A initially learned photography as a kid shooting black & white then developing the photos in a dark room, that was a magical time and sparked my interest in photography. As I got older I dabbled in digital photography but wasn't until my kids were born that i really started to get an active interest back in it all.
"The best picture is around the corner, just like prosperity". What an enjoyable interview. It was interesting to hear his ideas about the similarities and differences between photography and music as well as painting. A great artist and educator. Thanks for posting. Y
What I forgot to say in my last comment, that making a black and white photograph in the darkroon, you select the paper, which involves the image tone and paper surface, the different types of chemicals and how they effect the way the image appears, the rich velvity black tones, the mid-tones, etc.
Ansel Adams is indeed a great photographer. He understands the craft . I've always liked black and white, because it's not just taking a picture, it's making a photograph. I'm sure Mr. Adams will agree, that weather you're using digital or a large format film camera, you need to know the craft. Sometimes you're going to set your camera on totally automatic and auto-focus…..and click. Then there are times when you're going to use a large format film camera like Adams and meter here and meter there, and set your camera this way and that way….you're making a photograph.
Did you know that Adams also took pictures in color as well? That's what I read somewhere. But I've never seen any of the color prints.
If you love photography, then you love everything about it.
I really love many of Ansel Adam's pictures, he is one of the very few really great landscape photographers in my opinion. But I honestly never understood the – for lack of a better word – hype for 'Moonrise over Hernandez'.
Admitted, it is a good picture; I – being a mediocre hobby picture taker myself – would be proud, if I could say that I made this photo, but compared with the general quality of his work in the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite, it does not even come close to the pictures I would consider AA's best work.
Thank you, Adams, for paraphrasing well the reason why I came to watch your video as a non-photographer, that all forms of art carry the same principle of creativity! Bravo, fortissimo yaaaa
This man has been editing his images even before many of us heard of Photoshop. I guess this puts a damper on those who believe "pure photography" means shooting without manipulating their photos.
He is the soul reason I picked up a camera at such a young age and wanted so badly to be a photographer one day.. now I'm living my dream. Great stuff here.
"The best picture is around the corner, just like prosperity". What an enjoyable interview. It was interesting to hear his ideas about the similarities and differences between photography and music as well as painting. A great artist and educator. Thanks for posting. Y
it's sad that people today seem to think black and white photographs arent worth making. unless it's over saturated colors then nobody likes it.
What I forgot to say in my last comment, that making a black and white photograph in the darkroon, you select the paper, which involves the image tone and paper surface, the different types of chemicals and how they effect the way the image appears, the rich velvity black tones, the mid-tones, etc.
Ansel Adams is indeed a great photographer. He understands the craft . I've always liked black and white, because it's not just taking a picture, it's making a photograph. I'm sure Mr. Adams will agree, that weather you're using digital or a large format film camera, you need to know the craft. Sometimes you're going to set your camera on totally automatic and auto-focus…..and click. Then there are times when you're going to use a large format film camera like Adams and meter here and meter there, and set your camera this way and that way….you're making a photograph.
Did you know that Adams also took pictures in color as well? That's what I read somewhere. But I've never seen any of the color prints.
If you love photography, then you love everything about it.
so sad that he never got to see the great advances in digital photography that he was talking about
Thanks for these uploads.
amazing what a great man!
billy joel's father?
13:32 is the secret
@5:10, the name of another photographer is mentioned. Does anyone know who they are referring to? Sounds french.
I wonder what Ansel would have thought about photography today.
What a wonderfully peaceful guy.
I love how excited he was about digital photography and tehnological advances in photography.
His assistant is John Sexton, a famous and amazing photographer in his own right.
I really love many of Ansel Adam's pictures, he is one of the very few really great landscape photographers in my opinion. But I honestly never understood the – for lack of a better word – hype for 'Moonrise over Hernandez'.
Admitted, it is a good picture; I – being a mediocre hobby picture taker myself – would be proud, if I could say that I made this photo, but compared with the general quality of his work in the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite, it does not even come close to the pictures I would consider AA's best work.
Thank you, Adams, for paraphrasing well the reason why I came to watch your video as a non-photographer, that all forms of art carry the same principle of creativity! Bravo, fortissimo yaaaa
This man has been editing his images even before many of us heard of Photoshop. I guess this puts a damper on those who believe "pure photography" means shooting without manipulating their photos.
He is the soul reason I picked up a camera at such a young age and wanted so badly to be a photographer one day.. now I'm living my dream. Great stuff here.
If I am using 35mm film (black and white film for C41 processing and scanning the negatives, is it possible to still use the zone system?
ty rob
Genius
Nice one Rob!
Thanks a million for sharing Rob!
Thanks for sharing.
thank you for sharing