Archive for April, 2007

tfttf195 - Is digital photography free?!

Yes yes.. I got it all wrong. I promise to never say anything about the lack of European geography knowledge in the US again!

Minneapolis is of course in Minnesota! Not Massachusetts.

Where were those United States of America again..?

Workshop dates and locations:

- Sep/22-25, Ft. Collins, CO
- Oct/4-7, San Diego, CA
- Oct/11-14, Minneapolis, MN (Minnesota!!)
- Oct/18-21, Port St. Lucie, FL

Workshop web site in the making - stay tuned!

Also on today’s show:

  • Send in your contributions for the 200th show. If you want to provide a video, upload it somewhere (www.senduit.com is a good choice) and send me the link. If you want to provide an MP3, just do the same. You can also record something on the home page or leave a voice mail if you like.
  • Are you a real expert on portable digital projectors? Please contact me at info@tipsfromthetopfloor.com
  • The ultimate answer to the question: “Is digital photography free or is Chris a big fat liar?”


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tfttf194 video - Everest and Workshops

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(whoops, that’s supposed to say MN, not MA..)

Today we will take a short trip to Tibet together with Jon Miller who does the video podcast The Rest of Everest.

Also announcing the workshop dates for the US tour in fall:

- Sep/22-25, Ft. Collins, CO
- Oct/4-7, San Diego, CA
- Oct/11-14, Minneapolis, MN
- Oct/18-21, Port St. Lucie, FL

The workshop fee will be around US$600 (subject to change, we’re still in the detail planning)

Sign-ups are NOT YET OPEN but if you are interested in participating in one of these workshops, please send a quick email to workshop@tipsfromthetopfloor.com.

A web site with more details will be up soon. If you want to get a taste of what a TFTTF workshop is like, go to this website and listen to the participants talking about it!

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tfttf193 - Memory, Monitor and P*rn

Today: What memory card to choose, how to calibrate a monitor, how to avoid the AF assist beam of death, and how erotic photography caused a boom in the photo industry.

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tfttf192 video - The Challenge

Today we reveal the winners of the “Put Chris’ head on a new body” challenge that Matt and Lee have set up over on the forum
Also a few words about the upcoming TFTTF US Workshop Tour!


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US Workshop Tour - kicking it up a notch

Workshop Agenda - DRAFTIn case you wondered, we are in full swing planning the fall US workshop tour! Here’s a quick draft of the workshop agenda.

The four locations should be settled on pretty soon (looks like CA, CO, MN, FL right now), the dates are being finalized (Sep/22 - Oct/21) and I will be ramping up quite a bit on the communications around the workshops over the next shows. Note: all these dates and locations are still in draft and subject to change.

If you have inputs, change requests, please leave a comment here on the blog, this your chance to influence things!