Comments on: What is Visualization? Rare Unreleased Ansel Adams Footage

By: Nelcha Cross

Nelcha Cross — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:37:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing, a new clip of inspiration is always appreciated.
This reminds me of why I first got INTO photography….because I
visualized something and the camera/print did NOT come out the way
I had pre-visualized it, hence started my efforts to learn to use a
Manual camera so I could produce what I was visualizing.

Yes, today we expose film or pixels, but hunters “shoot.”

By: TranceMist

TranceMist — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:37:14 +0000

What an awesome clip of Ansel Adams.
(too bad Marc put that awful intro in front of it)

It’s notable that Ansel Adams refers to “making a photograph” instead of “taking a picture”.

Thanks for posting!

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By: Jeremy Brooks

Jeremy Brooks — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:39:06 +0000

So true. It’s rare that I will see a shot and know what I want right away. It’s a wonderful thing when it happens. It happens more now than it used to, presumably because I have spent more time shooting and studying other photographs.

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By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:28:38 +0000

It is wonderful how such a simply expressed concept can have such a tremendous impact on ones photography. I think visualization is no less a basic principle than, for example, exposure, yet I do not think I have ever heard it so clearly expressed prior to this video.

Thank you for posting this.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:26:30 +0000

I have the same “stage fright” that James is talking about, it’s something I’m trying to work on as well.

I’m going to finish watching this vid when I get home, it looks great so far.

By: James D Kirk

James D Kirk — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:53:40 +0000

Hey Thomas. This simple, quick post by you has made an immediate impact on my self knowledge as to why I don’t shoot more. While not 100% sure that I am a “great visualizer” (!) I do know that when I don’t have my camera, I tend to see what I think are “great shots” and wish I had my camera to grab them. But then, for some reason, when I do take the camera out, there is a sort of “stage fright” of using the camera out in public. I’ve never expressed that concept before, mostly never really acknowledging it to myself. Seems that I just need to get over it, spend time with the camera in public, use it. Really want to see if I am able to capture the visualizations that I see. Thanks so much for both your great photo posts as well as the commentary you publish. Your posts have been and continue to be one of favorite feeds in my reader!