{"id":4179,"date":"2019-02-04T09:47:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2019-02-04T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:47:08","slug":"monday-missive-february-4-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4179","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive — February 4, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Fear of failure is the saddest reason on earth not to do what you were meant to do<\/em>” — J.K. Rowling<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI focus on the photographic object, the print, or the artist book, as a keepsake of my experience in the world. It provides me in a very tangible and tactile way of recording the discoveries and holding on to the memories that I am trying to preserve. Photographing gives me a way to capture my impressions and writing and making books lets me distill and reexamine that experience.<\/em>\u201d — Sal Taylor Kydd<\/strong><\/p>\n

“What matters is that you make your art, in whatever way your muse beckons you to make it.<\/em>” — David DuChemin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Frequency separation<\/a> Frequency separation is often used in portrait retouching to smooth out skin without losing detail or changing color.
– Page curl composite<\/a>
– Retouching lips for better portraits<\/a> 25 minute video
– Adding Bokeh<\/a> To add bokeh or soften the background to bring out the subject I usually just use Gaussian blur – this gets much better results.
– Comic book effect<\/a>
– Story and photo essay about how the Danish people saved Jews from a Nazi round-up<\/a> Unfortunately this seems to me to be particularly relevant at this time.
– 10 images that changed history<\/a> Every serious photographer should know something about these images
– Recovering gigabytes of hard drive space in LR<\/a>
– 12 confessions of an amateur photographer<\/a> Brief, amusing list of issues to get you on the right track
– A sermon for the amateur<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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After the snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Liked the light.
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