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The free show about all things photography.
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Its excursion day in San Francisco and workshop helper and participant Gary Orenstein has put together this...
This video was shot during the 2008 Nashville Learning to See Event Photography workshop at the Big Bang Bar. As this isnt directly photography related, but as Im on Leo Laportes Tech...
Mark your calendars, you can see Chris live on Leo Laportes TWITLive.tv while he is at the New Media Expo (NME) in Las Vegas this week.
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Chris and the Nashville workshop crew hang out at the Big Bang Bar with Geoff Smith. Watch Chris and Geoff...
Greetings from the workshop in Nashville,TN and a happy 8/8/08 to our Chinese listeners, oh happy day!
Today well talk about photography pricing, digital asset management, super long...
Something a little unusual from a few attendees of the San Francisco workshop. You could have this kind of fun too. And theres still space available in the Portland workshop.
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Release Pixie here with a quick little update/reminder for the TFTTF Listener Meet Greets. Theyre coming up fast, so stop into the forums and let us know if youll be there. Wed love...
Listen in as the TFTTF San Francisco Workshop group discusses the things theyve learned from the first two days of the workshop. Learn about a really cool way to view the world, catch...
Release Pixie here with a quick little update/reminder for the TFTTF Listener Meet Greets. Theyre coming up fast, so stop into the forums and let us know if youll be there. Wed love...
It was such a perfect plan: Drive up to Petaluma, enter the TWiT Dungeon Cottage, take over Leos TWiT Live TV and make him talk to me about photography for at least two hours while
Let us dig up this old technique devised by Ansel Adams. By pre-visualizing your shots, you can get more consistent and reliable results.
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Release Pixie here with a quick little update/reminder for the TFTTF Listener Meet Greets. Theyre coming up fast, so stop into the forums and let us know if youll be there. Wed love...
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Mark your calendars! On Friday, July/25 at 1pm PST (thats 9pm in UK, 10pm in Germany) Chris will drive up north of San Francisco to Petaluma and visit Leo Laporte....
Yey! Heres the 300th episode of Tips from the Top Floor, almost entirely made by YOU, the listeners!
Meet Chris and hang out for a drink at one of the Meetn'Greets:
- Jul/30 San Francisco,...
Leo and Chris talk about fun tips to help you improve your photography.
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Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy
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The 2008...
The Photocast Network just released another episode of Focus Ring!
On the Focus Ring Panel:
Benoit Marchal - Declencheur
Boris Nienke - nSonic
Chris Marquardt - Tips from the Top Floor
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Chris and Leo talk about different types of lenses and what they are good for.
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Join one of the four meetn'greets while Chris is on the August tour in the US. Locations: San Francisco: Jul/30th, Nashville: Aug/6th, Ft. Collins: Aug/20th, Portland, ME: Aug/27.
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Today Chris and Leo find out why the background of the image is so important.
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Join in as Leo and Chris talk about how to spice up your photography by playing with things, and by shooting through materials that you usually wouldnt shoot through.
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Listener questions about depth of field, monitor calibration, a new poll about how you started photography, and hurry, only 2 shows left for you to send in your greetings for show 300!
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Today we continue our quest for a deeper understanding of color management. And well start simple: at the camera level. Also: the new Canon 1000D, a new poll about filters (thanks Susheel),...
Ravsitar the Release Pixie here with a short little call to action for the Tips From the Top Floor listeners. Chris is quick(ish)ly approaching show 300! Thats a big deal in the land-o-podcasts!
So...
Chris and Leo discuss various aspects of portrait photography.
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Chris and Leo review the call assignment.
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Hear Chris surprise Leo with a cheap and easy do-it-yourself alternative to the classic tripod.
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Part 1 - Best smelling toilets in the world
Part 2 - Oh Dear!
Part 3 - 17mm is just not...
Use a grey card to get the proper white balance for your pictures as well as good exposure.
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Find out where to find a free Hasselblad medium format camera (hint: pretty far away..), lets look at how to shoot in manual mode, and please help out and donate to a fellow photographer...
This is a special announcement about the Nepal Mt. Everest Basecamp 2009 trip, explaining a bit more about what is planned and what Jon and Chris are currently thinking about.
