Adams and Bayles
Jennifer Huhn

Adams began his photography work in the 1920s for the Sierra Club. During this time the debate was not yet settled declaring photography as an art form. Adams used a method of high art by making universal or idealized statements about the world using his photographs called "Pictorialist" In Yosemite, Adams first encountered the idea of the national park and refined his approach to landscape photography. Adams purpose of photographing later became him using some of his first photographs for the conservation of the national parks. Bayle believes that the trees in the national parks are beautiful and represent a "narrow view of our connection with trees." Bayles work includes trees mixed with junked tires, metal grates, metal fences, power lines, and even a concrete parking ramp. I read the info section of his portfolio and realized that he has spent his entire life around trees as a kid as an adult working as a lumberjack of sorts and at his farm and as a photographer, he realizes how important they are to us. After looking at his portfolio I think his method or purpose of photographing what he does is to amplify and make known the daily relationship between humans and the "trees in the human landscape" unlike Adams who photographed "trees in their natural habitat" Adams also carried about 40lbs of camera gear with him including glass lenses and glass filters and other items needed when trekking through the national parks. From what I read on Bayles web page it doesn't seem like he worries about stuff like that when he's photographing. But I did notice how he uses Photoshop to fill in the missing pieces of a photo and to further stimulate textures.