Today we take a look at the five winning images from the March 2012 MBP Assignment, on the theme of “Food”. Turnout for this assignment wasn't great, which I guess proves what we already knew, that food photography isn't as easy as you might think! Thanks to all of...
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Podcast 332 : Sakura Photo Walk Report – Tokyo 2012
Kind of following on from last week's Podcast, on my recent visit to the Tsukiji Fish Market, I'm going to step back a few days to the Saturday before that, April 7, when I joined the Sakura Photo Walk in Shinjuku, here in Tokyo. This was the first photo walk I've...
Tsukiji Fish Market (Podcast 331)
Last week, I visited the Tsukiji Fish Market here in Tokyo with Scott Jarvie, and had a wonderful morning shooting around the market, and so today I'm going to share some of my experiences and photos with you, with some advice for shooting there yourself interwoven,...
Podcast 330 : Creating a Photography Portfolio
I recently bought a Pina Zangaro portfolio case, and put together a physical portfolio of some of my work, to take to clients to discuss using my images in their magazines. A portfolio is also useful to present your work to potential clients to win assignments, and...
Podcast 329 : “Intimate Landscape” Feb 2012 Assignment Winners
Today we take a look at the five winning images from the February 2012 MBP Assignment, on the theme of "Intimate Landscape". Again, although it was rather a difficult theme, we had an amazing turnout for this assignment, even beating January which was great too!...
Podcast 328 : Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Review
Last week I picked up my Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR camera on the day of the launch, and I took some lenses, a fully charged battery and a CF card with me to Shinjuku, so that I could start using the camera right away. A Starbucks lunch with a table gave me...
Episode 327 : 2012 Snow Monkey & Hokkaido Tour/Workshop #2
From Feb 13 to 24, 2012, we took a group of photographers to Nagano to photograph the amazing Snow Monkeys for three days, and then on to Hokkaido for a further nine days for my Winter Wildlife Wonderland tour here in Japan. Last week we looked at some of my images...
Podcast 326 : 2012 Snow Monkey & Hokkaido Tour/Workshop #1
From Feb 13 to 24, 2012, we took a group of photographers to Nagano to photograph the amazing Snow Monkeys for three days, and then on to Hokkaido for a further nine days. This was the fifth iteration of my now very popular Winter Wildlife Wonderland tour here in...
Episode 325 : Syl Arena on the Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite & ST-E3-RT Transmitter
On March 2, along with the long awaited EOS 5D Mark III, Canon announced a major update to their Speedlite range, with the 600EX-RT becoming the new flagship strobe. What's perhaps even more exciting though, is that they also announced the ST-E3-RT Speedlite...
Podcast 324 : Jan 2012 “Frozen Motion” Assignment Winners
I'm back from my Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Winter Wonderland Workshop and Photography Tour, and just settling back into my daily routines. I'll be updating you on the tour later, once I've gotten through all of my photos, but today we're going to take a look at the...
Podcast 323 : An Interview with Landon Michaelson – Part 2
Today we conclude a two part series in which I chat with Landon Michaelson about his plans for 2012, and some of his amazing photographs. Here are Landon's photos that we talk about this week. Show Notes Landon's Web site: http://bksecret.com Music by UniqueTracks...
Podcast 322 : An Interview with Landon Michaelson – Part 1
Today we start a two part series in which I interview talented photographer, huge contributor to the MBP community, and overall incredible human being, Landon Michaelson. Here's Landon doing this thing in the field. Next week, we'll also talk about the following...