I am not sure how many schools spend the time to get personal with Ansel Adams now days since his passing in 1984, if I remember the year correctly. I find hearing his thoughts on composition, contrast, light and whatever else he points out is enlightening. He is one person that I would really want to have a month or two to spend some one on one time with yet not be selfish. Glean from his words and work. Final episode
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When I really began to learn about photography not just assembling slides for a projector, it was about black and white photography. My father said it I could master the black which medium I could shoot anything. I did believe what he said back then but when I think back on his words I believe they were true. When you listen to Ansel speak about each image it is about the different areas of the image the dark and the light. When I listen, I hear him talking about getting the widest possible range from 0 to 10 in an image. Enjoy part 3.
I reflect upon the work I have created this past year and I see good and even some exceptional work. I reviewed thousands of images and thought why are there not more exceptional images. In all honesty I believe that I looked so much for the art that I missed the technical side of creating. I missed the exposure, focus or composition ever so slightly that the impact or story of the moment is lost. Ansel’s words can be inspiration to both the artistic and technical aspects of photography.
Part 2