Who's your personal favorite photographer?

[ElElohe]

I hate having to pick favorites, and know that other people don't like it any better, but thought this would nonetheless be an interesting Q to post here.

 

[Mr Hako]

Landscapes: Colin Prior
People: Bob Carlos Clarke

 

[VWPETE]

Norm Wall


muahahah...hes a friend of mine im sure none of you know him

 

[Piano Player]

Landscape -- Galen Rowell
Portrait -- Annie Lebowitz
Sports - Graham Watson
War/Journalism - Robert Capa
Fashion - Helmet Newton

 

[Miss Mayberry]

Absolutely anything: onfire4Jesus

 

[TheTempleTeam]

Colin Prior!

 

[onfire4Jesus]

Absolutely anything: onfire4Jesus

Awww..... That's so sweet Amanda! I'm very flattered, but I can assure you that there are MUCH better photographers than me, though. MUCH better.

 

[LynneClomina]

i've always loved ansel adam's b&w's.... simply georgeous.... droool.... i want a camera that can do that!!!!

 

[Mr Hako]

it wasn't the camera - it was him!

 

[ElElohe]

You're right, in that he spent muchos houros in the dark room tweaking the exposure to get the most contrast and most dramatic print.

it wasn't the camera - it was him!

 

[Piano Player]

it wasn't the camera - it was him!

Some of my favorite Ansel Adams quotes:

1. Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
2. Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
3. Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.
4. There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
5. There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept

For more check: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/ansel_adams.html

 

[LynneClomina]

it wasn't the camera - it was him!

what i mean is that to get the clarity of the photo to be so clear when blown up to poster size w/ minimal grain, he HAD to have had at least a medium format, if not a large.... and those are waaaaay out of my budget right now.

i dont have a clue what he DID use.

 

[Piano Player]

what i mean is that to get the clarity of the photo to be so clear when blown up to poster size w/ minimal grain, he HAD to have had at least a medium format, if not a large.... and those are waaaaay out of my budget right now.

i dont have a clue what he DID use.

Most of his famous pictures were taken with an 8x10 old fashioned sheet film camera. (large format) They still don't make anything as good.

 

[Mr Hako]

okay, he did use a large format camera. But you can pick up second-hand Russian models real cheap (less than £100). But the price is in the film/developing. A 10x8 piece of Velvia costs about £5!

 

[Mr Hako]

Always use a sturdy tripod. You can enlarge a 35mm [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] up to about 40 inches (mixing my metric there!) and it still looks good. Remember, the bigger the shot, the further you'd be viewing from. I don't mind grain - what I can't stand is blurred pictures.

 

[selune]

Eliot Porter and Ansel Adams.

 

[JessieFL]

I ran across this guy's site when I was looking for photographs of trees. I think his stuff is amazing!

http://www.michael-busselle.com/Index.asp?Page=5

If you have the time, it is really worth browsing through all of his work.

 

[TheTempleTeam]

I ran across this guy's site when I was looking for photographs of trees. I think his stuff is amazing!

http://www.michael-busselle.com/Index.asp?Page=5

If you have the time, it is really worth browsing through all of his work.

Great photos! Scotland:

Extremely atmospheric. Beutiful composition. Great use of colour!

 

[ElElohe]

Cool, I wasn't sure this thread would take off like it did. Therefore, I'll throw in my two cents of recollection from those late nights in History of Photography.

Alfred Steiglitz quite impressed me with his cityscapes.
I'd like to own a daguerreotype if I could every find one! (speaking of infinite detail . . . )

Though, if I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be Eugene Atget


Paul Strand is intriguing as well:

 

[ElElohe]

The 2nd one and the last 3 are particularly good.

Great photos! Scotland:

Extremely atmospheric. Beutiful composition. Great use of colour!