{"id":23,"date":"2006-09-06T17:50:07","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T22:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2006-09-06T17:50:07","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T22:50:07","slug":"the-muse-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"The Muse strikes &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got back on the photography kick this weekend. I took a number of pictures, mostly of my in-laws <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/javajini\/sets\/72157594272240148\/\">new house<\/a>. I have been accumulating quite a collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/friends\/\">contacts <\/a>on Flickr. Many of them are extremely talented artists. They inspired me to actively pursue photography as art again.<\/p>\n<p>While I was in the bookstore the other day I discovered that Tom Ang&#8217;s book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=profilesinper-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=%2FDigital-Photographers-Handbook-Third%2Fdp%2F0756623553%2Fsr%3D8-2%2Fqid%3D1157581018%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Digital Photographer&#8217;s Handbook<\/a><\/em> was out in trade paperback for a good bit less than the hard cover edition. It covers the spectrum from a brief explanation of how digital imaging technology works, through a catalog of the different photographic genres, a section describing common photographic challenges and tips for how to use image manipulation software to overcome them, and an extensive section on output options.<\/p>\n<p>I joined a Flickr group called <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/utata\/\">Utata<\/a>. They publish a web <a href=\"http:\/\/utata.org\/\">zine<\/a> that links to their images and discussions on Flickr as well as hosting original content. According to the about page,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Utata is a collective of photographers, writers, and like-minded people who share a compelling interest in the arts. We began (and continue to exist) as a salon-style gathering of photographers who came together on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\">flickr<\/a>.  As a group we are continuously evolving; Utata is more of a process than a final product.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope this group helps me get into the swing of things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got back on the photography kick this weekend. I took a number of pictures, mostly of my in-laws new house. I have been accumulating quite a collection of contacts on Flickr. Many of them are extremely talented artists. They inspired me to actively pursue photography as art again. While I was in the bookstore &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/?p=23\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Muse strikes &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kellie.wildroseandbriar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}