Photography Tips from the Top Floor
By Chris Marquardt
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Podcast Description
Short and sweet - with non-techy tips that you can put to use immediately. Covers everything from image composition to post processing. No matter if you use a digital point-and-shoot or an expensive digital SLR. With a good sense of humour, Chris Marquardt manages to convey tips for the beginner as well as the professional photographer
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tfttf548 – A 300 Millimeter Wide-Angle In Toronto | Toronto photographer Sean Galbraith is back to discuss 300 millimeter wide angle lenses, cameras that have 40 times the resolution of a 35mm negative, an opportunity for you to try out 4×5 large format photography and what makes the Toronto … Continue reading → | 23 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf547 – Putting The Band Back Together! | In this episode of TFTTF Chris has a change in plan, he had to cancel the Vancouver workshop, but it has been replaced with something even more amazing, the Canyonlands 2012 Landscape Photography Adventure. You will hear about a video … Continue reading → | 19 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf546 – 7 years after the thunderstorm | In this episode Chris talks about storing big images files on external disks, he has some more (mixed) news about Lightroom 4.1 and as a little bonus, then return of the soundseeing. Chris will take you on a (potentially boring) … Continue reading → | 5 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf545 – Cosmic Particles | This episode marks the 7th year of TFTTF! If you have been with TFTTF from the start, then make sure to shoot Chris a quick note. Chris also gets to talk to particle physicist Frank Linde, director of the National … Continue reading → | 25 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Whitehead | Chris talks with cruise manager Peter Whitehead about where we’ve been, where we’ll go and what herding sheep has to do with his job. » Download the MP3 for this episode Tweet | 15 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First day sailing | Finally sailing! Chris talks about his first session from this morning, which was focused entirely on non-technical topics. » Download the MP3 for this episode Tweet | 13 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On board | Chris made it on board the AmaCello » Download the MP3 for this episode Tweet | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebooking the flight | Chris is on his way to teach photography at the MacMania 14 Rhine river cruise. That’s when his flight gets canceled… » Download the MP3 for this episode Tweet | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf544 – Lytro, Mechanical and Electronic Shutters | Today Chris will discuss the Lytro camera with John Arnold of Photowalkthrough fame, and we will find out the difference between an electronic and a mechanical shutter and what the respective advantages and disadvantages are. Show Links: Photo Workshops in … Continue reading → | 4 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf543 – Q and A | Today Chris talks about monopods, crop lenses on full frame cameras, night time urban photography under sodium lights and color profile differences between Lightroom and Photoshop. Also: news from Adobe, the bug fix update for Lightroom 4 has been announced … Continue reading → | 28 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf542 – Canon 5D Mark III and C300 | Chris and Allan get their hands on the Canon C300 and the 5D Mark III, bringing you a live-ish report from the road. Also: check out the all new Tips from the Top Floor website both in your browser and … Continue reading → | 22 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf541 – Philharmonic Macros | Chris provides an update on his Lightroom 4 tone curves saga, he looks into iPhoto on iOS and what that means for image quality and a question about huge music instruments in macro photos, the Berlin Philharmonic campaign. Show Links: … Continue reading → | 15 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf540 – Fix It In Camera | Lightroom 4 is out but it has a migration bug that replaced all of the tone curves for Chris. Find the latest status on the personal blog of Chris. How much can you fix in post and how much should … Continue reading → | 7 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf539 – Solar Eclipse and Creativity | Chris talks about how constraints make you more creative, Oliver wants to sync Lightroom between different computers and Brian is interested in solar eclipse photography. Show Links: Absolut Analog workshop film by Allan Attridge ISO 100 Night Photography by Chris … Continue reading → | 1 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special: Fourcast – Photography Becomes Archaeology | Listen to Chris being a guest on Fourcast, a show hosted by Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt. On this show the hosts and guests discuss and come up with predictions of the future. Of course Chris’ prediction was about photography … Continue reading → | 28 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf538 – Dropping The Big Camera And The Colors | Chris gave up on his big cameras for a weekend and put himself under the constraints of seriously shooting with an iPhone only. The outcome? Not too bad! Show Links: Learn photography at one of the US and Canada workshops … Continue reading → | 23 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf537 – Slide Shows with Horror Music | On this episode Chris takes a look at spot metering and how we tend to throw off brightness because of our expectations, he talks about ways to learn photography and you will learn some great ways to find or make … Continue reading → | 15 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf536 – Of Pets, Lice and Snowflakes | 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, … Continue reading → | 9 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf535 – The Making Of The Making Of | 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 … Continue reading → | 1 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf534 – Mystery VHS Tape | 