destrekor
Lifer
anyone else here a fan of ansel adams amazing photo work?
went to the toledo art museum today with my girl and, as a bonus to the trip, I knew they had an Ansel Adams gallery, and when I saw it, I about drooled.
i've been into photography lately, and just viewing his works is breath-taking. his ability to capture the beauty of nature with his camera, and then manipulate the print into being an even better work of art through different darkroom techniques is pure genious. from filters to dodging (if he ever dodged/burned, no clue, but I know he used filters, aside from the fact that he stated it in a quote that was on one of the plaques near one of the photos).
but he was brilliant.
1) he was able to capture the perfect scenes
2) he was able to take amazing exposures (20's through 70s was his photo period)
3) he was a genious in the darkroom
one example was a photo of mt. mckinely with the lake at its base, and beneath it, a print using the same negative with contrast worlds better from the top example. both were amazing prints but the second one was 7 years later, a testament to his love for the darkroom where he would re-examine old prints and continue to play around with techniques to further enhance his works.
just a spiel about my love for the photography of ansel adams. 😀
went to the toledo art museum today with my girl and, as a bonus to the trip, I knew they had an Ansel Adams gallery, and when I saw it, I about drooled.
i've been into photography lately, and just viewing his works is breath-taking. his ability to capture the beauty of nature with his camera, and then manipulate the print into being an even better work of art through different darkroom techniques is pure genious. from filters to dodging (if he ever dodged/burned, no clue, but I know he used filters, aside from the fact that he stated it in a quote that was on one of the plaques near one of the photos).
but he was brilliant.
1) he was able to capture the perfect scenes
2) he was able to take amazing exposures (20's through 70s was his photo period)
3) he was a genious in the darkroom
one example was a photo of mt. mckinely with the lake at its base, and beneath it, a print using the same negative with contrast worlds better from the top example. both were amazing prints but the second one was 7 years later, a testament to his love for the darkroom where he would re-examine old prints and continue to play around with techniques to further enhance his works.
just a spiel about my love for the photography of ansel adams. 😀
