Ansel Adams

Before going to a private school, Adams was tutored by has father and aunt. Adams was proficient at piano, but always chose photography over piano. Nineteen Twenty seven was the year that he published his first photograph, Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. One of Adams' most treasured friends and colleagues was Edward Weston. He was so dedicated to his photography that he spent nearly 18 hours each day, every day of the week, for weeks on end. Also, he was also one of the last defining figures in the age of Romantic landscape and photography. I chose the photograph that I did because I love how much the waterfall stands out against the dark rocks, and how he used a slow shutter speed to make the water look the way it does.