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 (27)
groush2
Absolutely Outstanding !!!...very meaningful !!
Masema
Meaningfull indeed. So much to look at here. Great job Dan!.
Trance
Reiki hands healing hands..nice image..very meanintful.
SophiaDeer
Excellent work. Hands are so beautiful and you have brought out their beauty so well with colors and style!
pjaj
Excellent job! Beautiful work as always.
borsy
Excellent image!!!
Doublecrash
A masterwork! Everything's so well-balanced.
kansas
Excellent. A very moving image.
shirell
Yeah... I'm so excited! I made it in the top ten! ;) I love this one, Danny! I love hands... they are so expressive. The golden tones seem to lend an air of enlightenment to this one. And the way you've merged the hands is wonderful.
mooncat
Beautiful work, I love the gold tones, and the lighting.
cynlee
the midas touch- little operating on the puter eh? looks like the patient recovered...hopefully- nice work!
HobbyHopper
NIve movement on the image.
rahulbardhan
really great! something new....uplifting
SeaCrystal
Gentle hands to heal the broken one. What a wonderful art work. It glows with warmth in the tones you have chosen. Gold is to many a symbol of richness, but hands of love are more precious. I get that feeling from your work! Excellent work!
JC_73
may i lend a hand? [sorry - came out this way....]
YL
Beautiful and very well done !
tallpindo
We love his ability to cure and hate his power to condemn with diagnosis of incurability. Excellent depiction of the metallic nature of doubt and how procedures remove it.
zatman
Your work continues to shine and the comments speak for themselves but SeaCrystal must surely be spot on here!!
ShadowWind
Awesome work once again. Amazing. And glad you got your computer fixed, would miss your art...
jlmattson
Awesome Image and so very well done....Nice to see you back and producing more Great Art ~ JLM ~
RodolfoCiminelli
My comment summarizes it in single two words...ABSOLUTELY SPLENDID...!!!
spiderwebb
Golden hands and, as such, often played with his "toy"... dancing in clear white robes, with knife in hand kryptonite and pocket matches, feeling the cure of joy.
ChadAustin
Very special image.
Akinom
What could I add? Just to say EXCELLENT, Danny!
Margit1
Golden color fits very well to the meaning of this beautiful and special image! Wonderful!
Misha883
Good stuff!
SirJohn
Stunning and original... fantastic work as always!