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How to keep your camera gear safe when traveling, what gear to take with you when you travel, and how would you like to come with me and Jon Miller on the photography trip of your lifetime...
Ravsitar the Release Pixie here Yeah, I know its never good when I get to post on the front page.
Just got a message from Chris this morning. Hes buried up to his eyeballs in a secret...
Its COMMUNITY time again. Chris is looking forward to the 10th (!) London Get-Together coming up this weekend. And organized by Kavey (BIG BIG THANKS, YOU ROCK!!). Also on todays show:...
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A first look at the new Adobe Lightroom 2 beta. 64-bit support, 2-monitor support, output sharpening, support...
What do 6 DSLRs sound like on rapid fire? Find out today.
Are we still allowed to get the pictures we want? Interview with Simon Taylor.
How do I capture a lit building at night? A
Release Pixie here with a quick show schedule update. Chris is doing his best to get things ready for the TFTTF Workshop in Tubingen this week (starts tomorrow). The way he talks hes...
Chris and Leo review the line assignment from the Tech Guy show and talk about the community that has come to live around the show.
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Todays show will be exciting! Well find out who won the free workshop participation, well learn more about tripods from Boris and lets talk a bit about online backup.
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What sets expensive lenses apart from cheap lenses? Is it possible to get sharper pictures with the right settings no matter what lens I use? Find out today as Leo and Chris discuss...
How to expose for the sky, how to repair a ruined sensor, how to take black-and-white pictures and how to get into conflict with Minneapolis security.
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Explore simple design principles together with Chris and Leo. Today: the line.
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Learn how NOT to clean your cameras sensor, find out everything you ever wanted to know about tripod heads and learn to make pictures shot on overcast days look a bit more sunny.
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Release Pixie here with another quick announcement reminder show. This is getting to be a habit. Maybe I should get Chris to get me some proper recording equipment
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Part one of a tripod special - Interview with Boris Nienke - Assignments - Shoot in cold weather and dont get your camera fogged up when going inside.
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A quick look back at one of the 2008 workshops. San Diego, Excursion to the Mission.
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Already noticed the cool mini player on the Tips from the Top Floor home page? It is always up-to-date and it plays the latest video and audio episodes.
And you can have one too on...
Listen as Chris and Leo take a deep look in their photo bags and discuss some cool gadgets.
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Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy
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The 2008 TFTTF Workshops
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All 2008 workshops are now open for registration! Book before Mar/5 and save over 14% with the early bird special!
On todays show: wide angle questions, a call from Leo, and a get-together...
Hahaha.. this is wonderful Found here.
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Part 1 - Best smelling toilets in the world
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Part 3 - 17mm is just not...
Tips from the Top Floor made it to the iTunes Music Store home page again, in the Take Better Pictures category. Thank you Mr. iTunes podcast editor.
Ravsitar the Release Pixie here with a quick announcement. A reminder about the current TFTTF photo assignment Peace. And an announcement that the planning for the next TFTTF Minneapolis...
Listen to Chris and Leo talk about focal lengths and macro photography.
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Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy
The TWiT netcast network
The 2008 TFTTF Workshops
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Another show with tons of great content today! New web site? Check. Assignment? Check. Listener shoutouts? Check. Macro lenses? Check. Godaddy? Check. Focus Ring? Check. Aquarium photography?...
The Photocast Network has done it again! Well.. finally
With 6 people on the panel (two of them brand new members of the Photocast Network) and over 90 minutes of great photography...
The TFTTF feed (see link to the right) should be working again. If youre still having issues, please let me know!
The RSS feed for TFTTF isnt working at the moment. At least not as good as Id like to. I will look into this over the next days. Until then, please be patient, I promise Ill have it...
Last night I did a Wordpress update and in the course of the update I replaced the old version of the K2 theme with the most recent one. Things have been shuffled around a bit, the
Chris and Leo review the fake assignment. Look at the pictures while listening along.Show Links:
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The 2008 TFTTF Workshops
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Todays show features tons of great audience participation, well hear about tethered shooting, find out how to unleash the power in powershot (hint: CHDK), there are business cards to...
Listen to Chris and Leo discuss taking pictures in snow.
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Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy
The TWiT netcast network
The 2008 TFTTF Workshops