Pro 3

By: Hermin Abramovitch

My definition of place or landscape can be anything or everything. Where there is a space there is a place. Where there is a place there is always something filling it, matter. To the Mountains of Mount Fuji to the deepest abyss, landscape is everywhere.

Hermin Abramovitch’s skills compared to mine are no match. My pictures look like stick figures compared to his work. I admire his themes and his concepts that he tries to get though. These three pictures resemble. I like the imagination and simplicity he brings into his work. If you were to look through one of his websites, you will see lyrics or poems by Pink Floyd he quotes with a picture quite a few times. I think he is influenced by music and religion, from what I read from his blogs. The pictures that I found interesting the most were the three pictures above. To me, the one with the ocean and the huge basket resemble that some things are bigger than life. Perhaps the basket resembles a laundry basket and therefore appoints to environmental meanings. There’s always more than one meaning to his photographs, always.

Some of my photographs with the grain bin I tried to capture the same theme or event through the beach basket and light bulb photographs. Trying different corners and angles.

The only photograph I have that even comes close to this one is my water glass one. Using the basic principles he used with reflection and refraction. 

In what ways is he the same as me? Well he is different first of all. Like me and some comments I seem to get about my photography are angles. Close up and odd angles no one else would seem to view or want to look at. Second, are his ideas. Nothing seems to be boring, which is what I try to shoot for. Thirdly, meaning or hidden points. Like the laundry been explanation.

Lastly the simplicity can grab you every time. These pictures have basic objects like an ocean, glasses or laundry basket and the light bulb with a couple kissing in it. What makes it intriguing is the color and emphasis on the color and object.

A better example is the light bulb picture. The photograph brings together all the aspects I’m talking about: different, angle, meaning, and simplicity. A silhouette is the main focus on the picture, which is a huge emphasis on the picture because it’s surrounded by a broad warm color, orange. The light bulb represents an idea (like the light bulb that turns on in cartoons when they come up with a brilliant idea). I would like to consider these pictures a dumb down version of my work. I’ll use the grain bin examples. I represent angle, depth, vertical and horizontal lines. The idea behind it can be anything to my viewers. Hopefully, the detail is caught to vertical and horizontal lines, which resemble complete opposites, but going into the same direction, up. 

Project 3 paper

John Corney was a photographer that really caught my eye while I was out on the web looking at different photographers work and trying to decide what to do for my own project. I was having trouble trying to figure out what to do as I work a full time job and drive 70 miles one way there plus going to school full time takes most of my free time doing home work. Martin told us to pick someplace that was familiar to us to do this project on, so I decided to do my parents place and the world around it. I started with just going out and taking about 75 -100 pictures of their land and then spread out and started taking pictures from about a 3 mile radius around them. I found that there was quite a bit to work with once I got started. Using what I had seen from John Corney’s work of changing things to black and white, using vivid color, and taking many different landscapes I decided this would work. He has used a field or range surrounded by barbed wire to inspire him which inspired me with the corn fields around our home. I also used his ideas of black and white to inspire me to change my picture of the hanging birds nest into black and white to show the different textures and shapes in my picture as he did in his. While looking through his pictures I also saw vivid colors in his photos of flowers, leaves, and bugs. If you look at where he was or how he came upon these things you would see the places that he has been. I thought I could use all of these concepts in my own pictures to portrait my home where I spend most of my free time. I did that by taking pictures of our yard and the things in it, and then things that connect to that land or is in close proximity. I found a bug on one of our raspberries so I had the vivid color. I used a picture of the church that sits right next to my parents land out in the country and used a lighting effects filter to change the look of the picture and to make the church stand out, especially the steeple. I used the cornfields around them that were being harvested to show we are in the country, and put myself and water into the pictures as we have many different types or bodies of water around us. I also used the home place as inspiration to let you see what our place consists of and how we spend time with the burning of our wood in the burn pit you see in the picture of dad’s burn barrels. The picture of the river and its fallen trees, and how the vegetation is changing shows that the next season is on its way. I hope you have as much fun looking at my pictures and finding the different things that I did to change them as I did taking and playing with them in photoshop.

