The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast
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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
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Overdue Updates & Hokkaido Landscape 2025 Tour Review
Today, I update you on what I've been up to for the last few months, and walk you through 45 images from my January 2025 Hokkaido Landscape Photograph...
A Conversation with Stormchaser David Lee
During my Hokkaido Winter Landscape Adventure, I recorded a conversation with an old friend, David Lee, and reminisced about how we met and discussed...
Reflecting on 2024 and Martin's Top Ten
Today, I reflect a little on 2024, including an album of my personal top ten images for the year, and finish with a wish for world peace.
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Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 Initial Thoughts
Having recently bought a Canon PRO1100 printer, this week I'm sharing a video of my first few test prints. Wow!
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Roundup of the Last Three Months
This week I share 11 images that I've shot in and around our new home prefecture of Gunma over the last three months.
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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.
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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.
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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 Par...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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 Photogr...
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.
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!
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.
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Why I Use Manual Exposure
A short video to demonstrate the reason I use Manual Exposure instead of Exposure Compensation, especially for winter wildlife.
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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!
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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!<...
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.
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.
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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....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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!
Some Pretty Good Inexpensive Photography Gear!
This week we look at a few items of gear that I picked up recently for very little money but which I'm relatively excited about.
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Japan Winter Wildlife Tour#2 2023 Part 3
This week we complete our travelogue series for my second Japan Winter Wildlife tour with ten photographs of the Steller's and White-Tailed Eagles.
Japan Winter Wildlife Tour#2 2023 Part 2
We continue our series to walk you through my second Japan Winter Wildlife Tour, with more Red-Crowned Cranes and the clumsy, adorable Whooper Swans.<...
Japan Winter Wildlife Tour#2 2023 Part 1
Part one of a three-part series covering my second Japan Winter Wildlife Tour and Workshop for 2023, starting with Snow Monkeys and Red-Crowned Cranes...
Japan Winter Wildlife Tour#1 2023 Part 3
This is the final part of three episodes to walk you through our antics on the first of my two Japan Winter Wildlife Tours for 2023.
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