{"id":7521,"date":"2021-10-18T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2021-10-18T09:19:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:19:32","slug":"monday-missive-october-18-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7521","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; October 18, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream.<\/em>&#8221; -\u2013 <strong>Ansel Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.<\/em>&#8221; -\u2013 <strong>Man Ray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Great art is if you can&#8217;t stop thinking about it, then it becomes a memory.<\/em>&#8221; -\u2013 <strong>Damien Hirst<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/10\/spirit-focus-on-indigenous-art-artists-and-issues-brian-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Interesting photoessay on the Inuit peoples<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/10\/spirit-focus-on-indigenous-art-artists-and-issues-nehani-dene-robby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Sharing indigenous culture through photography<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/10\/fred-mitchell-if-you-go-all-the-plants-will-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; If you go all the plants will die<\/a>  I included this, in part, because it is reminiscent of my current book project on &#8220;Senescence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mattk.com\/3-tips-for-boosting-fall-colors-in-lightroom-and-photoshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; MattK:  Getting the best fall colors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OLkpfNx0gUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Tom Heaton:  How does the scene look three months later?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ALsClBRGgHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Great bird shots with amusing dialog<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7OI3p-hwu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Simon Baxter: Photography with one man and his dog<\/a> Simon has a great eye for woodland compositions and his images seem to come from a fantasy time.  It is also fun to watch Meg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lensculture.com\/2021-lensculture-street-photography-award-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; BW street photography award winners<\/a> For my camera club friends who participate in competitions, I suggest you view the work of Australian Sam Ferris who took 2nd place.  Camera club judges would almost certainly throw his work out as being too busy and with blocked up shadows.  But it is great work if you approach it from an artistic rather than technical point of view. If a judge doesn&#8217;t like your submission, remember it is only one person&#8217;s opinion.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aperture.org\/editorial\/daido-moriyama-on-the-unending-newness-of-photographs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Daido Moriyama on vision and motivation, context and information<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/contrastly.com\/street-photography-18-awesome-tips-for-shooting-great-images-in-the-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Street photography tips<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7568\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7568\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hibiscus_SF905_2.jpg?resize=584%2C584&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hibiscus_SF905_2.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hibiscus_SF905_2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hibiscus_SF905_2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hibiscus_SF905_2.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hibiscus and Coneflower from my &#8220;n progress book &#8220;Senescence.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Coneflower_SF300.jpg?resize=584%2C584&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Coneflower_SF300.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Coneflower_SF300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Coneflower_SF300.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Coneflower_SF300.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream.&#8221; 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