Master Photography - Ansel Adams

My Master Photographer was Ansel Adams. The time period that Adams completed his work was between the 1920's and the 1970's. He mainly produced most of his genuine work in the Yosemite National Park area. He photographed there very often because all of his photographs mainly photographed pure nature. What I believe what makes Adams unique is how he photographs nature, yet in black and white. Most of us value nature photography for its vibrant colors and the unique things that we can see with the color. For Adams to be able to switch our perspective on nature is what makes him unique.
I chose Ansel Adams for his unique photographic style. For him to be able to switch around a major perspective of nature photography, something extremely valued for its color and contrast, is truly amazing. Ansel Adams inspired me for this exact reason. He changed peoples perspective on an almost set in stone image of what nature photography should be. This inspiration did not change for me during the project, but it rather motivated me further to continue and prosper greater and to not give up. I learned a great deal about nature photography and also patience while doing anything in life.

Picture 1: Before

                                                                         Picture 1: After

In my first picture, it was a simple picture of the Fremont sky. While editing the picture in Camera Raw, I increased the contrast setting a bit, and decreased the exposure. I also decreased the temperature of the picture, and decreased the shadow effect.

Picture 2: Before

                                                                         Picture 2: After

In this picture, I decreased the temperature and also decreased the tint effect on Camera Raw. I believe that this brings out more of an "Adams" effect because it is obviously a picture of a flower, but it also captures the water drops on the flower.

  

Picture 3: Before

Picture 3: After
In this picture, I decreased the exposure of the original picture, and I left the contrast setting alone. I also decreased the highlights setting a bit in order to bring this image out with a more "Adams" perspective. 

Picture 4: Before

Picture 4: After
In this picture, I decreased the saturation dramatically  and also decreased the vibrance of the picture in order to bring this picture. I believe that this picture brings out the "Adams" effect the most because it is a simple picture of a tree, extremely nature- based. 

Picture 5: Before

Picture 5: After
For my final picture, I decreased the whites effect on Camera Raw, because it was a direct picture of the sun, with tress blocking it, and I also decreased the blacks effect. I decreased the saturation a bit also in order to bring out this picture.