Part seven of our analysis of the Marc Adamus Manifesto, “One way to Photograph North America”.
Here at Marc Adamus LIES 2.0, we have to say that Marc Adamus has really outdone himself with his latest expose. We’re certain that a better example of empty boasts, flowery rhetoric, and outright bullshit won’t be found for some time (maybe ever). Since Marc Adamus just can’t help himself, the manifesto also contains a great number of lies, unsubstantiated boasts, and some useful information that casts a new light on who Marc really is. Part seven of this multi-part series:
13. It turned out to be quite a nice sunset that evening which I photographed from the only open hole in the lake before clouding up for much of the night, precluding any aurora photography. In this region, the aurora appears nearly every clear night - one just has to get a clear night in winter, not summer, as the midnight sun keeps things too bright at night the rest of the year. The forecast had been good for the first few days of my travels but I came to believe that the meteorologists in this region actually just roll dice to determine the forecasts. The weather held into the next day, however, and I reluctantly shouldered the pack again and made my way for the drifted slopes above, over the pass and slid down the backside towards Divide Lake, which, in the northern shadows of the most spectacular peaks, was 100 percent frozen. Due to the terrain again being more grueling than anticipated, I decided I'd just camp there for the night. I couldn't find the energy to move further down to the river valley below, and besides, there were some interesting fissures in the ice that might make for something of foreground interest in a landscape photograph looking up at the amazing, sheer spikes of granite towering over the opposing shore. Above all else, I really wanted to both capture the Aurora and the landscape in cohesive, dynamic fashion. That was something I had rarely seen before and was beginning to realize why.
14. Sunset clouds were beginning to materialize over the peaks and I was hoping it wouldn't cloud over entirely again when I went down to the ice for some photography. I took out the camera, put it on the tripod and turned it on. It didn't come on. It didn't come on?!!!
"OK, dont panic," I thought to myself. I took out the battery and then put it back in. Nothing. I looked for ice on the contacts, tried a different battery, tried warming the entire system in my sleeping bag. Still nothing. Now I began to panic! Here I was, in literally the most remote place I had ever been which had taken the most time and expense I have ever expended to reach, on the second night of a two week backpacking trip as a professional photographer and I had NO CAMERA! After three flawless years of devoted service, my Canon 1Ds III would never come on again and today it sits in Canon's repair facility. Obviously, I could not have taken a back-up due to the weight constraints of such a trip. I have known mountaineers who had cut off the end of a toothbrush to save weight on similar outings, so another 2-pound body was out of the question. Some good that would do me.
“…I took out the camera, put it on the tripod and turned it on. It didn’t come on. It didn’t come on?!!!…”: Hey, Marc has said before that he wishes he didn’t even “have” to carry a camera. Suddenly he gets his wish, and panic settles in?
“…OK, don’t panic,” I thought to myself…”: Hey, Marc doesn’t want to carry or use a camera. Now’s his chance. Why the panic (laughter)?
“…I took out the battery and then put it back in. Nothing. I looked for ice on the contacts, tried a different battery, tried warming the entire system in my sleeping. Still nothing…”: For someone who doesn’t “even want to carry a camera”, Marc’s sure trying to get his to work (laughter).
“…Now I began to panic…”: And Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 begins to laugh. It’s so obvious now that all of the “I don’t want to even carry a camera” horseshit was just that. Of course, a real photographer always carries a point & shoot (what!) as a backup, knowing that composition is what makes a great image, not 20 megapixels or 20 blended exposures. But Marc will only carry his fancy camera gear. All photography frauds identify with a contempt for compact cameras.
“…Here I was, in literally the most remote place I had ever been which had taken the most time and expense I had ever expended to reach…”: Hey, Marc says that kind of bullshit about every trip he ever takes.
“…on the second night of a two week backpacking trip as a professional photographer and I had NO CAMERA!...”: Marc’s not a professional photographer, first of all. He sells fake photography workshops & photo tours. And why did he have to add the whole “professional photographer” thing in there anyway? If you listen to his bullshit, he pretends that he just enjoys hiking and “sharing” his images with us.
“…After three flawless years of devoted service, my Canon 1Ds III would never come on again and today it sits in Canon's repair facility …”: If Marc had any brains, he’d carry a point and shoot camera like real pro’s do, just in case. A P&S image is better than no image at all, but perhaps not when you can’t bullshit about F22, 16 bit blends, and all the other bullshit that losers like Adrian Klein, David Cobb, and Ryan Dyar jerk off to.