Landscape

This photographer Nate Howard captures the true life. she wants to publish the true life and show everybody what kind of pain so people so through everyday. These photos shocked me on how real they are. when i saw these photos i wanted to help them and make them in not some much pain. how the littles thing that we take advantage in everyday, like wash are clothes in clean water of having food and water. he had a view of many different places and wanted to show people what is going on in others cities. i wish i could do this everyday and be able to have an imagination. this world be so much different if we had to live in hard times everyday the bonding and closeness would not be hard to come by. we would not be so much of just one, you come as a group.

Landscape Essay

These photos were taken by a guy named Tony Newlin. I discovered them, while I was looking at a website about Yellowstone Park. I later visited his website at Wilderness Wonders (www.tonynewlin.com). I really like his photos. They are so full of color. I feel that his lanscapes are breathtaking. I absolutely love his animal shots. When I did some further reading on him, I discovered that he does not use photoshop to alter his images. He also has no formal training in photography. I like this. It makes you think, anyone can go out and take amazing photos.

I think it is hard to identify exactly how someone else defines place. It is an abstract thought to me. And yet, when I see something; I know I like it. I know it speaks to me. For example, the photo of the waterfall. I saw that, and immediately thought, I want to go there. I would love to see that. I tried to incorperate that feeling into my photos. I like texture and details. It makes you feel like you are there or it is real. I want my photos to take you to that place and let you imagine you are acting in them. I took a picture of a raspberry row of a garden. Everytime I look at it, I want to pick that raspberry and eat it. To me a good landscape photo is one where you view it and it evokes an emotion. From sadness to longing to excitement to wonder and amazement. This is why I like Tony Newlin's photos, they make me want to visit that place, see those things.

Landscapes Essay

The photographer I chose for this essay is John Corney. I just love the places he photographs. I enjoy seeing sunsets and sunrises. You can photograph them over and over and you always capture a different picture. John Corney has mand photographs of places like the Grand Canyon. Places that take your breath away. Just like the photographs I took Corny shows how beautiful things around us are and we sometimes take for granted. I like to see that we still have such beautiful places that are taken care of for future generations. It's a way of reminding us what a beautiful place we live in and how we need to care for it to continue enjoying it. The United States has so many gorgeous places to photograph that we can take pictures all our lives and still be surprised.

The photographs I took were of Lake Titloe. I chose to photograph Lake Titloe because it is a really beautiful place near a wooded park. It is across the road from my house and it is also next to where my daughter is buried. I'm sorry to keep bringing up my daughter, but special places always include her in one way or another. Lake Titloe is a special place for me because it is where our family has had special memories made. The sad part is that as you can see from my photographs is looks beautiful but the beauty doesn't go skin deep. The water was tested and they found ecoli, among other things. Slowly our beautiful lake is being ruined. This is one of the reasons I believe photographs can help inform and teach people about what is happening to our lakes, rivers and oceans. Photographs are a very powerful tool. I think this is why I really like the photographs I saw of John Corney. They are breath taking and at the same time it reminds us of the beauty we somtimes miss in our everyday lives.

For me it was a little difficult to take photographs that are beautiful and that catch you eye. At first when I went to the lake I thought it would be easy because everything looks nice out there. But then when I began taking photos I kept deleting some because whe I was seeing with my eyes wasn't being photographed. Some looked boring. On the other hand some of the pictures I didn't think would be good ended up being some I chose for my project. It is definitely a tough job capturing both the things up close and the subject chosen at a distance. Keeping both in focus is not an easy task. It takes time to get the perfect photograph. It does help to know the place you are photographing because this way you know which places might make a better photograph.

I really enjoyed this project. Being outside and looking around at how much beauty there is makes you want to take even more photographs. In my case, I hope our lake is still around for my grandchildren to enjoy. I hope the city is successful in cleaning it up.

