tommystrat wrote:
As a photographer, golfer and musician, I find it interesting that, in each of those pursuits, answers to improving and growing as an artist or participant are often centered around acquiring the newest, most expensive gear, accessories, gadgets, widgets, etc. I smile a bit when a friend shows up with a brand new PRS electric guitar, costing in the thousands, and he is still struggling to play basic barre chords! My buddy invested over $2,000 in new golf clubs, and he struggles to get the ball off the ground. Invest in lessons instead of new clubs in order to learn the game? Nope.
In photography, it is the eye of the artist, the light, the moment that defines the image. Who cares what camera you used, or how much it cost, etc. Greg Noll, a legendary big-wave surfer, was asked what the limits of big wave surfing are. The discussion was centered around whether surfers being "towed-in" to huge waves by jet skis, rather than paddling-in like had traditionally been done, was ruining the "pure" surfing experience. He replied, "I'd be glad to be shot out of an elephant's a** if it helped me catch bigger waves." The end result...however achieved...is the final arbiter of art.
As a photographer, golfer and musician, I find it ... (
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Someone should call PETA... Poor elephants will need 'surfer protection' now.
(Sorry, this thread is about levity. What you typed is entirely true but I try to keep this light. Still your statement is a good obeservation.)