{"id":5664,"date":"2020-02-24T00:19:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T05:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2020-02-24T00:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T05:19:15","slug":"monday-missive-february-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5664","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive — February 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

“…aesthetic harmony means very little unless the photography reveals a personal, emotional truth. I want a viewer to feel like they’re inside the experience rather than looking at it.<\/em>” — Curran Hatleberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Originality lies in the embrace of one’s own voice, not in the reaction to others’ voices.<\/em>” — Peter Kayafas<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I create situations that do not exist. I seek the truth from fiction.<\/em>” — Sarah Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Links<\/strong>
\nPhotoessays\/bodies of Work<\/strong>
\n– “House Music”<\/a> Reminiscent to me of Sally Mann, only indoors.
\n– WOW! Repeating patterns<\/a><\/p>\n

Post-processing<\/strong>
\n– All of the capbilities of “Export As”<\/a> More than you might realize
\n– Creating reflections and reflections in puddles<\/a>
\n– Create realistic shadows<\/a><\/p>\n

Field\/Studio<\/strong>
\n– Why you should do projects<\/a>
\n– Composing wide angle landscape shots<\/a>
\n– Charlie Waite: Great images with small cameras<\/a><\/p>\n

Miscellany<\/strong>
\n– Joe Pugliese: Interesting interview and images<\/a>
\n– On Photoshop’s 30th birthday (Feb. 19), some stories of its birth<\/a><\/p>\n

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I spent a bit of time this weekend experimenting with different BW processing methods. This was my “traditional” method using a BW adjustment layer in PS and adding tonal contrast and detail extractor in COLOR Efex Pro.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For this image I converted to BW with a gradient map and then added a black layer and white layer and locally masked the layers to get deep blacks in particular.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finally on this image I used Image > Calculations, with levels, curves and some added noise. Would like to hear comments and what you liked best.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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