{"id":5768,"date":"2020-03-23T14:46:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5768"},"modified":"2020-03-23T14:46:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T18:46:11","slug":"monday-missive-march-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5768","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; March 23, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>In front of the lens, I am at the same time: the one I think I am, the one I want otherws to think I am, the one the photographer thinks I am, and the one he makes use of to exhibit his art.<\/em>&#8221;  &#8212; <strong>Roland Barthes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Light acts like a language.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Lise Sarfati<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>&#8230; photography functions more like poetry and, like contemporary poetry, is usually free-verse in nature.  There are no standards for beginning, middle, and end. It is up to each photographer to create her own structure.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Alec Soth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeshotstreetphotography.com\/helmi-dalhoumi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Tunisian street photography<\/a> Interesting lighting and use of silhouettes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.redrivercatalog.com\/2020\/02\/jules-aarons-mind-of-a-scientist-eye-of-an-artist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Scientist\/Street Photographer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalphotopro.com\/profiles\/capturing-the-icons-of-activism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Icons of activism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBImTbgx2o0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Blur the background with perspective<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mattk.com\/how-to-get-the-most-from-adobe-2-free-custom-brushes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Using brushes to modify backgrounds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photopxl.com\/focus-stacking-and-its-application-within-macro-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  A very complete and detailed article on focus stacking for macro photography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=250&#038;v=SYVvChotk1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Directing the eye with radial gradients<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephotoargus.com\/stunning-pictures-of-a-starling-swarm-by-roeli-van-til\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Starlings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/originals\/covid-19-pandemic-shutting-down-photography-industry-every-scale-463617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Impact of Covid-19 on the photography industry<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kcxcGBbLIwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Why your images aren&#8217;t winning contests<\/a>  Insightful thoughts from someone who has assisted and managed contests.<\/p>\n<p>Only one picture this week.  I&#8217;m struggling a bit with a lack of creative juices.  I hope it isn&#8217;t contagious.  Can&#8217;t really travel to get out of it either.  It will pass eventually.  Stay well and keep shooting.  Hopefully some of these links will give you inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, by the way, I updated the version of php this blog is running on and it should be a bit faster.  Let me know if you see a difference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5820\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TwoStumpsSF1b_D75_3043.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TwoStumpsSF1b_D75_3043.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TwoStumpsSF1b_D75_3043.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TwoStumpsSF1b_D75_3043.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I couldn&#8217;t believe how crowded it was at North Point State Park yesterday.  This is part of an ongoing project for &#8220;Winter Marsh.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;In front of the lens, I am at the same time: the one I think I am, the one I want otherws to think I am, the one the photographer thinks I am, and the one he makes use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5768\">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":[642,350,360,659,701,667,700],"class_list":["post-5768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-and-quotes","tag-background-blur","tag-brushes","tag-focus-stacking","tag-gradients","tag-links-and-quotes","tag-perspective","tag-starlings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lcUy-1v2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768","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=5768"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5823,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions\/5823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}