{"id":5984,"date":"2020-05-25T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2020-05-25T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:13:50","slug":"monday-missive-may-25-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5984","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; May 25, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;. . . creativity is about doing the work rather than waiting for inspiration or talent to kick in.&#8221; &#8212; David duChemin<\/p>\n<p>\u201cinspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us show up and get to work.\u201d &#8212; Chuck Close<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you want to be more creative? You\u2019ve got to be willing to fail and start ugly, sometimes really ugly, and figure it out\u2013refine it\u2013as you go. . . . You need to be relentlessly you, to choose courage and persistence, to embrace your constraints and do something astonishing with them, to let those first efforts be ugly on their way to being beautiful. The only way to be more creative is to create more. We can all do that.&#8221; &#8212; David duChemin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeshotstreetphotography.com\/federico-feliciotti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Federico Feliciotti &#8211; Italy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeshotstreetphotography.com\/klaus-knopp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Interesting series of single walkers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VAfhD4WvhgU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Adding sunset color to landscapes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcameraworld.com\/tutorials\/home-photography-ideas-make-montage-portraits-worthy-of-david-hockney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Montage portraits a la David Hockney<\/a> Coutesy Steve O.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8msgB4kndo4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Long lens macro photography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wsNUGR84fhU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  1 light beauty setup with graphic make-up<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photopxl.com\/a-conversation-with-rachel-ross-eyes-on-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Night and Astrophotography: A conversation with Rachel Ross<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LtlYEC4m2vQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Three fantastic photography locations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/audio-video\/video\/mann-colldion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Sally Mann and the collodion process<\/a> Thanks to Steve O.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/videos\/8717591274\/dpreview-tv-how-to-clean-your-camera-lens-hint-not-like-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  How to clean your lenses<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6027\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6027\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_0983.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_0983.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_0983.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_0983.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great blue heron with an itch.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6029\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6029\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_1008.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_1008.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_1008.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GreatBlueHeron_D8E_1008.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Blue Heron. 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