Today I provide clear evidence of the benefits to increasing your ISO to reduce grain. Sounds crazy, I know, but after this post you’ll believe me.
Increasing ISO to Reduce Grain in Your Images (Podcast 661)
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The Zone System and Light Meters in Digital Photography (Podcast 503)
The Zone System has kind of fallen into the shadows as digital enables us to see our images instantly, and view information like the invaluable histogram even before we release the shutter, but The Zone System is still a useful tool, and something worth taking the...
Metering in Manual Exposure Mode (Podcast 392)
Following on from our Why Expose to the Right (ETTR) episode a few months ago, I received a question from listener Christopher Pearson, asking how I meter in Manual mode, so today, I'm going to explain my techniques for metering in manual mode. First of all, I want to...
Why Expose to the Right? (Podcast 381)
Today I'm going to go into detail on why I expose to the right, as I get asked about this a lot. Exposing to the right means adjusting your exposure so that the image data we see in the histogram falls as close to the right shoulder as possible. I've touched on this a...
Podcast 216 : Photography Fundamentals for the Beginner – Part 1
Last week, a new user on the forums, Chua Kim You, user name redpandafire from Montreal, Canada, revived an old thread from June 2004. I'd posted and article called "Fundamental Advice for Photographer's Getting Started". I had to admit, that looking back at this post...
Podcast 203 : Q&A #10 – Shooting with Grey Skies and Why Manual Mode?
Today, in the first Q&A episode for a year, I answer a question from a listener about shooting under a grey sky, and I also go into detail on why I use Manual Mode, especially in challenging exposure situations. The question that I’m going to answer today is from...
Podcast 190 : Ten Steps to Great Long Exposure Images
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...
Q&A #5 – Metering for ‘Optimum’ Exposure? (Podcast 81)
Today I’m going to answer a question that I received by mail from Listener John Grant about what in a scene I choose to meter from for optimum exposure. John asks, “Would you discuss exposure and how to get the best possible, from what to look for in the scene and...
Q&A #1 – PL as ND, Exposure Compensation (Podcast 60)
This week I’m going to answer a number of questions from listeners, and we start a new service. Not only can you now leave recorded messages and greetings, that I will include in the show intro. Also, thanks to an idea by listener Mojo_Yugen who’s real name is Brian...
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...