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[ethicsprof]

I,too, enjoyed your offerings. I'm weak in this area of scholarship and have been eager to see presentations such as these for some time now.
Noting that your wife's critique was so well done, I thought I'd add my own.

I was so 'hungry' to see cards and was disappointed that there were none shown in the intro. video of 15 minutes or so. I had the same 'hunger' as I turned to the second video and waited around 8 minutes or so before seeing, admittedly, some absolutely gorgeous cards. After a bit, you presented your 'one of ones' which were exquisite. Please don't wait so long for us to see your fine collection. Then we can see more and more and more!

I would offer a few more suggestions which you may wish to incubate a bit.
I'd like to see more of your collection on those shelves behind you!!! Perhaps a change of set design might be helpful.
You swing your chair 'to and fro' and scratch your nose a bit much. I'm sure you weren't aware of doing so but now you know.
Your presentation of your cards to the camera needs work. Perhaps putting them on a small stand or the like would help you not move the cards around so quickly and give the observer more of a chance to relish them. Perhaps there would be some way to leave them on the table off to your side so that we could continue to see them.

Very positively, your diction is clear and precise. I was pleased to see you stay focused on the history and scholarship with minimal 'ad libs' and limited excursus.
Your use of the original language of the cards at times was most pleasing.
Your recap (summary) was quite helpful. I hope to see these continue. I
appreciated your underscoring the rarity of your collection without any arrogance or ostentatious self-absorption. In fact, I applaud this.

Bottom line, I'm eager to see more of the videos. Congratulations on this very needed offering, Al.
My several cents,
all the best,
Barry

[conor912]

Great stuff, Al! Super cool to have collectors with depth and breadth sharing their knowledge like this.

My only piece of feedback is technical, and that would be to try and jigger it so that you're not looking slightly off camera. I assume you were looking at the monitor and not into the lens itself. It felt like you were speaking to someone standing behind me

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

I,too, enjoyed your offerings. I'm weak in this area of scholarship and have been eager to see presentations such as these for some time now.
Noting that your wife's critique was so well done, I thought I'd add my own.

I was so 'hungry' to see cards and was disappointed that there were none shown in the intro. video of 15 minutes or so. I had the same 'hunger' as I turned to the second video and waited around 8 minutes or so before seeing, admittedly, some absolutely gorgeous cards. After a bit, you presented your 'one of ones' which were exquisite. Please don't wait so long for us to see your fine collection. Then we can see more and more and more!

I would offer a few more suggestions which you may wish to incubate a bit.
I'd like to see more of your collection on those shelves behind you!!! Perhaps a change of set design might be helpful.
You swing your chair 'to and fro' and scratch your nose a bit much. I'm sure you weren't aware of doing so but now you know.
Your presentation of your cards to the camera needs work. Perhaps putting them on a small stand or the like would help you not move the cards around so quickly and give the observer more of a chance to relish them. Perhaps there would be some way to leave them on the table off to your side so that we could continue to see them.

Very positively, your diction is clear and precise. I was pleased to see you stay focused on the history and scholarship with minimal 'ad libs' and limited excursus.
Your use of the original language of the cards at times was most pleasing.
Your recap (summary) was quite helpful. I hope to see these continue. I
appreciated your underscoring the rarity of your collection without any arrogance or ostentatious self-absorption. In fact, I applaud this.

Bottom line, I'm eager to see more of the videos. Congratulations on this very needed offering, Al.
My several cents,
all the best,
Barry

Thanks for the time and dedication in the responses... I really want everyone to enjoy these cards as much as I do and want to present them as best as possible. I will try to improve as I go and welcome "requests" and feedback. Need to enlist the help of my 12 year old to clean up some stuff here, but REALLY appreciate the great feedback

[Shoebox]

Really enjoyed the videos and the content. A way to improve the presentation of the cards in future videos would be to acquire some basic Adobe or similar video editing software. When you record your video instead of holding the card in front of the camera just talk about it as if it can be seen. Then take your footage into the video editing software and overlay parts of it with high quality scans of the card. You can also add annotation graphics to point out features like the name variations. This will let us see more cards and let you concentrate on narrrarating and not focusing on your on-camera appearance.

You are doing an excellent job with the typical record and upload format most people use. However, utilizing Adobe Photoshop, Audition, and Premier Pro or similar products you can greatly enhance the quality of what you create.

[aljurgela]

Great... thanks for the feedback... will look into those!

Al

[aljurgela]

Hey everybody...

Thanks so much for your feedback. I have not been able incorporate all of the great feedback as I was just trying to learn some basic editing. I think I have the basics under control now... but I still have a ways to go. Please take a look at this video that was mostly shot prior to the round of feedback here, but I think that the picture in picture helps to see some of the cards.

Again, I would appreciate the feedback and if you like the video, please like it and subscribe. I will try and do all of the major Cuban and Puerto Rican sets.

Thanks in advance.

[ethicsprof]

much improved. I very much appreciated your presentation of the cards and your leaving them stationary on the screen for a bit. The cards of the non-Negro leaguers in this set were, for me, a welcome and stunning surprise.
I would note that from about 8 minutes or so into the video until the close, there was a mismatch between spoken words and the movement of the mouth. Perhaps
this was due to something I'm unaware of at this point.
keep them coming.
all the best,
Barry

[aljurgela]

Hey Barry

Thanks for looking. I will have a look at that. Maybe I did something wrong on the editing. I hope that you found the information helpful. Still learned no the nuances of the software.

Best,

Al

[aljurgela]

Hey guys,

I completed a video on Billikens yesterday... please let me know if it is helpful..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKHwcfdl0U

Enjoy!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by aljurgela

Hey guys,

I completed a video on Billikens yesterday... please let me know if it is helpful..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKHwcfdl0U

Enjoy!

Great video Al. I have enjoyed a few of you videos.

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Great video Al. I have enjoyed a few of you videos.

Glad that you enjoyed it Ben! That is why I do them! Best, Al

[Northviewcats]

Fantastic resource, Al. I watched the 1909 Cabanas video. I thought you were well prepared. Enjoyed it very much and looked forward to seeing more.

[aljurgela]

Thanks Joe... I am trying to learn a new software to see if I can put scans on the screen instead of holding them up to the phone... hopefully everyone can enjoy the videos more that way.

[Scocs]

Al,

Yes, great stuff! I agree with previous posts about integrating scans or superior graphics of your cards into the video.

One specific request: for your 1910 Punch cards, please include "Home Run" Johnson! I see that there are two SGC cards, but pictures of either one cannot be found on the internet or in Phil's book.

Thanks and keep it goin',
Scott

[JeremyW]

Al- Thank you. Amazing contribution. The yutube brought it to new level.