Landscape Photography

Name of Photographer: Ansel Adams

Birth Place: San Francisco, California

Year Born: He was born in 1902

Death?: He died in 1984

Names of Influencial Works:

1- A Close up of leaves in a Glaicer

2- The Tetons and the Snake River

3- McDonald Lake, Glacier Park

4- A Church in Taos Pueblo

Explain in a Few Words the Type and Subject of Photography that this Person Produces

Most of his pictures didn't have people in them. They were usually taken in natural parks and there was usually a deep meaning to his pictures. The Snake River for example, is a beautiful image. There is a beautiful scenery in the Golden Third, jagged mountains in the background and dense forest in the foreground. The Rule of thirds is quite simple; Foreground at the bottom, Backround at the top and the Golden Third in the middle and most of the detail is found in the Golden Third. Not all photographers follow that rule. The light curves, like the river does. In Britain we read from left to right and the river sort of curves that way so it makes the picture a lot more interesting to look at

How Does this Person's Work Make You Feel?

For some reason, seeing the landscapes makes me feel relaxed, depending on the scenery. This is because it's a totally different landscape to England's (Since it rains a lot here) and different unfermilliar atmosphere makes me feel curious about the countries other landscape wonders (if there are any others that I haven't seen yet)

Does this Person's Work Influence Your Own Photography? How?

It will probably make me think about what I want in the picture. In the background, foreground and the Golden Third. In Crawley, I would have to think about light and how I could make it dramatic. Not as much as Ansel Adams, obviously. There are obviously a lot of people around Crawley all the time so it'll be difficult to get any good pictures...