Photography: It Sticks With You

Which photograph stays in your memory?

While in elementary school, I had to choose a famous person for a wax museum presentation. I choose the famous photographer, Ansel Adams. I learned about his life and memorized a speech to share with my class.

Adams was a landscape photographer famous for his photographs in the American West. My favorite photograph he took that lives in my mind, rent-free, is one in Yosemite Valley titled "Moon and Half Dome". It is a very simple photograph and depicts the moon high above Half Dome. The texture of the rock formation is incredible to look at and the placement of the moon above, slightly to the left, is satisfying to the eye. I was inspired at a young age by this photograph to push myself and become a better landscape photographer.