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RoadTrip LIVE! 2 DVD Set
Price: $39.00
RoadTrip LIVE!
2 Disc DVD Set presented by “The best seminar presenter in photography” Will Crockett.
After almost 20 years of international photo seminar tours, world-class photographer and digital expert Will Crockett presents his best collection of digital photo workflow tips ever recorded live in his popular ROADTRIP! day-long event. Touring in 2007, the final program was taped live in Minneapolis and features Will at his best and his most straight-forward. The content of this 6 hour long workshop is condensed into 4 hours of DVD running time and is loaded with info and live demos of smart camera settings, computer settings, on-camera flash technique, print quality boosters, and software & equipment recommendations- all designed to save you time and money from click to print.
This program is not sponsored (on purpose) and actually uses Will's own personal photo gear on-stage to show how all this info gets put to use in "real time" so you can put the technology to work for you, instead of you working for it. : )
You will learn, laugh, and think about how you can use this info instantly to boost your digital photo settings, skills, and profits too in this "nothing held back" video.
MAX OUT YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
When it comes to making digital tools like cameras + computers + accurate color monitors + your lab + in-house inkjet printers work together and spit out their very best, this is the guy who the pro labs and manufacturers call for info.
Those of you who have seen Will's live programs know he pulls no punches and is refreshingly good in separating his opinion from cold hard facts when it comes to all photo topics.
Will Crockett is known for "telling it like it is" in this live presentation...and he does. : )
This 2 DVD set, featuries 4 hours of solid info presented in front of a live audience - with their questions (and Will's stupid jokes!) included.
Here's what is inside:
DISC ONE:
Introduction:
Who is Will Crockett?
Top 5 things you may want to know before we start…
Workflow shortcuts.
ONE: Color Confidence
Good color starts with good exposures.
Watch how Will fixes bad exposure and bad color in minutes.
Color spaces: sRGB and Adobe RGB workflow review.
Camera & Photoshop settings for simple and GREAT color from your lab or inkjet using the standard sRGB workflow.
TWO: JPEG or RAW, and Smart choices for Output.
Start with 2 files created under identical conditions, one is FINE JPEG, the other RAW converted to TIF both are in the sRGB color space. Let's print them BIG and take a look at the color and detail levels?
RAW files are smart when you need flexibility; Jpegs will make more money, but how much difference in print quality is there between the two? Will print them and discusses with the audience.
RAW+ JPEG Mode can solve some problems, but cause others.
Monitors show only sRGB colors, Will shows the limitations of both sRGB and the AdobeRGB space and how both handle common colors.
THREE: White Balance Wizardry and PhotoShop Settings
Static White Balance settings or Custom WB?
.. and what about AUTO WB?
Speed vs. quality tradeoffs.
Using the color bias inside your camera to "warm up" and white balance setting to your taste.
What your lab wants you to give them for great color.
Expodisk?
Setup Photoshop’s COLOR WINDOW
Color decisions for printing to a pro lab, Costco’s lab, and fine art inkjet printing.
What’s the difference between printing at Costco / Walmart vs. a Professional Lab?
BalanceSmarter for CWB.
FOUR: MegaPixel non-sense.
How many megapixels do you need in your sensor to make an big print with good detail and color?
Are quality and quantity of megapixels really connected?
Rezzing up files to make BIG prints.
Which inkjet system is best for premium quality skin tone prints?
RIP software replaces your inject printer driver and ROCKS!
Megapixels vs print quality – the truth.
Non-professional printers and their output.
FIVE: Oops! Gotta fix that JPEG.
Here’s revolutionary way to fix exposure problems in Photoshop on JPEGs from the guy that invented the FaceMask Histogram. Think GEO and OGE!
Condensing your workflow to become more efficient.
Exposure tolerance is now +.5 stop, and -.7 stop, thanks to PSCS2 and Lightroom.
