As you just heard, about a month ago, I went to the Showa Memorial Park here in Tokyo to shoot the poppies there. I was going to do just a normal showcase type Podcast on the day, but having thought about it, a lot of what I would have spoken about was related to how...
Art Talk
Cropping #2 – Aspect Ratios and Ethics (Podcast 138)
Last week we looked at how cropping is often used for artistic reasons, sometimes to overcome technical issues in capture or to bypass restrictions of your gear. Today I’ll go into more details on cropping for printing to a certain paper size, and automating the...
Cropping #1 – Artistic Reasons and Tools (Podcast 137)
Cropping is used for artistic reasons, to overcome technical issues in capture or restrictions of your gear, or not done at all, for ethical reasons. Today and in the next episode we’re going to take a little time to look at each of these areas, starting this week...
Kyoto – March 2008 (Podcast 135)
During a family visit in March 2008, we did a bit of travelling, visiting Kyoto and Hiroshima. Today we're going to look at a number of images I shot during the few days in Kyoto. I’m sure most of you have experienced trying to photograph while out with friends, so...
India Apr 2008 – Madivala Market Part#2 (Podcast 134)
In the last episode, we started to look at some photos that I shot during another brief visit to the Madivala market in Bangalore, India last week, which for the sake of those listening to the archives in months or years to come was April, 2008. I’d also visited in...
India Apr 2008 – Madivala Market Part#1 (Podcast 133)
Last week I was in India for a brief business trip with my day job, and had a wonderful experience in the market that I’d visited in September of 2007, when I shot some great portrait shots that I shared with you in Episodes 105 and 106. This is the first of a two...
Assignment #14 – Abstract (Podcast 130)
After a few weeks’ hiatus it’s good to be back in front of the mic. We’ve had my brother and sister-in-law staying with us for the last two weeks, and really just been so busy having fund that I found it difficult to even find time to catch up in the forums for a...
Observations from Gallery Pruning (Podcast 129)
For some months now I’ve been meaning to go through all of the photos in my online gallery, and clear out all of the ones that no longer really appeal to me, or are no longer in line with my current vision. Over the last week or so I’ve been through my online gallery...
Assignment #13 – Nostalgia (Podcast 124)
Hi Everyone. I’ve been back from the Hokkaido workshop for four days now, and just about sorted through my own photos from the trip, but I’ve gone and caught a bit of a cold, so tonight I’m just going to do a quick Podcast to announce the winners of the Long Exposure...
Roundtable #3 (Podcast 123)
Welcome to the 3rd round table episode. Today I'm joined by Wayne Grant, Landon Michaelson and Rick Phenicie for the third MBP Roundtable. Here are the photos discussed. Show Notes You can find Landon's 1/day/366 project photos and links to other work here:...
Wintry Tatsusawa Falls (Podcast 120)
Happy New Year to everyone. That was me all excited about my photographic experience and experiments with the 1Ds Mark III, on my way back to the car from the Tatsusawa Falls. There were a few things that I found interesting on closer inspection of my resulting...
Reflecting on 2007 & My Top Ten Images (Podcast 119)
Today I’m going to look back on 2007, mainly talking about my top 10 favourite images from the year, and also touching on a few of the other significant things that have happened, and a little about my plans for next year. Before we get started, I wanted to mention...