The Way of the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CC9966" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="10e00600dkesoe.jpg"> <div> <B>          Cr</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>e</B></I></FONT><B>-ative</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="creative photo art"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div>            The Way of the Artist</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Misc. 1"><U><IMG SRC="0ae92b80.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Self Portrait</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1fe885b0.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="welcome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" About Creative"><U>< Back to Cr</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="welcome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" About Creative"><U><I>e</I></U></A></FONT><A HREF="welcome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" About Creative"><U>-ative</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div> I am photo artist <I><B>DaCh</B></I>. I have always been an artist. I was spending hours creating intricate drawings of matchstick men when I was four. I took my first photo when I was five, I still have the Kodak camera and a poor quality <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Misc. 1"><U>print</U></A></FONT> of the picture I took. My father bought that camera as a 21st birthday present to himself. I have a biscuit tin full of negatives that he took with it during the 1930s.</div> <div> I was eventually given the camera and used it until I was 17. It had a range of speeds and apertures that I never really understood. I just had one setting for sun and one for dull, it always seemed to work OK. I was not a photographer yet, I took snaps but I was getting interested, it all changed when I watched a friend develop a roll of B&W and then make some prints.</div> <div> The 116 size film for the Kodak was getting very hard to find so I got a cheap 35 mm compact and started to learn.</div> <div> I was doing a lot of drawing and painting then but photography slowly came to dominate my creative time and by the time I was 22 I had a job as a commercial photographer in a West London studio.</div> <div> My signature originated when I was 12 and I decided that just putting my name on the bottom was not good enough; proper artists had a signature. The first piece that I applied the new signature to was a pencil sketch entitled "The Mystery of Woman", a bit heavy for a twelve year old but it was a good drawing.</div> <bR> <div> The story continues with <B>My Equipment</B>. A few words about the stuff I use, how I use it and how I came to be using it.</div> <div> Or you can skip on to <B>My Opinion</B>. Probably not the best place to get a fair and unbiased view of the art world.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="511" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="246"><div> <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Equipment"><U>Go to </U></A><A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Equipment"><U><B>My Equipment</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="246"><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just My Opinion"><U>Go to </U></A><A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just My Opinion"><U><B>My Opinion</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Also you may continue into <B>The Process:</B> My idea of what art is and how the creative process works. Endless hours of fun with chapters: Zen and the Art of Art, Genetic Drift, Who Likes this Stuff and Where Does the Canvas End?</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="157" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Process"><U>Go to </U></A><A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Process"><U><B>The Process</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>