Examples discussed of NORMAL, OVER and UNDER exposed images on-screen and printed at the lab.
OGE-GEO in Photoshop for JPEG repairs shown step-by-step.
Photoshop Exposure Adjustment window, what GAMMA, OFFSET, and EXPOSURE sliders actually do and how to use them.
Where does Lightroom fit into our workflow?
In order to control color and gain confidence in it, we need to see it. Here’s how to setup a "color station" in our studio that offers up an accurate screen-to-print match.
Lighting environments and how they effect our eyes.
Calibration of monitors, where to set the contrast and white point values.
There are no laptops with accurate color, why?
Monitors and profiling kit recommendations – which ones to buy.
Will brings in a Wacom Cintiq monitor and discusses profiling.
Color corrected fluorescent replacement tubes. Great monitor color control questions from the audience (and a few laughs too)
DISC ONE EXTRA: Point and Shoot Cameras
Digital point-and-shoot recommendations and demo and how you can produce amazing files and prints. Will shoots a $300 digital pocket camera and prints a 16x20 live using the pro techniques discussed earlier.
DISC TWO:
SEVEN: Good n’ speedy RAW workflow tips and Smart File Storage:
RAW does not have to mean slow. Let’s make it faster by being smarter than the camera?
“How to speed up your RAW shoots” overview.
Tips on using the auto exposure controls in the RAW conversion software.
Get your white balance set as close as possible, don’t trust AUTO white balance.
Pre-shoot prep that pays off.
Compact Flash cards:
One brand sticks out as a trouble maker, another brand is least likely cause trouble. We name them (of course).
What’s the real difference between FORMAT and ERASE on a CF card?
When and why to FORMAT your cards.
Tips for keeping your CF cards happy (and dry).
Rechargeable batteries that work for flashes and cameras too.
Tips for using an external battery pack.
External Data Storage
Backing up your files.
Will’s recommendations for Photoshop PCs
Mac vs. PC.
Recommendations for external hard drives and RAIDS.
The safest way to store files.
Double backups – how Will backs up files on a shoot and names files
Tips for sharing files between Mac and PC.
What kills the data lifespan on CDRs and DVDRs?
EIGHT: Will’s Top SmartWare picks:
Software to make RAW processing, editing, contact sheets and photo presentations good, easy and profitable is only a click away. Take a look at our top picks for profits.
Making Slideshows?
Video CDs are a bad idea,
iPods and Smartfone files.
Choosing slideshows that are downloadable or “viewable” only.
Will’s recommendations for slideshow software and PC and for Mac too.
NINE: On-Camera Flash – NAILED!!
The secret is knowing where the TTL systems will fail, then correctly compensating for that particular situation, and knowing how to stay out of areas where the systems will give you trouble.
Your on-camera flash system takes a TTL road or a non-TTL road. Will presents the gear that works for TTL or for non-TTL workflows.
The best TTL cameras made.
Will’s tips for choosing TTL gear to work in shoe mounted configurations or wireless, and he goes over all the top picks for flash units: Metz, Nikon, Canon and Quantum.
Light modifiers for on-camera flash, here’s Will’s choice in brands and types of tools to make your flash images better.
Connecting your flashes and strobes with pocket wizard or other wireless triggers.
TEN: Crockett’s 2 light "Arc"
How 'bout a simple and powerful way to add a second light?
How about lighting the whole room?
One flash up in the corner of the room lets up shoot a HUGE room with great color and exposure control. Watch how well it works in this live demo.
ELEVEN: Will’s OCFlash MEASURED MANUAL Method.
Ready for a new, NON TTL way to cover an event with on-camera flash?
Sometimes less is more; using MANUAL flash exposure mode at 9 feet away produces some terrific flash files.
Using flash brackets for rotating from horizontal to vertical compositions, here’s Will pick for gear and setup.
Flashmeters for on-camera flash – just not TTL.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE:
ShootSmarter DVD's are the finest quality pro level educational materials available and are unconditionally guaranteed. If you get your DVD and didn't learn your money's worth, please send it back to us for a full refund?
