Creating a Calendar for landscape photography

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024

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  • @robwasnj
    @robwasnj 4 года назад +5

    People like Nick Page are what make youtube such a great resource. Once again you've hit it out of the park with extremely useful information we as photographers can apply to the art and even if we don't this level of awareness and attention to detail must be respected. I sincerely hope enough people see the value in what you do to keep supporting this so it can continue, at times I sometimes feel feel your frustration at times but it's good to know you are mortal :) One piece of advice I'd like to give and please take this as purely constructive is be careful of being too "perfect" and losing an edge. Sometimes the concept of a photo is as important as the execution and your editing and execution is so flawless you could likely make nearly any photo look impressive. The same can be said for music, sometimes we enjoy the imperfect moments of a live performance and there's nothing worse than an over processed studio cut that loses the emotion of the song. As photographers it can become all to easy to get wrapped up in crafting our photos to please OTHER photographers and the average public may see our images very differently. Always strive for your best but it's easy to miss the big picture if we only listen to feedback from other photographers. It's really a fun exercise to see what different people comment on your work, even young children. In the end we also have to ask ourselves how much we like our own photos, for myself personally the photos I've taken that I love the most are generally not the ones most people connect with, I tend to like somber looking images of nature and detest oversaturated bright overly colorful images of my own. I hope you make it out to the Northeast sometime, I would love to see your vision of my own backyard. As grand as the West is there's a certain intimacy of the Eastern forests that's equally as beautiful.

  • @DGriffGallery
    @DGriffGallery 4 года назад +1

    Blimey! That's a LOT of work! Very interesting video though, Nick. I've been leaned on over the last couple of years to make a calendar. Always thought it'd be too much hassle. Looks like I was right. of course, you'll deservedly get a boat-load of sales though. And I'd maybe punt out half a dozen if I was lucky!! 😊👍

  • @ruthdrews496
    @ruthdrews496 3 года назад

    First timer to your videos. Great great helpful info. I was actually searching how to create a calendar, but so glad I finished watching your video.

  • @johngrisbach9417
    @johngrisbach9417 4 года назад

    Typical great video. Through the years I have learned a lot from you. Thank you.

  • @babdoc1
    @babdoc1 4 года назад +1

    Nick, great mini-tutorial on sharpening for print. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @gregpickens8877
    @gregpickens8877 4 года назад

    Just hung mine, and it looks great! I’ve been trying to support the photographers and musicians I follow during these crazy times. And as the first photographer I started following I was excited to pre order! Thanks for everything Nick.

  • @donna.downey
    @donna.downey 4 года назад +2

    Ordering your calendar so I can enjoy at least twelve of your incredible images in 2021! Can't wait to kiss 2020 goodbye! Thanks for the awesome content. I always look forward to your videos!

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      Thank you so much Donna!

  • @KellyPettit
    @KellyPettit 4 года назад

    Nick, your wealth of info is amazing and not taken lightly by me. Thank you for sharing the finer details in the process of making a great calendar. I don't have enough decent photos to bother but hopefully one day I will. For now, I'm absorbing and practicing. Really appreciate you and your channel.

  • @shannonsnow8298
    @shannonsnow8298 4 года назад

    A calendar?! I’m so excited and can’t wait to order one! Thank you so much 😆😆🎊🎉

  • @donnakeeley4531
    @donnakeeley4531 4 года назад

    Thanks Nick that was really helpful, especially the difference between your photos being seen on the web or in printed form. I will remember to check my shadows now before sending them off to make my first calendar ever. Love your photography.

  • @lawrencepallant
    @lawrencepallant 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for a great and useful video. I really need to learn about printing and this helps. I like your basic tips about sharpening, bringing up the blacks, and do your own color correction. I have also used Bay Photo and have had great relationship with them. Thanks.

  • @martinallen1892
    @martinallen1892 4 года назад

    Great video, Nick. Thank you. I can't wait to get your calendar. Order last week.

  • @jimarmstrong1458
    @jimarmstrong1458 4 года назад +2

    Simple explanation to convert from web to print sharpening. Open Photoshop, create super confabulation layer, set pixel size to match Einstein physics, create new layer, move neutrons to positive spin and export to confabulator 2 position, then scroll through image and look for quantum variations. If none found, print image. Just kidding Nick, nice work, beautiful calendar.