“…Obviously, I could not have taken a back-up due to the weight constraints of such a trip…”: Marc would sure have been glad to have a Canon Powershot or even an iPhone camera, like, say, Chase Jarvis. Again, it’s the photographer that counts, not the particular body you’re using. Besides, Marc is lying about the 80 pound pack and bullshitting about the supposed difficulty of this hike.
“…I have known mountaineers who had cut off the end of a toothbrush to save weight on similar outings…”: Bullshit. Marc doesn’t know any mountaineers. He just likes using the term “mountaineer” to suggest that he is one too. And no one will be cutting off toothbrush handles on an 8 mile hike.
“…so another 2-pound body was out of the question. Some good that would do me…”: Again, a real professional would carry a light body such as an advanced P&S that could substitute for the main camera, just in case. But Marc isn’t a professional photographer (he just sells fake workshops & photo tours), and clearly doesn’t have any experience with real cold weather. It’s easy to write a bunch of shit about how much you like winter when the fancy REI gear is working, but let that heated jacket fail, for example, and you find out who is the fake and who is the real thing (hint: it’s not Marc).
See part 8 of this soon to be extensive series soon.
Part seven of our analysis of the Marc Adamus Manifesto, “One way to Photograph North America”.
See Part One here. See Part Two here. See Part Three here. See Part Four here. See Part Five here. See Part Six here. Here at Marc Adamus LIES 2.0, we have to say that Marc Adamus has really outdone himself with his latest expose. We’re certain that a better example of empty boasts, flowery rhetoric, and outright bullshit won’t be found for some time (maybe ever). Since Marc Adamus just can’t help himself, the manifesto also contains a great number of lies, unsubstantiated boasts, and some useful information that casts a new light on who Marc really is. Part seven of this multi-part series:
13. It turned out to be quite a nice sunset that evening which I photographed from the only open hole in the lake before clouding up for much of the night, precluding any aurora photography. In this region, the aurora appears nearly every clear night - one just has to get a clear night in winter, not summer, as the midnight sun keeps things too bright at night the rest of the year. The forecast had been good for the first few days of my travels but I came to believe that the meteorologists in this region actually just roll dice to determine the forecasts. The weather held into the next day, however, and I reluctantly shouldered the pack again and made my way for the drifted slopes above, over the pass and slid down the backside towards Divide Lake, which, in the northern shadows of the most spectacular peaks, was 100 percent frozen. Due to the terrain again being more grueling than anticipated, I decided I'd just camp there for the night. I couldn't find the energy to move further down to the river valley below, and besides, there were some interesting fissures in the ice that might make for something of foreground interest in a landscape photograph looking up at the amazing, sheer spikes of granite towering over the opposing shore. Above all else, I really wanted to both capture the Aurora and the landscape in cohesive, dynamic fashion. That was something I had rarely seen before and was beginning to realize why.
“….It turned out to be quite a nice sunset that evening…”: Actually, the image he took sucks, and it was distorted and destroyed by the obsession with super-wide that Marc Adamus is so proud.
“…precluding any aurora photography…”: Aww, is the One disappointed. Doesn’t the weather know who He is?!
“…I came to believe that the meteorologists in this region actually just roll dice to determine the forecasts…” Well, of course. Without Marc’s expertise in climate forecasting, what are these pure guys to do?
“…I couldn’t find the energy to move further down to the river valley below, and besides, there were some interesting fissures in the ice that might make for something of foreground interest in a landscape photograph...”: Even Superman has to take breaks. OK, that was lowbrow.
“….the amazing, sheer spikes of granite towering over the opposing shore…”: By the time Marc gets done blurring the clouds, blending 7 different exposures (all in 30 seconds or less, of course), and shooting at 14mm, the whole thing would have been unrecognizable.
“…..Above all else, I really wanted to both capture the Aurora and the landscape in cohesive, dynamic fashion…”: Bet you anything that every propaganda master loves words like “dynamic” and “cohesive”, especially to describe their own drivel.
“…That was something I had rarely seen before and was beginning to realize why…”: Poor Marc, the weather simply didn’t want to cooperate. What’s a Famous person to do?
