PHOTOGRAPHY EXPOSED
by John Peters A.R.P.S.
ANSEL ADAMS
Ansel Adams is one of the most famous photographers ever. He helped develop the ZONE SYSTEM producing a symplified method for establishing tonality within any given image.
Adams started with film cameras, before digital photography was even invented. Some of his most famous photographs are still selling for big amounts of cash, Moonrise Hernandez New Mexico, The Tetons and the Snake River, Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite and many more. Composition was always a strong feature of his photography and Adams has many photographs and books to his credit.TOP TIP He made several statements about photography, many of them turning into quotes that I like, with one in particular, striking a chord with me. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.”
A statement made by a very shrewd and observant photographer, a statement so true even today when technology is thrust at us from every angle. No, not one of Adams photographs but one of mine. I'd just rediscovered HTML code on how to load and display a photograph from a library (a breakthrough for me who is not familiar with HTML), this was the photograph I used. My very first photo on this site. Beginners please ignore this photo and text which is probably aimed at more experienced photographers. beginners should check other information more suited to them. The landscape was a lengthy exposure shot in Eyemouth, the boat was extracted from photographs taken in Berwick. I was mucking about with combining images and yes the shadows may not be 100%, maybe the boat should have been reversed so it was looking into the scene but the two images combined make for one stronger image and for one of my early attempts, I was reasonably happy with the result.TOP TIP Many photographers take photographs with 'combos' in mind. Search your own stock or take photos with 'combos' (advanced) in mind. There are many ways of combining images, see paint.net (link below) for use of free software that supports layers, ideal for combining images.
