As a class, we visited the Ken Allen Studio located in Brooklyn. It was really interesting to hear about the different processes that a printing studio goes through from start to finish. As an art student, I was always at the other end as a customer/client requesting prints of my projects. It was nice to hear about the different paper in association to the images being printed. It was informative and felt it would be essential to keep in mind for future printing of my work. Throughout Ken's talks, I kept thinking printing is very relative and depends on many factors. According to the customer/client, it can be a real tedious process for the printing studio. Everything comes into play and must be thought out: the paper quality, the image, the relationship of image to specific paper, the aesthetic desired by the artist or photographer, etc. Catering to artists must be very difficult especially if they are very particular.
Ken also touched upon important photography techniques to improve image quality accordingly. I've learned the functions so many times but when it comes down to it at the moment, it's hard to stop, make everyone wait, and change around the functions. I guess it depends on what kind of photos you're taking. If it's for your art, I'm sure you would have the time. I'm not much of a photographer so I usually take pictures to capture the moment. From what Ken discussed, I can see the processes of photography almost as baking a cake. Everything must be set from the start, and once it goes in the oven it's only a reflection of the ingredients put in and amount of time baked according to the heat. I see photo's going through quite a similar process. One must be very thoughtful in setting each function according to the environment, and also in playing with settings on any photo editor before printing. It's nice to be reminded of these processes although I am not a photographer myself. I'm afraid it may be because I'm too impatient to be thoughtful of all these factors that come into play.
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