Recently we took a trip to Monument Valley in Arizona and I made what I thought then were some pretty good photos.
But, when I got home I saw this photo of Monument Valley taken by Ansel Adams.
Adams didn’t do much color work because he thought, correctly, that the technical tools did not yet exist for [...]
It is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. Here is a list of 10 things we are thankful for here at this blog. These are in addition to the most obvious and most important: family, friends, good health, shelter, pets etc.
10. Women unwilling to take off their clothes for my camera.
9. Hahnemühle Paper
8. Adobe
7. [...]
Ansel Adams reportedly did not make photographs of nudes. He said of Edward Weston’s nudes that they all looked like they were dead. I’ve never been able to look at this photo and many other of Weston’s nudes without thinking of that comment.
I don’t believe it, of course. It is quite possible [...]