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      😂

    • @donna.downey
      @donna.downey 4 года назад +2

      Sounds just like what Nick said! Nothing to it!

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      I guess it’s time to talk Lightroom presets

  • @jimbembinster
    @jimbembinster 4 года назад

    Thanks for the editing for print tips. Great video and information.

  • @simonstevens1631
    @simonstevens1631 4 года назад +1

    Awesome as always nik. Calendar looks amazing

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      Thank you Simon!

  • @katebushfarm2033
    @katebushfarm2033 4 года назад

    Brilliant Nick thanks so much for all those top tips, I feel like you did that just for me 😉

  • @stefankuhn6887
    @stefankuhn6887 4 года назад

    Thanks Nick, just in time. I am going to prepare my calendar for 2021 for family and friends. Really helpful your tips 👍🏻

  • @pgrueger
    @pgrueger 4 года назад

    Thank you a lot for this great video! Actually started working on my first calendar last week. So excited

  • @SachinSawe
    @SachinSawe 3 года назад

    Outstanding video!!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @Lindsay_Brunton
    @Lindsay_Brunton 4 года назад

    Wow, looks brilliant. Looking forward to receiving mine soon.

  • @zeballos5757
    @zeballos5757 4 года назад +1

    Great video. I need to get on my calendars by the end of the month so this video came at a good time and has inspired me to get going here lol

  • @keithdraycott
    @keithdraycott 3 года назад

    Awesome Nick. Thank you

  • @danielvoulkos8274
    @danielvoulkos8274 2 года назад

    Thanks so much Nick for this.....exactly what I was looking for. Have 3 I want to build for next year hear just north of Yellowstone Park. Come visit, we'll putcha up.

  • @astro_josh
    @astro_josh 4 года назад

    You’re so amazing at what you do! Thank you for this in depth tutorial, I learned a lot from this! I’ve been considering doing a calendar for awhile now, and this helped answer a lot of questions I had. I can’t believe content like this is available for free, thank you so much for your hard work and amazing videos! Keep up the good work, I LOVE the images you chose as well!

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      You are so welcome!

  • @599miata
    @599miata 4 года назад

    Great information Nick. Thank you.👍👍

  • @johnpunnett1426
    @johnpunnett1426 4 года назад

    Excellent Vlog Nick - enjoyed that. Calendar looks pro but perhaps a tad expensive especially when shipping to UK. I really do appreciate all the effort that went into to getting the individual pics & the quality of the final product - nice one... top work indeed.

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      yeah, the cost of shipping and prints really forced my hand with cost. I wont sell a ton of them, but the ones I do sell will be high quality, and thats what matters most to me for now. Thank you

    • @johnpunnett1426
      @johnpunnett1426 4 года назад

      @@NickPage Nice one...

  • @tjcuneo
    @tjcuneo 4 года назад

    Enjoyed the video and your recommendations. I always pick-up a tip or two. Bay Photo is a excellent choice and does fine quality printing with very helpful customer service. Thanks.

  • @tompetersphotography
    @tompetersphotography 3 года назад

    Great video mate, very helpful👍🏻

  • @DoctorPhoto
    @DoctorPhoto 4 года назад

    Nice to see you figured out a process! Hope the other Landscape Circle guys helped!

  • @matthewfletcher
    @matthewfletcher 10 месяцев назад

    Great tips thanks nick!

  • @enayatfoladi
    @enayatfoladi 4 года назад

    I just love you work and I really inspired by your work!

  • @mozzamhosein6476
    @mozzamhosein6476 4 года назад

    Thanks for an excellent video. Will definitely use your suggestions on creating my calendar. You are the first photographer I have seen that mentioned settings for your editing room. I just returned from the Out of Moab conference. Royce Bair recommended almost the same settings. He even suggested you wear a grey or black shirt. Thanks again. I see you will be in Death Valley. I am thinking about it.

  • @trypersistence
    @trypersistence 4 года назад

    Good tips here on sharpening for print. I wish I could EQ your mic. Is that an Electro-Voice? Probably an RE320?

  • @valeriehoffman8180
    @valeriehoffman8180 4 года назад

    Thanks Nick. This was very helpful, even if you lost me in PhotShop😉
    Your images are amazing. Wishing you the best in sales!

