{"id":5255,"date":"2019-10-28T00:23:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T04:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2019-10-28T00:23:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T04:23:53","slug":"monday-missive-october-28-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; October 28, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>John Paul Caponigro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Arriving at a plateau in any art form, and staying there forever, eventually stagnates both the artist and the art.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Al Weber<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 <strong>Bruce Barnbaum<\/strong>, from the book, The Art of Photography<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/interview\/national-geographic-photographers-explain-what-it-means-be-contributor-famous-416534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  What it means to be a National Geographic photographer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href = \"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2019\/10\/sandro-miller-i-am-papua-new-guinea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Portraits from Papua New Guinea<\/a><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/plainmagazine.com\/marc-yankus-new-york-unseen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  NY architecture<\/a><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/plainmagazine.com\/into-the-whimsical-world-of-singaporean-photographer-rosemarie-yang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Rosemarie Yang:  Whimsical images<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tn36a1WczHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Advantages of a tablet and a great tablet for $30<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aDLghZfSpf0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  The Benefits of Woodland Photography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/improvephotography.com\/55508\/photo-techniques-to-capture-sports-and-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Sports and action photography<\/a> Thanks to Steve O.<br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/www.thephotoargus.com\/juxtaposition-in-photography-the-package-project-by-bill-donohue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Juxtaposition in street photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/article\/artsy-editorial-8-questions-artists-prospective-dealer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  8 Questions to ask a prospective art dealer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href = \"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/article\/artsy-editorial-6-tips-making-artist-residency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Six tips for artist residencies<\/a> I did several residencies at the National Parks and found it to be a wonderful experience.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5290\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RubyMeadowhawk_D8E_0067.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RubyMeadowhawk_D8E_0067.jpg?resize=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RubyMeadowhawk_D8E_0067.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RubyMeadowhawk_D8E_0067.jpg?resize=449%2C300&amp;ssl=1 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RubyMeadowhawk_D8E_0067.jpg?w=1198&amp;ssl=1 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dragonfly (tentatively identified as Ruby Meadowhawk).  Black Marsh Trail, North Point State Park.; Oct. 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5292\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GBHwFish_D75_2202.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GBHwFish_D75_2202.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GBHwFish_D75_2202.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GBHwFish_D75_2202.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great blue heron with fish.  Black marsh trail.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5294\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5294\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GrayCatbird_D75_1880.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GrayCatbird_D75_1880.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GrayCatbird_D75_1880.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GrayCatbird_D75_1880.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gray catbird.  Black Marsh Trail.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes \u201cInquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.\u201d \u2013 John Paul Caponigro &#8220;Arriving at a plateau in any art form, and staying there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5255\">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":[621,622,625,701,323,619,72,624,596,620,53,623,614],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-and-quotes","tag-action","tag-architecture","tag-art-dealer","tag-links-and-quotes","tag-national-geographic","tag-new-guinea","tag-portraits","tag-rosemarie-yang","tag-simon-baxter","tag-sports","tag-street-photography","tag-whimsey","tag-woodland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lcUy-1mL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","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=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5295,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions\/5295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}