Ansel Adams

The famous photographer Ansel Adams specialized in black and white photos like the one above, and he did these photos all without digital cameras, just careful planning and manual manipulations.  He did not attend public school but instead was tutored by his parents.  At the age of 12 he took up the piano and this became his other profession besides photography.  In 1927 he did is first visualized photograph.  Adams loved nature and you can tell by all of his photographs such as the famous one above: "Rose and Driftwood".  He first started getting famous in 1933 and did a lot of different types of pieces for Kodak, IBM, LIFE Magazine and many others.

Black n WhiteTe

Abstract

Texture

Portrait

Portrait

Landscape

Texture

Abstract

Landscape

Camera settings

Long Exposure

Long Exposure

Short Exposure

Short Exposure

Aperture

Aperture

Panorama

Creative

Inside

Outside

Portrait

Panorama Examples

These landscape panoramas I found to be more visually appealing than most.  The lower one is an old one made without computer assistance that has good perspective and a really nice feeling and color tone.  The upper one captures the texture of the water and the trees on the right give the image good contrast. It gives you a peaceful and tranquil feeling of siting by a lake.

Found Face Story

Once upon a time in a school far far away there was an evil spirit that haunted the school.  It liked to rearrange the features of the school to often make silly or scary faces for its own pleasure. These spirits roam free in any object around the school and have a mind of their own as they try to communicate through faces.  You can see the emotions of the spirit in the face above.  He could be surprised or even just feeling quirky.  The spirit is known as the NHS poltergeist.  He came to be in this form from a young boy living in the country when the rest of his family tragically died in a car accident.  This was too traumatic for him and he tried to commit suicide but was punished for this by being made to haunt the school for the rest of his days.

Faces