  • @MrDaveB123
    @MrDaveB123 4 года назад

    Sooooooooo much to learn. I have come to realize I need to just take small chucks and absorb . But I am learning and my prints are getting better and people are buying . I definitely over process! What monitor is great for editing Nick ? Im not a fan of my 27 inch iMac

  • @haiderabbas96
    @haiderabbas96 4 года назад

    Amazing work Nick. I definitely should be watching more of your content than I have been in the past. Those images were really epic and beautiful. I wonder how much time you spent away from home for those 12 images. A little off the topic but would you recommend replacing by BH-55 ball head with Colorado Tripod Company's Highline Small ball head to save weight as they claim the same load, less weight and even better build quality? I bought BH-55 a year ago after watching your ball head comparison video but now i am looking for something lighter but equally good, may be it's time to redo the comparisons :).

  • @sjsphotog
    @sjsphotog 3 года назад

    Great info Nick. I need to try out BayPhoto. Ive been waiting for too long. BTW how much are you selling your calendars to your customers if they cost you $18 ? I agree a calibrated monitor is a must. It will fix your color and the brightness. After cal my brightness setting is 36 out of 100. When not editing i increase it got web use but put it back down to 36 when editing pix. Agree editing for print is a whole different ballgame.

  • @rickwilliamsphotography
    @rickwilliamsphotography 4 года назад +1

    Great video. Can you expand on monitor calibration.....maybe even do a video dedicated to that topic alone? I've seen so many different types of advice regarding monitor brightness. Some guys set up different profiles at different monitor brightness for when they are editing for web or print. Others say they can find a single brightness that works for everything. What say you on this, and what brightness do you calibrate to?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +2

      I need to go in and look, but I think it would make a good, if dry video. I keep just one setting on all the time, since I dont print much.. if I printed more i would probably set up a second calibration to a darker screen setting.

    • @rickwilliamsphotography
      @rickwilliamsphotography 4 года назад +1

      @@NickPage yeah, I could see the perception that such a video might be dry, but I also think that 80% of photogs have confusion on this issue. Maybe a tutorial that people can purchase? I think it has potential to be a popular tutorial. There are many options and approaches, and most advice I see online is simply someone showing off what works for them, but not explaining the WHY.

    • @robwasnj
      @robwasnj 4 года назад

      I too would find this of value. Personally I find working on monitor adjusted for photo editing always seems too dark and then you also have the variable of how much light in the editing room as well. In addition insofar as brightness what you see on the screen often translates very differently to the print and you also have to consider where the print will be displayed and how it's illuminated. I'm looking at a print I made of White Sands National Monument I took years ago with my 6 megapixel camera and without good light on the print it looks fairly lifeless, when the sun hits or I put on a picture light it simply bursts to life and looks fantastic. I don't print at home much but when I did it was a great learning experience as was working in a photo lab for a few years.

  • @macmcmillen6282
    @macmcmillen6282 4 года назад

    Very helpful. Thanks.

  • @donspicer2699
    @donspicer2699 4 года назад

    Hey Nick, just curious who does your calendars? Thanks as always and love your videos!!

  • @Photogal
    @Photogal Год назад

    I am trying to figure out a calendar for the first time and I’m an amateur photographer, but every time I go to use the template on the website to order it says low resolution. I own a Canon R6 and I don’t crop a whole bunch, so do you know why it might be saying low resolution?

  • @ifotofar
    @ifotofar 4 года назад

    Thank you very much! Very helpful

  • @CookedLight
    @CookedLight 4 года назад

    That was really interesting, slanj! 🥃

  • @sjsphotog
    @sjsphotog 3 года назад

    Time to start using collections (virtual folders) in Lightroom Nick, so you don't have to use your folder thing. 1 photo can be in many collections but only 1 physical copy on the HDD. watch Matt Koslowski or Laura Shoe videos for Info on them. Game changer for sure. You could make a collection for all the images (or virtual copies of them in portrait mode) just for your calendar images you collect over each year. One collection for PNW, etc.

  • @DominikSobieniak
    @DominikSobieniak 4 года назад

    Hey Nick great video. Do you store raw files on gdrive? A vid about your storage solutions would be nice.

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      I should. I have a 5 bay raid system that all my older RAW files and video files live on.

