![]() You also had to spend time in the darkroom, to bring to life what you saw and felt in real life. Clicking the shutter wasn’t enough to make an image. He was famous for saying that you don’t just “take” photos- you “make” photos. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it”Īnsel Adams is famous for his “zone system” - a complicated method of rendering the “perfect” monochromatic print. I wanted instead, to dedicate this post to practical tips and lessons I’ve learned from him, and how I’ve applied these theories to my own personal photography.Įven though you might not be a landscape photographer, Ansel Adams’ personal philosophies can help you in all genres of photography, and in life. There are many extensive biographies of Ansel Adams online, so I won’t cover too much of his history or past here. During his entire life, he canvassed to support the wilderness- politically, and through his photographs. I learned early on that Ansel Adams didn’t just “take” photos- he “made” his photographs, through his extensive darkroom work.įurthermore, I began to appreciate nature more from him. What drew me most to his work was the minimalism, zen, and the sense of calm from his photographs. ![]() I studied and consumed the work of Adams. When I started as a photographer, I was primarily interested in landscape photography. ![]() Ansel Adams is one of the titans of photographic history. ![]()
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