Today Chris talks about pet photography and three-point lighting, our singing friend Brandt is back, and Chris talks about snow flake photography with his guest Don Komarechka. Also: lice? Show Links: Snowflakes by Don Komarechka Workshops with Chris in Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Berlin - Early Bird Discount » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get [...]
Brandt wants to know if he should upgrade to the new Nikon D4, landscape photographer Ed has been volunteered by his wife to take candid shots at a valentines dinner and Allan Attridge is back talking with Chris about the making of the making of. Show Links: The 2012 Workshops with Chris Marquardt Allan Attridge The Two Hosers Podcast Watch [...]
Chris talks about his GPS workflow, or rather of what is left of it and how he deals with it now. Mark has a question about medium format scanners, Chris is now on the new Rest of Everest feed in High Definition. Also find out what is on the mystery VHS tape that Chris got [...]
532 from Chris Marquardt on Vimeo. Download the high quality video for this episode Today Chris will give you a look behind the scenes of how episode 532 of Tips from the Top Floor was made from start to finish. Hope you enjoy the little look behind the curtain. This video was shot and produced by film [...]
Today is Q&A time! Jonathan asks about bokeh and prime lenses, Chris wants to know how to archive photos for long term storage. Also KODAK has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, so Chris will take a closer look at that. Show Links: 2012 Workshops in the United States and Canada Get your voice heard on the show KODAK files [...]
Today Chris will discuss some of the new cameras and things that have come out for PMA, such as the Nikon D4, Fuji X-Pro1, Canon G1 X, XQD cards and Lightroom 4 beta. Guest: Martin Bailey will talk with Chris about difficult exposures in snow. Show Links: Snow exposure example images by Martin Bailey Workshops by Martin Bailey Nikon [...]
Here’s another way for you to get updates on new episodes and mor: Tips from the Top Floor is also on Google+ now and both Chris and Matt “Release Pixie” Armstead will keep you updated there.
In this episode Chris picks up on the possibility of DSLRs going away and what he thinks about it, gives tips about posing and lighting to emphasize gender in photography, and about printing and what image stabilizers are good for. Show Links: Get Your Voice Heard On The Show 2012 Workshops with Chris Marquardt: Berlin LIMITED, Washington D.C, [...]
Great to see TFTTF crop up as a recommended resource on Catherine Hall’s blog and also on screen during TWiT Photo Ep. 38! Thanks for the exposure, Catherine! (errrm yes, pun intended) You can see more of Catherine’s recommended Podcasts here
Chris gives tips about camera shopping, DSLRs, Micro Four-Thirds and EVIL cameras, color spaces and his pet peeve: stuff that camera sales people try to make you buy. Also, Red Dwarf fans in and around London, send me a mail, I have an extra ticket to a live RD recording in Shepperton on Jan/13 in exchange [...]
Just three weeks left to Christmas, will Chris get all the presents together in time? Listen in as he answers listener questions about how to hold a DSLR (a topic that is not only very basic, but also very important to get right), a children’s pinhole camera project and find out what music and photography [...]
Chris explains some of the important basics around exposure, contrast and colors. Did you know that getting or setting a good black point is crucial in how the contrasts of an image are perceived? Also, Allan Attridge is back for the grand finale of the DSLR Video series! Listen in as Chris and Allan discuss how [...]
Today Chris covers everything from sports photography to the Adobe pricing model announcement to part 2 of the DSLR video discussion with film maker Allan Attridge. Also make sure to listen to an interview Chris has done at the Two Hosers podcast! Update: reservation date for the Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido Japan Wildlife tour and workshop has [...]
Chris talks with Allan Attridge about DSLR video production. How important is equipment and how about going to film school? Find out what the most important things are when it comes to DSLR video production! To learn more about the 2012 Snow Monkeys and Hokkaido Winter Wildlife Wonderland tour, go to www.discoverthetopfloor.com Show Links: Allan Attrige - Film [...]
