25 Responses to “Ansel Adams Photography Part 2 (Video)”

1. Polybun said on February 26th, 2009 at 8:16 pm

   Well, its not as if He never bracketed. He would often do two exposures. Manytimes however, when working with view cameras, once may be all you get. Gingerly sliding in the dark slide not to move your camera. Gingerly pulling out the holder, flipping it, gingerly sliding it back in, gingerly sliding out the dark slide, then hoping like hell you haven’t moved anything.

2. opidacul said on March 11th, 2009 at 4:42 am

   he was amaizing as a photographer, and from what I see he was a wonderful person to… maestro thank you

3. Rangefindergeneral said on March 11th, 2009 at 5:38 am

   Yes seems like a around nice guy, his autobiography is an ok read.
   stay tuned for Bob Capa.

4. ianparadine said on April 15th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   Dear Rangefindergeneral
   Thanks so much for going to the trouble to do all this. I am enjoying your choice of Photography documentaries. Immensely.
   Ian

5. rowanlamb said on May 7th, 2009 at 7:00 am

   Fascinating that he was excited about digital imaging!

6. anticimexxx said on May 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am

   listening to this man fills my heart with love and passion.

7. pacifictrout said on May 30th, 2009 at 3:20 am

   u can see intelligence and passion and experience rolled up in this man. i am sure he had his problems and hardships but my point is we all need to reach his level somehow whether it be in photography or whatever we do. shame people hate and want to destroy

8. fugazidave said on June 3rd, 2009 at 12:15 am

   First time I’ve ever seen/heard him talk. I am not disappointed. Rather, I am thrilled. Thanks for posting this.

9. fodera6 said on June 8th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

   So interesting to hear his analogies to music. I knew he was considering being a concert pianist at one point but this interview delves deeper into that side of him which I like very much. I had never heard him speak before either and I was struck by his frank and thoughtful answers.

10. cinematicfanatic said on September 3rd, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Excellent. Thanks for the upload.

11. iowancamera said on September 25th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Part two is great to hear his philosophy. So many people argue that Ansel Adams made perfect negatives that would magically print perfectly. This shows that it’s OK to manually manipulate the print to get your personal interpretation down on paper. Snotty photographers be damned

12. TopRobbo1970 said on December 4th, 2009 at 5:20 am

    Thank you Rangefindergeneral!

13. ulrichred said on December 13th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    One thing I’ve notice is that any master of his/her craft is that they are very, very humble.

14. Rivera3689 said on January 22nd, 2010 at 4:14 am

    word!!!!… unfortunately he didn’t get to live long enough to see digital photography flourish since his passing

15. weenyone said on February 26th, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    Was it Adams who also superimposed the moon into one of his desert landscapes?

16. weenyone said on February 26th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Also interesting to see how optimistic about the digital future of photography. Some of art photographers are drawing the distinction between analogue vs digital saying the former is more superior. In 1983 when this interview was taped scanners were new and he would embrace the digital developments in photography that have taken place especially in the last ten years

17. erickBUENO2009 said on April 8th, 2010 at 9:19 am

    the one who posted this is also a genius, thanks a lot for posting. i learned a lot

18. wintersnowman said on May 10th, 2010 at 5:12 am

    Been watching nothing but rangefindergeneral videos the past few days. Thanks for uploading, hopefully there’s more to come!
    On another note, Ansel Adams died the year after this.

19. greenflower014 said on May 24th, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    i had to do a paper for photo for school and i wanted to do it on the great Ansel Adams and you video helped me a lot. thanx so much!

20. MrKeefaz said on May 25th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Amazingly prescient comments about computer technology. And he’s so welcoming to it.

21. seyang89 said on May 29th, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    i’m glad to hear that adams embraced digital photography, even in its infancy. i was disappointed by all the comments in part 1 shunning digital photography. im pretty sure if you spoke to most respectable photographers, they would not be so concerned with digital/film as they would composition and vision.

22. seyang89 said on May 29th, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    i’m glad to hear that adams embraced digital photography, even in its infancy. i was disappointed by all the comments in part 1 shunning digital photography. im pretty sure if you spoke to most respectable photographers, they would not be so concerned with digital/film as they would composition and vision

23. Paulsonn2 said on August 29th, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    His comments on “electronic” (i.e. digital) photography are at 7:02.

24. SaypheZonE said on October 27th, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    Could you imagine if he were here to experience Photoshop

25. contigo121 said on November 26th, 2010 at 6:53 am

    I love his analogy to printing and taking the negative with that of performing a musical score!

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