Nationality: American
Date of Birth: February 20th 1902
Type of Photography: Black and white
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Examples: The photos are in black and white and are easier to see the different shades and contrasts of the photos.
Not everything that Ansel Adams photographs is in black and white. In the photo above there are a contrast of colours, there is low key lighting towards the bottom of the photo where there are mountains. There is a high key of light throughout the rest of the photo which the colours and the bright light gives off a realistic look that can also give you a calm feeling.
Ansel Adams started off taking photographs in colour then by the 40's and 50's he thought his work would better stand out if he used black and white.
The rule of thirds doesn't apply with this photo as it doesn't position the most important elements in the scene along the lines.
The photograph is taken at eye level, so you are able to see all of the contrasts of colour and how the mountains work well at that level, and if it was taken at a higher point you wouldn't be able to see all the different points of the mountains and how the cloud fades and disappears behind.
In this photo your attentions is drawn to the bright lights of the cloud and the darkness of the mountains. These are two different photos that Ansel Adams has taken and edited them together.
The framing in this photo are the patches of plain blue sky which makes you direct your attention to the cloud with purple and pink even though its the furthest from the camera its one of the main things that stands out. The dark black mountains which are closest to the camera also draws your attention to them as they are the darkest part of the photo so it stands out.
This photo would be used in a art magazine to illustrate different artists and photographers work, with critics comments written underneath. You would normally find these in art galleries. This photo would be fit for purpose.
Not everything that Ansel Adams photographs is in black and white. In the photo above there are a contrast of colours, there is low key lighting towards the bottom of the photo where there are mountains. There is a high key of light throughout the rest of the photo which the colours and the bright light gives off a realistic look that can also give you a calm feeling.
Ansel Adams started off taking photographs in colour then by the 40's and 50's he thought his work would better stand out if he used black and white.
The rule of thirds doesn't apply with this photo as it doesn't position the most important elements in the scene along the lines.
The photograph is taken at eye level, so you are able to see all of the contrasts of colour and how the mountains work well at that level, and if it was taken at a higher point you wouldn't be able to see all the different points of the mountains and how the cloud fades and disappears behind.
In this photo your attentions is drawn to the bright lights of the cloud and the darkness of the mountains. These are two different photos that Ansel Adams has taken and edited them together.
The framing in this photo are the patches of plain blue sky which makes you direct your attention to the cloud with purple and pink even though its the furthest from the camera its one of the main things that stands out. The dark black mountains which are closest to the camera also draws your attention to them as they are the darkest part of the photo so it stands out.
This photo would be used in a art magazine to illustrate different artists and photographers work, with critics comments written underneath. You would normally find these in art galleries. This photo would be fit for purpose.
This photo above was taken by Ansel Adams in Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1948.
In an article on colour photography for Image magazine, Adams observed another paradox, "Aesthetically, subjects possessing the least obvious colour seem to come through best, not only in simulation of reality, but in sheer beauty of colour in image."
The photo is taken at eye level so you are able to see all of the elements more clearly, and how high key lighting is used and low key lighting.
Everything in the photo above is real but stylised and edited to look non-naturalistic. Your attention is first drawn to the slightly fallen tree which hovers over the top of the mountains in the far distance.
The colours in this photo are bright but with a dark tint in corners of the photo and the shadows in between rocks and of the tree.
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