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Title: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on December 20, 2017, 09:47:28 am
The published Charles Cramer videos are now in the Videos section. (https://luminous-landscape.com/videos/master-charles-cramer/)

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Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Majohnson on December 21, 2017, 02:53:28 am
I am thoroughly enjoying this video series with Charles Cramer and eagerly await each new instalmant. I can honestly say I've learnt more from this series than I have for a very long time. It has raised my enthusiasm once again to get out and shoot and to print. I'm most excited about printing again!  :)
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on December 24, 2017, 08:55:56 pm
I'm thoroughly enjoying this series. 

Charles is a treasure.  The first two Parts were excellent to understand his approach to light, scene and seeing.  Part 3 is excellent on how to get hold of your printing and take your processing up a notch to make good prints.  Excellent.

Thanks so much for this series!!!

Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on January 13, 2018, 12:03:42 pm
Part 4 is something I rarely see.  A master's approach to printing and getting to the final print.  My friends sometimes are incredulous that I will hang a print in my view and look at it for a month or more before I go "A-hah!"and make adjustments to get the print to just where I want it.  For me there are so many times that my interest in a portion of the print hides areas that need a bit more work. 

Kudos!  I find this series very valuable.
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on January 13, 2018, 02:45:24 pm
We have had a few scattered reports of playback problems with Video#14 'Workflow'.

That video file will be replaced by 01/14/2018

Chris
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: ErikKaffehr on January 18, 2018, 04:59:13 pm
Hi,

Yes, absolutely! A master photographer, a master printer and a master educator... and he even plays the piano!

Also, he seems to be a very kind person!

Best regards
Erik


I'm thoroughly enjoying this series. 

Charles is a treasure.  The first two Parts were excellent to understand his approach to light, scene and seeing.  Part 3 is excellent on how to get hold of your printing and take your processing up a notch to make good prints.  Excellent.

Thanks so much for this series!!!
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on February 12, 2018, 02:03:39 pm
I thoroughly enjoyed part 5 as well. What a treasure.
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rasmussen on March 10, 2018, 09:57:28 am
kevin,
Your 5 part interview video with Charles Cramer was excellent and my favorite presentation of all your videos. the depth of knowledge Charles displayed was wonderful. i especially enjoyed his use of curves in tonal mapping and masking and use of lab scales to determine luminosity in scenes. hope to see more of this in depth involvement in print making. also the schewe print stuff videos were really good- his books are excellent on the digital print and digital negative. get jeff on there to show some real life sharpening application. all of the stuff i have tried to absorb on sharpening technique borders on more than a bit of voodoo. You did a great job with charles asking the questions that needed to be asked. He is a treasure house of good information on landscape photography. i have used that focus magic plug in a bit and it seems to work quite well much of the time.

keep up the good work
rasmussen
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on March 16, 2018, 10:17:02 pm
I can't get the latest 3 videos of Charlie Cramer to play.   Whazzup???
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on March 16, 2018, 10:52:42 pm
Hmmm. Not sure what the problem might be.
Check the FAQs to see if there is a hint there
https://luminous-landscape.com/faqs/

Also make sure there is not some browser plugin that may be preventing playback.

Let us know
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on March 17, 2018, 02:15:28 pm
Thanks for responding, Chris.

Checking more closely toda it was my browser that prohibited the playing of the videos (Chrome and Safari)

Ghostery, AdBlock and EFF Privacy Badger detected 18 trackers on the page and blocked them.  I'm not keen on being tracked by advertisers or social media so that's why the videos didn't play for me. 

I'll look for another way to make it work without giving away my privacy.  Probably time to fire up the VPN again.
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Kevin Raber on March 17, 2018, 02:32:11 pm
You can download the videos if you'd like to watch them.  Not sure why the videos would trigger trackers or where the trackers are coming from. 
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on March 17, 2018, 06:31:24 pm
Thanks for the workaround.  I will indeed download the videos as I'm enjoying your time with Charles immensely.  Each video is truly a gem.

The trackers are coming from you adverts and social media buttons.  Here's a sampling:
- Double Click
- Facebook Custom Audience
- Facebook Impressions
- Zendesk
- Google Analytics
- Alexa Metrics
- 3D stats
- Wistia
- Affiliates.bhphotovideo.com
- etc.



Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: ErikKaffehr on March 18, 2018, 02:28:22 am
Absolutely!

...  Each video is truly a gem. ...


Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: jpegman on March 18, 2018, 01:13:12 pm
Not sure what Rdonson's browser issues are, but, Firefox 59.01 and Chrome (65.0.3325.162 (Official Build) (64-bit)) with all "do not track" options engaged had no problems with watching (or downloading) the videos!
Jpegman
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: rdonson on March 19, 2018, 10:39:44 am
Not sure what Rdonson's browser issues are, but, Firefox 59.01 and Chrome (65.0.3325.162 (Official Build) (64-bit)) with all "do not track" options engaged had no problems with watching (or downloading) the videos!
Jpegman

"Do not track" is merely a request from your browser that few, if any, websites or advertisers pay attention to. 
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: aderickson on March 30, 2018, 04:54:35 pm
I just subscribed for the videos and have finished the Cramer series.

