Ansel Adams [link] was an innovative photographer. His black and whites are simply the most stunning landscape photographs that I have ever viewed. He used multi-plating as well as lots of masking, bleaching and a form of wide-format-HDR capture. He developed the zone technique which most avid photographers try to accomplish in their captures. He was in all essence a photographic genius. His works are stunning and though they lack colour your mind cares less for them as it indulges on the feast of detail, DOF and crisp lines and contrast balance.
Of all the photographers I have seen over the past 20 or so years, the books I have read and the photos I have studied, none has ever come close to the innovative-ness of Ansel Adams, until now.


Mike Shaw uses all the tools at his exposure and tries to present his scenes as original visions on the world we see and some parts that we don't often see. His use of editing tools and multilayering and stack-modes brings him to the front of innovative photography. He has won numerous awards, attained lots of international recognition and with the right marketing of himself could easily be in the fore-front of modern (if not tomorrows) photography world.

I would easily say that Mike is without argument the Ansel Adams of this day and age.







As you can see from Mikes photography, though he does not have a consistent style he does have a consistent ability to express the scene, which is what makes a great photographer stand out. Anyone can take photos, some can take great photos yet only very few innovate and create great photos.
Mike has a grand future ahead with the right push in the right direction.

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