Have you ever forgotten the star rating protocol that you use for rating and sorting your images? I have. Not for the best shots. I give my final selection 5 stars. However, I use the other stars in various ways, mainly to allow me to show or hide image files, based...
Today we're going to talk about Dynamic Range. Dynamic Range is one of those words that crops up a lot, but is sometimes not fully understood. Indeed, I don't profess to fully understand all the fine details, but I know enough about Dynamic Range to be useful to me...
So, the images that we'll look at today as usual will be included in the enhanced podcast, so you'll see them in iTunes or on your iPod etc. Of course here on the blog they are posted below. Let's first go through the top three winners of the July Assignment that was...
I recently gave the Delkin Express Card 34 Compact Flash Adapter a try for Outdoor Photo Gear, as a proud member of their Gear Advisory Board. Here are my findings. I chose to try this Compact Flash Adapter from Delkin because I like the idea of having a slimline...
Last week I did my first Q&A podcast for a year, and actually had started out planning to answer questions from two listeners, but spent so much time answering the first question, I postponed today's answer by a week. It's great to get into these listener's...
On August 1st, I bought a Canon EF 50mm F1.2 L USM Lens. I'd been thinking of getting this lens for a long time, though had held off because I heard that it back focused when trying to focus on things close to the lens. For much of my current work though, if I'm...
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 I’m going to answer today is from...
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 of what I've found to be more than...
In Episode 131 of the Audio2u Shutter's Inc. Podcast, Richard Annable posed the questions "Why do you photograph things? Why are you a photographer?". Some of the group's answers were quite profound, and I do suggest that you put yourself through the ordeal of...
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 Towada Lake is really beautiful when in...
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 minutes, but I want to talk just a little...
Just a quick post to accompany the 199th Podcast in which we take a look at the three images that received the most votes from their peers in the June 2009 photography assignment, on the theme of Everything in Focus. This was an interesting assignment again, following...