On 3/8/2012 8:14 PM, Mark C wrote:
Yes - his darkroom work was definitely more than 20% of his product -
my attempt to work in Woody Allen's famous "80% of life..." quote
missed the mark.
I was one observing some fine Ansel Adam's prints at the Chicago Art
Institute several years ago and over
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> John Francis
>
> But nowadays you'd only have to do that work once; after that you could
> just turn the handle and crank out near-perfect copies.
> Ansel Adams had to perform his magic for every single print; there was
>
But nowadays you'd only have to do that work once; after that you
could just turn the handle and crank out near-perfect copies.
Ansel Adams had to perform his magic for every single print; there
was no way for him to save an intermediate version.
On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 08:14:34PM -0500, Mark C w
Yes - his darkroom work was definitely more than 20% of his product - my
attempt to work in Woody Allen's famous "80% of life..." quote missed
the mark.
I was one observing some fine Ansel Adam's prints at the Chicago Art
Institute several years ago and overheard a guy say "Wouldn't it be
gre
Paul Stenquist wrote:
>I like the Ansel quote. And I think his processing work is perhaps more than
>20 of his production, if one considers only that which gives value to the
>photograph. Studying the notational maps he made to describe his burning and
>dodging procedure, one can only conclude
Bob W wrote:
>My favourite is "Photography is about noticing things", by Elliot Erwitt.
>
>The one I hate most of all is > You dont take a photograph, you
>make it. - Ansel Adams
>
>Pretentious bollocks and does nothing to help anyone take a better photograph.
It was never intended
I like the Ansel quote. And I think his processing work is perhaps more than 20
of his production, if one considers only that which gives value to the
photograph. Studying the notational maps he made to describe his burning and
dodging procedure, one can only conclude that he was painting with h
I think about the Ansel quote as about manipulation - for most of his
day that would have been filters, development (zone system), and
darkroom printing. That's not everything but probably 20% of it. The
other 80% is showing up in Yosemite.
But that's not a photo quote...
On 3/6/2012 3:19 PM,
Apropos: http://www.xkcd.com/1014/
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
> If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph
> the event...what lens would you use?
>
> Darren Addy
> Kearney, Nebraska
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Quoting Darren Addy :
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph
the event...what lens would you use?
Well, it depends on the light. If it was approaching dusk I might
look for a fast 50. Of course, if I had a K-5, any lens would do
To record the entire e
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph
the event...what lens would you use?
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Bob W wrote:
> My favourite is "Photography is about noticing things", by Elliot Erwitt.
>
> The one I hate most of all is > • “You don’t take a photograph, you
> make it.” - Ansel Adams
>
> Pretentious bollocks and does nothing to help anyone take a better
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·“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the
photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.” - Ansel Adams
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·“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the
photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.” - Ansel Adams
·“Shoot a person in color to capture their clothes, shoot a
person in black and white to capture their soul.”
·“f8 and be there”
·“Photography is
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