Blog #8 Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in Western Addition, San Francisco. He was a landscape photographer known for his black-and-white phot os He didn't only shoot black-and-white, but he preferred it over color . He was dyslexic and often times had trouble in school so he used photography to capture the reality he saw. He was known for his American landscape such as; mountains , trees, and snowstorms. He was a major pioneer for future generations of artists and photographers. Ansel Adams used visualization by capturing pictures of things he actually saw. He was more worried about documenting reality rather than what would be a beautiful subject. In the picture above, he takes pictures of a fishing cone. You can see the ripple and the nice tonalities throughout the picture. This picture is amazing! It has an amazing use of depth of field as well. You can see all the way in the back the beautiful horizon filled with snow in mountains. It is beautiful and amazing how someone c...