{"id":34276,"date":"2014-04-01T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=34276"},"modified":"2014-03-31T21:10:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T04:10:24","slug":"whats-the-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/whats-the-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Subject?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yaquina-Lighthouse-0207.jpg?quality=100\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yaquina-Lighthouse-0207.jpg?resize=800%2C532&#038;quality=100\" alt=\"Yaquina Lighthouse 0207\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yaquina-Lighthouse-0207.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yaquina-Lighthouse-0207.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yaquina-Lighthouse-0207.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yaquina-Lighthouse-0207.jpg?resize=585%2C389&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has to be the #1 question I ask photographers. 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