Charlie Cramer's New Website

Charlie Cramer mentioned to me that he not long ago completed a major overhaul of his famous landscape website. The new website has more than twice as many pictures as before and is now much easier to update, meaning there will be more to come, more frequently.

Charlie was recently featured in a special Phase One brochure about the P45 digital back, and in the book World's Top Photographers: Landscape by Terry Hope. He's one of our leading lyrical landscape photographers, formerly working in 4x5 and dye transfer and now working in digital. (Although Charlie doesn't make dye transfers any more, believing the new technologies to be superior, his website does contain a fascinating description of the old process.) He also offers prints for sale for very reasonable prices.

Whether you respond in particular to this style of photography or just want to see it done surpassingly well, a visit to his new website will be well worth your while. Warmly recommended.

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Mike

Comments

[Helcio Tagliolatto]

It's interesting to see that nearly every "gone digital" landscape photographer still poses proudly beside his/her no more used large format camera!!

Hélcio Tagliolatto
Bauru-BR

[charlie d]

I'd love to do one of his workshops.

I can't get enough of his abstracts. As "nature photography" goes, it does not get much better IMO.

Holy Smokes

[Dennis]

Ack ! And suddenly it dawns on me ... you've RUINED me ! OK, it's not all you, Mike, but TOP is definitely largely responsible.

I used to eat this kind of stuff up. I subscribed to Outdoor Photographer, browsed the websites of landscape photographers. I attended a Great American Photography Workshop with Bill Fortney & Marc Muench, used to haul around a tripod & backpack full of lenses early in the morning & late in the evening to try to do the same. I could spend a day with my 200mm macro lens (only) looking for whimsical 'small worlds'.

Now I look at Charles Cramers pictures and while I immediately recognize that they're among the best of the genre, I find them ... gulp ... boring :(

Where I used to go out of my way to avoid people (or any signs of civilization) in my photos, I now look for people doing interesting things.

I figured it was a temporary thing; I'm shooting what I have time & access to shoot and one day I'd get back into nature photography. And suddenly, I realize, those days may be entirely in the past.

Oddly, as I become more interested in photographing people, I find my political views moderating (from conservative). But I'll blame that on NPR and turning 40 a couple years ago ;)

[Martin]

Lovely landscapes, but I still think Ladislav Kamarad's are much better: http://www.horolezec.cz/gallery.htm

[Dave Pawson]

Those photographs are almost spooky Mike! Thanks for pointing him out.

[Geoff Wittig]

charlie d-
By all means attend one of Charlie Cramer's workshops if you can find a way. I was fortunate enough to attend last October when he taught a digital printing course with Bill Atkinson in Toronto. His lyrical landscape style is beautiful; he is also a genuinely nice guy with a graceful and unintimidating teaching style. It improved my skills immensely, and I thought (incorrectly) that I was already pretty good.

[kevin]

Dennis -

As I'm sure others will point out, the pictures themselves are no more or less boring than they ever were....its just your perception that has changed. Art is funny that way.

[Ken Tanaka]

Charlie certainly has some nice landscapes. I'll bet they look really terrific in print. My doctor is moving her office and is looking for suggestions for artwork. I think Charlie's work would be perfect for such a setting. Very peaceful, very serene, very calming for most people.