Ansel Adams lives in poverty for decades as he built his prolific skills and library of photographs. It was late in life that someone helped him turn his archive into a business. He toiled up and down mountains by mule and foot with heavy loads to find his compositions. Perhaps that deep toil with no reward in sight other than the reward of a brilliant print aided him to keep going. I believe his first devotion was art which very often gives us very little reward for our work. I enjoy your channel and fell on it by chance. These are very relevant discussions to have especially now. To be an artist is a long and difficult journey with nothing promised in return, other than the journey itself.
As to image quality, I worked for years as a lab technician for a premier production house in London back in the height of film days, 90's. For commercial use IQ was important, and finesse in production was vital in the art/creative market. E6 transparency film was judged in 1/4 stop increments, which one became very proficient at recognising small exposure/tonality adjustments or for increase in contrast and saturation etc. In the art world it doesn't have to be sharp or in focus on the other hand, it's all about the context, content, emotion and process etc. It took me years to give up film. Now my eyes have accustomed to digital capture and I really enjoy it. IT's different and in some ways harder, some easier. The ability to manipulate an image is beyond anything from film days and we are redefining what photography can be. There are so many amazing image makers out in the world which is revealed by the internet, and somehow standards are being maintained albeit in very different industries and ways. It's inspiring to see but also makes me see how bad my own work is and how far I have to go still.
LOL. If every camera company sent every UA-camr shill a free camera and lens, how would they differentiate which one was any good, or better than the rest?
After a good day of photography, I'm sitting in my cabin in the Norwegian wilderness and looking at my waterfall pictures. How boring would it be if I had only taken all the pictures with one program. No wet feet and no good pictures. Greetings from Blefjell in Norway. Great video.
Ansel Adams was a total geek, DIY, photographer, dodging and burning his photos to hell and back with recipes for each print.. He was doing quality control for Polaroid prototypes. He probably had relationships with many other manufacturers too. I'm not sure how different it actually is in our current situation of shills on UA-cam, but it does feel different. If I'm correct, Ansel Adams mainly made his photos with glass plates, not 4x5 (but I'm sure he did that too). Anyway, I would imaging that if he were alive today, he'd be completely behind digital, probably owning one of the most expensive systems available with the fastest computers for processing the images. He might draw the line at sky replacement though. All speculation though. Who really knows?
Not Confucios, The Buddha said: "The inability to accept change is the root of all human suffering."
I agree with your observations and assessment 100%
“Comparison is the thief of joy” -President Theodore Roosevelt
Ansel Adams lives in poverty for decades as he built his prolific skills and library of photographs. It was late in life that someone helped him turn his archive into a business. He toiled up and down mountains by mule and foot with heavy loads to find his compositions. Perhaps that deep toil with no reward in sight other than the reward of a brilliant print aided him to keep going. I believe his first devotion was art which very often gives us very little reward for our work. I enjoy your channel and fell on it by chance. These are very relevant discussions to have especially now. To be an artist is a long and difficult journey with nothing promised in return, other than the journey itself.
As to image quality, I worked for years as a lab technician for a premier production house in London back in the height of film days, 90's. For commercial use IQ was important, and finesse in production was vital in the art/creative market. E6 transparency film was judged in 1/4 stop increments, which one became very proficient at recognising small exposure/tonality adjustments or for increase in contrast and saturation etc. In the art world it doesn't have to be sharp or in focus on the other hand, it's all about the context, content, emotion and process etc.
It took me years to give up film. Now my eyes have accustomed to digital capture and I really enjoy it. IT's different and in some ways harder, some easier. The ability to manipulate an image is beyond anything from film days and we are redefining what photography can be. There are so many amazing image makers out in the world which is revealed by the internet, and somehow standards are being maintained albeit in very different industries and ways. It's inspiring to see but also makes me see how bad my own work is and how far I have to go still.
I think a testament to this hasselblad thing is when Gavin showed his OM-1 mk II images in a following video and they were also great.
LOL. If every camera company sent every UA-camr shill a free camera and lens, how would they differentiate which one was any good, or better than the rest?
Always good! Also, thought provoking!
Thanks!!
After a good day of photography, I'm sitting in my cabin in the Norwegian wilderness and looking at my waterfall pictures. How boring would it be if I had only taken all the pictures with one program. No wet feet and no good pictures. Greetings from Blefjell in Norway. Great video.
Ansel Adams was a total geek, DIY, photographer, dodging and burning his photos to hell and back with recipes for each print.. He was doing quality control for Polaroid prototypes. He probably had relationships with many other manufacturers too. I'm not sure how different it actually is in our current situation of shills on UA-cam, but it does feel different. If I'm correct, Ansel Adams mainly made his photos with glass plates, not 4x5 (but I'm sure he did that too). Anyway, I would imaging that if he were alive today, he'd be completely behind digital, probably owning one of the most expensive systems available with the fastest computers for processing the images. He might draw the line at sky replacement though. All speculation though. Who really knows?
Peter Lik is not a photographer, simple as that. He’s a graphic artist, or just an artist, but he is definitely not a photographer
Not sure that he's even an artist. More like a con man actually.
How about PSOS ? 😀