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tfttf590 – Photographer Lingo Eplained

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Kirk wants to buy 35mm film and Chris takes him through several alternatives, where to buy and how to develop, Rob has a question about contrast and Chris explains some photographer’s lingo and what “one stop” exactly means.

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Jan 2013: Snow Monkeys & Hokkaido, Japan (completed)
Aug 2013: Liverpool, UK
Aug 2013: Farnborough, UK (outside London)
Mar 2014: Iceland
May 2014: Mt. Everest
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tfttf589 – More Light Makes More Dark

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On this episode of TFTTF German wants to know how to deal with Lightroom and multiple catalogs, Simon has a question on the inverse square law (no math in this episode, promise!) and Happy 111th Birthday, Ansel Adams!

“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept” – Ansel Adams

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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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tfttf588 – A Japan Wildlife Adventure

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Get a more in-depth view at shooting wildlife in Hokkaido, Japan and listen to Chris talk about equipment, culture, washlets, video, cranes, snow monkeys, white-tailed eagles, steller’s sea eagles, big lenses and of course how to deal with the cold conditions, both for yourself and in terms of your gear.

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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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tfttf587 – Shooting At Minus Thirty Degrees

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Chris packs for shooting in minus 30 degree Celsius conditions, including down pants and a ton of batteries, Bruce wants to know about the advantages and disadvantages of variable ND filters and let’s find out if a modern lens really DOES switch off it’s image stabilizer when placed on a tripod (hint: not necessarily!)

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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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tfttf Special – Update after the Hokkaido Earthquake

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Chris and Martin Bailey are calling in at 5am from a Japanese bus on their way to do a sunrise photo shoot with the workshop group over lake Kushiro.

They also briefly touch on the 6.4 earthquake that happened in Hokkaido the night before and how it affected Japan and the photography tour (hint: not much actually).

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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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