From the course: The Practicing Photographer

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Maybe you don't know enough yet

Maybe you don't know enough yet

From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Maybe you don't know enough yet

- One of the most famous photographs ever taken is an Ansel Adams image called Moonrise, Hernandez. Sometimes it's referred to as Moonrise over Hernandez. If you're not familiar with that image pause this for a moment and go google Moonrise, Hernandez, Ansel Adams. You'll find it. Adams described this as a very difficult image to print. The sun was setting very quickly when he shot this. He only got one shot, or he only had enough time to do one exposure of it. He was working with a large format camera, and he said because of the nature of his exposure it was very difficult to print. What's interesting is he returned to this image and kept printing it again and again throughout his life. You might see a print of this done by him in a gallery or a museum at some point. If you ever get a chance to, do. It's fascinating to see these things that you've seen reproduced in real life. They look very different. You'll be able to tell when in Adams' life he printed a particular print of…

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