Amanda Knudsen's Reaction Paper #4

These two photographers gave such an interesting new look at landscapes and nature. I noticed that Ansel Adams had an eye for the extreme contrast and texture that was presented in his photos. David Paul Bayles seemed to experiment with negative and positive space, and angles. They both made photos in black and white which gave their work a simplicity feeling to it, but with a little quirkiness added into the shot gave the photos that pop. They both also played around with lengths(vertically and horizontally). My favorite photo overall is the one 'Gelatin Silver Point' by Ansel Adams. The different textures from the sharp rocks to the soft clouds created such great contrast in the photo. They both brought landscape photography to a whole other level.

A Look Inside Landscapes

When I think of landscape photography I think of scenic nature photos and after reviewing the work of Ansel Adams and David Bayles, I can see my vision resembles most of Adams’s work. Adams has a very naturalistic style to his photographs and when you look at his shots you know that he loves nature. I really liked Adams’s photo of Mt. McKinley. I love the far depth of field that is focused on everything from the calm lake all the way back to the rigid mountains. It is truly a beautiful photograph. I also really like the set “surf sequence.” The angle is magnificent and it’s very cool how quickly the subject matter can change in just a few seconds. One photo of Adams’s that is not my favorite is “On the Heights.” This is the photograph where the tree is close up while there are mountains in the background. I think this photo looks very fake. The lighting on the tree looks unnatural and almost as if the tree was cut from another photo and pasted on this shot. Like Ansel Adams, after looking through David Bayles’s photographs I believe he too loves the outdoors, specifically trees. I thought most of Bayles’s photographs were very attractive. Some of the close ups of the logging men are stunning. I specifically like the one of the old man with the wrinkly face and squinty eyes. He seems tired and his wrinkles make me wonder how long he has been a logger. I also love the photograph of the logger who is walking down the trail with the sunlight gleaming upon him. He looks so little in the forest yet he is the one who has the power to tear the whole works down. Another one of my favorites is the photo of the logger with the cables over his shoulder. The shallow depth of field keeps the focus on the subject by blurring out the background. This man’s expression makes him look young, strong, and determined. From the portfolio “urban forest” was a very interesting photo of a tree that is behind a fence. I interpreted this photo as a message that we are invading nature and not allowing it to grow. Although both photographers like to capture nature shots, Bayles has a whole portfolio of portraits (loggers). It seems Adams was more interested in capturing photos of nature in its purest form. I believe the purpose behind Adams’s work is to show the beauty of nature and to promote the idea of preserving it as well. He loved photographing in national parks and went through great amounts of labor to get a snapshot to share with others. He also didn’t mind charging less than expected for his photographs in order to let people get their hands on his work. Bayles on the other hand seems to have made his photographs for numerous reasons. He loved photographing trees in their natural state and within cities. His reasoning for doing this was to capture the calm of a tree despite all the chaos around it. In his portfolio “falling trees”, Bayles is trying to capture the movement and energy of a tree that is about to shake the earth simply to have it on record. He doesn’t stop here however. He also goes behind the scenes of these falling trees when photographing the loggers. Bayles did this portfolio in order to tell the stories of the dirty loggers as requested by his friend. Both of our photographers have their own reasons for making the photos they shoot. Whatever the reason, these photographs are snapshots of the interests of those behind the camera.

reaction paper four

I enjoyed looking through the work of both of these photographers. Both Adams and Bayles took landscape photos definitely with their own style. Adams took pictures that were of grandeur; whereas, Bayles’ photography was of trees that anyone might see everyday.

By looking at Adams’ photos, one can assume that he had to travel far and hike much to get to some of the locations from which he photographed. Adams was more about taking photos of places that many people won’t ever see. It seemed as though he wanted to get these photos out there to educate people that we have these awesome places that we want to protect. When people saw these photos I’m sure they were awe struck and would do much to help preserve these areas. That was all in Adams’ plan.

When viewing Bayles’ photos for the first time, I was not sure what to make of them. I thought that they were awfully random and not as beautiful as Adams’ landscape photos. However, after taking a second look, I began to realize that he wants us to notice how these random trees can make beautiful photography. He wants us to realize their everyday beauty just as he does.