Bravo! Worth the entire years price! This has finally shown me how smart objects are useful and inspired me to go back to some of my images.

Allan
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: aross007 on April 10, 2018, 01:39:44 am
The videos inspired me to attend one of Charlie’s workshops this past weekend. If you are the least bit impressed by the video, you will be blown away by the real thing.One warning, be prepared to work hard. First, he sends you a work book before class- 87 pages of exercises to be done before you go to class. Then there are three 12 hour days, where he demonstrates his techniques - on his own images first, and then on yours (with your help of course) As you do this, you make as many prints as you want, including a few big ones. You bring 10 prints to be critiqued, be sure to also bring the matching “raw” files, so you can work on them and reprint- you’ll have plenty of advice on improvements.  This is not a class for beginners, so you will go there with your own workflow. One of the hardest but most beneficial things to do is to put your workflow aside and try to copy Charlie’s. Then go back to yours and change it as seems appropriate. I know I will be incorporating more use of photoshop in the future. Highly recommended!
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Shac on April 13, 2018, 11:54:41 am
I just want to thank both Charles and Kevin for a truly wonderful series. I not only learned so much useful information, but thoroughly enjoyed them all as well.
Thank you both
Daviu
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: mfaidengold on April 13, 2018, 02:57:24 pm
Hi guys,

I really enjoyed the Master series with Mr. Cramer, IMHO, one of the best you've done.
Question for you: does Mr. Cramer print straight out of Lightroom or Photoshop or he uses any RIP?
I wish you could have gone into that during the shoot with him.
Otherwise, again, great series and superb post-production.
Regards,
Moises Faidengold

Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Ray Cox on April 13, 2018, 06:15:08 pm
This has truly been an inspiring Master Series. Great work.  Thank you Kevin, Chris and Charlie!

Regards, Ray
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Toolman on April 13, 2018, 07:36:38 pm
G'day Kevin and Chris,
                                 Thank you for this excellent series with a true Master, a man who has transitioned from film to digital with such skill and inspiration.
I believe Ansel Adams would have grasped digital imaging with delight and inspired all just as Charlie has done.
I have been involved in photography for 50+ years and like you Kevin I have gained so much more by watching and listening to Charlie.
Thank you Kevin and Chris for keeping the passion alive.
regards Tim Elliott
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: hokuahi on April 13, 2018, 10:52:51 pm
Bravo
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Charles Cramer on April 13, 2018, 11:34:26 pm
Thanks to everyone for the very kind words about the videos.  I really appreciate it.  I also wanted to publicly thank Kevin and Chris.  Kevin was a calming presence for me, and asked excellent questions, along with his great sense of humor.  He made some important points and excellent suggestions.  Chris did an incredible job of editing all this together.  For the printing videos, we filmed those out of order, and he somehow reconstructed them into a cohesive and understandable video. He also helped in highlighting and circling the parts of the screen that showed what I was talking about.  I didn't realize they were going to ask me to play the piano, but with great luck, I got through the Liszt piece.  Also Chris did the selection and sequencing of the images for that video.
Thanks Kevin and Chris for inviting me to be a part of the Masters series!

I also wanted to answer a question just posed:
Quote
does Mr. Cramer print straight out of Lightroom or Photoshop or he uses any RIP?

I've never used a RIP.  They can be helpful, but myself and some excellent printers like Joseph Holmes and Bill Atkinson don't use them.  I usually print out of Photoshop, but the results (when done correctly) should be identical out of Lightroom. (It would be good to test both to be sure you've got the settings right!)   Also, I feel I have more control over sharpening in Photoshop.

Cheers,  Charlie

Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: mfaidengold on April 14, 2018, 10:46:08 am
Dear Mr. Cramer,

Thanks so much for promptly responding to my question about the use of RIP vs LR/CC printouts.

I have been quite unsuccesfull printing out of LR/CC to my Canon Pixma Pro1, even using the Canon Studio software that came with the printer. It is really a waste of paper/ink, hence a lot of money....On the other hand, when printing out of Epson 4880 through RIP, using the RIP's profiles, the prints come out gorgeous. Unfortunately, the RIP i Own, does not support the Canon Pixma Pro 1.

The canned profiles that one can download from the paper manufacturers are IMHO only OK, and to make a good paper profile on my own, it takes another set of hardware I don't own.

So, do you make your own profiles? Or you have a secret sauce?
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Kenneth Sky on April 14, 2018, 01:59:46 pm
I think LuLa has outdone itself with this series of videos. It reminds me of the Glen Gould series on CBC. He has opened a window into the mind of an artist as he creates a photographic masterpiece. Thanks to all for this production and hope to see more of this ilk.
Title: Re: Charles Cramer videos
Post by: Ian Matthews on May 27, 2018, 07:40:23 am
Watched half way through so far, really enjoying it. Am I right in thinking that he doesn’t do any soft proofing before printing?