Martin Bailey and Chris Marquardt are teaming up to bring you a series of amazing winter wildlife workshops in Japan! You have the chance to see and photograph the world famous snow monkeys, the red-crowned cranes of which there only a few hundred left in the world, sea eagles and much more, and all under [...]
Photo: Martin Bailey Chris talks to C.J. Chilvers, writer of “A Lesser Photographer: 10 Principles for Rediscovering What Matters”, a manifesto about creativity in photography. Show Links: A Lesser Photographer - The Manifesto A Lesser Photographer - The Blog » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Want to be featured as the hottest emerging photographer on TWiT Photo, the photography show by Catherine Hall and Leo Laporte? Here’s your chance at the TWiT Photo Guest Quest! Contest runs from Oct/25 to Nov/22/2011.
Hole by Chris Marquardt In his latest blog post, Chris writes about why we need less bells and whistles in our photography gadgets and not more. » continue reading
No celluloid has been harmed in making this episode, it is entirely digital! Chris talks about using an iPad for photography, video in DSLRs, ways to trigger flashes and strobes and about future-proofing your digital photography. Show Links: iPad apps mentioned in this episode: Photosmith Photogene Snapseed Follow Chris on Twitter on Google+ Apple Camera Connection Kit Shallow depth of field in DSLR: [...]
Chris was recently interviewed about photography myths on the Two Hosers Photographhy Podcast. Ever wondered about the importance of filters, protectors, over- and underexposure? Join in as the Two Hosers and Chris have fun dissecting a lot of photo myths: » Listen to the episode here
Bob Shanebrook worked at Eastman Kodak Company for 35 years, he was involved in nearly all aspects of the Kodak black-and-white and professional film business. Find out all the things you always wanted to know as Chris talks to Bob about all aspects of film manufacture. Show Links: Making Kodak Film » Download the MP3 for this [...]
Come with us to Peterborough County Jail, find out about Argyrotype, an alternative printing process, learn about a guerrilla negative scanning method using an iPhone and listen to an interview with Paul Sergeant of the Toronto Tintype Studio Show Links: Video: Toronto Tintype Tintype Studio Video: Peterborough County Jail Photo Excursion Video: Argyrotype alternative printing process Video: Hotel Room iPhone Guerilla [...]
This episode has been recorded together with the participants of the Toronto Urban Photography workshop. Hear them discuss how much you can trust the display on your camera, how much you can trust the histogram, what to look for at exposure around brickworks and how to compensate for it. And say hi to Napoleon, the new [...]
Picture by Mary Dotson Today: the review of the winner photo of the August Washington D.C. workshop, Carolyn has a question about an extended range XR Redscale film, and Chris talks about flare, how bad it is, or how bad it is not, and how you can avoid it. If you want to. Show Links: Sign Up Here [...]
Photo: Tom Genoni Darren Samuelson built a great big camera and took it on a road-trip through the United States. Chris talks with Darren about how the camera came about and what the pitfalls and the successes were. The exhibition at the Inclusions Gallery in San Francisco is open until September 18th 2011 Show Links: Darren’s Great Big Camera [...]
Last week while Chris was in San Francisco, he had the chance to spend some time up in Petaluma to visit Leo Laporte’s new TWiT Brickhouse studio and be a guest on Leo’s Triangulation show to talk about virtually anything. So here’s your chance to see behind the scenes and learn a bit more about [...]
Chris speaks with Martin Bailey, photographer in Japan. They discuss printing, portraiture and how to make a 2100 (yes, two thousand one hundred) millimeter lens and avoid camera shake from passing cars while shooting video of the moon. Show Links: Martin Bailey Photography Video of the moon » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get the show for free [...]
Today Chris talks about light with Ibarionex Perello, photographer and author of “Chasing the Light”. Show Links: Ibarionex Perello - on Twitter - on facebook - on Google+ Chasing the Light - video trailer - the book - the podcast The Candid Frame » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show [...]