All our DVD's, BalanceSmarters and live seminar events are 100% guaranteed.
Simply email over to Will for refund / return info, or mail the DVD back with the original receipt (or just the email it was ordered under) and send it to:
Crockett & Co. / PO Box 839 / Montgomery, Illinois 60538-0839 / attn: DVD Return
2 Disc DVD Set presented by “The best seminar presenter in photography” Will Crockett.
After almost 20 years of international photo seminar tours, world-class photographer and digital expert Will Crockett presents his best collection of digital photo workflow tips ever recorded live in his popular ROADTRIP! day-long event. Touring in 2007, the final program was taped live in Minneapolis and features Will at his best and his most straight-forward. The content of this 6 hour long workshop is condensed into 4 hours of DVD running time and is loaded with info and live demos of smart camera settings, computer settings, on-camera flash technique, print quality boosters, and software & equipment recommendations- all designed to save you time and money from click to print.
This program is not sponsored (on purpose) and actually uses Will's own personal photo gear on-stage to show how all this info gets put to use in "real time" so you can put the technology to work for you, instead of you working for it. : )
You will learn, laugh, and think about how you can use this info instantly to boost your digital photo settings, skills, and profits too in this "nothing held back" video.
MAX OUT YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
When it comes to making digital tools like cameras + computers + accurate color monitors + your lab + in-house inkjet printers work together and spit out their very best, this is the guy who the pro labs and manufacturers call for info.
Those of you who have seen Will's live programs know he pulls no punches and is refreshingly good in separating his opinion from cold hard facts when it comes to all photo topics.
Will Crockett is known for "telling it like it is" in this live presentation...and he does. : )
This 2 DVD set, featuries 4 hours of solid info presented in front of a live audience - with their questions (and Will's stupid jokes!) included.
Here's what is inside:
DISC ONE:
Introduction:
Who is Will Crockett?
Top 5 things you may want to know before we start…
Workflow shortcuts.
ONE: Color Confidence
Good color starts with good exposures.
Watch how Will fixes bad exposure and bad color in minutes.
Color spaces: sRGB and Adobe RGB workflow review.
Camera & Photoshop settings for simple and GREAT color from your lab or inkjet using the standard sRGB workflow.
LIVE DEMO: An audience member is photographed with "off" color and exposure, then both are corrected on the set in seconds, then image is re shot in FINE JPEG then printed live to a 16x20 inkjet print with terrific color and no Photoshop at all.
TWO: JPEG or RAW, and Smart choices for Output.
Start with 2 files created under identical conditions, one is FINE JPEG, the other RAW converted to TIF both are in the sRGB color space. Let's print them BIG and take a look at the color and detail levels?
RAW files are smart when you need flexibility; Jpegs will make more money, but how much difference in print quality is there between the two? Will print them and discusses with the audience.
RAW+ JPEG Mode can solve some problems, but cause others.
Monitors show only sRGB colors, Will shows the limitations of both sRGB and the AdobeRGB space and how both handle common colors.
LIVE DEMO: A test image of a construction worker in a white hard hat is carefully captured with exact exposure in FINE JPEG and RAW. The files are then printed to 24x36 size prints and carefully analyzed to see exactly the print quality difference between the two. Yes, there is a difference, but does it matter to your customer? Discussion with the audience follows.
THREE: White Balance Wizardry and PhotoShop Settings
Static White Balance settings or Custom WB?
.. and what about AUTO WB?
Speed vs. quality tradeoffs.
Using the color bias inside your camera to "warm up" and white balance setting to your taste.
What your lab wants you to give them for great color.
Expodisk?
Setup Photoshop’s COLOR WINDOW
Color decisions for printing to a pro lab, Costco’s lab, and fine art inkjet printing.
What’s the difference between printing at Costco / Walmart vs. a Professional Lab?
