tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31221764525301191522024-03-14T07:47:31.270-07:00mikiep photographyA Better Look into the Photography side of Mikiep.Mikiephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10744122397053329500noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3122176452530119152.post-40055136370015670572009-06-29T11:06:00.000-07:002009-06-29T12:05:15.069-07:00The Man, The Myth, The Legend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67GhJ-AuMKHa-Bjq_XjZxHIJilS4BdQI-xX_ooDM1U8Dccm5jUHak7nDIAR12x5j_928q7VXmYvC7poYmF9WfEdGYp_DXt6WHzXem4VN6Ah4kpsZCN7zizXZXMgnUOl07VxeKVk-Yy9k/s1600-h/Ansel_Adams.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67GhJ-AuMKHa-Bjq_XjZxHIJilS4BdQI-xX_ooDM1U8Dccm5jUHak7nDIAR12x5j_928q7VXmYvC7poYmF9WfEdGYp_DXt6WHzXem4VN6Ah4kpsZCN7zizXZXMgnUOl07VxeKVk-Yy9k/s400/Ansel_Adams.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352818974517030210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">So, do you want to know about the photography side of Mikiep? <br />Well then, we'll have to leave the cute and funny side of things and go into the DARK room.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> I am just kidding...well not really. ;)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">__________________________________________________________________</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">To start off my photography blog, I want to first talk about one of my IDOLS in photography...</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:180%;" ><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Ansel Easton Adams</span></b></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:130%;" ><b><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">I know what you're thinking... </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">"Yeah, you and about a billion other people."</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Well, my reason m</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">ight be a little different than most, because while I think his images are amazing, I personally admire him MOST for the more technical side of things.<br />This man, or should I say "</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">ZONE GOD", </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> was so advanced in his tonal range that his images have a very 3 dimensional feeling.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The amazing thing is that he just wasn't a GOD in <span style="font-style: italic;">one</span> area, but a GOD in all things related to black and white photography. I'm talking about cameras, metering and developing.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Man, it just blows my mind when I think about it...especially NOW, in a day when people 'rattle can' off images on the digital cameras like the machine gunners in the old WW2 movies.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">I can talk for <span style="font-style: italic;">hours</span> about Ansel, but you would get a little bored .</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">So, I will end it with this...</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" class="body"><blockquote>"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."</blockquote></span> </blockquote> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="bodybold"> </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></b><blockquote style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">~Ansel Easton Adams</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:85%;" > (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984)</span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thank you for such inspiration, Ansel! </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >Find his technical books </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" ><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=151"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">HERE</span></a>:</span><br /><ul style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); text-align: left;"><li style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Camera</span></li><li style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> The Negative</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >The Print</span><br /></li></ul><a href="http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=151"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_GptGIB4PoV_LDSoRDJZqzfwtnPqiHmRuOh0SQBVVH0nDmQEBygPPuVJhjNQmFCco5FlPAj4fidS1Mcu6Ih86WH2UBO2eVdNtZBoTz6xorZq4SQYzRwK-J8wn4rAuJo-GRUVJpxJcZs/s1600-h/27journeys600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_GptGIB4PoV_LDSoRDJZqzfwtnPqiHmRuOh0SQBVVH0nDmQEBygPPuVJhjNQmFCco5FlPAj4fidS1Mcu6Ih86WH2UBO2eVdNtZBoTz6xorZq4SQYzRwK-J8wn4rAuJo-GRUVJpxJcZs/s400/27journeys600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352821491621805602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span>Mikiephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10744122397053329500noreply@blogger.com0