"OK, dont panic," I thought to myself. I took out the battery and then put it back in. Nothing. I looked for ice on the contacts, tried a different battery, tried warming the entire system in my sleeping bag. Still nothing. Now I began to panic! Here I was, in literally the most remote place I had ever been which had taken the most time and expense I have ever expended to reach, on the second night of a two week backpacking trip as a professional photographer and I had NO CAMERA! After three flawless years of devoted service, my Canon 1Ds III would never come on again and today it sits in Canon's repair facility. Obviously, I could not have taken a back-up due to the weight constraints of such a trip. I have known mountaineers who had cut off the end of a toothbrush to save weight on similar outings, so another 2-pound body was out of the question. Some good that would do me.
“…I took out the camera, put it on the tripod and turned it on. It didn’t come on. It didn’t come on?!!!…”: Hey, Marc has said before that he wishes he didn’t even “have” to carry a camera. Suddenly he gets his wish, and panic settles in?
“…OK, don’t panic,” I thought to myself…”: Hey, Marc doesn’t want to carry or use a camera. Now’s his chance. Why the panic (laughter)?
“…I took out the battery and then put it back in. Nothing. I looked for ice on the contacts, tried a different battery, tried warming the entire system in my sleeping. Still nothing…”: For someone who doesn’t “even want to carry a camera”, Marc’s sure trying to get his to work (laughter).
“…Now I began to panic…”: And Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 begins to laugh. It’s so obvious now that all of the “I don’t want to even carry a camera” horseshit was just that. Of course, a real photographer always carries a point & shoot (what!) as a backup, knowing that composition is what makes a great image, not 20 megapixels or 20 blended exposures. But Marc will only carry his fancy camera gear. All photography frauds identify with a contempt for compact cameras.
“…Here I was, in literally the most remote place I had ever been which had taken the most time and expense I had ever expended to reach…”: Hey, Marc says that kind of bullshit about every trip he ever takes.
“…on the second night of a two week backpacking trip as a professional photographer and I had NO CAMERA!...”: Marc’s not a professional photographer, first of all. He sells fake photography workshops & photo tours. And why did he have to add the whole “professional photographer” thing in there anyway? If you listen to his bullshit, he pretends that he just enjoys hiking and “sharing” his images with us.
“…After three flawless years of devoted service, my Canon 1Ds III would never come on again and today it sits in Canon's repair facility …”: If Marc had any brains, he’d carry a point and shoot camera like real pro’s do, just in case. A P&S image is better than no image at all, but perhaps not when you can’t bullshit about F22, 16 bit blends, and all the other bullshit that losers like Adrian Klein, David Cobb, and Ryan Dyar jerk off to.
“…Obviously, I could not have taken a back-up due to the weight constraints of such a trip…”: Marc would sure have been glad to have a Canon Powershot or even an iPhone camera, like, say, Chase Jarvis. Again, it’s the photographer that counts, not the particular body you’re using. Besides, Marc is lying about the 80 pound pack and bullshitting about the supposed difficulty of this hike.
“…I have known mountaineers who had cut off the end of a toothbrush to save weight on similar outings…”: Bullshit. Marc doesn’t know any mountaineers. He just likes using the term “mountaineer” to suggest that he is one too. And no one will be cutting off toothbrush handles on an 8 mile hike.
“…so another 2-pound body was out of the question. Some good that would do me…”: Again, a real professional would carry a light body such as an advanced P&S that could substitute for the main camera, just in case. But Marc isn’t a professional photographer (he just sells fake workshops & photo tours), and clearly doesn’t have any experience with real cold weather. It’s easy to write a bunch of shit about how much you like winter when the fancy REI gear is working, but let that heated jacket fail, for example, and you find out who is the fake and who is the real thing (hint: it’s not Marc).
See part 8 of this soon to be extensive series soon.
When i was reading first time Marc's article, exactly same question came to my mind. :) i doubt that he actually even backpacked . lol
ReplyDeleteplease write something about matt anderson also :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning the article "One way to Photograph North America" I found it EXCELLENT and gained a new respect for Marc Adamus!!!
ReplyDeleteYou can try to tear Marc Adamus apart for what he does, but the fact remains you never could and never would WORK SO HARD to get great landscape photos. If you just tried to do any of the things described accurately in that article you would end up shutting your pissing and moaning and maybe even respect Marc some.
But no, its way too easy for you to just comfortably sit behind your computer and lie, slander, ridicule and criticize others who do what you would never and could never do for a photo. Everyone wants to do big things but very few will actually work to get it (and those that do will often get attacked by people like you). That is the nature of the sickness of jealousy.
Anyone with an ounce of discernment knows that is what this ENTIRE SITE, your old site and the alias accounts and posts on various forums has all been about. Grow up please!