Would Ansel Adams be an early adopter of digital photography?

9 years 4 months ago #417097 by TGonzo
I'm reading up on photography history and of course there were several mentions of Ansel Adams.  The father of B&W photography who was known for spending what ever time he needed in the darkroom working on his negatives to get the look he was after.  

Do you think he would have jumped on digital and Photohop? 


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9 years 4 months ago #417117 by Tuscan Muse
I vote yes!
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9 years 4 months ago #417126 by garyrhook
A mechanism that would allow him to achieve his goal more quickly, with less trial and error, not to mention waste? Um, yeah, I'm pretty sure he'd be all over it.


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9 years 4 months ago #417127 by S2photography
Most definately


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9 years 4 months ago #417172 by Ottis
From what I recall, Ansel was aware of the upcoming technology and was excited for it.  Obviously as we know history, he didn't make it till then.  


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9 years 4 months ago #417209 by Vahrenkamp

Ottis wrote: From what I recall, Ansel was aware of the upcoming technology and was excited for it.  Obviously as we know history, he didn't make it till then.  


+1  I think you are correct 


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9 years 4 months ago #417242 by John Landolfi
His most famous creation, the Zone system, in a way, prophesied what we can do in Photoshop.


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9 years 4 months ago #417270 by Roy Wilson
:goodpost:

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9 years 4 months ago #417405 by Carlos
Imagine if Ansel had lived just 15 more years!  I love his work.  

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9 years 4 months ago #417446 by Tim Dordeck
Truly one of the most influential photographers of all time.  I bet he would have accepted digital as a new tool to accomplish that photographic vision of his. 


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9 years 4 months ago #417660 by Zeberk
How cool would it be to be able to spend the day with Ansel Adams! 

What would you ask him?


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9 years 4 months ago #417805 by Joe Peterson
Any of you have one of his coffee table books?  


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