{"id":7604,"date":"2021-11-08T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7604"},"modified":"2021-11-08T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:45:47","slug":"monday-missive-november-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7604","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; November 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime\u2019s work, but it\u2019s worth the effort.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; Fred Rogers<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>You only struggle because you&#8217;re ready to grow but aren&#8217;t willing to let go.<\/em>&#8221; -\u2013 <strong>Drew Gerald<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a better camera to buy and new software to download. The user never has time to become comfortable with the tool. Consequently too much of the work is merely about the technology. . . For good work to develop the technology needs to become as stable and functional as a typewriter.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Alec Soth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8PbrqQd1Lt0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; 1 year, 1 town, 1 lens<\/a>  German street photography and music; no text or speech.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/11\/focus-on-still-life-stephanie-shih\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Stephanie Shih:  Still life<\/a> Not really into still life myself, but these are well done and I know someone out there will appreciate them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalphotopro.com\/profiles\/giuliano-scarparos-dream-like-images-of-wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; I think these are some of the most artful wildlife photos I have ever seen.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/10\/south-korea-week-koo-bohnchang-silent-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Koo Bohnchang:  Silent weapons<\/a> Both an interesting project and consistently exceptional minimalist images.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Processing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qYOod8NeOQk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Colin Smith:  Photoshop update<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Field and Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fstoppers.com\/macro-photography\/10-tips-and-inspiration-photographing-mushrooms-585183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Photographing mushrooms<\/a> Thanks to Steve O.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plainmagazine.com\/brian-lackey-newfoundland-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Newfoundland<\/a> I really want to get up there when the pandemic is fully over<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C98G8zfGQSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Creating dreamy, ethereal light.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XVuAAqtfpio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Bayou Josh: American dipper and gorgeous Idaho scenery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MxNFhf9vD5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212; Photobooks<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7655\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FallInNewEng_D75_3401.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FallInNewEng_D75_3401.jpg?resize=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FallInNewEng_D75_3401.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FallInNewEng_D75_3401.jpg?resize=449%2C300&amp;ssl=1 449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FallInNewEng_D75_3401.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall in New England, near Shelburne Falls in northwestern Massachusetts.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7656\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ShelburneFalls_D75_3299.jpg?resize=640%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ShelburneFalls_D75_3299.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ShelburneFalls_D75_3299.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ShelburneFalls_D75_3299.jpg?resize=420%2C300&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shellburne Falls on the Deerfield Rivere in W. Mass.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime\u2019s work, but it\u2019s worth the effort.&#8221; &#8212; Fred Rogers &#8220;You only struggle because you&#8217;re ready to grow but aren&#8217;t willing to let go.&#8221; -\u2013 Drew Gerald &#8220;This is the same problem &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7604\">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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-and-quotes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lcUy-1YE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604","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=7604"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7659,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions\/7659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}