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 … Continue reading → | 25 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | Videotfttf533 video – Making of Episode 532 | 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. … Continue reading → | 21 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf532 – KODAK filed for bankruptcy | 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 … Continue reading → | 19 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf531 – PMA and Snow Exposure | 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 … Continue reading → | 12 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf530 – Is the DSLR on its way out? | 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. … Continue reading → | 4 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf529 – The Perfect Camera | 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, … Continue reading → | 14 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf528 – Kids, Music, Stability | 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 … Continue reading → | 1 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf527 – DSLR Video – part 3 of 3 | 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 … Continue reading → | 24 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf526 – DSLR video – part 2 of 3 | 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 … Continue reading → | 18 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf525 – DSLR Video – part 1 of 3 | 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 … Continue reading → | 10 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf524 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido Winter Wildlife Wonderland | 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 … Continue reading → | 7 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf523 – A Lesser Photographer | 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 » … Continue reading → | 5 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf522 – Future Proofing (the DIGITAL episode) | 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 … Continue reading → | 20 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttff521 – Making Kodak Film | 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 … Continue reading → | 15 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf520 – Toronto Tintype | 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: … Continue reading → | 6 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf519 – Workshop Special: Meet Napoleon | 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 … Continue reading → | 24 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf518 – Red Scale Lens Flare | 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 … Continue reading → | 14 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf517 – Great Big Camera | 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 … Continue reading → | 8 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | Videotfttf516 – Triangulation | 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. … Continue reading → | 24 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf515 – Martin Bailey | 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: … Continue reading → | 16 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf514 – Chasing the Light – Ibarionex Perello | 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 … Continue reading → | 4 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf513 – Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Focus | 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. … Continue reading → | 20 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf512 – Circle of Confusion | 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 … Continue reading → | 29 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf511 – European No Metering Shootout | 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 … Continue reading → | 8 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf510 – Chris Marquardt on Mostly Photo | Chris was a guest on TWiT’s Mostly Photo with Lisa Bettany and Leo Laporte. Here is the video. » Download the episode as an MP3 Tweet | 1 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf509 – Back on the grid | 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 … Continue reading → | 19 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf508 – Almost off the grid | 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 … Continue reading → | 16 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf507 – Blame Canada (Everything About The Invisible Camera) | 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 … Continue reading → | 31 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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tfttf506 – Special: The Invisible Camera Q and A | 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 … Continue reading → | 22 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Love those bean bags!
Listening to this podcast makes me want to take more photos! Chris conveys fascinating insights into digital photography. The shows are short (generally less than 15 mins) and each show covers a separate topic. Chris has a great voice for podcasting and his passion for photography is contagious. And every now and then he gives away a photography bean bag - now that is the spirit of podcasting!
Best Photography Podcast Yet!
Tips from the Top Floor has matured from the early days of podcasting with a small but faithful listener base to an incredibly popular show that Chris continues to improve. The length, regularity and content of the show make it the perfect podcast around which a great community of photographers has developed. Well worth the subscription, not just for beginners, but seasoned photographers also. 5 Stars!
Tips from the Top Floor is the best
Chris is a great host full of energy and passion for photography and his podcast reflect this. I love listening to this guy on the way to work, he is not dull like some podcasts and the same time not annoying. A great balance of tips, help and friendly advice from someone who know what he's talkin about. He makes you want to get out there and take photos and you'll find your a little better.
