Having used Lightroom 2 for over a month now, I figured I'd talk today about some of the new features. I’m not going to give you a comprehensive view of everything new. You can see a list of new features on Adobe’s Web site, and there are plenty of other tutorials out...
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Joboji, Iwate Prefecture (Podcast 153)
Last week I discussed the assignment that I did in the small town of Joboji, in the Iwate Prefecture some 600kms north of Tokyo. I was to shoot on the Wednesday and Thursday, but with it taking a good seven hours to drive up there, I needed a day for travel. I also...
Q&A #9 – Focus/Recompose + LR Print Resolution (Podcast 150)
Wow! What a busy few weeks I’ve had. Sorry being a few days late, but welcome to the 150th episode of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast. I would have liked to have done something special for this milestone show, but I have been so busy lately that it just isn’t...
Yachiho Highlands – Part #3 (Podcast 143)
So, this week, we wrap up our three part virtual tour of Yachiho Kougen, or the Yachiho Highlands, in the Nagano Prefecture, a couple of hundred kilometers north-west of Tokyo. Before we get into the main topics today, and take a look at some photos of the Big Falls,...
Yachiho Highlands – Part #2 (Podcast 142)
Following on from last week, today we continue to trace my steps from a recent trip to the Yachiho Highlands as I share some of the images I brought back with me, intermingling tips on decisions I made while photographing the area. As I mentioned last week, some of...
Yachiho Highlands – Part #1 (Podcast 141)
As I mentioned last week, with the pressures of living in Tokyo and the need to breathe some fresh air got a hold of me and my other half, we took off to the Yachiho Highlands from May 31 for a few days. Today we start to share some of the images I brought back with...
Focussing (on Poppies!?) (Podcast 139)
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...
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...
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Podcast 136)
After a visit to Kyoto which we talked about last week, the six of us, family and friends, went on to Hiroshima, and visited the Itsukushima Shrine and the Peace Memorial Park. The Park is situated under the hypocenter of the atomic bomb blast, and houses numerous...
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...