Natural Landscapes

In looking at the work of Ansel Adams and David Paul Bayles they both ?capture nature in ways which make the photograph interesting and also true works of art. They both use black and white, while David Paul Bayles worked also with color. They both photographed nature including trees. Both photographed with various lighting, including high contrast and subtle images.
Ansel Adams photographed images of grand nature. Magnificent in size, showing depth to a massive canyon or mountain. He described his photography as being able to do what you want to do, when you want to do it. He used his technical skills to create a superior image. He used his personal vision to communicate the subjects.
David Paul Bayles portrayed images of time. He captured trees to bring us to a place of stillness He captured them in unique, but realistic positions. By capturing nature he was able to bring slowness to our busy world. He brought these images of tree visitors to the forefront by placing them vertically and diagonally to intentionally add interest to the photo.
I see Ansel Adams as photographing the outdoors by finding and displaying natural beauty and wonders the earth has to offer. It is spiritually moving to view his images. I think Bayles on the other hand merges civilization and nature to add interest in unusual ways. The merging of a ghostly traffic, parked cars and the most beautiful trees I have ever seen, made me think about natural beauty and life’s changes as we see the cars disappearing. It made me think of time as the tree is enduring through ages and traffic is coming, going and disappearing.
As photographers it is obvious they use their eye for detail to share life’s wonders. I see them as perfectionists to capture that perfect moment.
I especially found it interesting the effects of Sally Manns occupation on her family. The fact that her children felt like they lost a mother to a creator. The distance of her presence as she is consumed with her work. Her constant desire for perfection when her husband would see her work as great works of art. This world of art seems like a constant personal battle for perfection as the outside world may see our flaws. I see this as an attempt to correct errors, to loose our imperfections in the beauty we push ourselves to find…even if it is in dog bones.

Reaction Paper Four

When I was looking at the photos from both photographers I noticed both similarities and

differences. But I noticed more differences than I did similarities. The only similarity that I noticed between them is that they both like taking photos outdoors. But, that is the only thing that they have in common. The differences that I noticed is that David Bayles likes to take more angle shots and Ansel Adams like to take more straight on pictures. Another thing that I noticed is that David takes more pictures of trees, while Ansel like to take pictures of scenery and landscaping. Even though they both are different in many ways, they are both still really good photographers.

David Paul Bayles picture seem more like they are moving. I think the reason for that is because he takes his pictures at a angle instead of straight on. Also, because of the forest pictures and the falling trees pictures. He took that picture in a way that it looks like they are moving, even though they were still. The picture that I like the most of his is the one of a pile of tires with a tree in the middle. I love this picture, but I would loved to have seen it in color and in black & white.

The pictures that Ansel Adams took seemed to be still. Even though his pictures look very still they are still very breath taking. I really like the way that he does not focus on just one object in particular. Of all of his pictures I really like the series of the ocean looking down from a cliff. I think that this picture is truly beautiful. To me it looks like something that people fly thousands of miles to see. After, looking at the photos from both artists I like Adams the most.

Adams/Bayles

Tammy Moll
Ansel Adams/David Paul Bayles

First I have to say the Ansel Adams is one of my favorite artists. I find his work thought provoking and lonesome. The fact that he takes his shots and produces a light and dark world with little or no middle ground is amazing to me. To know that he has gone to great heights to share what most of us will never see with our own eyes is a blessing.
I find that both artists show us a depth of themselves that we who strive to be ok photographers can only wish to glimpse in our work. Bayles portfolio on the marked trees made me want to go out and look for these. I know that now that I have seen his work I shall not walk by a marked tree without thinking of the story behind it. I believe Bayles is looking for the story that trees can tell. Trees are old souls that have watched over us for so long. The tree farms do take away from what nature produces in the quality of her work.

Reaction IV

What these photographers have in common is the passion for photography and the aspiration to take photos that will inspire others. They both appear to take photos of outdoor environments. That is it!

The differences are there. Ansel Adams takes pictures of huge objects. He takes pictures of mountains and lakes and long landscape. To put it simply, he puts a lot of depth into his pictures. His photography is black and white which is disappointing but amusing. It makes a name for him, but I’d like to recognize or guess some seasons if color were there. To me his photography is very symmetrical. As though you could cut the photo in half and you would have the same exact picture in the two pieces.

