{"id":2904,"date":"2014-05-26T04:08:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T08:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2014\/05\/serendipity\/"},"modified":"2014-05-26T04:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T08:08:25","slug":"serendipity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2014\/05\/serendipity\/","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Came across this <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/96129461\" target=\"_self\">provocative video<\/a> by photographer Jordan Matter (thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/petapixel.com\/\" target=\"_self\">petapixel)<\/a> about embracing the fickle nature of on-location photography, which I pursued commercially for many years, and looking for and being open to alternative options &#8212; aka serendipity &#8212; when the assignment starts going south:<\/p>\n<p><em>I expect serendipity to guide my creative process. No matter how high the stakes, I rarely plan out or storyboard my shoots. Instead, I rely on my instincts to see the spontaneous opportunities around me.&#0160;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpad-img-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b01a3fd1079f8970b-800wi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3113\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01156f6c1fc1970b01a3fd1079f8970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b01a3fd1079f8970b-500wi.jpg\" title=\"3113\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160; Came across this provocative video by photographer Jordan Matter (thanks petapixel) about embracing the fickle nature of on-location photography, which I pursued commercially for many years, and looking for and being open to alternative options &#8212; aka serendipity &#8212; when the assignment starts going south: I expect serendipity to guide my creative process. No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}