The greatest and the best of landscapes..

Whenever landscapes are even mentioned.. Ansel Adams normally comes up. He is a super well known photographer. 

I have always loved his work,




His work is magnificent. wonderful.
AHHH I'm in love =D


Another piece of photography that goes hand in hand with landscapes, is environmental portraiture.
Environmental portraiture.. is taking portraits of people in there normal place.
A lady on her front porch in a rocking chair,
A kid playing on the swing set,
A girl snuggled up with a cup of tea and a book.
Environmental portraiture is about the person's personality AND where they feel they belong. Where there space is.
Environmental portraiture is more about the space around the person than the person.


Now, I've been doing some research on Environmental portraiture because I have an assignment on it in photography.. and I came across Arnold Newman.
This guy was super cool! He was known as one of the first environmental portrait photographers.
He believed that no matter who he was photographing, it should be a pleasing image. He said,


"The surroundings had to add to the composition and the understanding of the person. No matter who the subject was, it had to be an interesting photograph. Just to simply do a portrait of a famous person doesn't mean a thing."


Here is a link to his portraits.
One of my favorites is his portrait of Picaso,

Pablo Picaso, by Arnold Newman

Here is my favorite quote from him, 


“We do not take pictures with our cameras, 


but with our hearts and minds.”


-Arnold Newman