ERIC KIM

How to Look Different.

HAPTIC EYE CAMERA by ANNETTE KIM
HAPTIC EYE CAMERA by ANNETTE KIM

Not look different with your clothes or exterior appearance, but how you SEE and PERCEIVE the world.

Vitruvian Camera ARTWEAR

1. Look at the background

Bad photographers only look at the foreground. Good photographers look at the background.

Great cinema focuses on a good story line in the background.

Great photos have a fascinating background and back story.

2. Extreme minimalism

Toys R US

It is very hard to make an EXTREMELY minimalist photo, with no distractions whatsoever.

3. Social critique

McDonald’s. Last time to get it.

Don’t just make photos… make MEANING and social critiques in your photos.

How can you be more CRITICAL of society and the world, as explained through the photos you make?

4. Look for color combinations

Orange, blue, and green colors.
Orange, blue, and green colors.

Perceive color. Color theory in a nutshell… just think of simple colors, which oppose and contrast one another. Think of the colors of sports teams. Orange vs blue. Red vs green. Purple vs gold.

Colorful shoes with clean edges of the frame.
Colorful shoes with clean edges of the frame.

5. Shoot from a high angle looking down

Oakland, 2015. Photo with phone. Look at the simple colorful graphic lines in the background, like the strong yellow line.
Oakland, 2015. Photo with phone. Look at the simple colorful graphic lines in the background, like the strong yellow line.

Don’t just shoot at eye level. Hold your camera high, and shoot down. Simplify your background this way, and show a more unique perspective.

6. MOOD

Processed with VSCOcam with f2 preset. Green mood.
Processed with VSCOcam with f2 preset. Green mood.

Somestimes a photo just needs a good mood. Like the green that calms you.

Think of colors as a different MOOD. How does a red photo affect your mood? Or an all pink photo?

RED MOOD

Red faucet.
Red question mark
Red question mark
Red cowboy.
Red cowboy.
Red open for business.
Red open for business.
Red coat in car.
Red coat in car.
Muted red Folgers coffee cup advertisement.
Muted red Folgers coffee cup advertisement.
Red cutout.
Red cutout.

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Muted red Folgers coffee cup advertisement. Muted red Folgers coffee cup advertisement.
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Surreal red stripes.
Surreal red stripes.
Red hair with red background.
Red hair with red background.

PINK MOOD

Sexy pink lips.
Sexy pink lips.
Pink ear.
Pink ear.
Pink bicycle.
Pink bicycle.
Pink soap dispenser.
Pink soap dispenser.

7. STUDY SURREALISM

Photographers make boring photos. Make less boring photos by studying surrealism. Make your photos MORE interesting than reality.

8. Study the masters

Most modern photos are boring. Rather find inspiration from the MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Classics never die.

Study unorthodox compositions. Look for abberstions from the norm.

For example I am studying composition that BREAKS RULES. Study the unorthodox composition of RICHARD AVEDON…he saw the world differently than others.

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