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  • tfttf721 – NIK is Free


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    Today’s topic cover travel photography scouting,tips for shooting a punk rock band under bad lighting, finding an older version of Lightroom and Google’s decision to make the NIK software suite free. Let’s find out what that means for those who depend on it.

    Show Links:

    • Donegal, Norway, Spitzbergen, Bhutan – photo tours with Chris Marquardt
    • Patron Wall Of Fame
    • Support Chris on Patreon

    • SPONSOR Acronis: Protect your files, protect two computers for the price of one! Visit trueimage.com/top to learn about the free bonus license

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      Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
      » May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)
      » Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (sold out)
      » Jan 2018: Ladakh — Chadar Trek
      » Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway
      » Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords
      » Oct 2018: Morocco
      » all photo tours

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      30 min
    • tfttf720 – Mind-boggling


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      Chris talks with David Salmanowitz, Marisa Marulli, Scott Heaton and Dave Recht, participants of the Lake Baikal photo tour, about the most amazing photo experience ever: Lake Baikal in Siberia. Learn about Siberia and the photo opportunities on the world’s largest and deepest freshwater body. Baikal is over 50 miles wide and almost 420 miles long.

      Show Links:

      • All about the 2017 Lake Baikal tour: photos, videos, registration.
      • Video: Slippery When Cold – Lake Baikal Ice Adventure
      • Video: Baikal Ice Adventure
      • Listen to the entire Lake Baikal Interviews with participants of the 2016 photo tour

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        Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
        » May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)
        » Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (sold out)
        » Jan 2018: Ladakh — Chadar Trek
        » Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway
        » Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords
        » Oct 2018: Morocco
        » all photo tours

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        32 min
      • tfttf719 – Georgia, Mark, Tsivka and Wayne

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        Georgia wants to start her own video blog and Chris draws the parallels between photography and audio and video. Tsvika tries to merge multiple Lightroom catalogs into one, Wayne has a photo workflow question and wants to find out where to flag his pictures best and last but not least, Mark likes petroglyps a lot more when they are viewed through his polarizing sunglasses and not so much when he looks at the photos his camera took of them.

        Show Links:

        • 1 Hour 1000 Pics – Supercharge your Lightroom Workflow – an eBook by Chris Marquardt
        • Donegal, Ireland – an amazingly wild place for photography
        • Chris on Twitter (@chrismarquardt)

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          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » May 2017: Svalbard — Arctic (sold out)
          » Oct 2017: Bhutan — The Happiness Kingdom (sold out)
          » Jan 2018: Ladakh — Chadar Trek
          » Aug 2018: Ireland — Giant's Causeway
          » Sep 2018: Norway — Lofoten Fantastic Fjords
          » Oct 2018: Morocco
          » all photo tours

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          39 min
        • tfttf718 – And I Would Walk 500 Miles
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          Terry has a question on medium format cameras, Tom wants to hike 500 miles and desperately needs to save on battery life, Larry is looking to get his photos developed and Tom inquires about training methods to teach post processing.
          Show Links:
          I would walk 500 miles – The Proclaimers – YouTube
          Ireland: Donegal Dreamscapes 2016 Photo Tour – phantastic tours and workshops with Chris Marquardt and Alternative Visions (Trevor Cole and Ashley Kydd)
          The Patron Wall of Fame
          Help keep the lights on: become a TFTTF Patron
          The Film Photography Handbook – the new film photography book by Chris Marquardt and Monika Andrae
          » Download the MP3 for this episode
          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » Jan 2018: Ladakh: Chadar Trek
          » Aug 2018: Ireland: Giant's Causeway
          » Sep 2018: Lofoten Fantastic Fjords
          » Oct 2018: Morocco
          » all photo tours
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          33 min
        • tfttf717 – Battery Thirsty
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          There’s a new book on the block. The Film Photography Handbook is out as an ebook! Chris talks about DIY in photography, about binging on podcasts, JPGs that are too dark and the difference between DSLRs, mirrorless cameras and the good old rangefinder with its unparalleled overview of scenes to shoot.
          Show Links:
          Get 37% off: The Film Photography Handbook – the ebook
          Get rewards for your support: rewards structure updated at Chris’ Patreon
          Party: Villa Warming at the Viewfinder Villa
          The best photography in Europe: Donegal Dreamscapes in September 2016
          » Download the MP3 for this episode
          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » Jan 2018: Ladakh: Chadar Trek
          » Aug 2018: Ireland: Giant's Causeway
          » Sep 2018: Lofoten Fantastic Fjords
          » Oct 2018: Morocco
          » all photo tours
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          43 min
        • REPOST: tfttf716 – Noisy Winner Telling A Story

          Whoops, when saving TFTTF 716 I made a booboo and stole about 12 minutes from you. Bad Chris, no biscuit!

