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JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
This first photograph of the Sumpter series is totally out of order. But the main reason for going to Sumpter was the photographer's shoot on the Sumpter Valley Railway. No. 3 is the only operating Heisler engine in America; it carried the two passenger cars in which all of the photographer's rode (and from which they were repeatedly dumped to take photographs).
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CREATIVITY AND CRAFT - These quotes were on Dave duChemin's blog.
“You’re only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft. Craft is where our best efforts begin. You should not worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it’s important to recognize that demonstrating great technique is not the same as being creative.”
-Twyla Tharp
“Without passion, all the skill in the world won’t lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.”
-Twyla Tharp
@Bill: Thanks, Bill.
@Dulcie: Thanks, Dulcie. It was done with a preset in Silver Efex Pro.
@Yvon: Merci.
@Anina: Thanks. Tomorrow we head back to earlier in the trip. It's over two weeks until more trains.
@Lorraine: There certainly is something about old trains.
@bekkah: Thanks, Bekkah.
@Florence: It was especially romantic before we had been in and out of the cars 25 times.
@Irene: Merci.
@Macrobaby: Thanks.
@MrsAmber: Thanks, Kate.
@Betty: The super steam engine is coming in a couple of weeks.
@Momo: Thanks. Love your comment.
@Michael: Many thanks, Michael.
@Theys: Merci.
@PATRICK: Merci.
@António Pires: Thank you.
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks.
@Susan: Thanks, Susan.
@PD: Thanks.
@Leena: Thank you.
@MARIANA: Thanks, Mariana.
@Veronelle: Merci.
@Marion: Many thanks. I have a bunch more narrow gauge track trains coming up in mid-November as part of the Sumpter series.
@Evelyne Dubos: Merci.
@Magda: Many thanks.
@Bill Brown: Thanks, Bill.
@Barbara: Thanks. I think that in large part it is the processing that makes this photograph.
@B. Thomas: Thanks, Barb.
@Steve Rice: Thanks.
@daniela scharnowski: Danke.
@Didier DE ZAN: Merci.
@Cricket-TammyWarren: My belief is the creativity trumps craft, but an internalization of craft greatly enable creativity. And in my photography, fun trumps all of it.