{"id":6906,"date":"2021-02-01T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2021-02-01T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:04:03","slug":"monday-missive-february-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6906","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; February 1, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; . . . grizzly bears in northern British Columbia, and curious, gentle giant Pacific octopus in the emerald waters of the Salish Sea, and the Kermode (or spirit) bear in the Great Bear Rainforest\u2014all encounters so intimate that it now shocks me to think I ever lived so disconnected from the wild, green, mossy world outside my door.&#8221; &#8212; David DuChemin<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassion is the log that keeps the fire of purpose blazing.\u201d &#8212; Oprah Winfrey<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it makes you laugh,<br \/>\nif it makes you cry,<br \/>\nif it rips out your heart,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s a good picture.&#8221; &#8211; Eddie Adams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aphotoeditor.com\/2021\/01\/26\/the-daily-edit-lindsey-ross\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Lindsey Ross:  24 x 36 collodion plates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/01\/focus-on-portraiture-pam-connolly-salon-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Salon studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1kJJUabVuLw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Gradients<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ih24e8k7nJM&#038;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Better Vignettes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8C3NwBXk1fg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Simple solution to avoid corruption on export<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xb8vHBHawqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; A better way to blur backgrounds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdwatchingdaily.com\/hotspots\/299-north-point-state-park-baltimore-county-maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; National notice for the Black Marsh Trail and North Point State Park<\/a> one of my favorite &#8220;go to&#8221; places for a half day trip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/news\/3666364442\/leica-ad-reminds-us-of-photographys-importance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; The camera as witness<\/a> Narrated by Joel Myerowitz.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/videos\/0286755323\/dpreview-tv-understanding-diffraction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Understanding how diffraction reduces resolution<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1s8NJZn-LI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Takeaways from Alec Soth&#8217;s storytelling course<\/a> For me, one of the more interesting aspects was how the project evolved.  There was a clear thread, but you would never independently connect the initial idea to the final project.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6946\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6946\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cardinal%40Feeder_D8E_2593.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cardinal%40Feeder_D8E_2593.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cardinal%40Feeder_D8E_2593.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cardinal%40Feeder_D8E_2593.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A female cardinal at a backyard feeder.  In surburban areas where so much land has been planted in grass and ornamentals in place of native plants that provide seeds and winter berries, providing a consistent food source can be critical for local bird populations.  In winter those food sources help the birds maintain body temperature in cold weather.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6948\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/White-throatedSparrow_D8E_2571.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/White-throatedSparrow_D8E_2571.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/White-throatedSparrow_D8E_2571.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/White-throatedSparrow_D8E_2571.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8221; . . . grizzly bears in northern British Columbia, and curious, gentle giant Pacific octopus in the emerald waters of the Salish Sea, and the Kermode (or spirit) bear in the Great Bear Rainforest\u2014all encounters so intimate that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6906\">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":[284,786],"class_list":["post-6906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-and-quotes","tag-alec-soth","tag-vignette"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lcUy-1No","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906","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=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6950,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions\/6950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}