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 (24)
SophiaDeer
Excellent sci-fi work..my favorite! Bravo!!
pjaj
Outstanding job my friend. Very excellent artwork!
groush2
Well Done....excellent composition !!!... Bravo !!!
flashone
Thank god for the inspiration of grandkids :) Very nicely done, Dan. Really love the design and lighting. Cheers!
Trance
Great sci fic piece of equipment, it looks like a pair of eyes looking out at the viewer...LOL..good works..
ChadAustin
Fantastic image. Very futuristic!
jlmattson
AWESOME Sci Fi ARTWORK !!! Excellent Job Dan.... Your consistancy of original idea's is very inspiring and definately pushes my imagination another step further.... ~ JLM ~
RodolfoCiminelli
It is a fantastic surrealist representation and with big effects and of excellent creativity...!!
Biomoto
Love the angles and lines! Really cool job! The FX are way cool! :)
bijouchat
reminds me a bit of that disney film long ago, the Black hole, where they used a lattice effect to represent the twisted space around the black hole... really nice work! :)
tallpindo
It's hard to picture the moon when your nose is filled with burning kerosene unless you have also worn a lab coat and taken the stopper out of a nitric acid bottle to release the sharp pungnecy there. When you realize that throwing all the objects of paper, scissors, rock into the acid would result in their demise you stare even more interested at the cheap glass container in your hand separating it from the corrosive force within. Then you are ready for the upper level truth of hydrogen. The getaway car is standing at the curb.
Margit1
Fantastic work, Danny! Wonderful creativity in this image!
ShadowWind
Very cool, would make a great cover for a videogame box. Great work indeed.
HobbyHopper
Fantastic color. The mesh is quite effective in this imsge.
mooncat
I agree with Tallpindo it really is hard to see the moon with your nose filled with burning kerosene, I really have got to quit sticking that stuff up my nose, nonetheless your grandson inspired image rocks with or without the kerosene.
zatman
Quite brilliant work!!
rohi
A 10 and a vote - SUPER !
calum5
Amazing work.
Digits
Hey, we never get too old for that! Your illustrative style never disappoints
Doublecrash
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borsy
Don't know how I missed this before... Excellent image!!!! Great composition!!
o0ii
Great work!!
Xlars
Fantastic, like taken out of a sci fi phantasy. No doubt excellent work (again :-)
tony_br22
So many wonderful pieces in your gallery .. this is one of them. Fantastic work!