Comments on: “Moon Over Hernandez” An insight into Ansel Adams http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kaylee Lopez http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-134921 Kaylee Lopez Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:52:33 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-134921 i own at least 3 video blogs and i love to video blog myself and do some crazy stuffs*.: i own at least 3 video blogs and i love to video blog myself and do some crazy stuffs*.:

]]> By: marc silber http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-99972 marc silber Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:39:36 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-99972 point well taken John point well taken John

]]> By: John Kerr http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-99872 John Kerr Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:16:40 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-99872 Hi Everyone, How many of us have at one time or another, tried to get the perfect shot of something by waiting for the light to be just right, or by going back to the same place again and again to get the shot right. And then there is Ansel. All of the days he spent in the National Parks, being paid to get those great photographs he did. If anyone knew when to be at a certain spot to photograph it at his best, he knew it and had the talent to do it. His greatest photograph? That was something that he saw out of the corner of his eye, blinked and he could have missed it. Anything that happened that day to hold him up 2 minutes and he might have missed it. Life can be strange that way. Best wishes to you in finding your "Moonrise" John Kerr Guelph, Ontario Hi Everyone,

How many of us have at one time or another, tried to get the perfect shot of something by waiting for the light to be just right, or by going back to the same place again and again to get the shot right.

And then there is Ansel. All of the days he spent in the National Parks, being paid to get those great photographs he did. If anyone knew when to be at a certain spot to photograph it at his best, he knew it and had the talent to do it.

His greatest photograph? That was something that he saw out of the corner of his eye, blinked and he could have missed it. Anything that happened that day to hold him up 2 minutes and he might have missed it.

Life can be strange that way.

Best wishes to you in finding your “Moonrise”

John Kerr
Guelph, Ontario

]]> By: Katie http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-88420 Katie Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:12:05 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-88420 Hearing how that photo was taken is really interesting, I had no idea. I just saw some of his work at The Phoenix Art Museum exhibit. After seeing this video it makes me appreciate <a href="http://www.phxart.org/exhibition/exhibitionanseladams.php" rel="nofollow">Ansel Adams</a> work even more. Hearing how that photo was taken is really interesting, I had no idea. I just saw some of his work at The Phoenix Art Museum exhibit. After seeing this video it makes me appreciate Ansel Adams work even more.

]]> By: DoctorP http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-86378 DoctorP Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:15:32 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-86378 @joe elden: Thanks! There is one thing I have learned in life that applies to every situation. If you think you know it all, go home. If you are not willing to open up your mind and experience new and different alternatives to the way things used to be done than that is when you should pack it in and go home. Open minds can change the world. I like to think the answer was right, Adams would embrace anything that came along that allowed him to take his craft that much further. @joe elden: Thanks! There is one thing I have learned in life that applies to every situation. If you think you know it all, go home. If you are not willing to open up your mind and experience new and different alternatives to the way things used to be done than that is when you should pack it in and go home. Open minds can change the world. I like to think the answer was right, Adams would embrace anything that came along that allowed him to take his craft that much further.

]]> By: Robyn Gallant http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-86143 Robyn Gallant Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:14:24 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-86143 I am really bummed. This video has been yanked and i did not get to see it. I am really bummed. This video has been yanked and i did not get to see it.

]]> By: Joe Elden http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-86091 Joe Elden Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:39:29 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-86091 @doctorp: Excellent comment! I thought I would pass this along. In the beginning of digital photography and all the debate going on I was reading a column by William Niel who worked in the Ansel Adams studio for a time. The question would always come up, "Well what would Adams think of this new manipulation?" and his answer was that he would embrace it. One, because he was an environmentalist who would welcome development without chemicals and two because it would be the next "tool" to present a photo in the way you have seen it. @doctorp: Excellent comment! I thought I would pass this along. In the beginning of digital photography and all the debate going on I was reading a column by William Niel who worked in the Ansel Adams studio for a time. The question would always come up, “Well what would Adams think of this new manipulation?” and his answer was that he would embrace it. One, because he was an environmentalist who would welcome development without chemicals and two because it would be the next “tool” to present a photo in the way you have seen it.

]]> By: Jack Chamberlin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-84987 Jack Chamberlin Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:10:17 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-84987 This was WONDERFUL video. Ansel Adams has been an inspiration to me as long as I've been capturing images. I visited Hernandez, NM several years ago, and took the attached photo of the church and graveyard featured in Adams' famous image. Unfortunately, the church is now abandoned, and Hernandez appears to be poverty-stricken. If was not possible to get same perspective that Adams used, because there is now a busy highway running through that spot. A number of the gravestones in Adams' image are still standing and identifiable. IT was a lot of fun to see Hernandez despite it being run-down and the church abandoned./Sophie's sandbox/users/jack/desktop/Hernandez1.jpg[/img] This was WONDERFUL video. Ansel Adams has been an inspiration to me as long as I’ve been capturing images. I visited Hernandez, NM several years ago, and took the attached photo of the church and graveyard featured in Adams’ famous image. Unfortunately, the church is now abandoned, and Hernandez appears to be poverty-stricken. If was not possible to get same perspective that Adams used, because there is now a busy highway running through that spot. A number of the gravestones in Adams’ image are still standing and identifiable. IT was a lot of fun to see Hernandez despite it being run-down and the church abandoned./Sophie’s sandbox/users/jack/desktop/Hernandez1.jpg[/img]

]]> By: marc silber http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-84878 marc silber Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:49:00 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-84878 When I grew up as a photographer Ansel was my hero, in fact he came to my school when I was in the 8th grade for an exhibition, it turns out my mom knew him in WW II and she introduced me to him, what a thrill that was for me. So you can only imagine how I felt when I was able to interview his son Micheal many years later at Ansel's home in this video. It's been quite a privilege to be trusted with his unreleased footage that you see in our videos. Glad to see other photographers share in his amazing talent. When I grew up as a photographer Ansel was my hero, in fact he came to my school when I was in the 8th grade for an exhibition, it turns out my mom knew him in WW II and she introduced me to him, what a thrill that was for me. So you can only imagine how I felt when I was able to interview his son Micheal many years later at Ansel’s home in this video. It’s been quite a privilege to be trusted with his unreleased footage that you see in our videos. Glad to see other photographers share in his amazing talent.

]]> By: DoctorP http://www.digital-photography-school.com/moon-over-hernandez-an-insight-into-ansel-adams/comment-page-1#comment-84835 DoctorP Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:26:58 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11772#comment-84835 When I first started with photography I felt using Lightroom or Photoshop was sort of like cheating. Than I did some reading and realised that it is just the new age version of a darkroom. I still try to get shots SOOC but I don't feel so bad tweaking them now in PP. Most great photographers were not only masters behind the camera but masters in the darkroom as well. When I first started with photography I felt using Lightroom or Photoshop was sort of like cheating. Than I did some reading and realised that it is just the new age version of a darkroom. I still try to get shots SOOC but I don’t feel so bad tweaking them now in PP. Most great photographers were not only masters behind the camera but masters in the darkroom as well.

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