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  • 818 Spinning Heads

    Chris and Adrien look at some futuristic stuff around photography with a peek into another podcast on this network: The Future of Photography. Also, Colin is planning to do a fun pinhole camera build project with children and Chris goes into some detail on how to build one and why this is such an amazing idea.

    Photo by Jason Chen

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        • 2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
        » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
        » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
        » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
        » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
        » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
        » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
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        44 min
      • 817 Alaskan Summer
        It’s time for the Slack March Challenge review! We’ll have a closer look at photos by Kyle, Andreas and Brendan. You can watch the review video here. Also Andrew wants some photo tip for his upcoming Alaskan summer cruise.
        Photo by Matt Artz
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        Pre-order now: Wide-Angle Photography: Capturing Landscape, Portrait, Street, and Architectural Photographs with Wide-Angle Lenses (Including Tilt-Shift Lenses) by Chris Marquardt
        The Future of Photography: Videotography
        TFTTF 817 Slack Photo Challenge Review – YouTube
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        2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
        » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
        » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
        » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
        » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
        » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
        » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
        » all photo tours
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        26 min
      • 816 Gale-Force Winds
        Chris tries to find out what STYLE in photography really means and why and if you should develop one. We’ll look at how to shoot video and do photography at minus seven degrees Fahrenheit while being on a ship in wind force eight and 16 ft waves. Talk about a challenge.
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        Links:
        78°N and Back – Chris Marquardt’s Soapbox
        Video Playlist: Noorderlicht 2018 Adventure
        Noorderlicht 2018: Photos by Chris Marquardt
        Svalbard / Spitzbergen – Photo Tour 2017 (video)
        s/v Noorderlicht: Official Website
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        2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
        » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
        » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
        » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
        » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
        » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
        » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
        » all photo tours
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        33 min
      • 815 Sizeable Pixels

        Chris brings out the pixel buckets again to discuss the difference between larger and smaller pixels on your sensor and why they aren’t as crucial for image quality as you might think.

        Photo by Vlad Tchompalov

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            • 2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
            » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
            » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
            » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
            » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
            » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
            » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
            » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
            » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
            » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
            » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
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            15 min
          • 814 Star Trails on Film

            Chris looks at how photo booths have changed over the years, from the vintage film-based ones to the fun-packed and prop-packed digital systems that you can find on weddings and other events these days. Also Mike wants to know how to shoot star trails with his film camera and Chris does some digging to find out.

            Photo by Andrew Preble

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            • A vintage photo booth in action
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                • 2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
                » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
                » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
                » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
                » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
                » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
                » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
                » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
                » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
                » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
                » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
                » all photo tours

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                20 min
              • 813 The Five Lines of the Histogram

                Chris looks at the five important lines of a histogram and how you can use your knowledge of these lines to get more details in your photo’s highlights.

                Photo by Liane Metzler

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                • TFTTF 810 Desert Island Challenge
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                    • 2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
                    » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
                    » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
                    » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
                    » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
                    » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
                    » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
                    » all photo tours

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                    22 min
                  • 812 Recommendation Impossible
                    Paul got $1500 from his grandma and tries to figure out which film camera to invest in. Chris explores the universe of medium format cameras and comes to the conclusion that making a recommendation is not as easy as it sounds. Cameras mentioned: Mamiya 645, Mamiya RB67, Leica M3, Nikon FE2, Hasselblad, Holga, Voigtlaender Bessa 6×9, Pentax 6×7. The TFTTF Slack is home to a great community of film photographers on channel #film-photography. Join the Slack here.
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                    2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
                    » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
                    » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
                    » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
                    » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
                    » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
                    » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
                    » all photo tours
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                    20 min
                  • 811 Film Noir
                    Alexei did a photographic exercise that Chris considers one of the most important ones. He took the same photo 136 times. Benjamin wonders how to replicate the style of Film Noir with the right type of lighting and Chris helps analyze what Film Noir is, what its typical look is and how you can achieve the same today.
                    Photo by Rodion Kutsaev
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                    136 photos of the same place by Alexei
                    809 Up Your BW Game – PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR
                    Film noir – Wikipedia
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                    2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
                    » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
                    » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
                    » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
                    » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
                    » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
                    » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
                    » all photo tours
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                    22 min
                  • 810 Desert Island Challenge
                    Let’s discuss how to avoid reflections in glasses and shadows from glasses in portrait photography.
                    The Tips from the Top Floor Desert Island Challenge: Spend an entire weekend with one focal length, post your best photo on Twitter with Hashtag #tfttfdesertisland and Chris will review some of your shots on one of the next episodes. Or send a voice mail, telling us what the Desert Island Challenge did for your photography.
                    Photo by Pablo García Saldaña
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                    Chris’ tweet that started the Desert Island Challenge
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                    Support TFTTF
                    Video: Last week’s slack photo challenge review
                    Pre-order the book: Wide-Angle Photography: Capturing Landscape, Portrait, Street, and Architectural Photographs with Wide-Angle Lenses (Including Tilt-Shift Lenses)
                    SPONSOR: Make your free website with Jimdo.com, get 20% off the first year of Pro and Business packages using offer code TOPFLOOR on checkout.
                    Download the MP3 for this episode
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                    2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
                    » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
                    » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
                    » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
                    » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Big Ice Journey
                    » Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
                    » Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
                    » Jun 2020: Kyrgyz Republic - Unbelievable Landscapes
                    » Sep 2020: Cappadocia
                    » all photo tours
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                    20 min
                  • 809 Up Your BW Game

                    It’s the BIG TFTTF SLACK CHALLENGE REVIEW .. with a little twist, it’s also on video. Chris also looks into how film converts the color spectrum of light into black and white and how you can benefit from that knowledge when you convert your digital photos and get much better results this way.

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                    • [YouTube] TFTTF 809 Slack Photo Challenge Review
                    • Photo Safari: Kenya – The Great Migration – more information
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                        • 2019/2020 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt
                        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 1
                        » Feb 2019: Arctic: Fantastic Fjords Tour 2
                        » Jun 2019: Silk Road Kyrgyztan
                        » Sep 2019: Greenland
                        » Oct 2019: Romaina Fall Colors
                        » Feb 2020: Lake Baikal, Siberia
                        » Soon: Mar 2020: Ethiopia, Omo Valley
                        » Soon: Apr 2020: Bhutan, The Untouched East
                        » Soon: Sep 2020: Ireland, Wild Atlantic Way
                        » all photo tours

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                        29 min

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