HarveyG Photography

I’ve had these moments where, like lately, I’ve been a bit dry in the inspiration dept. I stumbled upon this article by NG photojournalist Jim Richardson and had to laugh at his take on the subject.  His prose is excellent and his photo a treat when you see it… Honesty is, as always, the best policy.

Jim Richardson

Just dumb blind luck!

Which I will never, ever turn down. And I will always thanks the gods of fortune for shining their light on me for just a moment. And I will never, ever get over the feeling of just how wonderful it is when this happens, when the world presents you with a moment of splendid reality, when the serendipity of life just seems so deliciously improbable and yet so absolutely right.
Well, there it is. I didn’t deserve it but I got it. That’s my confession.

Click on the pic to see his full article and the picture that rescued the day.

I found this quote to be rather thought provoking, and valid no matter what side of the fence you sit on.

“All photography is propaganda.”

- His web site / His Blog /  on Wikipedia

It’s not the equipment you have, but how you use it. If I had $157,000 I’d love to have a 50MP Hasselblad H3DII, a fully customized Profoto lighting system and every filter and gadget known to man. But guess what, your photos can still suck (they just suck with more detail).

Go check his sit out for more wisecracks about photographers and what they have to deal with: Wiseacre Photo – Paul Armstrong via Dear Photographer dot com

Daughter of Zeus 1987

“So now almost everyone owns a camera. Yet, of all the commonplace tools available to us, the SLR camera is probably the least understood and certainly the most under-exploited.

All too frequently the average amateur will purchase a fine modern camera and proceed to use it for making the most elementary simple snapshots. This surely is like playing ‘Chopsticks’ on a concert grand piano”

http://www.haskins.com/
Born November 11, 1926, died November 26, 2009

Ne’er a truer word spoken…
RIP.