  • @Roger-rp8jm
    @Roger-rp8jm 4 года назад

    This was asked earlier in the comments, but do you use ICC profiles for soft proofing in Lightroom or photoshop, or do you just make sure your monitor is calibrated.

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      I should use ICC's but really haven't been. I calibrate pretty often and always get test prints.. but ICC's are always a smart thing to at least check before ordering

  • @oddsparrow8522
    @oddsparrow8522 4 года назад

    I ordered this because of the education on how to make a calender and of course the images. A Q how long will the print stand are they using this 200 years inks ??

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      Thank you for picking it up! I need to check but I want to say they are using "archival materials" . So i want to say they are, but I need to do some digging to say for certain

  • @mrhatts6mg
    @mrhatts6mg 4 года назад +7

    LOL I thought this video was going to be about making a calendar *schedule* for various landscape photography events/ideas. Not literally making a calendar.

  • @DaveJMun
    @DaveJMun 4 года назад

    Nick, I use Bay Photo also. I installed their ICC profile for Lightroom and while in the Develop module, I click on Proof. Is there something similar in Photoshop or is it not necessary?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      yes there is soft proofing in photoshop as well. There are some nice tutorials on youtube showing that workflow. I should have showed it in this video.. damn

  • @kevinjack5184
    @kevinjack5184 3 года назад

    I should have bought my dad a calendar for Christmas, but especially since we're in the Pacific Northwest. Personally, I never flip the page anymore - damn phone

  • @shupingyin8082
    @shupingyin8082 3 года назад

    Awesome vidb

  • @stevewurz5856
    @stevewurz5856 4 года назад

    Hi again Nick.....I know you don't like to list locations (other than Mesa Arch) with your photos, but do you have some kind of narrative with each month, such as settings, or ?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +2

      I did not do that with my calendar, but I think it would be a good idea for someone to do with theirs. I personally like to try to have my images stand on their own and have some myster to the image.

    • @zeballos5757
      @zeballos5757 4 года назад +1

      Nick Page I do the same. I don’t put the location on the image on the calendar, but I include a list of the locations for each month and I attach it to the back of the calendar with a card. 3 years later and no one has bitched that the names are not on there.

  • @karlthefirst8690
    @karlthefirst8690 4 года назад

    Hey Nick, no plans to make a calendar over here (need images like yours for that) but this video was really helpful for printing, thanks! Quick question (for anyone out here in the comments): how is it that I see Nick has saved all his PS files with layers intact and yet, once I get up to 10 or so layers in PS, I get the error that it can’t be saved back to Lightroom because it exceeds the 4GB TIFF file limit? Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      Appreciate the kind words. Light room now excepts large Photoshop documents...PNB which expands the Max file size!

    • @karlthefirst8690
      @karlthefirst8690 4 года назад

      Nick Page Ahhh, thanks Nick, I had no idea. I just finished all the post-processing from F4. It’s been cool to see how your editing has changed along the way from your Lum Masks course to the D&B course and now F4. You’re all about the smart objects now, I imagine that means lots of big PS files!

  • @hadung2431991
    @hadung2431991 3 года назад

    Can you share what is the English name of the "iron/steel twist" to attach all month pages together? and how can I find it on the market/amazon? I am not an English native speaker, so I did not find the exact name of the "twist".

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  3 года назад +1

      I believe it is called a binding spine... like www.gbc.com/p/binding/binding-supplies/binding-spines/gbc-color-coil-binding-spines-8mm-black-100-pack/?adpos=&scid=scplp9665010&sc_intid=9665010&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgomBBhDXARIsAFNyUqMWJYWgxxzJrEj69ZfBwF_AbFk7eZaoyeMuKlL0JnCH8wVS-oaNr58aAkF6EALw_wcB

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 4 года назад

    Re image brightness: if you pay attention to your histogram, should that not make image brightness for printing easier to accompany?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      well the two mediums (print and web) really require different brightness's to look good. What will look good in a print is often too flat and bright for web for my personal taste, and they certainly wont look the same side by side. So I typically edit for each separately.