BalanceSmarter for CWB.
LIVE DISCUSSION: When do you take the time to use custom white balance? Which cameras work best with AUTO white balance?
GUEST APPEARANCE BY CHRIS GREY ON CANON AUTO WB OPTIONS. (Thanks Chris!)
GUEST APPEARANCE BY CHRIS GREY ON CANON AUTO WB OPTIONS. (Thanks Chris!)
FOUR: MegaPixel non-sense.
How many megapixels do you need in your sensor to make an big print with good detail and color?
Are quality and quantity of megapixels really connected?
Rezzing up files to make BIG prints.
Which inkjet system is best for premium quality skin tone prints?
RIP software replaces your inject printer driver and ROCKS!
Megapixels vs print quality – the truth.
Non-professional printers and their output.
LIVE DEMO: This is the most amazing demo in the whole program! Will takes 4 files shot in the studio that feature the same subject and exact conditions but show what happens when you shoot a full sized 12MP JPEG, then cut it down to a 6MP capture, then a 3MP capture, then a "puny little" 1 MegaPixel JPEG capture - then print them all to 16x20 with NO PHOTOSHOP - just send 'em to the lab. The audience is blown away at the truth.
FIVE: Oops! Gotta fix that JPEG.
Here’s revolutionary way to fix exposure problems in Photoshop on JPEGs from the guy that invented the FaceMask Histogram. Think GEO and OGE!
Condensing your workflow to become more efficient.
Exposure tolerance is now +.5 stop, and -.7 stop, thanks to PSCS2 and Lightroom.
Examples discussed of NORMAL, OVER and UNDER exposed images on-screen and printed at the lab.
OGE-GEO in Photoshop for JPEG repairs shown step-by-step.
Photoshop Exposure Adjustment window, what GAMMA, OFFSET, and EXPOSURE sliders actually do and how to use them.
Where does Lightroom fit into our workflow?
LIVE DEMO: Let's start with a perfectly exposed JPEG portrait, then shoot it again underexpose it by 2/3 stop, and again overexposed by 1/2 stop - and print all 3 for the audience to see the differences. Then lets use the GEO and OGE technique to fix the under and over to get them "pretty darned close" to the normal exposure - and print them again. Can your customers tell the difference?
SIX: Monitor MatchIn order to control color and gain confidence in it, we need to see it. Here’s how to setup a "color station" in our studio that offers up an accurate screen-to-print match.
Lighting environments and how they effect our eyes.
Calibration of monitors, where to set the contrast and white point values.
There are no laptops with accurate color, why?
Monitors and profiling kit recommendations – which ones to buy.
Will brings in a Wacom Cintiq monitor and discusses profiling.
Color corrected fluorescent replacement tubes. Great monitor color control questions from the audience (and a few laughs too)
LIVE DISCUSSION: The tools and setting for great screen to print match starts with how you want to print. Your Pro (and non-pro) labs are locked into an sRGB workflow which is fine for 90% of the shooters in the audience. But others will need to work in the Adobe RGB workflow which means you don't have a correct screen-to-print match unless you own a $5000 monitor?
DISC ONE EXTRA: Point and Shoot Cameras
Digital point-and-shoot recommendations and demo and how you can produce amazing files and prints. Will shoots a $300 digital pocket camera and prints a 16x20 live using the pro techniques discussed earlier.
DISC TWO:
SEVEN: Good n’ speedy RAW workflow tips and Smart File Storage:
RAW does not have to mean slow. Let’s make it faster by being smarter than the camera?
“How to speed up your RAW shoots” overview.
Tips on using the auto exposure controls in the RAW conversion software.
Get your white balance set as close as possible, don’t trust AUTO white balance.
Pre-shoot prep that pays off.
Compact Flash cards:
One brand sticks out as a trouble maker, another brand is least likely cause trouble. We name them (of course).
