My Digital Photography

This is part 2 of the interview with illustrator and photographer Robin Preston. Listen to part 1. Today we talk about Robin’s experience around his first car photography shoot. We’ll also spend some time discussing Robin’s current project Laboratorium (link below) and how he wants to use this to give something back. » Download the MP3 [...]

Oh nooo, Twitter is down. twitter.com/chrismarquardt that is … so I guess instead of aimlessly wandering about the studio, I better put the unexpected chunk of time to good use and calibrate my monitors. If you want any sort or certainty that what you see on your screen is what others see on theirs, or [...]

Today features the first part of the interview with illustrator and photographer Robin Preston. We talk about the beginnings of digital image editing and we look at the difference between commercial and professional photographers. » Download the MP3 for this episode Show Links: Robin Preston Ravsitar’s Photo Contest » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for [...]

Tune in to the One-Minute-Howto podcast with George Smyth. George and Chris talk about what HDR photography is and how it’s actually a two-step process: creating the HDR and tone-mapping it into the target medium.

It’s industrial photography time! Chris and Monika spent time to shoot at the former Continental factory in Hannover, which has been shut down for many years. Let’s re-visit the burst trick and find out how you can take hand-held long exposures without a tripod and still avoid camera shake.

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• Chris’ pictures from today’s excursion on Flickr
• Monika’s pictures from today’s excursion
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Today on Tips from the Top Floor: Have a glass of wine with Chris and learn to take great group shots. Also on this episode: Ravsitar’s photo contest (yes, you can win a Gorillapod!) is almost over, hurry up if you want to participate! If you want to find out more about next year’s workshops, go to www.discoverthetopfloor.com and sign up for the notification list to be among the first to find out about new dates and events!

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