{"id":39,"date":"2015-01-03T19:09:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T19:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larrygale.wordpress.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2015-01-03T19:09:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T19:09:44","slug":"seeing-charleston-a-field-guide-to-photographing-a-world-class-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Charleston: A Field Guide to Photographing a World-Class City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fortunate to live and work in Charleston, South Carolina. \u00a0It&#8217;s one of America&#8217;s most beautiful and historic cities, and in recent years has won many awards from travel magazines as a top destination. \u00a0So, if you&#8217;re planning to visit, wouldn&#8217;t you like to be able to take back some great photographs to document your visit?<br \/>\nRon Rocz is a long-time Charleston photographer, and his 2007 book (published by JogglingBoardPress) is a fantastic way to plan your photographic excursions around Charleston. \u00a0I&#8217;ve known Ron for years, and we&#8217;ve taught workshops together, so I&#8217;m familiar with both the quality of his work, and his insight into the special things about Charleston that you may want to photograph.<br \/>\nSome sections of his book include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart of the Historic District, focusing on the main historic areas of the city<\/li>\n<li>Focusing Closer Up, discusses how best to photograph\u00a0details like ironwork, cobblestone streets, and fountains<\/li>\n<li>The African-American Experience, focusing on areas of historic significance given Charleston&#8217;s history as a port for the slave trade<\/li>\n<li>Seasonal Subject Matter, which discusses the times of years that various gardens and crops are in full bloom<\/li>\n<li>The Holy City, that focuses on the many beautiful and historic churches<\/li>\n<li>Short Travel Adventures, which discusses day trips out to nearby beaches, plantations, and gardens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each section includes some of Ron&#8217;s own photographs, and well thought out suggestions of approaches to take, times of day to shoot, and other useful considerations to help you get the most out of your trip.<br \/>\nThe book is a convenient size; it will fit in some pockets, and fits easily in most camera bags. Beautifully printed and soft bound, it&#8217;s a handy and helpful guide that should be in the bag of every photographer who plans a visit to Charleston!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I&#8217;m fortunate to live and work in Charleston, South Carolina. \u00a0It&#8217;s one of America&#8217;s most beautiful and historic cities, and in recent years has won <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/?p=39\" title=\"Seeing Charleston: A Field Guide to Photographing a World-Class City\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":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":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9,10,13,14,18,19,20,34,35],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-photography","tag-african-american-experience","tag-beaches","tag-charleston","tag-churches","tag-gardens","tag-guide","tag-historic-city","tag-photography","tag-plantations"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photobookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ronroczbook.jpg?fit=289%2C650&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photobookreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}