Last week I picked up a Canon EF 300mm F2.8L IS USM Lens, and today I’m going to touch on some of my first impressions. I’ve been out with the lens just twice, but already I’m incredibly pleased I took the plunge on this lens that I have been lusting after for years....
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Martin Bailey [on] Photography (Podcast 113)
Today we share a document entitled Martin Bailey [on] Photography, which is basically a play on the site name. I have just put down a number of random thoughts on Photography, based on a few headers that I spat out while thinking of the project. The main point of...
Autumn Colour at Shigakougen 2007 – Part #2 (Podcast 110)
Part way through last week’s episode I realized that it was going to be far too long for one episode and then suddenly decided to split it into two. Today we’re going to look through the rest of my shots from my recent trip to Shigakougen, a Highland Plateau in the...
Autumn Colour at Shigakougen 2007 – Part #1 (Podcast 109)
The Autumn Colour has officially arrived! At least if we chase it a bit that is. Today we’re going to look through some of my shots from my recent trip to Shigakougen, a Highland Plateau in the Nagano Prefecture, north-west of Tokyo. I visited this location at this...
Assignment #11 – Fire (Podcast 108)
Today I’m going to announce the winners of our Documentary/Photojournalism Assignment and kickoff the new assignment with the theme of Fire. I’d like to thank Phil Peck from Bayview, USA for this assignment theme. We have a thread going on the MBP Forum where we have...
Heavenly Cosmos (Podcast 107)
Many of you will remember the drama with the Japanese Green Woodpecker from Episode 93 of this Podcast. Today we return to the same park as autumn sets in here in Tokyo, the weather cools, and the autumn flowers grace us with their yearly presence. As I’ve mentioned...
India Sept 2007 – Part#2 (Podcast 106)
Today is the second part of a two part series in which we’ve discussed shots from a brief trip to India in September 2007. I was literally there for just three days, and didn’t expect to get much free time, but I was hoping to get some shots while there, so I took...
India, Sept 2007 – Part#1 (Podcast 105)
In September 2007 I was lucky enough to go for a brief business trip to Bangalore, India. I was literally going to be in there for just three full days, and didn’t expect to get much free time, but I was hoping to get some shots while there, so I took with me my Canon...
Single Exposures #3 (Podcast 104)
Having done a few pretty long and intense episodes recently, today we’re going to take it a little easy, and I’m going to talk about a number of images that I've uploaded since our last Single Exposures episode. Before we go on, I wanted to say a quick thanks to all...
Hokkaido Workshop – Jan 28 to Feb 1, 2008 (Podcast 103)
You’ll probably have noticed that this week’s episode is a little on the late side, and the main reason for this is because I’d received enough email from people interested in the Hokkaido Workshop to make it worthwhile putting some time into actually planning it out...
Roundtable #1 (Podcast 102)
So welcome to Episode 102 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, and today we have a special treat for you. I’m joined by three prominent members of the MBP community, and of course amazing photographers, Landon Michaelson... Forrest Tanaka... and Even Solberg....
Testing a New Lens (Canon EF85mm F1.2L II) (Podcast 101)
I bought a new lens recently, namely the EF85mm F1.2L II USM from Canon, and when I paid the guy in the shop said you can bring it back for up to two weeks if you find anything wrong with it. So I thought I’d do a few tests to make sure it lives up to my expectations...