Month: March 2017
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Basic Photography Composition Tips
Dear friend; I want to give you some basic photography composition tips:
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How to Start Your Own Cindy Project
Dear friend; I want to write you a letter on the importance of photographing your loved ones.
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What is Your Single Worthwhile Goal in Life?
We all need a direction and sense of purpose in life.
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37 Lessons Mark Cuban Can Teach You About Business
Practical life and business lessons from Mark Cuban, the serial entrepreneur and owner of the Mavericks:
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5 Diagonal Photography Composition Tips
The easiest way to make more dynamic, better compositions: integrate more diagonals into your photos.
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Time is the Ultimate Luxury
Dear friend — what is luxury, how do we define it, and how do we achieve it?
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How to Overcome Paralysis by Analysis: The 80% Principle in Life
I often suffer from “paralysis by analysis” — I think too much when making decisions, and aim for perfection.
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Meditations by Eric Kim
Personal meditations, on my life philosophy.
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How to Stay in the Game
One of the biggest mistakes I think individuals make in life is to think that “success” is making a ton of money, becoming famous, and having tons of influence.
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How to Become Enlightened
No, becoming enlightened is not becoming some Buddhist monk, and meditating on a rock in the middle of the ocean.
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7 Tips to Be a Good Photographer
Dear friend, I want to give you some practical tips on how to be a good photographer.
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How to Live Longer
Many of us are afraid of death.
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How to Find Your Purpose in Photography
Dear friend; I want to write you a letter on finding your purpose in photography — and giving you a chance to reflect on why you make photos.
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How to Become a Philosopher
Anyone can be a philosopher — you just need to have a love for wisdom.
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What if Photography Isn’t My Calling?
Know that photography isn’t everything.
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10 Tips to Be Happier and More Loving in Life
I think we all need a life mission in life— mine is peace, understanding, and love.
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15 Lessons Jay-Z Has Taught Me About Hustling
To me, Jay-Z is the epitome of the American dream: started off in the projects, and now is a self-made (almost) billionaire.
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24 Life Lessons From Thucydides
Life lessons from the Greek Historian, Thucydides — who actually fought in the Peloponesian war (between the Athenians and Spartans) then wrote a history on it.
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“Good” vs “Meaningful” Photos
Shouldn’t it be a meaningful photo?
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10 Tips How to Create Juxtaposition in Your Photography
Dear friend, Today I want to teach you about ‘Juxtaposition’ — a fancy word that a lot of art school kids like to throw around.
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7 Simple Photo Tips
Simple and practical photography tips for you:
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Rule Circumstances; Don’t Let Your Circumstances Rule You
Dear friend, You might live in a shitty state of circumstances; but I want to encourage you — you can control your future and your fate.
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10 Lessons Socrates Has Taught Me About Photography
Dear friend; here are some lessons that Socrates has taught me about photography — and can hopefully inspire you:
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How to Be More Courageous in Life
“To be happy means to be free. To be free means to be brave.” – Thucydides The lesson is this: If we are courageous, we gain freedom If we gain freedom, we gain happiness So if you want to be happier, become more courageous.
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63 Life Lessons I’ve Learned From History
Some meditations on my personal life, through some wisdom of the past.
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10 Reasons Why Your Smartphone is the Best Camera
Dear friend, I want to encourage you — use your smartphone more for your photography.
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How to Shoot Personal Street Photography
Dear friend, Recently I’ve been trying to combine two of my biggest passions in photography — street photography and personal photography.
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Fuck My Needs; All I Care About are Virtuous Deeds
Fuck my selfish needs, all I care about are my virtuous deeds.
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Shoot Different.
Why shoot like everyone else, when you are a unique, idiosyncratic individual, with unique life experiences, different from everyone else?
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How to Prevent Your Own Decline and Fall in Life
I just finished skimming some of Edward Gibbon’s “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (through some quotes), and have some valuable lessons I want to share with you:
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Never Compare Your Photography With Others
Dear friend, Why is it that we compare ourselves and our photography with others?
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10 Tips How to Unlock Your Inner-Genius
Dear friend, I want to write you a letter on how you can unlock your inner-genius.
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How to Believe in Yourself
Dear friend, All of us lack confidence in ourselves— how can we learn to have more confidence, and belief in ourselves?
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You’re Infinite
The mind is like the universe. It constantly expands, infinitely. So be like the universe; keep creating. Keep opening the minds of others. Keep expanding your mind. Your mind, creativity, and abilities are infinite. Have the ambition to live 300 years, even though you won’t. This will keep you hungry for the rest of your…
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11 Lessons I’ve Learned From Dr. Dre on Hustling
Dr. Dre — the pioneer of ‘gangsta rap’, and currently worth close to $700 million dollars, after his sale of ‘Beats’ to Apple, certainly knows a thing or two about hustling.
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17 Life Lessons From Edward Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”
Just read (some) of Edward Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” via passages. Here are some takeaway points, and life lessons I learned:
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How to Make Good Photos on a Shitty Camera
Dear friend; if you have a shitty camera (or what you perceive a shitty camera) — yet want to make better photos, this is for you:
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5 Lessons: Minimalist Album Covers
I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from minimalist album covers as of late:
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Beginners Know Better than Experts
Why is it that the beginners are always asking the experts for their opinion?
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Which Photos Are Really Important to You?
Which photos are really important to you — and why do you decide to shoot them?
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Living a Good Life is More Important Than Photography
I was reading Horace’s advice to his friend on poetry, and he said that we should focus on knowing how to order our lives correctly, instead of being overly-obsessed with how to order our verses.
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5 Lessons From Hesiod on Hustling
I just read Hesiod’s Work and Days; and found lots of great practical wisdom on working hard and hustling.
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Make Photos to Delight Your Soul
‘Poetry, created and invented for the delight of our souls, if it comes ever so little of the summit, sinks to the bottom.’ – Horace Do your photos delight your own soul?
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How to Come Up With Ideas
Dear friend, I wanted to write you an essay on how I come up with ideas:
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18 Things I Would Tell Myself if I Started Street Photography All Over Again
Dear friend, If I started street photography all over again; this is the advice I would give myself:
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Leica Manual
Dear friends, I just made a new free PDF ebook: “Leica Manual” — a culmination of everything I’ve learned shooting with a Leica/rangefinder.
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How to Love Yourself
Dear friend, You were given a gift as a child.
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Don’t Compare Yourself with Anybody Else
Don’t entertain a high opinion of any other person (besides yourself).
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3 Tips I Would Give Myself if I Started Photography All Over Again
A list of stuff I wish I knew if I started photography all over again, at age 18.
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The Pomodoro Photography Technique
If you have photographer’s block, or lacking inspiration to shoot— set a timer for 25 minutes, and do nothing but photograph for those 25 minutes.