Andy Goldsworthy

With this picture again I didn't have to use the color balance tool, because all the colors are similar and they have there natural color towards them. I had to crop this photo, so I wasn't breaking the rule of thirds, but I would say this is not my best photo. I think this because it is really hard to tell what the focal point is which is the stick that makes the circle, but it blends in with the background, so it's hard to see. I didn't make this sculpture I just found it in my woods and I thought it was really cool how the stick wrapped itself around the tree.

This is the second picture I took; I found a dirt pile in the back of my yard, and I live right in front of woods. So I found some twigs on the ground, and took some leaves off one of the trees. I then placed them on this pile of dirt trying to imitate a tree branch. I like how this picture turned out because of the colors they are really natural and I think its really cool, because I didn't even use color balance on this photo.

This is the first photo I took for our Andy Goldsworthy assignment. I created a flower using materials i found around my yard and then just a patch of dirt that we are trying to grow grass which is what the seeds are for in the background. At first i wanted to use a patch of grass in my yard, but then the green leaves and stem blended in and the flowers were not sitting right on the ground, so i had to move to a flatter surface. To create this image, I used the rocks underneath my porch to make it look like the flower was in a rock garden. Than I picked to leaves off a tree in my yard, and a dandelion from my yard, also I took a flower that always grows by my house and pulled the petals off of it, and then i found a dead flower and twisted the stem off. I put them all together to make a flower and then spread the rocks out so it looked like it grew out from the rocks. After, I took the picture I had to crop it, so I didn't break the rule of thirds and also there was just extra dirt that wasn't needed. After cropping it, I used the color balance tool, which i really liked the turn out because it make the red flower petals much brighter, and dulled down the dirt background, also didn't make the rocks look so bright because of my flash. I really like how the finish product of this photo turned out.

About Andy Goldsworthy:
Andy Goldsworthy is a 52 year old British sculptor, photographer, and an environmentalist. Goldsworthy studied art at both Bradford Art College and Lancaster Art College. He uses any materials he can get his hands on outside, to make his sculptures. He takes the photographs of his work to document and capture the beauty of his work. He does his land art all around the world and doesn't have one specific place he builds his art at. He has been making land art since the late 1970's in both natural and urban enviroments. Goldsworthy has made more than 70 exhibitions and projects all over the world. I really like the style of his pictures, I like the creativity he has to make all these sculptures. Also, I really like how all his pictures turn out, like the angels he uses, his pictures always turn out amazing. When I try to imitate his style, I am going to try use all different angels, and get really creative with the sculptures I use.