Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was an American photographer active in the nineteenth century. He first became interested in piano at age twelve and his interest in the arts grew from there. He took his first photos of Yosemite National Park with a Kodak Brownie Box camera given to him by his father. Adams produced his first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras, in 1927. The portfolio was a big success due to promotion from Albert Bender. Of his 60 year photography career, the 1930's were the most productive. Although Adams died in 1984, his legacy still lives on today. As quoted by John Szarkowski in the introduction to Ansel Adams: Classic Images, " The love that Americans poured out for the work and person of Ansel Adams during his old age, and that they have continued to express with undiminished enthusiasm since his death, is an extraordinary phenomenon, perhaps even unparalleled in our country's response to a visual artist."
   

     










For more information and pictures on Ansel Adams, checkout any of the links below:
http://www.anseladams.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams
http://www.sierraclub.org/history/ansel-adams/

Spirit Week, SENIORS!!

This week was spirit week at my high school, so here are a few of the pictures so far. SENIORS 2014

Featured: Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Cerrutti, and Mr. Place

99' Honda Civic

 Here are some pictures of the interior of my car, i took these as part of the first 70 images we were supposed to take. My car is a 1999 Honda Civic, and it's my baby. It runs kind of crappy sometimes, but it gets me where i need to go and i love him.

Digital Photography School

 The Digital Photography School website offers a lot of different things. It has basic photography tips, composition tips, and even a link for beginners. There are also links for cameras and photography equipment, as well as post production techniques. They have a post on there about shooting weddings, and it was definitely my most favorite to read. It gave a lot of helpful tips on not just weddings, but also portrait sessions in general. The link to the website is :

http://digital-photography-school.com/so-youre-going-to-shoot-a-wedding-part-3-of-3-editing-etc#more-54130

Alfred Stieglitz

I think Alfred Stieglitz was an important asset to the development of photography as an art form. Before him, people viewed photography as something completely different than art. A lot of people during that time period said that photography was art for the lazy person, that it was not real art since the camera did all the work for you. Below is an example of his artwork. I think Stieglitz did succeed in fighting for photography to be considered art, since nowadays people do look at it as more of an art form. There are still those people who say that anyone can be a photographer and that it is not real art, but i feel like the majority of people look at photographs as art.

 

Wolf

Digital Dog

This is a digital painting i made in Photoshop of my dog who has now passed away

Magnolia Sunset

  

A Walk in The Woods

I took this picture last year around this time, and I just think it's beautiful. Ravenswood Park is literally 100 yards away from my house, and I take advantage of that as much as I possibly can. I love going for walks here. It's always so quiet and peaceful, and occasionally if you're quiet enough you can come face to face with a deer or two.

Just A Quick Bite

This is just a picture of the breakfast I had the other day. I thought it looked super cute so I took a picture of it :)

Mystery Train

This picture is of a little record shop in my city called Mystery Train. Mystery Train is one of those stores that you can recognize just by the smell of it, and I love it. It smells like old records and newspaper. To some people that might be a gross smell but to me it is a comforting smell. It reminds me so much of my Dad's house, especially since I got the Rolling Stones label in this photo.

Like a Rolling Stone

This is the tattoo my brother got a few months back in memory of our Dad. I drew the tattoo, so it has extra meaning to him. It was done by Brad at Drastic Tattoo on Route One. It was a cool day, and a really cool experience to be there for.