tfttf600 – Six Hundred

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Ravsitar

Here we are, episode 600! Enjoy.

Greetings for episode 600 by:

And many more!

Coming up: workshops with Chris Marquardt
Jan 2013: Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido, Japan (completed)
Aug 2013: Liverpool, UK
Aug 2013: Farnborough, UK (outside London)
Mar 2014: Iceland
May 2014: Mt. Everest
» all workshops

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Spring 2014: It’s Time To Go Back To Everest

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Chris Marquardt

We’re doing it again!

We are planning another photographic adventure to the Himalayas and you can be a team member on the Everest Trek in the spring of 2014. This trip will take you to places like Lukla, the Thame Valley, Ranjo Pass, Gokyo Valley, Cho La Pass among others.

And of course to Mt. Everest Base Camp!

» more information here

Chicago Sun Times lays off all staff photographers

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Chris Marquardt

But why? I simply don’t understand the basis for this decision.

“…if you’re a 50-65-year old managing editor or publisher at one of the country’s GREAT newspapers and in an industry that is clearly shrinking… Where people are subscribing less often, and getting their news more and more often from Facebook or Twitter… What do you do to stand out?

Well if you’re incredibly myopic: you lay off your entire photography staff.

That’s forward thinking. We’re clearly not in a visual age… teenagers are clearly READING 300-1,200 word articles on newspaper websites on a regular basis… “

(source How to insure your extinction: look at what newspapers are doing )

tfttf599 – The Show’s Greatest Fan

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Ravsitar

Today: an interview with Photographer Ben Shirk, we’ll meet the youngest fan of TFTTF, there’s a quick hello from the folks at Radiolab and Chris will talk about Macro Ratios on crop sensors.

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tfttf598 – Giggle Like A Child

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Ravsitar

Today Chris shows you two ways to get your creative juices flowing: The St. Louis City Museum and After Dark, a unique photo event. Also listen in as Chris talks with After Dark mentor Mike Ridinger about how to take pictures of children.