{"id":4601,"date":"2019-05-20T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2019-05-20T09:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:28:06","slug":"monday-missive-may-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4601","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; May 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;<em>My work is inviting, hopefully, it\u2019s also evocative and tells a story.\u00a0 Ultimately, the goal in my work is to elicit emotion, be it wonderment, joy, silliness, happiness, solitude.\u00a0 I think because I shoot for feeling rather than just for a scene, perhaps that makes my vision of the world and thus my photography, different<\/em>.&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Marianne Drenthe<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;<em>If you are really listening, if you\u2019re awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly.<\/em>&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Andrew Harvey<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u201c<em>When you photograph a face . . .you photograph the soul behind it.<\/em>\u201d &#8212; <strong>Jean-Luc Godard<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/plainmagazine.com\/photographer-sam-johnson-conjures-surreal-beauty-out-of-the-everyday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Surreal beauty out of the everyday<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/article\/artsy-editorial-distorted-haunting-vision-dada-photographer-andre-kertesz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Andre Kertesz<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2019\/05\/the-center-awards-curators-choice-award-2nd-place-cody-cobb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Striking landscape images<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Post-Processing<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oSBXT8OYcEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Luminosity Mask<\/a> This video explains a lot about masks in general, selections, color grading and how to use them and how to use color range for similar results.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/20675\/master-color-adjustment-curves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Color adjustment with curves<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i1D9ijh3_-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; All of the blend modes explained<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7SEbkWhHVPE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Editing photos in LR<\/a> Great basic LR course in 17 minutes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nc0SV2B00KI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Fine art architectural editing<\/a><a><br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u1j1E3JocNc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Adjusting the colors of your highlights, midtones and shadows<\/a> i.e., color grading<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/explora\/photography\/tips-and-solutions\/15-tips-for-better-train-and-railway-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; 15 Tips for better train and railway images<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5980\" height=\"3617\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?fit=584%2C353\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?w=5980&amp;ssl=1 5980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?resize=800%2C484&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?resize=496%2C300&amp;ssl=1 496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SnappingTurtle_D8E_8115.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Snapping turtle, taken this weekend at Huntley Meadows in Alexandria, VA. Sigma 150-600 handheld but prone on the boardwalk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Great-blue-heron_D8E_8058.jpg?fit=534%2C800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Great-blue-heron_D8E_8058.jpg?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Great-blue-heron_D8E_8058.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption>Great Blue Heron.  Taken at Huntley Meadows Park, 5\/18\/19; Sigma 150-600; f\/8; 1\/640; ISO 1250.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;My work is inviting, hopefully, it\u2019s also evocative and tells a story.\u00a0 Ultimately, the goal in my work is to elicit emotion, be it wonderment, joy, silliness, happiness, solitude.\u00a0 I think because I shoot for feeling rather than just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=4601\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[538,384,365,536,221,97,49,701,425,537],"class_list":["post-4601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-and-quotes","tag-andre-kertesz","tag-blend-modes","tag-color-grading","tag-color-range","tag-curves","tag-landscape","tag-lightroom","tag-links-and-quotes","tag-luminosity-masks","tag-trains"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lcUy-1cd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4635,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}