Photography Tips from the Top Floor: Episodes
Tweet Today: an interview with Photographer Ben Shirk, we’ll meet the youngest fan of TFTTF, there’s a quick hello from the folks at Radiolab and Chris will talk about Macro Ratios on crop sensors. Show Links: Video: St. Louis City … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/05/16/tfttf599-the-shows-greatest-fan/">Continue ...
Tweet Today Chris shows you two ways to get your creative juices flowing: The St. Louis City Museum and After Dark, a unique photo event. Also listen in as Chris talks with After Dark mentor Mike Ridinger about how to … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/05/02/tfttf598-giggle-like-a-child/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris Marquardt takes a quick break from teaching at After Dark in St. Louis and gets a factory tour at Miller’s Professional Imaging, one of the world’s best professional print service providers. Video: Jon Miller (The Rest of Everest) … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/04/24/tfttf598-video-millers-professional-imaging/">Continue ...
Tweet The one and only Julien Smith, about 7 years ago. Steve dropped his camera and tries to find out what to do, we’ll look at a picture that’s mixing it up and Chris explains what Highlight Tone Priority (aka … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/04/18/tfttf597-dropping-cameras/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris takes a look at the lighting at the German parliament in Berlin, Steve has a question on ultra-wide lenses and how to compose with them, and we’ll look at an important way to keep your creative juices flowing: … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/04/12/tfttf596-ultrawide-creative-juices/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris looks at a few tricks to combine different white balances in one picture, let’s analyze a picture that makes use of mixed lighting and Chris has a look at how you can interpret pictures VERY differently based on … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/04/05/tfttf595-cultural-kitchen-towel/">Continue ...
Tweet Mike gives the poor man’s tripod a new twist, Tips from the Top Floor is New and Noteworty, Chris won a contest and will be in Los Angeles early May to meet with Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/03/29/tfttf594-its-t-time-on-the-top-floor/">Continue ...
Tweet Gary has a note on backing up pictures during travel, Bear has thoughts on getting out of a rut by using other arts, and he needs a backup strategy for his pictures during a 70 day long motorcycle trip, … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/03/20/tfttf593-saving-efke/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris and Monika spend a long weekend in St. Peter-Ording at the German North Sea, getting caught by a snow storm and having a blast working in windy conditions with digital and analog photo gear. Show Links: Chris’ pictures … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/03/13/tfttf592-from-the-snowy-sea/">Continue ...
Tweet Barry wants to lead a photowalk and Chris offers TFTTF as a platform to advertise listener meet-ups, we’ll look at a super-low-contrast picture, Mitch has a question about photography in the south of Germany and let’s try to find … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/03/07/tfttf591-where-are-all-the-women/">Continue ...
Tweet Kirk wants to buy 35mm film and Chris takes him through several alternatives, where to buy and how to develop, Rob has a question about contrast and Chris explains some photographer’s lingo and what “one stop” exactly means. Show … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/03/01/tfttf590-photographer-lingo-eplained/">Continue ...
Tweet On this episode of TFTTF German wants to know how to deal with Lightroom and multiple catalogs, Simon has a question on the inverse square law (no math in this episode, promise!) and Happy 111th Birthday, Ansel Adams! “There … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/02/22/tfttf589-more-light-makes-more-dark/">Continue ...
Tweet Get a more in-depth view at shooting wildlife in Hokkaido, Japan and listen to Chris talk about equipment, culture, washlets, video, cranes, snow monkeys, white-tailed eagles, steller’s sea eagles, big lenses and of course how to deal with the … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/02/14/tfttf588-a-japan-wildlife-adventure/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris packs for shooting in minus 30 degree Celsius conditions, including down pants and a ton of batteries, Bruce wants to know about the advantages and disadvantages of variable ND filters and let’s find out if a modern lens … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/02/06/tfttf587-shooting-at-minus-thirty-degrees/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris and Martin Bailey are calling in at 5am from a Japanese bus on their way to do a sunrise photo shoot with the workshop group over lake Kushiro. They also briefly touch on the 6.4 earthquake that happened … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/02/03/tfttf-special-update-after-the-hokkaido-earthquake/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris talks about a double exposure, Mark wants to scan 1000s of photos (not negatives) and we’ll learn a few surprises about how Lightroom handles JPG compression. Show Links: Voigtländer Bessa (video) Kodak Brownie Christmas Ornaments (blog post) JPG … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/01/24/tfttf586-surprises-in-compression/">Continue ...
Tweet Today Sean wants to know how to get out of his photographic funk, we’ll take another look at vignettes and find out what you can learn from over 40 years of active photography. Does equipment really matter more than … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/01/17/tfttf585-equipment-does-matter/">Continue ...
Tweet Today Chris talks about vignettes and how to do them right, the latest from the TFTTF Google+ community, a picture with extreme spectrum and how to travel with two big cameras. Show Links: The TFTTF Community The episode 583 … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/01/10/tfttf584-vignettes-of-doom/">Continue ...
Tweet Happy New Year! Today Chris looks at what leaving your comfort zones can do for your photography, he will review last episode’s you-had-to-be-there picture and take a look at sharpness. Also a quick review of 2012 and an outlook … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2013/01/02/tfttf583-comfort-zone/">Continue ...
Tweet Chris talks about Instagram and how he thinks the big fuss is a red herring to distract from a completely different issue: advertising to users without telling them about it. Also on the show: the spectrum of light and … <a href="http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2012/12/27/tfttf582-you-had-to-be-there/">Continue ...