{"id":1503,"date":"2020-12-20T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2020-12-26T00:56:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T00:56:06","slug":"the-qualities-of-a-good-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/?p=1503","title":{"rendered":"The qualities of a good photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not necessarily mine; just what I might aspire to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A question posed by Brian Lloyd-Duckett&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png 697w, https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understandably, most people replied with the qualities of a good STREET photographer.  However, my effort went thus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Steps out of their comfort zone &#8211; both creatively and experientially&#8230;<\/li><li>Well-developed interpersonal skills&#8230;<\/li><li>Long-term view, project-based&#8230;<\/li><li>A curious mind and research-oriented&#8230;<\/li><li>Politically left-of-centre with a passion for social change&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To which I am going to add a sixth&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Couldn&#8217;t conceive of a day without a camera in their hand.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2.png 512w, https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Busy streets; <\/li><li>markets; <\/li><li>railway stations; <\/li><li>sports events; <\/li><li>holiday destinations. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, anywhere that pickpockets are active&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3.png 511w, https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-300x89.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make significant inroads into my emotions and photography research project through the Ronin Institute or elsewhere<\/li><li>More work on projects generally<\/li><li>Up my game on more creative imagery<\/li><li>Teach more and at a higher level<\/li><li>Publish more photography-related journal articles, reviews etc<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not necessarily mine; just what I might aspire to&#8230; A question posed by Brian Lloyd-Duckett&#8230; Understandably, most people replied with the qualities of a good STREET photographer. However, my effort went thus: Steps out of their comfort zone &#8211; both creatively and experientially&#8230; Well-developed interpersonal skills&#8230; Long-term view, project-based&#8230; A curious mind and research-oriented&#8230; Politically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,27,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journalling-reflective-practice","category-my-photo-journey","category-pure-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tobelikethis.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}