Ansel Adams 1957.

by Gavin Seim. My friend Barry Howel and I got looking at videos about Ansel last night and Barry found this gem of Ansel at work from 1957. It has a bit of that newsreel feel of the 1950’s it’s a rare opportunity to see into Ansel’s gearbag (more like gear warehouse) and see him at work, even though the quality is a bit faded.

I’ll add part1 and part2 below. Not so much a workshop video as a piece of history that makes me think about slowing down and making art instead of pics.  My favorite quote.

“Photography to Ansel Adams is a profession as well as an art. And his standards are as high as those of and architect or a engineer”.

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  1. I really enjoyed this and it made me think how much of an art form photography is really is. It reminds me that I need to often slow down and make art.

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I'm from WA State USA and started studying photography in 97. I started work as a pro (using that word loosely because I sucked) using film at age 16. I learned fast but was not as easy to find training then. Sometimes I beat my head against the wall until I figured stuff out.

As digital dawned I went all in and got to study with masters like Ken Whitmire. In 09 I founded the Pro Photo Show podcast. I started promoting tone-focused editing. When Lightroom arrived, I started developing tools to make editing and workflow better.

20 years of study and photography around the country earned me a Master of Photography (M.Photog) from PPA. I got to see my workshops and tools featured in publications across the industry. Once I even won the prestigious HotOne award for my "EXposed" light and tone workshop.

Wanting something calmer, I moved to Mexico in 2017. It's a land of magical light. I'm here now exploring light and trying to master my weak areas. I make videos of that for my Youtube channel, sharing what I learn. I hope you'll stick around and be part of Light Hunters Tribe... Gavin

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