Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams is an amazing photographer who used medium format (film) combined with his co-founded technique of very low f stops (f64) to achieve high contrast and high detail black and white photography. They say a picture says a thousand words, Ansel proved that not only photographs can provoke many words and thoughts, but words themselves can provoke a myriad of thoughts. The following are a collection of both photos and words which have inspired and stirred me.

 - Redwoods. A.Adams 1960

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."

- Ansel Adams 

 -Yotsmite Valley Winterstorm. A.Adams 1942

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

- Ansel Adams 

- Moon and Half Dome Yotsmite Valley. A.Adams 

"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words."

- Ansel Adams

- Road Nevada Desert. A.Adams 

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." 

 - Ansel Adams

- Snake River. A.Adams

Richard Avedon

The following is the work of Richard Avedon, an american photographer who died in late 2004. He shot some of the most influential photos that we see to today. I found his most amazing works are not those of  famous people but of everyday living. Capturing innocence, pain, authority, power and grace, Richards work will forever live on and continue to inspire.

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Achromatopsia

Some days you wake up and colours seem esspeically bright and other days all the colours seem to fade. I have often wondered what it is to be colour blind and often found that the world can still be amazing even without colour. Here is some shots i have taken without.

Building A - Frenchs Forrest

Stand tall - Mona Vale

Mossy Tree - Cairns

Three Poles - Cairns

Wings - Long Reef

Stream - Long Reef

Tiny - Building A
Run River - Long Reef

Mistake - Bedroom

Rope - Warriewood