Quotes for Today

I have come to admire the writings and thoughts of Ansel Adams concerning the photographic medium. He was after all one who said: “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”  Over the years of my experience with the photographic medium I have attempted to take along much of his thoughts and practices concerning creating a meaningful photograph from its conception to its finished state. He takes care to every detail in every part of the process, not leaving any stage of the art making process neglected. He would think of exactly how he wanted the finished image to look before he even pressed the shutter (pre-visualization), would make well calculated and considered exposures and developments, then would take utter care in the darkroom to bring that visualized print to reality. Many think he just created pretty landscape images, but as read his thoughts you realize there is so much more. I will leave you today with one of Ansel Adams’ quotes: “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”