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...
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...
Last week I took two camera bodies to Canon's Service Center in Shinjuku, Tokyo, to have the sensors cleaned. Of all the times I've had the sensors cleaned by Canon, never once have they changed settings on the camera, so I don't pay much attention to checking that my...
Way back in April 2007 I released Episode 84 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, in which I spoke about 10 items that I would really not like to be without, in my photography. Just over two years have passed, and I have a few more things that I feel compelled to...
Just under a year ago, in Episode 151 of this Podcast, we looked at my Speedlite studio lighting, and I gave some tips on how I handle that gear etc. Today we’re going to take a look at a simple way to light products to shoot only with ambient light. There’s nothing...
I recently ordered a Lensbaby Composer, and after spending almost a week in the current very crowded Tokyo customs facility, it arrived today. Excited like a little kid, I left the office as early as possible, and then ate dinner itching all the time to open the...
Things are getting so easy! This is a good thing of course, most of the time... When I first bought my Canon Pixus Pro 9500 printer, the first time I had to change an ink cartridge I was lost. I'd been used to having to press buttons for a number of seconds etc. to...
Following on from Episode 201 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, I thought I'd post the transcript for Episode 190, in which I gave you ten steps to great long exposure images. So here goes... Long Exposures can push a photographer and our gear a little out of...
There were a few applications that I had loaded on my SmartPhone that really made it a useful tool for the photographer, and they were basically to help me calculate depth-of-field, and the time and location of sun and moon rise and sets. Before I could move to an...
Today’s episode is the last of three in which we’re taking a look at three lenses that I have picked up in the last few months, and not talked about yet. In the first two weeks we looked at the Canon 135mm F2 L prime lens and the TS-E 90mm F2.8 Tilt-Shift Lenses....
Today’s episode is the second of three in which we’re taking a look at three lenses that I have picked up in the last few months, and not talked about yet. Last week we looked at the 135mm F2 L prime lens. Today we'll take a look at some shots from the Canon TS-E 90mm...
From today, possibly for the next three weeks, I’m going to do a bit of a review of three lenses that I have picked up in the last few months, and not had a chance to talk about yet. Today we’ll take a look at some shots from the Canon EF 135mm F2L USM lens. In the...