Ansel Adams
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- ********
how did he make his work look so rich and downright beautiful with shit technology while every idiot today has a $2k camera that does everything and their work ends up looking like photoshopped crap.
- Corvo20
Because he was good at it - and the world wasn't saturated with images and crappy commercialism.
- 7point340
simple really,
he had real skill and dedication to a craft that has all but been forgotten in our current world of push-button technology. you can edit a photo with a keyboard shortcut, and never have to know how to do it analog, or never understand the theory behind it. technology dumbs people down considerably.
also, i believe he had a duffel bag of skulls
- kult0
Funny, I personally see a larger volume of incredible amateur photography in this time than ever before. Stop using google image search.
- doesnotexist0
because he had a great eye. and knew how to use his camera.
- + his negatives were as big as an 8.5 x 11 paper, that helps.robotron3k
- boobs0
There's no secret, really. Adams published many, many books on his techniques.
- epikore0
I want a duffel bag full of skulls
- kgvs720
f/64 Group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro…
- sikma0
godd question uber.
when and if I have an answer you will be the first one to know
- contemp0
Uber's back?!
- robco0
wasnt he dating georgia o'keeffe?
- contemp0
Yeah they dated for yeeears
- ********0
georgia o'keefe was a lesbian.
- loaf0
called the zone system.. also pre-visualization.. and LARGE camera's.. 8x10 4x5's.. etc.. shooting with a 4x5 is quite.. the graduation of tones is amazing in such a large neg.
- jaylarson0
adams' cameras had moving parts (tilt shift), higher dynamic range, and he did some work with post production.
- sikma0
Expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights.
That little trick is how he was able to achieve such a high dynamic range with conventional film.
- zarkonite0
uhhh, those DSLR cameras are pieces of shit next to a Sinar 8x10... and not to mention the extreme low resolution of 35MM lenses.
... and B&W printing paper has WAY more tonal density than colour paper.