Awesome reveal, love the info added with this. New sub, will go back and watch part 1. I MUST ask you....what did you do to get this lighting? It is amazing, no glare. Please share 😊
Thanks, I love player history, so I try to add more than just showing grades, when possible. Lighting is just a lot of trial and error. I use lighting from the side rather than front or back, and am constantly worried about glare. And crazily enough, I found wearing a black shirt limits some of my reflection in the background. But it's always a work in progress and I'm pretty critical, maybe too critical sometimes. Hope you have the opportunity to check out some of the previous videos and come back for more. Another reveal coming soon!
Happy Thanksgiving! Preston Gomez..what a legend! The 1976 Bench and Munson are terrific! How do you view the photo evolution from the 75 set to the 76. I think it was an interesting progression Happy holidays. You and your friend have excellent taste in cards😊
I've never really thought broadly about the photos from '75 to '76, but there are a ton of photos in '75 that were typical spring training pics, just outside of a dugout or off to the side of a practice field. Not my favs. Not many action shots in either. That obviously came with time, better cameras and more commitment from Topps. What are your thoughts? Am I missing something (very possible!)? Thanks for watching and for the compliments. Happy Holidays to you as well and hope you will have the opportunity to check out some of my other videos.
@VintageBaseballCorner glad to. Actually just rewatched. 1975 commons are my definition of cool in high grade. Loved the stories. The true working class players, especially the gentlemen that went 12+ Yrs. The Doc Ellis story will end up in a movie one day. At the very least th no hitter Ty for responding back. I could be off base. No pun intended, but the 76 set is shot very naturally. The photo staff look to have borrowed almost technically in aspects of much more night shots, shooting players spontaneously almost using a style seen in wildlife wilderness photography There is some less stiff, unposed or planned shots in 75. Comparing the 1975 card #30, Blyleven and the 1976 card #400 Carew. We see both dimly little spur or the moment photographs but in 1976 they were loosening up compositions again. Maybe in 1974 and an 1975 they were to get as far from the almost amateur picture capturing style of the 1973 set? It's not a drastic point, but a subtle nuanced evolution. The 1975 and 1976 sets feel like the start of the end phase of the classic era of baseball cards. Hank Aaron's last two cards I love the color selection.in both the 1975 and 1976 sets. The 18 color option in 1975 is out of this world and 1976 is really nicely arranged. They had a really smart art department Just some thoughts. Thanks for asking
@MrRigamortis86 I'm not going to BS you. You're way deeper into the creative side than I could ever be. ha ha I completely understand what you're saying, but I'm not a photographer, and those nuances are lost on me. I'm not the creative type. As my wife will attest, I just tell her to show me when it's done. I do appreciate those that see the other side and you obviously do. I just figured they use different photographers (at the lowest possible cost), and some are better than others, and some players are more helpful. I appreciate the insight. I love the '75s because those are the first I remember buying as a kid, it was the first WS I can remember and I wasn't too far from Cincinnati so being a fan of the Big Red Machine was easy. 😀
how do you measure the centering? is there a tool you use? I once took a ruler out and tried to eyeball centimeters and then had to do some number crunching. it sounds like whatever you are doing might be easier.
@sisterraysbrother First, thank you for watching! I'm a little old school in that I use a cork backed ruler and measure millimeters, rounding to the nearest 1/4 mm. I use magnification to be more exact. Also, I always measure at least 2 places on each side, to ensure I'm getting the worst point. Then I input the #'s into a spreadsheet I picked up years ago, and it does the math. The spreadsheet also has a chart with PSA's stated parameters for each grade. If you'd like a copy, email me. My email address should be on the channel's main page. Just click on the channel name and look in the About section.
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All 3 videos this week were great !!
Another nice video!!
Those 9's are awesome!
Thanks! I was happy with the sub. Did you ever sell any of yours. I remember you got quite a few nice ones as well!
Awesome reveal, love the info added with this. New sub, will go back and watch part 1. I MUST ask you....what did you do to get this lighting? It is amazing, no glare. Please share 😊
Thanks, I love player history, so I try to add more than just showing grades, when possible. Lighting is just a lot of trial and error. I use lighting from the side rather than front or back, and am constantly worried about glare. And crazily enough, I found wearing a black shirt limits some of my reflection in the background. But it's always a work in progress and I'm pretty critical, maybe too critical sometimes. Hope you have the opportunity to check out some of the previous videos and come back for more. Another reveal coming soon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Preston Gomez..what a legend!
The 1976 Bench and Munson are terrific!
How do you view the photo evolution from the 75 set to the 76. I think it was an interesting progression
Happy holidays. You and your friend have excellent taste in cards😊
I've never really thought broadly about the photos from '75 to '76, but there are a ton of photos in '75 that were typical spring training pics, just outside of a dugout or off to the side of a practice field. Not my favs. Not many action shots in either. That obviously came with time, better cameras and more commitment from Topps. What are your thoughts? Am I missing something (very possible!)?
Thanks for watching and for the compliments. Happy Holidays to you as well and hope you will have the opportunity to check out some of my other videos.
@VintageBaseballCorner glad to. Actually just rewatched. 1975 commons are my definition of cool in high grade. Loved the stories. The true working class players, especially the gentlemen that went 12+ Yrs.
The Doc Ellis story will end up in a movie one day. At the very least th no hitter
Ty for responding back.
I could be off base. No pun intended, but the 76 set is shot very naturally.
The photo staff look to have borrowed almost technically in aspects of much more night shots, shooting players spontaneously almost using a style seen in wildlife wilderness photography
There is some less stiff, unposed or planned shots in 75.
Comparing the 1975 card #30, Blyleven and the 1976 card #400 Carew. We see both dimly little spur or the moment photographs but in 1976 they were loosening up compositions again. Maybe in 1974 and an 1975 they were to get as far from the almost amateur picture capturing style of the 1973 set?
It's not a drastic point, but a subtle nuanced evolution. The 1975 and 1976 sets feel like the start of the end phase of the classic era of baseball cards. Hank Aaron's last two cards
I love the color selection.in both the 1975 and 1976 sets. The 18 color option in 1975 is out of this world and 1976 is really nicely arranged. They had a really smart art department
Just some thoughts. Thanks for asking
@MrRigamortis86 I'm not going to BS you. You're way deeper into the creative side than I could ever be. ha ha
I completely understand what you're saying, but I'm not a photographer, and those nuances are lost on me. I'm not the creative type. As my wife will attest, I just tell her to show me when it's done. I do appreciate those that see the other side and you obviously do. I just figured they use different photographers (at the lowest possible cost), and some are better than others, and some players are more helpful.
I appreciate the insight. I love the '75s because those are the first I remember buying as a kid, it was the first WS I can remember and I wasn't too far from Cincinnati so being a fan of the Big Red Machine was easy. 😀
how do you measure the centering? is there a tool you use? I once took a ruler out and tried to eyeball centimeters and then had to do some number crunching. it sounds like whatever you are doing might be easier.
@sisterraysbrother First, thank you for watching!
I'm a little old school in that I use a cork backed ruler and measure millimeters, rounding to the nearest 1/4 mm. I use magnification to be more exact. Also, I always measure at least 2 places on each side, to ensure I'm getting the worst point. Then I input the #'s into a spreadsheet I picked up years ago, and it does the math. The spreadsheet also has a chart with PSA's stated parameters for each grade. If you'd like a copy, email me. My email address should be on the channel's main page. Just click on the channel name and look in the About section.