Part two is great to hear his philosophy. So many people argue that Ansel Adams made perfect negatives that would magically print perfectly. This shows that it's OK to manually manipulate the print to get your personal interpretation down on paper. Snotty photographers be damned ;-)
Been watching nothing but rangefindergeneral videos the past few days. Thanks for uploading, hopefully there's more to come! On another note, Ansel Adams died the year after this. :(
So interesting to hear his analogies to music. I knew he was considering being a concert pianist at one point but this interview delves deeper into that side of him which I like very much. I had never heard him speak before either and I was struck by his frank and thoughtful answers.
i'm glad to hear that adams embraced digital photography, even in its infancy. i was disappointed by all the comments in part 1 shunning digital photography. im pretty sure if you spoke to most respectable photographers, they would not be so concerned with digital/film as they would composition and vision.
@rowanlamb I was glad to hear this too. I worried in part 1 if he would have thought it was not a good direction. I wonder if he would have embraced PS for his own work, or left it to others and sat back and watched.
Yes he was a master with a meter. I still like to bracket when in doubt. And you need to know most of the work was done in the darkroom, if he was alive today he would love photoshop.
ok, maybe he was a purist and a visionary, but why is he donating his negatives to a society that takes care that students from visual art can print them in various ways? i mean, he's well intended but that kind of contradicticts with his initial knowledge that you KNOW the picture before you click the camera. someonelse printing your negatives gives endless answers to your art, but those are not HIS vision.i'm just saying.
i'm glad to hear that adams embraced digital photography, even in its infancy. i was disappointed by all the comments in part 1 shunning digital photography. im pretty sure if you spoke to most respectable photographers, they would not be so concerned with digital/film as they would composition and vision
He was truly Master of the craft.... thank you for posting this, makes me able to share to the new generation photographers .....
welcome
First time I've ever seen/heard him talk. I am not disappointed. Rather, I am thrilled. Thanks for posting this.
he was amaizing as a photographer, and from what I see he was a wonderful person to... maestro thank you
Amazingly prescient comments about computer technology. And he's so welcoming to it.
Part two is great to hear his philosophy. So many people argue that Ansel Adams made perfect negatives that would magically print perfectly. This shows that it's OK to manually manipulate the print to get your personal interpretation down on paper. Snotty photographers be damned ;-)
Been watching nothing but rangefindergeneral videos the past few days. Thanks for uploading, hopefully there's more to come!
On another note, Ansel Adams died the year after this. :(
i had to do a paper for photo for school and i wanted to do it on the great Ansel Adams and you video helped me a lot. ;) thanx so much!
Thank you Rangefindergeneral! :)
the one who posted this is also a genius, thanks a lot for posting. i learned a lot
So interesting to hear his analogies to music. I knew he was considering being a concert pianist at one point but this interview delves deeper into that side of him which I like very much. I had never heard him speak before either and I was struck by his frank and thoughtful answers.
i'm glad to hear that adams embraced digital photography, even in its infancy. i was disappointed by all the comments in part 1 shunning digital photography. im pretty sure if you spoke to most respectable photographers, they would not be so concerned with digital/film as they would composition and vision.
@rowanlamb I was glad to hear this too. I worried in part 1 if he would have thought it was not a good direction. I wonder if he would have embraced PS for his own work, or left it to others and sat back and watched.
I love his analogy to printing and taking the negative with that of performing a musical score!
Fascinating that he was excited about digital imaging!
Nothing has ruined photography, Its just changing and you need to adapted. If you listen to what he is saying you'll understand...
Yes seems like a around nice guy, his autobiography is an ok read.
stay tuned for Bob Capa.
@weenyone Ibelieve that was Adam's Moonrise Over Hernandez.
Yes he was a master with a meter.
I still like to bracket when in doubt.
And you need to know most of the work was done in the darkroom, if he was alive today he would love photoshop.
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what is this strange sound at 9:14?!!
hahaha.
Could you imagine if he were here to experience Photoshop
ok, maybe he was a purist and a visionary, but why is he donating his negatives to a society that takes care that students from visual art can print them in various ways? i mean, he's well intended but that kind of contradicticts with his initial knowledge that you KNOW the picture before you click the camera. someonelse printing your negatives gives endless answers to your art, but those are not HIS vision.i'm just saying.
They could be used to practice recreating the results he created.
Photoshop has ruined photography.
Watch again at the 7:00 mark he expresses his excitement of the future of "electronic" photography.
i'm glad to hear that adams embraced digital photography, even in its infancy. i was disappointed by all the comments in part 1 shunning digital photography. im pretty sure if you spoke to most respectable photographers, they would not be so concerned with digital/film as they would composition and vision