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- 768 Lightroom Speed BoostJohn Michael wonders how to speed up his Lightroom and Chris goes into the intricacies of setting up and using different preview sizes, smart previews and how the right setup can make Lightroom much faster. Chris also answers the question on why he upgraded to the 7D Mark II – the answer might be surprising. Sean wonders if he should get a regular ND filter or a variable one and Chris explains the differences and why one is probably better than the other.
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Chris on Anchor (you can submit your call-ins there too!)FREE: Chris’ Lightroom workflowSupport Chris on Patreon- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 768 Lightroom Speed Boost appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
25 min - 767 What is Sharpness?Joan isn’t quite happy about the sharpness of his photos of people and Chris does a few sophisticated guesses on what he means and how to counter it and get sharper photos of people. Kevin wonders how to tame the flood of RAW and JPG images in his Lightroom and if he needs both at all.
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2018 Photo Tours with Chris: Ladakh, Ireland, Norway, MoroccoFree workflow: 1 Hour 1000 Pics by Chris Marquardt- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 767 What is Sharpness? appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
20 min - 766 The Tough QuestionsToday Chris will tackle the tough questions. Terry wonders about photography in science and Chris elaborates on a few techniques and wonders how it relates to the arts. And Kevin wonders about the ethics of photography at a women’s protest march.
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2018 Photo Tours with Chris: Ladakh, Ireland, Norway, MoroccoFree workflow: 1 Hour 1000 Pics by Chris MarquardtCell Size and ScaleWellcome Image Awards – Science and ArtsWellcome Image Awards 2016 [YouTube]Photographer’s Rights [Bert P. Krages – Attorney at Law]- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 766 The Tough Questions appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
29 min - 765 All Things HDRChris talks about HDR and about carrying two heavy cameras on a frozen lake. He also has a little favor to ask from you: please fill out the podcast listener survey at podsurvey.com/topfloorHigh Dynamic Range PhotographyChris also dives into High Dynamic Range and takes a closer look at the ins and outs. The topic can be a bit controversial, depending on who you ask. Some like the over-the-top colors and contrasts. For others it’s a subtle way to get more detail in the shadows without too much additional noise. High Dynamic Range photography has many facets. It is usually a multi-step process. Step 1) take several photos with different exposures. Step 2) merge them into an HDR image. Step 3) do tone-mapping, e.g. map the large space into a smaller one for the screen or for paper. Most HDR software hides the complexity and wraps HDR creation and tone-mapping into a seamless procedure. Chris’ favorite tool is Lightroom because of its subtlety. If you want the painterly-like stronger results, you should check out Photomatix or Aurora.
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Take the TFTTF Podcast Survey!Software: LightroomSoftware: PhotomatixSoftware: AuroraTravel with other listeners of the show: photo tours with Chris- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 765 All Things HDR appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
31 min - 764 Can’t-Delete-Photos-AholicJames wants a camera that can shoot movie-like quality. Chris explains how to evaluate cameras and that the movie-like qualities of movies are not necessarily only due to the cameras. The soft factors include anything from lighting, color correction, editing, pacing, music, and last but not least: story. Thomas is a self-confessed can’t-delete-photos-aholic and Chris takes a brief dive into tackling that problem from two different directions: making sure to not shoot as much (easier said than done) and a way to tame the deluge of photos that’s on our hard drive. Finally a question about bouncing flash and how to optimize on the settings for this type of photography.
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120 – a video short story by Chris Marquardt1 Hour 1000 Pics – Supercharge your Photography Workflow – a free eBookThe TFTTF Slack – get on board now- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 764 Can’t-Delete-Photos-Aholic appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
28 min - 763 The long dark winterRavsitar brings us a new slack photo challenge (if you’re not on the slack, get on board here), Simone wonders about vignetting caused by leaf shutters and how that is different from focal plane shutters, T.J. wants to exercise his photo skills indoors during the dark winter season in Minneapolis and Mark asks about switching photo editors, if Capture One Pro is an alternative to Lightroom. This prompts Chris to talk about Lightroom, Capture One Pro and Serif’s Affinity and their plans for entering the digital asset management (DAM) market
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Slack Challenge: Brendan BurkettSlack Challenge: Bob StephensonSlack Challenge: RavsitarRadiolab: Why Isn’t the Sky Blue?Center Filters for Wide Angle Lenses [Ken Rockwell]Capture One Pro [PhaseOne]Affinity – Professional creative software [Serif]2018 Photo Tours with Chris Marquardt- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 763 The long dark winter appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
43 min - 762 Because we have good tasteTour participant Jeff scored in a photo contest, Michael and Thomas wonder about how robust their cameras are, Mario needs a motivational boost for his photography and Paul wonders if you can enter a photo contest with an unprocessed RAW file. Is there such a thing as an unprocessed RAW file at all?
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2018 Photo Tours: Morocco, Ireland, Lofoten, Ladakh – join now.Congratulations! Jeff made 3rd place in a photo contest!On Being Creative – YouTube- Download the MP3 for this episode
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30 min - 761 How Robust Is Your Camera?Listener Chris wonders about weather sealing and condensation on his camera, Niels tries to micro-adjust the focus on his lens and Ray is looking for opinions on Art lenses. Oh, and we take a quick look at Kodak’s new announcement to bring their 10 year discontinued slide film Ektachrome back.
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Gary Oldman learns Ambrotype wet plate photographyVideo: Eure Kamera Ist Robuster Als Ihr Denkt!!! (your camera is more robust than you think)Art Lenses [Reddit]Morocco, Ladakh, Ireland, Norway – photo toursChris on FacebookChris on Twitter- Download the MP3 for this episode
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Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:» May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)» Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (only 1 spot open)» May 2018: New York Tilt-Shift» Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway» Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords» Oct 2018: Morocco» all photo toursThe post 761 How Robust Is Your Camera? appeared first on PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FROM THE TOP FLOOR.
21 min - 760 Do only Canon and Nikon make PRO Cameras?Happy New Year everyone! Chris looks back at 2016, looks out to what 2017 will bring and even takes a peek into his 2018 plans as his calendar already begins to fill up. Including some brand-new tours: Morocco and the Chadar Trek in Ladakh, Kashmere. Ben is curious about exposure modes and how they affect the camera when in Manual mode. And Mark Gilvey adds some great thoughts about monitor calibration. Doing it right is a lot better than ignoring it and he brings a compelling argument to the table.
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Joo Kraus – musicianShooting Joo Kraus – behind the scenes of a photo shoot with Chris2017 & 2018 Photo Tours with Chris2018: Norway: Lofoten Fantastic Fjords2018: Ireland’s Northwest & Giant’s Causeway2018: Morocco Photo TourBrides Magazine controversyJoin the TFTTF Slack- Download the MP3 for this episode
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31 min - 759 The Colorful EpisodeDoug wonders why we use red green and blue for our photography and not something else and Chris goes a bit into trichromacy and how our eyes work similar to the sensor on our cameras. Bill wonders about the colors on his screen vs. the colors on his prints and Chris visited a massive photo exhibition that you can see in the span of about 2 minutes.
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Martin Liebscher: Frankfurt Airport Tunnel. Ein Film von Martina Bosse 2015 – YouTubeIn zwei Minuten durch vierzig Metropolen (in German)Martin LiebscherTrichromacy – WikipediaWhy Calibrate a Monitor? (PDF Download)- Download the MP3 for this episode
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