Friday, May 22, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Edward Weston

1. In your words write a short bio of his photographic experience.

Weston was an American Photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. He experienced a transition from pictorialism to strait photography, becoming "the pioneer of precise and sharp presentation". His pictures included the human figure as well as items of nature, including seaside wildlife, plants, and landscapes

2. Describe his photographic style and some of his more famous photographs.

Weston often photographed nature and the human figure, later in his life he photographed subject in the nude and was also fond of still life.

3.

Ansel Adams

1. In your words write a short bio of his photographic experience.

Ansel was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black and white photographs of the American west and primarily Yosemite National Park For his images, he developed the zone system, a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print.

2. Describe his photographic style and some of his more famous photographs?

Ansel photographed nature with black and white film and majority of, if not all of his photographs were of nature or people in nature

3.