David Babyle I picture as the liberal idealist who goes beyond what anyone sees. His photography, although in the same genre, is completely different as that of Mr. Adams. Instead of capturing the simplicities and broad events, he captures the complex specific events. I say specific because there is a lot more detail in his photos. He brings buildings, and other accessories like the dumpster, power lines and automobiles. He brings abstract concepts with cut down lumber and then the resurrection and stabilization of new ones fixated with rope. He then acts as a sort of conservationist and a work shop leader to point out what man’s job on earth is, to be stewards of the earth.

Together I think they work perfect on a before and after picture. Ansel Adams becomes the before picture and David Babyle represents the after. Both of these photographers have very beautiful work. And yet they are very different. They have a different feel.

Reaction Paper 4

To compare this to our last exercise and project I believe that unlike portraits, the landscape photography captures scenery from a different and specific perspective. I believe is captures the beauty and wonder of the world that is around us through the eyes and the hands of the photographer. This is done by the angle, the perspective, the time of day that the picture is taken and also the selection of scenery in which the photographer chooses to capture. I believe that both of these photographers did an amazing job, and took breath taking shots. I tended to like Bayles pictures more than Adams because they seemed to be more catchy. The subjects that Bayles captured were different and made you look more than once to figure out what was being captured. Also his pictures were really bright and eye catchy! Even in the black and white, the white popped out immensely! He also captured more texture in the backgrounds, like the grains and speckles in the cement in the picture of the palm tree. I especially like the one of the tree, that covers the entire background but seems to be the subject, and the layer of cars that the opacity has been changed, and it looks like the cars are actually moving. Vibrant colors are also used, like the deep blue, and the brightness of the halo around the street lights. On the other hand, Adams pictures the light and brightness of the pictures, are more dull than the pictures of Bayles. His pictures aren’t as busy, and are more simple. Also the sharpness of his pictures are not like those of Bayles. Adams also doesn’t use color in his pictures. I think we can all agree that they both do an amazing job and capturing natures beauty! But in different ways. Bayles explains his love for forests, the living and the dying, which would make sense as to why he captures all different sorts of trees, ones that are crocked, or broke, and ones that are healthy. Also the background and the scenery around the subject can give the picture a negative or positive charge.

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.

Reaction Paper 4

Jennifer Peterson

                Adams' time for photography was primarily in the 1920s through the 1940s.  Obviously, for that time period when money was scarce, artwork was not a priority in most people's lives.  His photographs were landscape images of cliffs and mountains primarily.  He said he didn't want to focus on the social problems of the time because not everybody could relate to it the same, so he wanted to do the opposite.  This was done by taking photos of landscapes since people of all classes can admire and appreciate a beautiful landscape.  There were two aspects to photography that he found most important: he had to find the perfect position to set his camera up and after he got the negatives for the pictures, he had to decide which were the best to publicize.  I'm sure that for the time, being the best of the best was important to get public attention and make sales. 

                The biggest similarity between David Paul Bayles and Ansel Adams is that both artists are drawn to national parks and photographing them.  The difference between Bayles and Adams is that Bayles is obsessed with photographing trees of all sorts, while Adams takes photographs of cliffs and mountains.  Another big difference between these two photographers is that while Adams focused on photos of cliffs and mountains in their natural, beautiful, and most scenic point of view with the camera, Bayles takes photos of his trees from in strange angles and trees that are odd looking, in abnormal locations, falling down, and sometimes marked by paint or ribbons.  His portfolio "Urban Forest" especially demonstrates this because instead of the setting being in a national forest, the trees are photographed in cities and towns. 

                The purpose behind Adams' work was to go in the opposite direction of taking photographs of social problems of the time.  He wanted to create something that everybody could relate to and comprehend.  I believe the purpose of Bayles' artwork is to show trees in their beautiful state, and then in unnatural, sometimes sad states such as when they are falling or being torn down.  He even commented about how tree farms are beautiful in their mature state and how it's our only way to replenish what we have torn down to create malls and other such things.

