Today I’m going to look back on 2007, mainly talking about my top 10 favourite images from the year, and also touching on a few of the other significant things that have happened, and a little about my plans for next year. Before we get started, I wanted to mention...
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Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III – First Impressions (Podcast 115)
It’s here!! I have taken ownership of my Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. Today I’m going to do another First Impressions style review while looking at the fruits of my first day out with this amazing piece of kit. Having spent a good few hours poring over the instructions...
Canon EF 300mm F2.8L IS USM Lens – First Impressions (Podcast 114)
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....
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...
Roundtable #2 (Podcast 111)
Welcome to the second Roundtable. This it has taken a little longer than I’d hoped to get around to doing another, but hopefully we’ll make up for that with a great episode for you today. I am really pleased to say that after a false start for the last roundtable,...
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...