. I was interviewed by Christ, and it...
A few months ago, I received a few questions from a listener, a freelance photographer, named Sophia Piellusch (Peelish), asking me about my Digital Workflow. At that time, I wrote an article on my forum, but I had another topic I wanted to talk on so I waited a week...
Last week I took a holiday and hired a car, and have been off to the Touhoku district, which is the north-eastern area of Japan. This year the beautifully coloured Autumn leaves are about two weeks late, and are currently moving slowly south across Japan, and so many...
Hello and welcome to episode ten. First, I want to announce the winner of October’s prize for members active in the forum. Congratulations to Marisa Firpi. An original print of the photograph you chose, which was “Distant Tokachi Mountain”, is in the post on its way...
Up to now I’ve spoken in this Podcast only about photographic techniques and theories that I am totally confident in. This week, having just gotten back from five days in India I have decided to talk about a subject I am not so confident with, which is portraiture....
Although I love a wide sweeping landscape, it is often very effective to get in close, and just cut out a small area of the scene. Firstly, I just want to say a big thank you to Robert Rodriguez Jr. for his mail in support of my views on not giving away your images...
Today I’m going to talk about a somewhat controversial subject. Hopefully those of you that are serious about your images, and maybe even making photography your profession, will appreciate what I have to say. To get right too it, many of you that have your images...
Learn how to use Boke or out of focus area of an image to add a dreamy feel to your shots. Plus something to try beforehand to lessen the shock of loosing extra zoom when switching to a full size sensor DSLR with no crop factor, such as the Canon EOS 5D. Welcome to...
Having spent a few days with my new Canon EOS 5D, here’s a first impressions based review, in which I explain the merits and demerits of the 5D, plus give you some examples shots from the field. Welcome to Episode 5, which couldn’t be more appropriate for a first...
Today I’m going to talk about a photographic technique called ‘Panning’. As I explain what this is, take a look at the first example photo (below) of a swan taking flight, kind of running across the water gathering speed as it takes flight. You can see from the...
Here's another episode from the archives, originally released on Sept 19, 2005. Before we raise our camera to our eye or set it on a tripod, compose the shot and choose the aperture and shutter speed and release the shutter, it seems pretty obvious that we must first...
Hello and welcome back! This is episode 2 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast! Thanks so much to everyone that contacted me via the contact form or forum on my website. Your kind comments are a great encouragement and very much appreciated. Looking at the...