Reaction Paper 4

Eli Hoversten

                When comparing the work between Ansel Adams and David Bayles, a person looks and sees many similarities in the work. For instance, you can tell right away that both Adams and Bayles love the outdoors and have decided to express it through their art.

                Ansel Adams Preferred to express his art through nature and more desert plains type of areas Facing mountains and rough terrain. For an example, the photograph entitled Mount Williamson, depicts a flat desert plain in the foreground with a range of mountains in the background. In the foreground, the earth is scattered with thousands of rocks, ranging in all sizes and appears to be impassible by any means of transportation except walking.

                David Bayles preferred to express himself through trees. He loves trees because they are a standstill part of nature and are not part of the “political propaganda.” His work was different then the work of Ansel Adams in that he took many of his photographs in a variety of cities booming with life. He photographed mainly trees, or plants of various sorts.

                In all of the differences that the two photographers had in their work, there are some similarities, they both used older cameras and some of Bayles work used slow shutter speeds, the same as most of Adams. Both artists also preferred images in black and white, although Adams may not have had a choice due to technology  limitations of the era of time in which he completed  most of his work.

                Overall, I think that I prefer Adams to Bayles because Adams traveled to farther away places to complete the photographs, and it depicts places that people in modern society do not usually get to see a lot of.

Adams and Baules

I found the work of Adams to be very detailed and it gave me a sense of awe. Adams constructed his photography in way compared to composition. With the final performance being the print. His work really captures natures true beauty and what it provides for all of us. I think Adams said it well when he stated"To photograph truthfully, you have to see beneath the surface". What is its purpose? Why is this here? Taking a photograph is a form of personal expression, you put a lot of thought into it. I think that Adams put special emphasise on the shadows and values of the print. His work showed the computations of life through rock formations, with Yosemite being the prime subject. One thing that separates him from others is that he focuses on one subject. Baules work is similar in that, his images show nature and focuses on signals of past times. Baules shows this through images of trees and how they relate to society. These images show life and mimic communities in which we live. The trees reflect uniformity in our culture. There are many ways to interpret the value and signification of trees. I think Baules focuses on the changes over time and also the ability to appreciate the beauty of the earth.

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The veiws of both of the artists were the same, but adam went to every area of landscape and bayles he stuck with one object and identified many different ways to explore the object. i thought adams what not as interesting as bayles. adams took pictures of things that you could go see and could find just about any were and it did not get you thinking. Bayles he had a different idea when he decided that he wanted to do one object in many different ways. the meanings behide the different picture were really neat. i like that ones that the trees had designs in them. the designs made you think about what that person was feeling when the wrote it on the tree why they did. the message came across better when you have feelings behind it. he incorporated his job into his pictures. which makes you in his everyday life . the kind of trees and designs that he got to see and chop them down.

Reation Paper 4

Ansel Adams and David Paul Bayles had very different views on the art of capturing landscape photography. Both Adams and Bayles photographed outdoor landscapes that focused on capturing a certain image and feeling. But the photographers shared many more differences than similarities in their pictures. Ansel Adams seemed to focus on mountains and cliffs, and also bodies of water. Adams pictures are peaceful and calm. Adams captures the serenity and beauty of the earth. On the other hand Bayles main focus is on trees and other such plants. Bayles style of photography is focused on capturing the quirkiness and humor of the world. Bayles photos are of odd, uncommon landscapes. Bayles photos contain spunk and randomness that is portrayed in the uncommon landscapes that he photographs. Bayles photographs are humorous and make you smile and wonder. I feel that Adams main purpose in landscape photography was to show the beauty of the earth and the world around him. On the other hand, I believe Bayles purpose in landscape photography was totally opposite of Adams. Bayles photographs are spunky and out of the ordinary. Bayles wanted his photographs to show the un-normal landscapes and sights found in the world. I believe that both Ansel Adams and David Paul Bayles photographs are special and beautiful, just in different ways. Both artists’ styles of photography are useful when capturing photographs of the landscapes around us.

