Today the nominated Photographer Ansel Adam, I have the 3 book set in my shelves. The Film,  The Negative, The Print. When I was studying Black and White film and Dark room we had a session On how Ansel got it so right so followed his procedure and it almost was 100% right every time. I used the same products every time had the times right its finding your groove once you have done that you hardly have failures. But unfortunately I am now using digital as I am 67 and cannot stand for hours and dont like the chemicals. 

Ansel Adams was an American photographer best known for his iconic images of the American West, including Yosemite National Park. Ansel Easton Adams was born in on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California. His family came to California from New England, having migrated from Ireland in the early 1700s.

As a young child, Adams was injured in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, when an aftershock threw him into a garden wall. His broken nose was never properly set, remaining crooked for the rest of his life.

Between 1929 and 1942, Adams’ work and reputation developed. Adams expanded his repertoire, focusing on detailed close-ups as well as large forms, from mountains to factories. He spent time in New Mexico with artists including Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Strand. He began to publish essays and instructional books on photography.

By the 1960s, appreciation of photography as an art form had expanded to the point at which Adams’ images were shown in large galleries and museums. In 1974, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted a retrospective exhibit. On April 22, 1984, at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California, at the age of 82 Ansell had a heart attack and past away. I stiil work on his principles because he taught me what a black and whit picture should look like.

https://www.biography.com/artist/ansel-adams