I got an email from Charles Cramer last week, meant to pass some of his news along right away, and then became very busy and forgot. (My excuse is a combination of having a ton of papers to grade and about 40 prints to make!) Anyway, better late than never…
The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley is having a show of Charlie’s work through May 27th. You can see some examples of his work from the show here. (I’m fond of most all of his photographs, but the luminous photograph of an aspen grove found in this series is one of my favorites.) If you are in the Valley during the next week and a half, be sure to stop by the Gallery and linger for a while – if nothing else it sounds like a great way to spend some time during the midday non-shooting interval! (It would certainly be more edifying than what I usually do in the middle of my epic One-Day Bay Area to Yosemite and Back marathons: nap for an hour in my car!)
Charlie does workshops. He reports that almost all of them are currently sold out, but that are still some openings for a workshop in Santa Clara, California on June 26-28. Highly recommended – more information online. I’ve been fortunate to have Charlie share some of his vast knowledge of photography and printing with me, and I know personally how well he explains important concepts and techniques and how insightful he is when it comes to seeing and critiquing your photographs. He also has a great – though slightly twisted – sense of humor as well. If you have a chance to read his Photoshop Techniques booklet, you know what I mean.
I am fortunate to count among my friends some of the top photographic instructors in the world. I list their workshops on my Workshops page, and from time to time feature something new that they’re doing.
Charles Cramer is one of America’s most famous landscape photographers and teachers. For years he and Bill Atkinson have been teaching printing workshops together, but now Bill has decided to retire from these and so Charlie is striking out on his own.
You can find out more about this new series of printing workshops here.
I’m also fortunate to know Charlie. Everything Reichmann says is true, and I can vouch for Charlie’s teaching skills, having been the grateful recipient of some individual time with him in his studio. I’ve also been through his booklet on digital post-processing – it distills more useful and practical information into a small text than anything else I’ve seen, and I regularly consult it.
If you are looking to learn from an outstanding photographer, master printmaker, and fine teacher I highly recommend Charlie’s workshops.
Let me share a few links in one post here. First, this information comes from Andy Frazer’s Night Photography Blog, a great source of information about night photographers and what they are up to. This week Andy posted information about an upcoming workshop sponsored by The Nocturnes:
Nocturnes Workshop in Sacramento Tim Baskerville of The Nocturnes will be leading a night photography workshop of Old Town Sacramento, CA this weekend, November 22nd & 23rd. The workshop is part of the Viewpoint Photographic Art Center Fall 2008 schedule of workshops.
I had my first experience with night photography on one of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard night photography events sponsored by The Nocturnes and led by Tim Baskerville… and I was hooked. I’ve heard nothing but good stuff about the workshops, and The Nocturnes web site is a great source of news and information about night photography and night photographers.
Death Valley is one of my favorite places to photograph, and from now until the first week of April is the best time to go. The Nocturnes are offering a November Death Valley Workshop, and registration is going on right now. I’ve worked with the Nocturnes before and they (mostly Tim Baskerville, I think) are a great group doing wonderful work to promote night photography and educate night photographers.
