2023 Top Ten Photos Selection Process

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2023 Top Ten Photos Selection Process

FromThe Martin Bailey Photography Podcast

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21 minutes

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Jan 6, 2024

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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.

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Music by Martin Bailey

Released:

Jan 6, 2024

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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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