Today we’re going to take a look at the winning images from the April MBP and WebSpy Photography Assignment, with members’ back-stories and I’ll be adding my own comments and thoughts on the images as usual. The April Photography assignment is the penultimate...
I recently bought a 70-200mm Canon Lens Thermos Travel Mug from Canonmugs.com, and was very happy with it. Thanks to the number of you that they saw heading over to their store from this blog, they offered us a free mug, which I'm going to pass on to a lucky winner,...
Last week we launched the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast Companion App, and it’s now available to buy in the iTunes App Store, and today I’m going to explain a little about what you will find in the app and how we intend to develop it depending on initial sales. I...
A few months ago I was interviewed by Laurence Chen, a column writer for Popular Photography Magazine, and this week, the June edition was released, including one of my favorite images of a White Eye bird in Blossom, and text from the interview. This is my tear sheet....
Following on from Episode 237, this week we look at some images from the Landscape leg of the 2010 Hokkaido Workshop. We also hear participants comments from the entire Hokkaido Tour (only in the audio available in iTunes or at the bottom of this post). Before we look...
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....
I'm sometimes asked what custom function settings I select on my Canon EOS 1D Mark IV camera, so I figured I'd share this information so that you can compare my settings with your own. I have also made my custom settings file available below for you to apply to your...
As I didn't talk about the February Assignment winners last month, here goes with a two month installment, including some of the winners' back-stories and my own brief comments about the winning images. In third place was Mark Carline with "Crossing over the River...
I recently figured out how to mount my cameras and lenses fitted with Really Right Stuff plates, to my Manfrotto 519 Pro Video Fluid Head, and today share my secrets with you. The video below is really all you need to watch, but I also recorded an audio section for...
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...
This week I take you on a brief tour the first half of our Hokkaido Photography Tour and Workshop from 2010. I'm also very happy to announce that I just posted full details of the 2011 Workshops on our Workshops page. And yes, that's workshops, in the plural, because...
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 this lens on Saturday,...