Month: March 2018
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How to Discover Your Ideal Lifestyle
Dear friend, One question I’ve been curious about the last 10 years of my life: what is the “ideal” lifestyle, and how do I achieve it, in order to be maximally “happy”?
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How to Conquer Hesitation in Street Photography
Dear friend, Have you ever seen a scene that you wanted to shoot, but hesitated and didn’t take the photo, and later regretted not shooting the scene?
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What is the Purpose of Photography?
What is the purpose of photography? To me, the purpose of photography is documenting the joy in our lives, and sharing that joy with others.
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Affirm Life by Making Photos!
Dear friend, As photographers, we are life-affirmers. Whenever we decide to click the shutter and make a photo, we are saying: Life is beautiful, this photograph is proof!
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Everyday Street Photography
This is my theory: the more often we shoot, the happier we are. But, a lot of us don’t or cannot shoot everyday, thus, we end up feeling depressed or demotivated in our photography. What is the solution to this problem?
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Minimalist Photography Workflow
As photographers, the less friction we have in our photography workflow, the better.
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Why Do We Lose Motivation to Make Photos?
Why do we lose motivation to make photos, and how can we re-inspire or motivate ourselves when we feel in a creative slump?
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New eBook: 30 DAYS TO JUMPSTART YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
30 DAYS TO JUMPSTART YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY is your personal daily photography journal to encourage you to photograph every day, appreciate your life, and see new photography opportunities.
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Why Street Photography?
Dear friend, A fun question to ponder: why street photography?
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OSAKA DIARY V
Simple and joyful living in OSAKA.
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Space and Time in Photography
Dear friend, A philosophical idea I got when reading Kant’s “The Critique of Pure Reason”: Photography can be simplified into two variables: Space and Time.
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How to Gain More Exposure For Your Photography
Dear friend, To succeed as a photography entrepreneur, you must gain more exposure for your work and photography.
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Intense Focus
Dear friend, A key to success: INTENSITY x FOCUS.
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7 Tips How to Shoot More Photos
Dear friend, A thought: to be happier in your photography and life, seek to shoot MORE photos, not “better” photos.
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How to Conquer Your Fears as an Entrepreneur
Dear friend, If you can focus on just one only thing to help you become more successful in your entrepreneurial pursuits, your street photography, or your life — what would it be? Conquering fear.
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How to Keep or Ditch Your Photos
A simple way to simplify your life: make more binary decisions in life/photography/art: KEEP or DITCH.
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OSAKA DIARY IV
Life is good in Osaka.
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The Dancing Photographer
“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.” – Nietzsche
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How to Overcome Creative Inertia in Your Life
Inertia: the force which we must overcome to exert force.
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10 Practical Life Hacks to Have More Energy, Motivation, and Inspiration
Dear friend, Here are some of my personal life hacks, tips, exercises, and activities I use for me to be more inspired, motivated, energetic, and productive as a photographer/visual artist.
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Home is Where the Heart Is: 30 Tips to Find Inspiration to Shoot Photos Everyday at Home
Dear friend, If you have a hard time finding time or inspiration to go out and shoot– just shoot photos at home!
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Define Yourself
Dear friend, There is only one you. So why waste time, resources, and energy trying to be someone else?
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The Soul of the Photographer
What is the soul of the photographer? The soul of a photographer is a child— ready to play, explore the world, and re-arrange reality as he/she sees fit.
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What is the Best Camera and Lenses for Street Photography?
Dear friend, Here are my personal recommendations for the best cameras and lenses for street photography:
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Photographer as an “Arranging Artist”
Dear friend, If you want to know what a photographer is– consider the photographer as an ‘arranging artist’. As a photographer, we decide how to arrange the building-blocks of visual reality. It is the arrangement (composition/framing) in which we make photographs which creates the meaning!
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Everything is Permitted in Photography!
Dear friend, A word of encouragement: shoot photography however you would like — everything is permitted in photography; there are no rules!
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You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
A philosophical thought I had: you don’t always need to be in a joyful, upbeat, or “happy” mood to live a fulfilling, meaningful, and heroic life.
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Sharpness is Overrated: 30 Tips to Shoot Blurry and Out-Of-Focus Photos
Dear friend, If you want more inspiration to shoot, intentionally shoot blurry and out of focus photos.
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How Would You Share Your Photos if You Didn’t Have Facebook, Instagram, or Social Media?
Dear friend, In lieu of the whole #DeleteFacebook movement, let’s do a thought experiment: How would you share your photos if you didn’t have Facebook, Instagram, or other forms of social media?
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20 Dark Tips How to Shoot Shadow Photos
A fun creative photography challenge: shadow photography.
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Doing Things Poorly is Better than Not Doing it At All!
Dear friend, A thought: it is better to do things poorly than not to do them at all!
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Let Dissatisfaction Drive You Forward!
Dear friend, I don’t think there are “good” or “bad” emotions. To become the fullest developed human, we must feel the furthest extents of our human emotions. What matters to succeed and thrive in life: harness all of your emotions, desires, and dissatisfactions in a positive way— to propel you forward, and to the highest…
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10 Visual Challenges to Boost Your Creative Photography
Fresh from HAPTIC DIGITAL: Annette Kim presents an awesome new visualization on 10 visualization challenges to boost your creative photography:
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Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
To me, I think the opposite of happiness is boredom. To be happy, simply avoid being bored.
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Why I Love Traveling
Dear friend, For the last 10+ years, I’ve been living on the road, living abroad, and traveling the globe. But why?
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10 Tips How to Shoot Photos of Your Everyday Life
To me, true joy in photography isn’t finding inspiration when you’re traveling or in exotic places. Rather, it is about finding joy all around you — finding inspiration to shoot in your everyday life, regardless of how ordinary or mundane your everyday life may be.
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The Best Travel Street Photography Equipment 2018
As of 2018, here is my favorite travel street photography equipment:
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Life Update from Osaka
Dear friend, I just wanted to give you a life update from Osaka, Japan (where we are living the next month or so):
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Only for a Limited time HAPTIC PRESS BUNDLE: Street Hunt, Street Notes, Photo Journal, Film Notes + Free Street Notes Mobile & Street Hunt Mobile
To celebrate our love of books, we present to you HAPTIC PRESS BUNDLE. The bundle includes all of our current pocket HAPTIC PRESS books:
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Why You Must Follow Your Own Voice in Street Photography
Dear friend, Never let anyone tell you how to shoot street photography, what “street photography” is and isn’t. Rather, define street photography for yourself, and shoot according to your own terms.
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It Doesn’t Matter if Someone Else Has Done it Before!
Dear friend, It doesn’t matter if someone else has shot it before; you haven’t shot it before!
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How to Give a Constructive Critique in Photography
Dear friend, In order to become a better photographer, learn how to be a better constructive critiquer of the works of others (also being a better self-critic).
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Same But Different
Dear friend, A truth I’ve discovered: a good way to find more joy and happiness in your everyday life is to enjoy the same things, but by adding variety and doing it a little different every time.
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Why Make Photos?
Dear friend, A simple question — why make photos?
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Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
A thought from Ferdinando Galiani: money can buy us only a little, and cannot destroy our boredom or our sources of ennui in life.
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How to Succeed as a Photography Entrepreneur: Be Extremely Resourceful
Dear friend, One of the secrets to living a happier, more productive life is to learn how to become extremely resourceful.