{"id":432,"date":"2009-09-14T20:30:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T01:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2023-07-16T23:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T05:06:10","slug":"f8-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/f8-be-there\/","title":{"rendered":"f8 &#038; Be There"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/f8-be-there\/f8_bethere001s\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-433\" title=\"f8_BeThere001s\" src=\"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/f8_BeThere001s-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/f8_BeThere001s-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/f8_BeThere001s.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A friend e-mailed me the other day saying there was an interesting discussion about the quote \u201cf8 &amp; Be There\u201d supposedly credited to Weegee, a.k.a. Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 \u2013 December 26, 1968) going around on the Internet. I have my interpretation of this quote, and it requires little thought on my part to understand what it means to me. But I guess in this modern day computerized world of digital everything, so called \u201cphotographers\u201d have lost a connection to the basic craft of dedication, exposure and artistic vision?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The world we live in today is far too complicated. Made so by all of the choices and distractions we face every waking hour. One of the first real realizations of maturity is to realize you can never Have It All! You will never live long enough! You have to make choices as to what is important. You have to pick and choose what you really want and then stick to it. You cannot be an astronaut, a brain surgeon, a rock star, a movie star, and on, and on. . . Trying to Have It All, will only lead you to ruin. Having it all is an advertiser\u2019s myth, created to sell you soap, cars, windows, insulation, ocean cruises, and imagined happiness.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does \u201cf8 &amp; Be There\u201d mean to me? Pretty simple. . . for me it is a term pertaining to photography and simply means if you want to be a photographer you have to make the decision a conscious choice.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>* Turn off the computer<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> * Turn off the TV<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> * Turn off the cell phone<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> * Turn off texting<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> * Turn off the obsessions. . . sports, soap operas, talk shows, music videos, lame network prime time shows. . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> * Remove all distractions. . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> * Flush all of the clutter from your life<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What \u201cf8 &amp; Be There\u201d means to me is, if you really want to be a photographer, you have to dedicate yourself to photography. Forsaking all other interests to get out there and be a photographer with all you have to give to the medium. \u201cf8 &amp; Be There\u201d means dedication and focus on one, and only one passion, your photography. You have to really want to, not just kind of want to. That choice is yours, but remember whatever you choose, you can never Have It All.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>If you really want a glimpse of what dedication to your passion entails, read \u201cThe Daybooks\u201d by Edward Weston. Passion to the point of starvation was the dedication this man gave to his art.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JB<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend e-mailed me the other day saying there was an interesting discussion about the quote \u201cf8 &amp; Be There\u201d supposedly credited to Weegee, a.k.a. Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 \u2013 December 26, 1968) going around on the Internet. 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