Finding Art

April 17, 2022

Firstly good morning and Happy Easter! Hope you’re enjoying your day!.

So now onto the topic.

What is Art?

”The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination” as described by Oxford Languages and Google
or
“The definition of art is controversial in contemporary philosophy. Whether art can be defined has also been a matter of controversy. The philosophical usefulness of a definition of art has also been debated” as described by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

I’ve always loved art in certain ways. It always had an attraction to me, in certain areas.

Which ever way you take it on it all boils down to your own interpretation and what captures your interest.

For me Music is my 1st love of art without knowing it was art at the time as I was like 8 but I think we all can say that music holds a very dear place to us. I always envy people who can do music as in sing or play an instrument. I loved the acoustic guitar but never disciplined myself to learn (now that can change and it’s never to late to try). Then came drawing and that I was fairly decent at I have to say but never continued it and now photography, so as you can see art is a big part of my life. I am lucky that art is also big in my family especially on my mums side. Now this is a new form for me with the writing and I’m learning every time I post here.

I used to love the lone wanderer shots. like the shot above but now I am more into the landscape and intimate details. Now I am not saying there isn’t a time and place for the lone wander sort of shots and I still do them as they are great for perspective for the likes of Instagram, Facebook.

HOWEVER;

The intimate details, the stuff we pass so often and not really notice

These are where I find the art side actually comes out for me. Now the thought behind this is because you have to think and compose like the way it was done with film and even before that paint. Most of the time we are speeding through trying to keep up with everything and not taking the time to appreciate the surroundings. Now granted we cannot always be at a semi slow pace stopping, listening and watching, some shots have to be a fast capture.

Another case on this is that I’m finding you can’t be a photographer anymore! You need be a videographer also and have a YouTube channel with click bate headings like “I May as well Quit Photography" and have a following of 100K on your socials before you get noticed . This is possibly one of the most discouraging things about art in the photography side.

In saying that I have been extremely lucky that I done a custom piece of work for a customer sizing in at 4ft x 2ft. One of the biggest images I have ever had printed and framed.

I’m not going to be here next week but I will try to get a post out, but just giving everyone a heads up there may not be one next week.

But I want to leave you with 2 quotes that I really like:

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
– Ansel Adams
&
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson

Thanks for tuning in this week. As always comments are always welcomed.

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All I got is 1 photo and a stick

April 10, 2022

I went out trekking last weekend.

I went and did the Cross Cooley Challenge. For those reading this and may not know what it is here is what it actually is:
The Cross Cooley Challenge is a charitable event which is on the 2nd of October to raise funds for the North Louth Hospice & Marie Goretti Foundation. It’s a 15 Km trek across the Cooleys, with fabulous views of Dundalk Bay and Carlingford Lough.

Now I know it is not Oct but it is a great trek to do and the views are class and it gets the body for long variable surfaces and from my research this is what I need to be doing for the camino.

The silence on the walk was amazing. Allowing me to not keep up with anyone and taking my own time. If I wanted to stop and enjoy the views, silence there was no pressure around.

So after the above photo was taken I left the camera in the bag as most of the walk from here is road walking. However surprisingly there was maybe 4 cars on the road when I was along it. Very surprising I have to say, but this added to the blissfulness of the whole thing. However when I was walking up Foye I seen something that I have not seen before. There was wild horses on the back of Foye. I spent about 10 mins watching the with the camera and I got 2 shots of them (well 2 that I am happy(ish) with) as it would have looked a lot better if they had their heads up. But they where hungry critters.

Now they are not portfolio shots but still it’s good to have. Not going to lie when I seen them I got very excited as I’ve only seen images before of them but never actually up close. However when I was coming off Foye and looking over at the Mourne Mountains there was a haze of a rainbow just in front of them and it was CLASS!!!!!!

So this is the the photo as I mentioned in the title:

View of the Mourne Mountains from Carlingford.

I haven’t even released the image on my socials yet. So you are getting a exclusive view for that image 😉

And as for the stick:

So thats it for this week. I hope you enjoyed it. As always I appreciate the comments.

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So Why?

March 13, 2022

So why have I started the blog and not a vlog?

Well there is a couple of reasons the main reason is that I can feel awkward talking to a camera as I'm not a big fan of hearing my own voice but who know it may change and I might start do instagram vlogs, but that's beside the point.

Also I wanted to challenge myself with actual writing and reading. I have a form of dyslexia (thank you Google for the help on spelling :D). Like honestly what a way to spell a word for people who struggle with spelling among other things. Anyway! As I was saying it is to challenge me to do more spelling and reading.

There is another reason. I am doing the Camino De Santiago soon and I wanted to document the journey for me. But instead of starting for this on that journey, I thought it would be best to do it now. To allow myself to actually it up and running and get use to the thought process. I do plan on videoing some of it however my actual plan for it will be to take a journal with me and write it down and when I get back I can reflect on it.

I hiked up Slieve Donard the other day and it was tough. I am getting back into it now but it was great as I was just telling myself to keep going. Visibility was 0 but rewarding in other ways. It got me thinking. As I was through Donard forest and hearing the sound of nature and it made me recall something and it's it is the sound of nature. I know that Spotify/YouTube or any other music area have "Nature Sounds" but they definitely do not compare to the actual thing.

I’m going to make this a Sunday thing this blog. So it can be a nice short read on a Sunday morning or when you get time to read it.

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