  • @blivieriphoto
    @blivieriphoto 4 года назад

    Hey Nick, do you resize your images to fit whatever size the calendar will be? Or choose one aspect ratio and go with it?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      In this particular case I don’t, simply because the application allows you to position the image how you would like. Having said this a lot of times when you’re sending work to be printed large, do you want to resize the image yourself rather than let the print lab do it. Some print labs do much better than we can do, other print labs put no effort into quality resizing

    • @blivieriphoto
      @blivieriphoto 4 года назад +1

      @@NickPage gotcha. I created a calendar for a friend once and used Bay too. Always get great products from them. Thanks.

  • @romiemiller7876
    @romiemiller7876 2 года назад

    "The proof is in the printing". I had a very bad experience with Bay Photo twice. They totally fouled up my order. No more Bay Photo for me. I do agree that choosing the photos is hard to do.

  • @nickdailey9889
    @nickdailey9889 4 года назад

    Have you or can you make a video on exporting photos for web vs print. Right now I only have 1 photo used for both web and print. I’m not sure of the difference. Once I put it on my phone, I’ll usually brighten it up on the photo edit app on my iPhone. But other than that not too sure

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      I dont really, but typically my edits for the web are darker, 2048 pixels on the long end.. and sharpened more agressivly. for print you need a brighter, larger, more carefully sharpened image

  • @Venghous1
    @Venghous1 4 года назад

    Do you use a local printer? Or one on the net?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +2

      one on the net.. I use bayphoto.com although they are not the cheapest

  • @cyborwhat
    @cyborwhat 4 года назад

    Sadly I have the same habit of just creating a folder and putting the date on it. It creates a bit of work later to go back and re-organize months or years later. I’m trying to break myself of the habit.

  • @clayguthrie
    @clayguthrie 4 года назад

    I tried local shops and they were cheaper, but I wasn't happy with the print or paper quality. I ended up using mpix and have stayed with them. They're pretty much the same price as bayphoto so I feel your pain. But, I'll take quality over profit margin any day.

  • @seantomlinson3320
    @seantomlinson3320 4 года назад +3

    Great advice but man, that AF was distracting. May need to settle it down with slower adjustments?

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад

      yeah.. I used a different camera than normal, and didn't realize it wasn't setup how I normally have it.. it wont happen again

  • @8arrows
    @8arrows 4 года назад

    U look very similar to my buddy Chris Godwin. The Owner of Hiccups in Cottonwood Shores Texas. Except he don’t have a beard as long as urs.

  • @RGAstrofotografia
    @RGAstrofotografia 4 года назад

    Maximum of the Mars and Moon Conjunction with 167x zoom at Rio de Janeiro in 2020/10/03 @
    @iIhY

    • @RGAstrofotografia
      @RGAstrofotografia 4 года назад

      Maximum of the Mars and Moon Conjunction with 167x zoom at Rio de Janeiro in 2020/10/03 00:38
      ruclips.net/video/gW_9ob7iIhY/видео.html

  • @rjexplorationandreviews2936
    @rjexplorationandreviews2936 4 года назад

    Hi Nick, I dropped you a line over on your page. Hope you get to read it.. Just want to thank you for being an insperation. Hard times ahead and a fight for my life, so go out and enjoy photography for me.. I won't be abil to.🥺😢
    Best wishes Ricky Brin RB.FOTOGRAPHIE

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      I just emailed you back! So sorry to hear about your diagnosis... Hang in there man and know that we are pulling for you!

    • @rjexplorationandreviews2936
      @rjexplorationandreviews2936 4 года назад

      Nick Page thank you nick, you are really a wonderful person.. You made my day ❤️

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      RJ Exploration and Reviews you are very welcome, hang in there and we will go shoot together at the other end of this thing.

    • @rjexplorationandreviews2936
      @rjexplorationandreviews2936 4 года назад

      Nick Page I really hope so.. Today you are my hero.

  • @kaywayneflor89
    @kaywayneflor89 4 года назад

    😂😂😂😂👍🏾

  • @joanitor.a.3535
    @joanitor.a.3535 4 года назад

    How about a book?
    Grumpy and Diva did it, please consider it. I'd love to get my hands on a Mr. Page's book, you've got way over 200 pretty pictures.

    • @NickPage
      @NickPage  4 года назад +1

      Its been on my mind for sure, i have some ideas as well. I just need to get the ball rolling!

  • @mattstehle
    @mattstehle 4 года назад

    lol, "disappointing wave"