An Inside Look at Ansel Adams' Photography In Yosemite
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- www.silberstudios.tv/ Marc Silber joins, Michael Adams, Ansel Adams' son, in a rare interview to discuss how Ansel captured some of his most memorable photographs, how he visualized his images, how he generously helped many other photographers, how he developed the Zone system, and much more-- all against the backdrop of Yosemite valley!
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - Story Behind "Clearing Winter Storm" (1938)
1:16 - Visualization is Key
1:57 - Michael Adams' Favorite Picture Stories
3:03 - Ansel's Teachings
3:55 - Ansel's Familiarity with other Photographers
4:29 - The Zone System
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I had the wonderful experience of meeting Ansel Adam’s in Yosemite (in his Gallery) on the valley floor somewhere around the late 70’s or early 80’s. At that time I was an amateur photographer living in Merced and visiting Yosemite almost every weekend. I was also studying the Zonal System, reading his book from cover to cover. During our brief meeting, I mentioned during my introduction that I was "racking my brain" over his zonal system and that I kept his book nearby to serve as a reference manual. I remember his comments (an advice) as though it was yesterday. He asked if I could recognize the tone "white", and I answered yes. He then asked if I could recognize the tone "black", for which I answered yes. Then he crossed his fingers and squinted his eyes and asked if knew what 18% gray was, for which I replied, “ I always carry a gray card in my camera bag" and in my dark room. Finally, to my surprise, he asked if I was camping that weekend; I answered no not that weekend, but was planning another photography adventure (in Yosemite) the following weekend. He said, “Great!, bring the book with you and when you’re ready to start your campfire, rip out a few pages and use it as fire starter! “If you know 18% gray, you’re good, expose for that middle tone and let everything else go”. We both chuckled, I shook his hand again and never forgot that great advice. I wish I could have known him better. 😢
I Love that story! Thank you for passing it along!
Rest In Peace,Ansel...We love you and miss you...God bless you forever. XX
Just fyi for people, Ansel goes into some detail on the processing of the Clearing Winter Storm picture in his book "The Print". I wish I could have gone to one of his workshops, but thankfully he did write a lot about his techniques. Another great interview, love the background stories Michael gives to some of these shots.
Chase Jarvis comments about the 'creative gap' that occurs when you go to the same spot, at the same time of year, and try to get the same photo as someone as great as Adams, and it just doesn't work out that way. Adams was such a master, and a true teacher. A wonderful man.
thanks John, great reference to "The Print"
My girlfriend and I will be in Yosemite next week. We can't wait. We just bought a new Nikon to capture the beauty of Yosemite. Thank you Mr. Adams.
Thanks for the comment! We would love to see some of your photos from Yosemite! Just post them on twitter and add #AYPFanPhoto
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Good stuff! ! Really enjoy your videos!
🙏 what resonates the most?
Advancing Your Photography Photography for people starting out can be very daunting. There’s a lot of technical questions you have to ask yourself, and you sometimes get pigeonholed into one way of thinking. With your videos, I think it’s great that you have a variety of photographers explaining their approach, as it helps breakdown all the genres of thought for this art form. It’s always good to see that behind-the-scenes of the artists themselves, and not just their images. It helps us feel more connected in that we can see that we’re just as human as them and can also contribute to this wonderful medium. But as for me, I just love hearing people talk about stuff I’m interested in hahaha! You ever think about doing Podcasts? It would be great interviewing photographers talking about the craft.
The ideal moment may have never happened many times before he got what he wanted. He had to be a very patient man. Geez
Ansel Adams had the benefit of many Sierra Nevada trips led by Norman Clyde the greatest Sierra mountaineer.
One of the problems of revisiting the sites from which Adams took some of his most recognized photos is the effect of passage of time. The "Tunnel View" photo first shown here cannot be replicated exactly because the trees have grown up in the middle-foreground. You can still take a similar photo, but it gets framed without the sense of depth of the original. Others, particularly in New Mexico from the later 30s, are long gone. I think there is a video in this series going back to Hernandes to look for the "Moonrise" location. When the video film was shot in the 1970s, that was difficult. When I visited 10 years ago, it was obliterated. Just goes to show that it's better to find and shoot your own scenes, but it can be fun to locate some the famous Adams' locations and see what 75 years has done to them.
True, I was just at Tunnel view last week. And yes I have a video in this series on Hernandez, very interesting to hear the story from Ansel and his son's perspectives. czcams.com/play/PL0259E01FE91549DD.html
The downside of storms here is the difficult driving and often there is no view.
good video.
It seems strange to hear him refer to his father by his first name and not dad.
1:51 slug bug. Just imagine I hit you.
I can see why Ansel didn't like cars at Yosemite, So distracting, Great interview though :)
NZpnw It's ironic then that his most famous picture (Moonrise) was taken from the roof of his car, and Clearing Winter Storm was taken from a car park.
Erosion studies.