Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne, Â
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.Â
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 (34)
magnus073
Wonderful photo of this magnificent Eagle Danny, and hopefully people will realize their importance
flora-crassella
fantastic bird portrait!!!!! GORGEOUS photo!!!!
NightGallery
Great shot. Love the blue reflect in the eye.
romanceworks
Fantastic shot.CC
jclP
Great shot
BorisB
Perfect, I love it!!
lyron
Fantastic!!
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic shot !
Cosme..D..Churruca
soberbio Danny!
bazza
Super shot of this black eagle Danny, very nice capture!!
ichtvan
Great shot !!!
carlx
Outstanding portrait and expression, Danny!!!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.Thank you for sharing the information as well my friend.
dragonmuse
Beautiful photo and much needed information. thank you for helping to protect thos magnificent creature.
SIGMAWORLD
EXCELLENT!!
GiMi53
IMPRESSIVE SHOT ! :~)
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work
Digitaleagle
The clarity is awesome and the timing to catch him in this pose, excellent, just a masterful work Danny!
Faemike55
Wonderful shot and great information - though I had to look up the proper name for dassie and learned about them as well
bmac62
Fine photo. And now I know what a dassie is... Always new things in this world of ours.
SoulEatar
Very expressive capture !
schonee
Thanks for the info on them and what a cool capture
MedTran39
Super shot and thanks for the story!
mininessie
just amazing!
RodolfoCiminelli
Splendid and fantastic portrait my friend, wonderful detail......!!!!
Rhanagaz
Great capture and fine informative narrative! ;o)
sharky_
Very nice shot. Aloha
tizjezzme
Danny, you're still going strong with your AMAZING photo's of birds! This one is gorgeous ♥
Kyms_Cave
Boy! I really love the details and clarity of this one..the pose is brilliant...1000++++
tennesseecowgirl
excellent work!