{"id":6779,"date":"2020-12-28T00:33:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T05:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6779"},"modified":"2020-12-28T00:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T05:33:55","slug":"monday-missive-december-28-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6779","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; December 28, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Christmas marks the time when the light starts to come back.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Heather Cox Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I believe in wonder and look for it every day.<\/em>&#8221; \u2013- <strong>Keith Carter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 <strong>Antoine de Saint Exupery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2020\/12\/norway-week-tine-poppe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Night street photography from Norway<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plainmagazine.com\/eric-tabuchi-nelly-monnier-atlas-regions-naturelles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; France&#8217;s forgotten towns<\/a> A fairly complete survey of architecture throughout France.  Although only a few images are shown at this link, there is a link to many more.  The images are documentary rather than creative, but still worthwhile.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2020\/12\/focus-on-norway-terje-abusdal-slash-burn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Forest Finns<\/a> I found the explanation of the approach more interestng than the images, but some of the images are exceptional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-g5D_cOKIG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Saturation and Vibrance: Which one to use and how to use them together<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BF6SitdTrqM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Exposure bracket vs ETTR (expose to the right)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H9zMcjBEvR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Long-exposure landscape photography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2EAkax4SOKU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; A poetic approach to woodland photography<\/a>  This can be really complimentary to the principles of composition.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jyUtaERbKg0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; 6 things to photograph before you die<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FWfGxdrZIuc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Japanese Photographer Nobuyoshi Araki<\/a> Warning:  some nudity, but also tremendous creativity and variety.  Also self-exploration.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/news\/1079149889\/nasa-celebrates-hubbles-30th-birthday-with-30-new-stunning-images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; 30 new images from Hubble on its 30th birthday<\/a>  With commentary by NASA scientists<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6818\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577.jpg?resize=584%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FrostedLeaf_D75_5577-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frosted leaf<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6823\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DominoSugar_D75_5423.jpg?resize=640%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DominoSugar_D75_5423.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DominoSugar_D75_5423.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domino Sugar from Tide Point.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;Christmas marks the time when the light starts to come back.&#8221; 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