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Monday Missive — June 4, 2018

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Becoming “more creative,” whatever that means to you, doesn’t often happen by accident. And it’s not something you either are or are not, so you can check that excuse at the door right now. It’s a choice. It’s something … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 28, 2018

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Be unafraid of your imagination.” — Joe McNally in Creative Live “Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson “Let’s make things exist and then judge later. Don’t cancel the process of creativity too early: … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 21, 2018

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Every day you play with the light of the universe.” — Pablo Neruda “To those of you who … have a frustrated streak of anarchy within you: f*ck the rules. Colour outside the lines. Fill your canvas with blazing … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 14, 2018

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” -– Diane Arbus “The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.” — Imogen Cunningham “Once a woman … Continue reading →

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Photo Location: Green Swamp Preserve, North Carolina

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Rich

Green Swamp Preserve is a nature conservancy site near the Cape Fear area of southeastern North Carolina, just a bit west of Wilmington. There is a parking area just under 6 miles north of state route 17 (Ocean Highway) on … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 7, 2018

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” -– Cecil Beaton “Allow yourself the freedom to step … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — April 30, 2018

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Rich

Quotes The Trap of Listening to Feedback You’re devoting your life to making something important. … Something that matters. Mostly, something that hasn’t been done before, that’s going to bend the curve and make an impact. If you begin and … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — April 23, 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.” — Seth Godin “They should just go out and photograph and stop talking about it. That’s the only way they … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — April 16, 2018

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “The photographer is like the cod which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.” — George Bernard Shaw “Flow happens when our vision demands the fullness of our craft and pulls us into a state … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — April 9, 2018

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.” – Cindy Sherman “A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.” — Al Capp on abstract … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — April 2, 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Critics are useful, but remember that the first to believe in your work must be you.” – Lorenzo Meloni “Sometimes there’s a unique picture whose composition possesses such vigour and richness and whose content so radiates outward from it … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — March 26, 2018

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Rich

Quotes We make our own taste, and call it reality Most of us say, “this is better, therefore I like it.” In fact, the converse is what actually happens. “I like it, therefore I’m assuring you (and me) that this … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — March 19, 2018

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “…a camera gives you a license to explore.” — Adam Davies in a conversation with Ben Marcin in Bmore Art, March 6, 2018 “A tear contains an ocean. A photographer is aware of the tiny moments in a persons … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — March 12, 2018

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.” – Bill Brandt “And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — March 5, 2018

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” – Anthony … Continue reading →

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