Month: December 2016
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7 Tips How to Shoot Street Photography
If I started street photography all over again, and could give myself a guide on “how” to shoot in the streets— these are some ideas I would give myself:
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Why Make Money With Photography?
Why is it that we are so interested in making money from our passion — photography?
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How to Shoot Street Photography on a DSLR
If I started shooting street photography on a DSLR all over again, this is the advice I would give myself:
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How to Create a “Curiosity Gap” in Your Photos
As humans, we are curious creatures and follow what rouses our curiosity.
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How to Shoot Street Portraits With Permission
If there is one genre of street photography I specialize in, it is “street portraiture.”
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12 Lessons Tony Robbins Can Teach You About Money and Life
A while back, I read “Money: Master the Game” by Tony Robbins and learned not only practical things about investing, but I also learned practical philosophy about money.
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7 Lessons Jeff Bezos Can Teach You
A while back I read a book on Jeff Bezos: “The Everything Store” — and was struck by a lot of the life principles Bezos applied to his business and life.
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Living is More Important than Photographing
Dear friend, I want to write you this letter on the importance of living — not just photographing.
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Downgrade
We all think that upgrading our cameras, getting newer cameras, with more megapixels, with more features, functions, and bells & whistles will make us better photographers.
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Don’t Allow Anyone to Drain Your Battery
If your life were a smartphone battery (without a charger), would you let anyone drain it?
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Grain is Beautiful
Dear friend, I have been thinking a lot about the aesthetics of photography — why is it that grain is beautiful, especially with film?
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Photography Favors the Brave
The braver you are, the better photographer you will be.
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How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance
A lot of people think that “happiness” is always feeling pleasure.
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25 Photography New Year’s Resolutions
As each year comes to an end, there is the hope for a new year.
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Color Manual
Dear friend, “Color Manual” is a brief (19-page) guide, to get you started off in color photography.
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How to Start Your Own Photography YouTube Channel
Dear friend, if you’ve ever wanted to create your own YouTube channel for photography — here are some practical tips and guidance I will offer you:
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Free eBook: How to Shoot Street Photography
Dear friend, “How to Shoot Street Photography” is a new free ebook which will give you all the information how to start shooting street photography.
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What Do You Want to Do With Your Life?
The three most valuable things we have in life are time, attention, and money.
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How to Make a Living Teaching Photography Workshops
I once read the proverb— “If you give a man a fish, you can feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he can feed himself for a lifetime.”
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Happy Holidays from Haptic Industries
This holiday season Cinderic will be taking some time off with family, and will not be selling and shipping international orders until February 1, 2017. Amazon orders will still continue to be accepted and shipped as usual.
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Each Photo You Take is an “Attempt”
Each photo you shoot doesn’t need to be a masterpiece.
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In Praise of Deleting Your Photographs
I am attached to my old work, which no longer serves a purpose.
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How to Do What You Love for a Living
Dear friend, I’m one of the very few blessed people in the world who does what they love for a living.
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The Universe Will Provide For You
Most of us live in fear— fear of not being able to pay the rent, fear of not feeding ourselves, or fear of not providing for our families.
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Innovation is Saying No
One of the ideas I’m constantly obsessed about is innovation.
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Photography is Eating the World
In a famous essay, “Software is eating the world” — internet pioneer Marc Andreessen professed that the future of technology was software, not hardware.
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How to Become a Photography Hacker
When I was a kid, I loved to tinker.
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How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
Have you ever felt stressed, shitty, and overwhelmed with life — and went out with a walk with your camera, and instantly felt much better?
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How to Choose Your Best Photos
One of the most challenging things in photography is to choose our best photos.
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Should I Follow My Passion For a Living?
I remember when I was growing up — and was wondering whether I should follow my passion for a living or not.
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Street Photography Contact Sheets Volume II
I am excited to share my new book: “Street Photography Contact Sheets Volume II” — a behind-the-scene looks to some of my best (recent) street photos.
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Review: Olympus Pen-F + 17mm f/1.8
I have been testing the Olympus Pen F and Olympus 17mm f/1.8 lens in Dalat, Vietnam for the last few days, and I am blown away.
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How to Never Rust
We all know the feeling— when we haven’t done something for a while, we become “rusty.”
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Die Doing What You Want to Do
You never know when you will die — why risk the chance of dying when you’re doing something you don’t want to do?
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Don’t Work on Too Many Projects
In photography and life — less is more, when it comes to your projects.
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How to Use Negative Space in Street Photography
I see negative space as a fascinating concept— both photographically and philosophically.
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Everyday, Photograph Less
We are always told to photograph everyday.
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Shoot For the Few, Not the Many
I’ve been recently inspired by the Roman poet— Horace, who gave a lot of practical advice to other poets in “Ars Poetica” (the art of poetry):
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Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul
One of the factors which makes or breaks a photograph is the eye contact.
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How to Shoot Urban Landscapes
I consider “urban landscapes” as a sub-genre of street photography.
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Say Hello to Photo Journal
Photo Journal is your new Personal Photography handbook to make your photography more personally meaningful: Purchase Photo Journal (Amazon USA) > Purchase Photo Journal (International) >
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When Are You Not Living?
Nobody knows how to live— but we know exactly how we shouldn’t live.
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The Cherry on Top
What is the difference between a “so-so” photograph, and a great photograph?
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PDF/ePub: Learn From the Masters of Photography
Dear streettogs, if you’ve ever wanted to read the entire library of “Learn From the Masters of Photography” download it as a free PDF or ePub below: PDF Download (35mb) .ePub Download (2.2mb)
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Zen Photography
It is a pleasure to share my new book “Zen Photography” with you.
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How to Find Fulfillment in Your Photography
Dear friend, when do you feel fulfillment in your photography?
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Eric Kim Portfolio 2016
Dear friends, here is my current portfolio as of 2016– feel free to share, re-distribute, and re-mix these photos as you’d like:
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I Photograph Not For the Many, But For You
Dear friend, it is hard to figure out who to photograph for.
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How to Tinker in Your Photography
I’m a huge fan of “tinkering” — just playing around, figuring out how things work, breaking things, and learning along the way.
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You Started From the Bottom Now You’re Here
Dear friend, you’ve accomplished great things in life— yet you want more.