Month: August 2017
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YouTube Videos and Interviews on Photographers
Thank you to Mubeen Mughal from the FORUM for compiling this great resource of documentaries on Photographers on YouTube. Join the ERIC KIM FORUM to learn more about photography, receive photo critiques, and discover new resources for learning about art and photography.
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HAPTICLABS Kyoto Visual Diary I
New things brewing in the KYOTO HAPTICLABS Office:
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How to Take Better Pictures on Your Phone
I love taking photos on a phone, because it is so carefree, fun, and liberating.
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YOU ARE A PHOTO GOD.
You are a PHOTO GOD, you can CREATE pictures purely from your own skill, power, and your own control.
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SHOOT SPONTANEOUSLY.
With photography, shoot spontaneously. Shoot from the gut. Don’t think too much before shooting.
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How to Shoot Photo Zen
Walking on the streets of Kyoto, I feel photo zen.
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Review of OnePlus 5 Camera for Photography
I am currently borrowing the OnePlus 5 from my sister Jennifer, and just went on a walk with it on the streets of Kyoto.
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LEARN FROM THE MASTERS: László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy was one of the main drivers in the BAUHAUS movement, who focused mainly on photography.
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How to Gain More Control, Freedom, and Happiness in Your Photography
My theory:the reason why we like to make art and photos is to assert some sort of control, agency, and freedom in our lives. To mold reality according to our own will. Essentially with photography, we want to play (visual) God.
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Life Lessons From Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna is perhaps the best driver who has ever lived, with a beautiful life philosophy.
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TIMELESS CAMERAS
Does a “timeless” camera truly exist?
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Don’t Prefer Anything Else
Don’t desire anything besides what you have, better yet— don’t prefer anything from what you already have.
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Timeless Photography
Dear friend, Photography and life is fleeting.
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LEARN FROM THE MASTERS: Alexander Rodchenko
Alexander Rodchenko, the master photographer (largely unknown in the West) who innovated with design, art, and photography.
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PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS 101: Chapter 7: Why Should Someone Attend Your Workshop?
Ok, if you are reading this, you might want to make money from photography, and possibly workshops. But… don’t just think of it from your perspective. Why would someone else want to attend your workshop?
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How NOT to Die as a Photographer and Artist
Dear friend, In photography and life… the focus should be to NOT die as a photographer and artist.
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SAIGON DIARY IV: Moving to Kyoto For 1 Month
At the Saigon airport, enjoying a (strong) Vietnamese coffee, slightly hung over… and about to head to Kyoto. Some life meditations the last 2 months in Saigon.
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Photograph Because it Is Your Duty
Often it is hard to inspire ourselves to make photos.
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RICHARD AVEDON x ERIC KIM TRACES
Photos of Richard Avedon, traced with iPad and Procreate app.
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How to Make Forward Progress
In life, photography, and our personal self-growth; let us seek forward progress.
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Universal Basic Photography
We live in a phenomenal time for photography. Photography is essentially free, universal and open to all, and can empower anybody with a phone.
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Join the Constructive Feedback Community: STREET CLUB
Photo by @elida06 Receive constructive feedback on your photos from other photographers and Eric Kim in STREET CLUB. Thanks to HAPTIC, best photo & best critique receives the grand prize of VITRUVIAN CAMERA & HAPTIC PRESS BOX.
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PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS 101: Chapter 6. How to Market Yourself
Ok, more thoughts on how to get people to sign up for your workshop… specifically, how to advertise and market yourself.
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DESTROY IN ORDER TO CREATE.
SimCity, remember destroying your city with tornadoes, ufo, Godzilla, earthquakes… for fun, to destroy your own city and start over?
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Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
Nobody knows how our own mind works, but we better know how our body works or feels.
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BE BESPOKE.
An epiphany:if you buy bespoke, one of a kind, custom, classic, or old school stuff… you are less prone to falling victim to gas (gear acquisition syndrome), and more likely to actually be content and be appreciative of what you already own.
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How to Stop Worrying in Life
I feel most of us crave the following: freedom from worry.
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I SHOOT RAW
I shot raw and the jpeg. I do it so freely, i shoot right off my head.
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How to Be Less Busy in Life
Dear friend, Most of us always complain that we are always too busy. We all strive to have more leisure, relaxation, and peace in our lives. But why do we always let others barge into our free time, and allow ourselves to fall into the “busy trap?” How can we learn how to play offense—…
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DO YOU GIVE A FUCK?
Dear friend, Do you give a fuck about your own life, and the life of others? Or are you blasé, disinterested, like a deadbeat mother?
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THE WILL TO SHOOT
Where do you get the desire or the will to make photos?
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WINNERS AND LOSERS
Dear friend, Are you a winner, or a loser? Are you a whiner, or a chooser? Do you let your abusers Take advantage of you? Or do you break free And rip your skin off the super glue?
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LIFE IS NOT FAIR
Life ain’t fair… are you gonna sit, mope, and complain, or do something about it?
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The Art of Constantly BECOMING
There is no “final destination” for your photography or art.
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Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
The world is a confusing place. My theory:we make photos to try to understand the world.
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Seek Knowledge, Not Information
What we want in life is knowledge, NOT information.
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PHOTO ZEN.
Photo zen How do you shoot unlimited inspiration, Again and again?
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PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS 101: Chapter 5. How to Build Trust
To be honest, 90% of the hardest part of photography workshops is actually getting people to sign up.
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Why It is Cooler Shooting With a Shittier Camera
Person A: “Nice photo! What did you shoot it on?” Person B: “I shot it on a very expensive camera.” Person A: “Oh yeah! I can totally see the color rendition, sharpness, corner sharpness, and the bokeh!” Person B: “Haha just kidding. I shot it on my phone.”
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How to Be a More Imaginative Photographer
One thing I realize that we are lacking today is imagination.
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THE FRAME
Photography is all about the frame— what you include INSIDE the frame, and what you EXCLUDE from the frame.
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PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS 101: Chapter 4. Why Teach Workshops?
Why teach workshops?
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How to Shoot Without Fear
Fear fucks us up in our photography. It paralyzes us.
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K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple, Stupid)
Why is it that we always try to over-complicate things?
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SAY YES TO LIFE.
Just live your life Ain’t nobody built like you
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Never Hoard
Why is it that many of us hoard?
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How to Be More Confident
Why be confident?