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 (45)
skoeter
The cubes are fantastic, so is the image....
HobbyHopper
Very creative art! Beautiful colors and characters! Lips are also nice.
shah
vot eto da !!!!!!!!!!
VisionBlue
WOW ... I'm speechless ... what a amazing artwork.
borsy
Fantastic work of art!! Excellent concept, color and composition!!! Beautifully done , you two!!!!!!
cynlee
reminds me of my friendship with my gf of almost 40 years- wonderful work guys! :]
Jay7347
Ah your work is always such a visual treat. Wonderful! -jay
calum5
You both done a wonderfull image..Intresting ,calm,pleasent and cool!Excellnt infact..:o)Toodle oooooooooouuuuu!..
kansas
Oh my. This is really lovely. Pulls at my heart strings.
Tanialmeida
ohhhhhh i love everything in this image! everything! brilliantly tender!!!
gunsan
Wonderful, just wonderful!!!
SoulEatar
I am very pleased to see this happening - The results are vrey inspireational -
SophiaDeer
Awesome work!! This is fantastic and so beautifully surreal!!
patmartj
This works really well, excellent
Doublecrash
So cool... surreal and incredibly well done.
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent job...!! he has a composition in really very interesting surrealist style...!!
DeviousMoose
Amazing work as usual!!!
alvinylaya
Fantastic! Unusually pleasurable to look at!
ascrazy
Very! very fantastic image! Indeed fantastic!! I like one!!
pjaj
Creative artwork Danny. Wonderful job!
mooncat
excellent work you two!!
jwdell
That's wild!!! Awesome+++++!
Akinom
This composition is awesome! Great surreal feeling! Fantastic job!
ChadAustin
Very original...reminds of the fancy cards they sell in cardshops.
clemens-k
what a perfect work U 2 !
Odious
quite the perfect callobration... you guys rock!! this is very well put together and your style meld perfectly.. EXCELLENT job!!
vbarreto
This is beautiful, vivid and expressive. Wonderful job!
sittingblue
very cool work! the colors work well together.
A_
How beautiful. :) So soft and full of meaning. Beautiful work.
SirJohn
Kick ass image, I love this.