Ansel Adams

Adams gives us a profound and mystic view of the natural world, as one views it. He was an early proponent of 'Straight Photography', which refers to photography that attempts to depict what the artist saw at the actual scene. In other words, portraying that scene in a realistic and object manner. Adams mostly used large-format view cameras (cameras with large-format negatives) throughtout his life, even with smaller and easier cameras available. Adams also used the feature of the view camera to be able to adjust the relationship between the plane of the lens and the plane of the film. In other words, he had more control over the depth of field, simply by adjusting the film and lens planes. This depth of field control is exhibited in quite a few of his more famous works as well. Adams also used filters early on to render certain components of the image as he visualized them.