The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast provides education and inspiration through a mix of art, creativity and technical topics, interviews, gear reviews and travelogue style episodes. Full archive at http://mbp.ac/blog

MBP Audio Studio Tour 09/19/2024

MBP Audio Studio Tour Today, I share a video of the new audio studio I have been working on since moving house, including advice for budding podcasters. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/33120517

Namibia Tour Report 2024 Part 2 08/16/2024

Namibia Tour Report 2024 Part 2 Today, I've selected ten images from the last three days of my 2024 Complete Namibia Tour, all from the Etosha National Park. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/32603492

Namibia Tour Report 2024 Part 1 08/02/2024

Namibia Tour Report 2024 Part 1 Today, I'll walk you through the first few weeks of my 2024 Complete Namibia Tour. Next, we'll round it off with three days in the Etosha National Park. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/32396317

Japan Winter Wildlife Tours 2024 Part 2 07/12/2024

Japan Winter Wildlife Tours 2024 Part 2 Today, we cover the second half of my Japan Winter Wildlife Tours for 2024 with the Whooper Swans and Sea Eagles and comments from the guests. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/32113147

Japan Winter Wildlife Tours 2024 Part 1 06/28/2024

Japan Winter Wildlife Tours 2024 Part 1 Five months after I finished these tours, today, we finally see Snow Monkeys and Red-Crowned Cranes, along with a few other species. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/31926487

Canon RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM Lens Review 06/19/2024

Canon RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM Lens Review Having moved house, set up a new studio, and completing my Complete Namibia Tour, here is a review of the Canon RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM lens. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/31803177

Hokkaido Landscape Adventure Video 04/16/2024

Hokkaido Landscape Adventure Video After a long hiatus, I just released a video of this year's Hokkaido Landscape Photography Adventure. We're also crazy busy as we bought a house! /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/30843643

Hokkaido Winter Landscape Adventure 2024 02/17/2024

Hokkaido Winter Landscape Adventure 2024 After a long hiatus, as I travel on my winter tours, I explain what I've been up to between tours, and walk you through our Hokkaido Landscape Photography Adventure. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/29993748

2023 Top Ten Photos Selection Process 01/06/2024

2023 Top Ten Photos Selection Process In this episode, I share my thoughts as I whittle down 1060 final selects from my 2023 tours and shoots to what I consider to be my best ten images. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/29365838

Year End Update + I'm Airborne Again! 12/29/2023

Year End Update + I'm Airborne Again! A quick roundup update as 2023 draws to an end with my cataract surgery, Glacier backup, and I have a new DJI Air 3 drone, so I'm airborne again! /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/29268708

Experimenting with Water Clouds 12/18/2023

Experimenting with Water Clouds Today I share the fruits of a Sunday project to photograph food coloring being dropped into water. Only some pigment and a little milk got hurt. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/29124628

Why I Use Manual Exposure 12/01/2023

Why I Use Manual Exposure A short video to demonstrate the reason I use Manual Exposure instead of Exposure Compensation, especially for winter wildlife. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28881063

To Stand or Not to Stand 11/24/2023

To Stand or Not to Stand I've recently started to stand for at least half a day when doing office work, aided by a new desk with adjustable height. I love it! /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28778128

A Handful of Park Shots 11/22/2023

A Handful of Park Shots Today I share a handful of images from a recent walk in the park, and an update on my NAS cloud backup to Amazon Glacier via Starlink. Big thumbs up! /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28754628

Matt Jacob Interviews Martin Bailey 10/31/2023

Matt Jacob Interviews Martin Bailey Photographer Matt Jacob interviewed me for his podcast, and I think you might find parts of our chat inspiring, so check it out on the blog. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28472423

Zoo Portraits Shooting and Processing 10/24/2023

Zoo Portraits Shooting and Processing This week I talk about how I created some stunning black and white animal portraits, including a video to show you the processing. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28405877

Life, Risk and the Creative Process with David duChemin 10/05/2023

Life, Risk and the Creative Process with David duChemin A conversation with my friend David duChemin. We discuss his decision to have his leg amputated and go on to talk about risk and the creative process. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28231883

Working with Collections 09/30/2023

Working with Collections A video for this week's episode, walking you through an update of my Namibia portfolio to share tips on working with collections and editing. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28184849

Music Plugin Release and Cataracts Update 09/30/2023

Music Plugin Release and Cataracts Update Catching my breath at the end of September, today I'm sharing a roundup of recent events, including a new software release and my cataract surgery. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28184210

Starlink - My Internet Woes are Over! 09/15/2023

Starlink - My Internet Woes are Over! Finally, the problems I've been having with my Internet provider are over, thanks to Starlink! Today I share my thoughts and a few cabling tricks. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/28039872

Kuon - The Height of Japanese Hospitality 08/31/2023

Kuon - The Height of Japanese Hospitality I recently had the pleasure of experiencing the height of Japanese hospitality in the elegant space that is Kuon, from my friends at Kokuya Hotel. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/27900375

An Interview with Photographer Matt Jacob 08/12/2023

An Interview with Photographer Matt Jacob An interview with awesome photographer Matt Jacob, in which we discuss his life and love of fine art portraiture while reviewing ten of his images. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/27733464

AWS Glacier for Large Data Backups 08/04/2023

AWS Glacier for Large Data Backups Following advice from a friend, I've switched my backup strategy to AWS Glacier and will gradually migrate over from the iDrive service. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/27656469

Is iDrive Any Good for Large Volume Cloud Backups? 07/25/2023

Is iDrive Any Good for Large Volume Cloud Backups? Thinking of using iDrive for your cloud backup? If you have over a few terabytes to store, read or listen to this post first. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/27558762

Complete Namibia Tour May 2023 Part 2 07/10/2023

Complete Namibia Tour May 2023 Part 2 We conclude my travelogue of my second Complete Namibia Tour for 2023 today, with some elephants, a Dik Dik, and a Cheetah with two cubs. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/27416793

Complete Namibia Tour May 2023 Part 1 07/03/2023

Complete Namibia Tour May 2023 Part 1 After a crazy June, I'm back in the podcasting pilot seat with an update to share the best work from my second Complete Namibia Tour for 2023. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/27353184

Complete Namibia Tour April 2023 Part 3 05/16/2023

Complete Namibia Tour April 2023 Part 3 In this post, we conclude my review of the rest of my Complete Namibia Tour & Workshop with a larger-than-usual set of 18 images. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/26852244

Complete Namibia Tour April 2023 Part 2 05/15/2023

Complete Namibia Tour April 2023 Part 2 We pick up the trail on my April 2023 Complete Namibia Tour with a second afternoon in Kolmanskop, then on to the dunes of Sossusvlei and Deadvlei. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/26819823

Complete Namibia Tour April 2023 Part 1 05/11/2023

Complete Namibia Tour April 2023 Part 1 Follow along with my first Namibia tour for 2023 as we visit the Quiver Tree Forest and deserted diamond mine tours at Kolmanskop and Elizabeth Bay. /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/26808030

A New Really Right Stuff Ultralight Tripod 04/17/2023

A New Really Right Stuff Ultralight Tripod Today I share details of my shiny new Really Right Stuff not-so-light Ultralight tripod having finally managed to break my old BH-55. A Good excuse! /episode/index/show/mbppodcast/id/26529021

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