Welcome to Episode 20, which is the first part of two episode on colour management. In this episode, part one, I’m going to discuss how I calibrate my monitor to ensure that what I am seeing is the same as anyone else that also have a correctly calibrated monitor, and...
Musings
Dramatic Sunsets and Visualization (Podcast 19)
Welcome to episode 19. Today I’m going to talk about sunsets. Well, not just sunsets, but dramatic sunsets. When the sky starts to turn orange then red as the sun goes down, it can make an amazing spectacle, and your emotions will run riot and you might not think much...
Winter Photography Part II (Podcast 18)
Welcome to episode 18. In Episode 17 I spoke about Winter Photography, giving some tips for shooting in sub-zero conditions. After the episode was released a number of members on my Web site kindly raised a few other tips that I really should have included, so I am...
Winter photos for Xmas e-Cards (Podcast 17)
Welcome to episode 17, which is going to be a bit of a Christmas special. Last week I visited Shirakawagou, in the Gifu Prefecture, here in Japan. Shirakawagou is actually the old name for the Shirakawa village that is now part of a town called Ogi Town, and contains...
PL for Water + a Moral Dilemma (Podcast 15)
Welcome to episode 15 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast. This week, in addition to talking about a simple technique, which is using a polarizer to reduce reflection in water, I’m going to touch on the somewhat controversial topic of whether or not a nature...
White Balance (Podcast 14)
Welcome to this weeks episode which is number 14. Firstly I’d like to congratulate a member of my site, Philip, who uses the login name Damaxx, as Philip was chosen winner of the November MBP Active Member Prize! Philip chose a photo I made in November this year with...
Tilt-Shift Lens Uses (Podcast 13)
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...
Good Planning… Good Luck! (Podcast 11)
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...
Exposure and Manual Mode (Podcast 10)
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...
Portraiture – I’m trying, OK! (Podcast 9)
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....
Don’t give away your art! (Podcast 7)
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...