Welcome to Tips from the Top Floor

Hello and welcome to the Tips from the Top Floor podcast. Hopefully you’ve stumbled on this website because you just got a brand new digital camera for Christmas and are looking for some help. You’ve come to the right place!

Tips from the Top Floor (TFTTF) is a podcast covering every aspect of digital photography from the camera to the final prints on your wall. It doesn’t matter if you are using a simple point and shoot camera, cutting edge DSLR, are new to photography, or have spent years behind the lens Tips from the Top Floor has something you’ll enjoy. If you want to improve your photography, this is the podcast to listen to.

If you are new to photography or you just got a new camera, here is a short list of some of the shows you might want to listen to. These shows will help get you started on your photographic journey.

01 – Instant feedback/the perfect crop: The very first TFTTF show! Provides a quick primer on the value of that LCD on the back of your new digital camera.

14 – Fast Action: A number of tips and tricks to help you take photos of fast moving subjects.

18 – Portrait photography: A primer of the vital aspects necessary for great portrait photos.

20 – Assignments: Find out how assignments can pump up your creative juices.

30 – The right moment: Tips to help you catch that perfect moment.

37 – Histogram: The histogram feature can be confusing at first, but this show lays it all out for you.

43 – Shooting modes: “Guest�? host Scott Fletcher explains what the various shooting modes mean and when to use them.

44 – Aperture/DOF: Chris explains the relationship between aperture and depth of field.

63 – Move in: Sometimes you don’t need to get everything in the picture, why not just step in and get the details.

103 – Composition primer: Ten tips to improve your compositions.

Another great way to improve your photography is to ask questions and share your work with other photographers. Visit the TFTTF Forums, sign up, and start sharing your work with others. The forum members are always helpful and can answer nearly any photography question you can come up with.

Our host, Christoph Marquardt, is currently on a holiday break, so there will not be any new shows until the first week of January, 2007.

Author: Chris Marquardt

Chris Marquardt is an educator and podcaster. He wrote Wide-Angle Photography and is the co-author of The Film Photography Handbook and Absolut analog. He's the host of this podcast and a few others. Chris teaches photography all over the world. He is a regular on the TWiT Network.