Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne, ÂÂ
The belief that a good photograph is the result of a good camera places the importance upon the equipment rather than upon the photographer. It emphasizes the machine rather than the man, the tool rather than the artist, the technology rather than the artistic intent. It is as if Monet had been told that the reason why his paintings were so beautiful was because he had such good paintbrushes. Or as if Paul Bocuse’s culinary excellence was explained away by his use of superlative pots and pans. Or again if Yo-Yo Ma had been informed that his Stradivarius was solely responsible for the stunning quality of his music.ÂÂ
One can be inspired and have an idea, be very creative in making this idea into a work of art, have developed the required level of craftsmanship, without the outcome of one’s efforts being motivated by the desire to follow a vision for one’s entire body of work. Vision is an overriding envelope that encompasses both inspiration and creativity. It is a blanket that covers the entire artist’s work, a blanket that often comes later in the life of an artist, after one has perfected one’s art and moved beyond the commonplace outcome that most artists have to go through. For this reason I placed vision as the third step of this process. I placed it there not because it comes necessarily at the end of the process but because in life it is often something that artists discover later on.
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Certainly, a master needs a masterful instrument, be it a camera, paintbrushes, pots and pans or a violin, as in my examples, or other tool, since this list can be expanded to include many other professions. But to say that the quality of the art is caused solely by the quality of the instrument is to miss the point altogether about the importance of the artist. It is missing the point about the human factor, about the man or the woman that actually made use of this instrument. After all, art is made by artists and not by tools. Tools are inanimate objects that need someone to set them in motion. And to set a tool in motion so that art is created through the use of this tool, an artist is needed.
I am now retired from working as a Mental Health professional having worked in the Royal Air Force and National Health Service, giving me more time to persue my photography and artwork. I am a Semi Professional Photoghrapher. Here you will find a collection of my photographs and a selection of Digital Art, Traditional Painting and Sketches that I have also used the digital medium to enhance. Please feel free to pass on any comments. My Camera Gear
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Comments (54)
volcomman1
great capture!
Hendesse
Fantastic light, rays and mood. Excellent shot!!
kbrog
Beautiful chilly morning capture!
flora-crassella
fantastic picture with great mood!!!!
lyron
Excellent!!!
West_coaster07
Awesome capture!
gmvgmvgmv
Boy, you've really caught the sky just right on this one! Congrats on a beautiful winter scene!
knupps
Great capture and the sky with godrays looks nice.
adrie
Very beautiful winter picture my friend, excellent capture and presentation...love it.
carlx
Wonderful image, sun rays and atmosphere, Danny!!!
magnus073
Great photo Danny and it's so easy to see why such a place could inspire legends of all sorts.
durleybeachbum
What a stunning pic of this desolate place!
dbrv6
Does seem a bit desolate and lonely poets, storytellers and the wind all like that sometime and an amazing horizon there. Great capture.
glix70
Lovely atmosphere and the raises in the background are wonderful!!! EXCELLENT!!! V
Octaganoid
Tis a beautiful, almost barren place isn't it. I love it though. Great photo Dan. was it taken recently ??
belasebok
Wonderful picture!
kansas
Beautiful shot. Looks lonely and forlorn.
iaacf
Brrrrr.. It looks like the North Pole.... a great picture !!
watapki66
Beautifully captured!
kenwas
What a fine landscape Danny. Beautifully captured!
erlandpil
Fantastic light great capture erland
lucindawind
very beautiful ! fantastic light rays
rocserum
I've been there at the summertime years ago, walking across Brown Willy wih his special stacked stones. This is a stunning different view! RS
bazza
Lovely capture and great legend well done Danny that looks like a beautiful area..
BorisB
Great atmosphere, really impressive!!
MrsLubner
So rustic and revealing...the land goes on forever. And it makes me think that the sun rays beam down on a special place I need to head for... How tranquil this feels.
sandra46
OUTSTANDING, POWERFUL SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!
jocko500
do look like a lonely place. wonderful shot
flavia49
magnificent shot!!!
JaneEden
This is an excellent piece of photography of a very bleak place, but magnificent too. hugs Jane xx