What’s the real difference between FORMAT and ERASE on a CF card?
When and why to FORMAT your cards.
Tips for keeping your CF cards happy (and dry).
Rechargeable batteries that work for flashes and cameras too.
Tips for using an external battery pack.
External Data Storage
Backing up your files.
Will’s recommendations for Photoshop PCs
Mac vs. PC.
Recommendations for external hard drives and RAIDS.
The safest way to store files.
Double backups – how Will backs up files on a shoot and names files
Tips for sharing files between Mac and PC.
What kills the data lifespan on CDRs and DVDRs?
LIVE DISCUSSION: Timesavers and disaster prevention for RAW shooters.
EIGHT: Will’s Top SmartWare picks:
Software to make RAW processing, editing, contact sheets and photo presentations good, easy and profitable is only a click away. Take a look at our top picks for profits.
Making Slideshows?
Video CDs are a bad idea,
iPods and Smartfone files.
Choosing slideshows that are downloadable or “viewable” only.
Will’s recommendations for slideshow software and PC and for Mac too.
LIVE DISCUSSION: Photoshop is actually one of the weakest RAW processors there is. Will shares his insights from the testing his consulting company did on all the major pro level RAW processors to help you choose the right one for you. Time vs. Quality vs. Learning Curve is discussed in detail.
NINE: On-Camera Flash – NAILED!!
The secret is knowing where the TTL systems will fail, then correctly compensating for that particular situation, and knowing how to stay out of areas where the systems will give you trouble.
Your on-camera flash system takes a TTL road or a non-TTL road. Will presents the gear that works for TTL or for non-TTL workflows.
The best TTL cameras made.
Will’s tips for choosing TTL gear to work in shoe mounted configurations or wireless, and he goes over all the top picks for flash units: Metz, Nikon, Canon and Quantum.
Light modifiers for on-camera flash, here’s Will’s choice in brands and types of tools to make your flash images better.
Connecting your flashes and strobes with pocket wizard or other wireless triggers.
LIVE DISCUSSION: This is the content most of the audience has come for. Will covers content on making your flash light quality and color better (clip from the Digital On-Camera Flash DVD is shown) and shares LOTS of tips on TTL exposure control, and takes equipment recommendations to a new depth.
TEN: Crockett’s 2 light "Arc"
How 'bout a simple and powerful way to add a second light?
How about lighting the whole room?
One flash up in the corner of the room lets up shoot a HUGE room with great color and exposure control. Watch how well it works in this live demo.
LIVE DEMO: The right tool, the right settings, and a little prep time will allow you to shoot a room that is 45 x125 feet with one strobe in the corner with gorgeous light quality and perfect color. This is one of the more amazing demos of the day and winds up with Will shooting the audience in JPEG mode then printing a 16x20 print "live" with no Photoshop only to stun the crowd with the quality of the print.
ELEVEN: Will’s OCFlash MEASURED MANUAL Method.
Ready for a new, NON TTL way to cover an event with on-camera flash?
Sometimes less is more; using MANUAL flash exposure mode at 9 feet away produces some terrific flash files.
Using flash brackets for rotating from horizontal to vertical compositions, here’s Will pick for gear and setup.
Flashmeters for on-camera flash – just not TTL.
LIVE DEMO: Manual exposure on the camera and manual exposure on the flash is a very strong tool that Will shows how it can be used perfectly with a funny little technique that will make you laugh and make you wonder why you didn't think of it already!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE:
ShootSmarter DVD's are the finest quality pro level educational materials available and are unconditionally guaranteed. If you get your DVD and didn't learn your money's worth, please send it back to us for a full refund?
All our DVD's, BalanceSmarters and live seminar events are 100% guaranteed.
Simply email over to Will for refund / return info, or mail the DVD back with the original receipt (or just the email it was ordered under) and send it to:
Crockett & Co. / PO Box 839 / Montgomery, Illinois 60538-0839 / attn: DVD Return
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