Adams Vs. Bayles

Looking at both of the photographer's photos I could see some simularities but not as many as I had expected. Landscape photography is such a fun experience, and I think that almost anyone can take landscape photos and have them turn out cool. There are so many things in nature that can happen and make a photograph beautiful, even if you didn't intend to catch what you did. Landscape photos are very fun for me to take, and it is as easy as finding a certain peek to a rocky point, or even a beautiful fall color changing tree.
Adams pictures were to me very still. The scenery was throughout the hole picture, not having a focus on one thing in particular in his pictures. My favorite picture of his was the the surf sequence, only because you can tell that those shots were taken within seconds of eachother and you can see the way the waves were moving. His National Park photo I really liked too. It had a calming affect to it and it just seems to be such a clean focus for me.
Bayles, his pictures to me were all moving. All of the falling trees had the motion affect to them, along with a lot of his urban forest pictures. Although those pictures were still pictures, just the way the clouds are pictured above the trees I can see them floating through while the focus of the picture is standing still.
I think that Adams wanted his pictures to be beautiful, he knew that with the right amount of focus in the camera and the right angle he could make his pictures to have a very calming affect. Bayles wanted motion, excitement. I think both photographers did great work.

Bayles vs. Adams

I really enjoyed both of the photographers work. I think that they both were wonderful photographers and loved landscape. It is neat to see what different people consider landscape. Bayles seemed to photograph primarely trees and Adams photographed nature. When I think of landscape, I think of a river, a field or the area around it. As we all are finding out with our project we are working on, we all have our own takes on landscape.

Bayles photographs of the trees are beautiful and crisp. The pictures are to the point of what he is trying to photograph, there seems to be a purpose for his pictures. My favorite photograph of Bayles is the picture of the pile of tires with a tree in the middle and the beautiful clouds in the sky. I wish we were able to see that picture in color, I think with what appears to be a beautiful blue sky(with a few clouds) the black tires and the tree it would be just as beautiful as the black and white.

Adams photographs are absolutely beautiful landscapes. When I think of a landscape picture, Adams photos are what I see. Unlike Bayles photographs, there really isn't a main point to his photos. My favorite photograph of Adams is the one of Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake. I love how you can see the mountains, the lake, the tops of the trees and what appears to be a few clouds.

David Paul Bayles and Ansel Adams

Although these photographers both photograph places these images are very different. Adams photos (most of them) are of beautiful mountains that all seem to flow together as if they are in the same design category. Bayles photos are of unique trees that are very different. The first time I looked at Bayles work I felt as if they did not flow together. When I went back through them I discovered that they actually did. He finds a tree in a random location and creates a beautiful photograph because he is passioniot about the subject. This is not that different from Ansel Adams. He finds a beautiful location and creates a unique photograph also telling a story about the subject. The thing that these photographers share is the passion of not only photography but the story that they are telling.

Adams vs. Bayles

Adams and Bayles take wonderful pictures. In a way they are kind of similar. They both take pictures of nature. They differ in many ways however. Adams takes pictures of a wide spread area; mountains and lakes that leaves the awesome reflections of the mountains in. Bayles take pictures of an area with subjects in it like trees. Between both Adams and Bayles, I liked Adams a little more. Not that I didnt like Bayles' work, but Adams had great pictures of nature and I really enjoyed seeing them. Bayles' photos in a way seemed kind of random to me because he took photos of trees in random areas.

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I really enjoyed seeing the different photos that these to artists made. Ansel Adams took a lot of breathtaking images from Yosemite and it seemed that David Paul Bayles has a fascination with trees. Ansel’s work was very pleasing to the eye and showed nature as it is intended to be seen. He almost captures nature as if it were untouched by man. David Paul on the other hand seems to show what man has done to nature. I really like how he shows trees in all landscapes and shows the death and destruction of them. My favorite image of Adams’ is “Moonrise”. Something about this photo really caught my attention and after hearing how he captured it, I liked it even more. I liked how it was spontaneous and he wasn’t quite sure if was even going to get it right. David Paul Bayles’ portfolio of the tree farm was stunning to me. I really liked how he was able to capture the fog in the valleys as the trees stood tall above, reaching toward the sky.