          Here’s the full 39-minute episode in its full glory.

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          40 min
        • tfttf716 – Noisy Winner Telling A Story (incomplete audio, full episode is in the next post)
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          Apologies, the audio for this episode cuts off early. Please check out the next post for the full episode.
          On this Q&A episode you’ll learn why a super noisy, out of focus and shaky photo taken with an ancient camera can win one of the most prestigious photojournalism awards of our time, Kade tells about his experience doing storytelling with photos, dave has a suggestion on how to call the tfttf community, Fuad has questions about his move from canon to sony full frame, and Mike asks permission to have fun with his camera while using auto ISO.
          NEW! send your voice mails to [email protected]
          Show Links:
          Meet other community members and share the fun! Discover the Top Floor
          Warren Richardson – 2016 World Press Photo Award
          SPONSOR: zenfolio (use discount code TOPFLOOR to get 30% off your subscription)
          » Download the MP3 for this episode
          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » Sep 2016: Donegal
          » Feb 2017: Lake Baikal, Siberia
          » May 2017: Svalbard/Spitzbergen
          » Nov 2017: Bhutan
          » all photo tours
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          28 min
        • tfttf715 – Q&A: Grainy 6.7 Gigapixel Infrared Blast
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          On this Q&A episode you will learn about how to blast Infrared from a smart phone at your camera, how to create a 6,7GP image, the deal is with noise and grain and how to become more creative with a few very simple exercises, given to you by Chris.
          Make sure to vote for your fellow TFTTFers (even after 715 episodes I’m still not sure what to call you wonderful people) in the Antarctica contest!
          Show Links:
          Vote for your fellow TFTTFers
          GigaPan | GigaPixel Images
          The Galapagos of the Arctic: Svalbard/Spitzbergen. 2017 Photo Tours
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          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » Sep 2016: Donegal
          » Feb 2017: Lake Baikal, Siberia
          » May 2017: Svalbard/Spitzbergen
          » Nov 2017: Bhutan
          » all photo tours
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          29 min
        • tfttf714 – Living The Photographic Life
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          ANNOUNCEMENT This just in: I just received the unique chance to take a hand full of people for an 8 day / 7 night cruise/tour/workshop to Greenland at the end of August of this year at a sensational price. How young are you? To find out more, listen to this episode of TFTTF and/or contact me ASAP
          Chris points out how photography and web design are pretty much the same thing. You will get the latest status update on The Film Photography Handbook (pre-order now!). Chris will also let you in on a NEW book project that is already in progress, there’s a movie tip and he has some very interesting thoughts on wide angle photography.
          Show Links:
          Pre-order here: The Film Photography Handbook: Rediscovering Photography in 35mm, Medium, and Large Format
          Tours. And Workshops. To cool places.
          Movie: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
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          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » Sep 2016: Donegal
          » Feb 2017: Lake Baikal, Siberia
          » May 2017: Svalbard/Spitzbergen
          » Nov 2017: Bhutan
          » all photo tours
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          41 min
        • tfttf713 – Truly Precise Focus
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          In this episode Chris talks about the difference between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Jon Miller comes on the show to tell you about the new Kodak Super 8 film camera that he saw at CES. Chris will also discuss the why and how of manual focusing. Conclusion: a) it is okay to manual focus, b) it can be really beneficial to focus manually (depending on situation or depending how much control you want or how precise you will be), c) different lenses are better at manual focussing and last but not least d) practice makes perfect.
          Show Links:
          Vote for these people! Antarctic contest.
          The Arctic Photo Tour to Svalbard / Spitzbergen 2017
          Super 8 | Kodak (Video)
          Knob Feel 1
          Knob Feel 2
          Online Depth of Field Calculator
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          Photo tours with Chris Marquardt:
          » Sep 2016: Donegal
          » Feb 2017: Lake Baikal, Siberia
          » May 2017: Svalbard/Spitzbergen
          » Nov 2017: Bhutan
          » all photo tours
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          46 min

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