C.P+Artistic+Review

By: Corrina Petit   Andy Goldsworthy, born July 26, 1956, is a British artistic photographer. Unlike many, he adds a step to photography, sculpting and architecture. He takes the objects in nature that are seen in our everyday lives and makes them become so artistic it makes one curious. How does he do what he does? Everything is with such perfection that you cannot comprehend how Goldsworthy is able to make such normal things abstract.  Goldsworthy is a skilled photographer. He studied fine arts in many colleges and is now a professor-at-large at Cornell University. His first award was in 1979, the North West Arts Award. In following years, he earned many others including the Yorkshire Arts Award, Northern Arts Award, Scottish Arts Council Award, Northern Electricity Arts Award, and was also selected to be Order of the British Empire in 2000. The awards allowed him to show off his artistic style. He once quoted "I find some of my new works disturbing, just as I find nature as a whole disturbing. The landscape is often perceived as pastoral, pretty, beautiful – something to be enjoyed as a backdrop to your weekend before going back to the nitty-gritty of urban life. But anybody who works the land knows it's not like that. Nature can be harsh – difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying.” ([]) His technique for photography is very unique.   I love the way Goldsworthy changes his surroundings to make his picture look almost unreal. He is able to make such little things, such as rocks, flowers, or leaves, be rearranged to form shapes and patterns that look natural. His photos are very abstract and colorful; in some he will even make objects to draw your eye to a certain part of the picture. While many photographers may prefer to capture people and chaos, Andy Goldsworthy incarcerates the beauty of nature.
 * Andy Goldsworthy **

Printing and get to know a photographer

This week we will be printing your Photographs using an Epson Printer because the process is long you will also do research on a photographer to learn about his or her style and contributions to photography.

**Please finish this by Friday October 15th at 11:59 PM**
Artistic Photographers

We have finally arrived at printing. Printing your pictures is wonderful but expensive. You will choose an image to print, save it to the HS art PHoto10 Folder. You will prepare the image and a test strip You will create 2 print outs and hand both in **keep documentation** of what you did so you can reconstruct the outcome on the final print. (this will be demonstrated in class). Use this form [|teststrip.doc] Please [|read] this article while you are waiting for your turn. To see printing process read below ||< 20 || Please name with your full name plus finished ||< 20 ||
 * How to Print**
 * <  ||< What you will do ||< Points ||
 * < 1 ||< Choose an image and prepare the image to print
 * Crop
 * Set exposure
 * Adjust file size
 * Save to HS art printing folder
 * Name Photo with your full name
 * take a # from Mrs k for que at the printer ||< 25 ||
 * < 2 ||< Use printer to test the exposure for 3 different settings for your one image print, and then hand in along with test strip sheet below by Wednesday October 13. You need to
 * < 3 ||< Decide best value and do this to the entire image and place finished copy in HS art printer folder
 * < 4 ||< Print and hand in by Friday October 15th Grading will be based on how well you followed directions and the quality of the image.
 * Does the image have a variety of Values
 * Does the image have some true blacks and whites
 * Have you printed at the proper resolution and size ||< 25 ||
 * < 5 ||< During the week while you are waiting your turn Please write a 3 paragraph essay on a historical photographer from this page Please check with me for your selection before starting. Please cover the folowing things in your essay and pot them to the assignment page for this week.
 * Artist name, dates they were alive.
 * Historical contribution to Photography/ what type of work they created.
 * What you like and dislike about the photographers work
 * Select an image from their work for the assignment page as well ||< 10 ||
 * <  ||< Steps To print with the 2200 Epson printer
 * 1) Start by saving your document to the HS art folder -> Photo 10 ->folder with your name
 * 2) Click Print under the file menu make sure Epson 2200 is selected
 * 3) In the color handling section (mid right hand side)
 * Make sure Photoshop manages color
 * Choose working gray dot gain 20%for black and white, and RGB1998 for Color Images
 * 1) Check to see fit of image on paper. If the image is smaller than the paper leave it alone if the image is larger scale image by percent.
 * 2) Hit print and hit print again and go to prefernces at the top of the window
 * 3) Click Best photo at the top of the page if a message pops up ignore it and continue choosing Paper Type in the box to the left midway down the window
 * 4) Select glossy paper under type (if that is the type you are working with)
 * 5) <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Go to advanced setting ignore the message because you are an experienced user.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Click continue
 * 7) <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Select black ink only if you are printing a black and white image
 * 8) <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">De select High speed and edge smoothing
 * 9) <span style="color: black; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Click OK and then hit OK again and printing will begin please let the next person stack behind you as printing this way takes a long time

Please finish this by Friday October 15th at 11:59 PM
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