Why focus? How much? What about depth of field (or depth of focus?) How about a pinhole camera? Influence of sensor size on focus? Focus & recompose technique. Back button focus. Auto vs. manual focus. The focus trap. Focus limiting. Bokeh. Macro and focus. Focus stacking. Light field cameras. Hyperfocal distance. Infinity focus… Show Links: Shoot, process, [...]
Chris gives a quick update on the Marquardt International Pinhole, Adrian has a question about the music on the show, Justin got caught in the circle of confusion and what to watch out for if you want to use a lens on your camera that has not been made for it. Show Links: Learn more about the [...]
Chris, Sean, Michelle and Allan each shot a roll of film without using a light meter - and the results were all well exposed. Using the “Sunny 16″ rule and trusting their instincts, they were able to pull off perfect exposures in changing light conditions without metering. Show Links: View the shootout images The Two Hosers show Sean Galbraith, [...]
Chris is finally back from the Himalayan Workshop, a trek that turned into more of an adventure than planned. Today Chris covers technical, analog and creative topics: Ben wants to know why cameras still use mechanical shutters, Jim has a question about how to get started with scanning pictures and Maurice wants to learn about group [...]
Chris sends in his first episode from the 2011 Himalayan Workshop. He and Monika talk about gear, about alternatives and about about how to get the temperature of developer chemistry right at 18,000 feet elevation. Show Links: Himalayan Workshops Workshops with Chris » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get the show for free in iTunes » [...]
Listen to Chris Marquardt and Allan Attridge talk about all things Invisible Camera » Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: Watch the video, part 1 - part 2 Allan Attridge - Filmmaker Spürsinn - Analog Photography Supplies Chris Marquardt - Photographer, Photography Instructor » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
The Invisible Camera has stirred up a whole lot of questions. Chris answers them on this special episode. Show Links: The Invisible Camera Music by lastfuture » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Just in case you wondered, “Digital Photography Tips from the Top Floor” is now “Photography Tips from the Top Floor”. Today Wallace wants to know if you really have to shoot landscapes with f/22, Andreas asks what a light meter is good for, Simon wants to know more about beanbags and I talk about traveling with [...]
Today Chris will once and for all give you the answer to the question if long focal lengths really compress perspective or if that’s just a myth. Peter wants to find out about shooting indoors, Shakeel tells us about old town Alexandria and the Washington D.C. workshop and AJ wonders how hard it is to [...]
Chris is building a camera: the Marquardt International Pinhole, a camera built by a German that is designed to accept graflok 4×5″ international backs.. what could go wrong? Francois wants to travel with his camera gear and make sure that he won’t have to put any of it into checked luggage and Sean Galbraith wants [...]
Chris tells the story of an unusual vertical panorama group shot from the first workshop of this season. Also: the inverse hybrid process where you create wet prints of digital images, and what to look out for when scanning 5000 negatives. Show Links: The 2011 workshops with Chris PocketChris, the photo instructor in your pocket The double vertical panorama [...]
Photo: George Smyth Today Chris will talk about setting up a photo blog, he has just built his own large-format camera and the guest on the show is photographer George Smyth who will tell us about the bromiol process, a very special way to make photographic prints Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: Early Bird Special extended [...]
We did it! Five hundred episodes of Tips from the Top Floor. Actually YOU did it!! Why? Because without anyone listening to Tips from the Top Floor and appreciating it, the should would’ve vanished long ago, so thanks to every single one of you out there for being around and making it a pleasure for [...]
Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris Marquardt and Ray Maxwell talk about what color actually is. And it’s not as straightforward as one might think… Show Links: Checkout the Photoday 2009 Videos » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Today’s show is packed with photography goodness. Justin wants to know how much noise is too much noise, Steve talks about photographer Brad Washburn and his amazing pictures, Rick asks for tips on how to teach photography to his friends and Chris has a guest: Frederick van Johnson of This Week in Photo. Show Links: The NEW PocketChris [...]
Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris Marquardt and Ray Maxwell talk about what color actually is. And it’s not as straightforward as one might think… Show Links: Checkout the Photoday 2009 Videos » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
In this slightly differently formatted episode, Chris muses about changing his most important motto: It’s not the camera, it’s the photographer, dummy! Is it? Really? This episode has a companion blog entry here. » Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: Monika’s Pentax 6×7 blog entry (in German, with pics) Chris’ photos from the same photo session The blog entry [...]
In this year-end show, Chris goes over some of the successes and failures of 2010, he announces the new version of PocketChris and talks with his guest Monika about developing film in coffee. At 16,000 ft elevation. » Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: TFTTF get together in Farnborough get-together Mar/5/2011 PocketChris Advanced Photography out any time [...]
Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris Marquardt (http://www.chrismarquardt.com) and Ray Maxwell (http://maxwellmultimedia.com/Site/Welcome.html) talk about what color actually is. And it’s not as straightforward as one might think… Show Links: Checkout the Photoday 2009 Videos » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Another round of great questions from the listeners! Why is Chris still on flickr? What microphone to use for a DSLR? Taking pictures of a choir, from 60 ft away, with a 70mm lens. Scanning cross processed film the right way. Also: latest news about PocketChris, the iPhone App to help you learn photography in a [...]
Chris talks about an image work-flow using folders, he answers questions about ND filters and flash diffusers and he discusses the 2011 Himalayan Trek with Jon Miller, host of The Rest of Everest. You will also find out about Chris’ journey into the realm of large format photography. Show Links: The Plaubel large format camera Get your question on [...]
Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris Marquardt (http://www.chrismarquardt.com) and Frederick van Johnson (http://www.frederickvan.com) talk about how to market your photography in the world of social media. Show Links: Frederick van Johnson Checkout the Photoday 2009 Videos » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris Marquardt (http://www.chrismarquardt.com) and Frederick van Johnson (http://www.frederickvan.com) talk about how to market your photography in the world of social media. Show Links: Frederick van Johnson Checkout the Photoday 2009 Videos » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris Marquardt (http://www.chrismarquardt.com) and Frederick van Johnson (http://www.frederickvan.com) talk about how to market your photography in the world of social media. Show Links: Frederick van Johnson Checkout the Photoday 2009 Videos » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS
Follow Chris on his journey learning lots of new things about a medium he was sure to have thoroughly understood. Also learn about telephoto extenders and categorizing your images. » Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: How do you fight the flood of pictures on your computer? Let’s get your story or your question on the [...]
Just another short reminder that I’m putting something special together for TFTTF show 500. To join in just send an email to tfttfsecret (at) gmail.com and you’ll get instructions on what to do. -Ravsitar the Release Pixie » Download the MP3 for this episode » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using [...]
Guest on today’s show: Allan Attridge, film maker from Canada. In this slightly unusual episode, Chris and Allan discuss DSLR video shooting, the technology and what film making is really about. Also on the show: is there a mathematical way to determine how much sharpening your pictures need, and panorama stitching software Hugin plus a [...]
Today’s show features an intro by Olivia, an overview of Chris’ upcoming projects, a discussion of Back Button Focus and how it can help you get better exposure, and some food for thought: does digital photography make us unhappy? Dan Gilbert’s video on What makes us happy? » Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: VIDEO: Daniel Gilbert [...]
Forthose of you who have been around awhile, I’ve done some special surprises for Chris every now and again. And I think it’s time for another one for show 500. To join in just send an email to tfttfsecret (at) gmail.com and you’ll get instructions on what to do. -Ravsitar the Release Pixie —- Chris… just forget about [...]
Today I got my new handheld spectrometer that lets me look at the spectrum of different light sources. So I have taken it out for some tests and pointed it at daylight, a compact fluorescent (CFL), an incandescent light bulb, my computer monitor and a vapor discharge lamp. Read the surprising results here: My Beef With [...]
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