{"id":6301,"date":"2020-08-17T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2020-08-17T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:31:44","slug":"monday-missive-august-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6301","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; August 17, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>If you&#8217;ve worked hard for it, it&#8217;s a skill.<br \/>\nIf it&#8217;s something that other people have that you believe you can&#8217;t possibly achieve, it&#8217;s a talent.<br \/>\nOf course, they think the same thing about your skill, don&#8217;t they?<br \/>\nBeing jealous of talents that are actually skills is a great way to let yourself off the hook and make yourself miserable at the same time.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Seth Godin<\/strong> on December 10, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>That\u2019s my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Jock Sturges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Where the world is at once mysterious and completely ordinary.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Keith Carter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2020\/08\/john-willis-mni-wiconi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Water is life<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeshotstreetphotography.com\/ayanava-sil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Ayanava Sil:  India<\/a> Not as cohesive a body as I prefer, but individually most of the images are interesting.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eyeshotstreetphotography.com\/nicolas-vassal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  BW in Tokyo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plainmagazine.com\/franz-sussbauer-silence-of-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Munich silenced by Covid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xNwCYfXITDM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  5 tricks in Photoshop<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k6paySdvy5Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  5 tricks in Lightroom<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yRN84X2owBk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Saturation vs Vibrance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>-Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2020\/08\/01\/if-sharpness-truly-mattered-cartier-bresson-would-be-a-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  If sharpness truly mattered . . .<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fpFJTVcAmtg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  Telephoto sunset minimalist photography from Denmark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LEIyZsqv6JE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211;  The Truth about becoming a professional photographer<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6379\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GulfFritillary_D75_8291.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GulfFritillary_D75_8291.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GulfFritillary_D75_8291.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GulfFritillary_D75_8291.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gulf Fritillary, Deweese Is., SC. October, 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6381\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GhostCrab_D75_8252.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GhostCrab_D75_8252.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GhostCrab_D75_8252.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GhostCrab_D75_8252.jpg?resize=453%2C300&amp;ssl=1 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghost crab, Deweese Is., SC.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;If you&#8217;ve worked hard for it, it&#8217;s a skill. 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