The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast (Enhanced)

When the sky starts to turn orange then red as the sun goes down, it can make an amazing spectacle, and your emotions will run riot and you might not think much about what you are shooting. To make your image convey the emotion you want to, try to find a dramatic setting to capture your sunset shots, and set them apart. Some sunsets are so spectacular that they will work with nothing else in the screen, but usually you'll want to be somewhere that will allow you to maximize on this amazing event. In this episode I'll introduce some of my sunset shots, including my first good one from 1993, up to a number of shots from Jan 9th 2006, and how I went about getting these shots. Also, the ability to visualize a certain type of condition in your mind will help you to get a mental store of locations to revisit when the conditions are right. Listen on for more details...

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The following link will take you to seventeen shots from a day shooting from the shore of the Inawashiro Lake in Fukushima Prefecture here in Japan: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/thumbnails.php?album=search&search=Inawashiro_Dec2005 The down mittens that I use as over-gloves that I mention in this episode are made by a French company call ValandrAc. I couldn't find a link to a Web ValandrAc page but here is a link to the gloves in an online store: http://www.guideschoice.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=478 The following link will display the Help document I created to show examples of BBCode to embed thumbnails and image from the new MBP Member Galleries site I've just set up for members to showcase and discuss your own work. Ideally photo discussions will take place using the comments feature in the Member Galleries, but use this BBCode when you want to discuss images to make a point or ask advice etc. in the forum. http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=376

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Twenty shots from the Shirakawagou village on Dec 17th and 18th, 2005. http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/thumbnails.php?album=search&search=Shirakawagou_Dec2005

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Of course, some images will just explode at us and can fling us into any number of emotional states in an instant. But in addition to this initial response, people want to work for that little extra enjoyment of a work of art.

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This is a difficult subject indeed, which I can only scratch the surface of here. I've started a poll at the location below to find out your views, and I look forward to hearing from you in the forum too. http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=338 Note: Due to some experimentation with my audio gear, there was some background noise through the first half of this week's episode. I didn't have time to go back and re-record though. Sorry!

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Springing from an interesting thread in Photographic Techniques forum on my Web site this week, I talk about how I deal with White Balance. You can find the thread here: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=315 You can find the post with the example photograph of my gray card and Gretag Macbeth Mini-Color Checker card shot in the field and used for subsequent shots that day here: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=323 Here's the link from the first post to an excellent article called Understanding White Balance on Sean McHugh's equally excellent Web site, Cambridge in Colour: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm The WhiBal (White Balance) Reference Card sets also looks great. I haven't used a WhiBal set myself yet, though like a few other members, its now on order. Check out what options are available and buy online here: http://www.rawworkflow.com/products/whibal/ Congratulations to Damaxx (Philip) the winner of the November MBP Active Member Prize! The shot Philip chose is called "Moon Hawk" and you can take a look at it here: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/displayimage.php?pos=-754

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If you use the Tilt capabilities of these lenses to move the focus plan to run at almost 90 degrees from the film plane, in certain circumstances the results will be quite surreal, looking like a macro shot of a model.

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I explain all the major steps for you to think about including transferring files, how I organize my directories and view by date using third party software. On to rating and selecting my best shots to take further into the workflow and exporting to Photoshop or opening in PhotoShop RAW, and some of the fine tuning I do to the image. I also explain about the different versions I save off, and sharpening for Web or printing, and finally discussing my backup process, though I'm not really happy with this right now. Below are some links I mention in the episode. The Adobe Camera RAW Plug-in version 3.3 Beta does not seem to recognize Canon's new Picture Style settings. I don't know if this is as designed or will be fixed, but you can see some example photos in a post on my forum here: http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=284 Check out the Digimarc MyPictureMarc digital image watermarking technology here: http://www.digimarc.com/mypicturemarc/ For sharpening I use a third party product that is a Photoshop plug-in called PhotoKit Sharpener from Pixelgenius. Check out the product page here: http://www.pixelgenius.com/sharpener/index.html There's a new Photography Podcast from the Radiant Vista. Take a look and subscribe here: http://www.radiantvista.com/