July 12, 2023

Everyone is a poet, novelist, painter

and a photographer what we don't

understand is that wealth now takes,

dominates your abilities to make

images and then sells them in volume.

Making images used to be a job

worthy of your income, excitement at 

seeing your photograph on a billboard 

or in a magazine, there was a sense of 

beauty and longevity in your image 

creations now all you receive for your

hard work is pennies on the dollar.

In the old days photography was 

immersing yourself into a reality that

sees your inner vision materializing.

Photography now is not an art form

it is a copy machine where the

photographer's are creating products

to sell, there is no depth in imagery

today just quick surfaces posing as

copycat scenes.

Photography is more than just snap 

shots of a reality twisted with dangerous

climate disasters, and our income, our

money doesn't go to the photographers

on an equal bases, back when it was

a 50/50 proposition and everyone was

happy, now 99% of our images go to

the masters of greed while we receive

peanuts!!

The parade of photo images are just

people enjoying the chance to make

pics with some kind of deliverance,

who cares if they never get the big 

bucks and you never will for now all

go into the pockets of greed!

Photography once was a means of 

creating from your heart iconic

landscapes, portraits, sports, track,

football, baseball, basketball .......

but now you don't make enough 

money to do any photography 

except for your ideals for these

Getty's of greed could care less

concerning your life for they only

care about their wealth and power!

Why there wasn't a union to protect

our livelihood, our hard earned

images traveling all over the globe!

We have moved radically away from

photography as an art form and made 

it into a corporate's ideal of selling

products in volume, once digital

steamed, rolled over film b/w and

color, there was no use trying to

be an independent artist expressing 

you inner ideal perceptions now lost!

You shoot digital, you don't need any

intuitive relationship with a scene, 

shoot quick and move on for when

you upload images on to your computer

you can correct any flaws such as 

bad colors and compositions.

Deception, manipulation, technology

creating human characteristics as if 

real, another lessening of our abilities

to make great portraits for soon we

will be left in the dirty dust unleashed

undermining a photographers belief

in his future!

We are drawn now to a fast paced life,

what we have learned is that taking 

images now is repetition not looking

deep into a impressive scene but just

a quick snap shot should to the trick,

what do we learn making images when

we begin to see our own inner vision!

The aging process makes you feel you

are slowly being taken away, fear is your

overriding need to create words and

images for your children and grandchildren

describing your early photography and your

constant revelations of potential subjects!

Think before you make and image, reinterpret

a scene in a new and original way, contextual 

clues creating new framing that will bring out

your intuitive understanding of light and your

concept beginning to unfold. Mother nature

invites the observer to impart new meaning

to a scene by your full appreciation of sunlight,

composition, sunset and your awareness of

nature's beauty and your presence enjoying

the here and now without interruptions!!