{"id":4565,"date":"2019-05-13T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:40:16","slug":"monday-missive-may-13-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4565","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; May 13, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; &nbsp;<em>I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face.<\/em>\u201d &#8212; <strong>Steve McCurry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Knowledge is preferable to ignorance.. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable<\/em>.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Carl Sagan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;<em>Be unafraid of your imagination.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Joe McNally<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2019\/05\/isa-leshko-allowed-to-grow-old-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Allowed to grow old:  Portraits of aging animals<\/a> For those who care about animals<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lensculture.com\/articles\/alain-schroeder-grandma-divers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Fascinating story of 50-70 year old Korean women who free dive to catch seafood for a living<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lensculture.com\/articles\/tariq-zaidi-the-sapeurs-of-brazzaville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Sapeurs: Fancy dressers of the Congo<\/a> Interesting story, excellent portraits, but take special notice of the backgrounds and how they contrast with the dress<br><a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2019\/05\/the-center-awards-excellence-in-multimedia-award-1st-place-winner-rocky-mccorkle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; &#8220;You and Me on a Sunny Day<\/a> Interesting project with a 135 large prints taken of an older woman over 5 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/davidduchemin.com\/the-photographers-process\/?mc_cid=eb3b2690d4&amp;mc_eid=b27784ce87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; The Photographic Process<\/a> Twenty minute video that takes you through the process in the field for the inital capture right through final post-processing with a continuous explanation of what the photographer is thinking<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/article\/artsy-editorial-celebrity-photographer-benedict-evans-shares-better-portraits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Making better portraits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigpicturecompetition.org\/2019-winners?fbclid=IwAR3hjlq0jR60vRvX1KAyAUo9twMCW6pGr1hwLFMDusA07cQ7AfdqpRHw3MA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Winners of an international nature photo competition<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalphotopro.com\/profiles\/mary-virginia-swanson-shares-her-passion-for-fine-art-photographs\/?utm_source=sfmc-newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=lessons-from-a-fine-art-marketer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Fine art marketing<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/what-your-unpopular-photography-opinion-here-are-29-industry-pros-361233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; 29 unpopular opinions about photography<\/a> I agree with many of these, so I should probably keep my mouth closed<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographytalk.com\/sd-card-buying-guide-11-best-of-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Memory cards explained<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iris_D75_7665.jpg?fit=534%2C800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iris_D75_7665.jpg?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iris_D75_7665.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption>Iris bud.<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cardinal_D8E_7964.jpg?fit=534%2C800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cardinal_D8E_7964.jpg?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cardinal_D8E_7964.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption>Male cardinal testing out my new 150-600 sigma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;&#8230; &nbsp;I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face.\u201d &#8212; Steve McCurry &#8220;Knowledge is preferable to ignorance.. 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