Vermeer as a great painter to study. Why? He used a camera obscura to paint his composition and perspective lines. So in a sense, he was hybrid photographer AND painter.
Paint Your Emotions
Your goal as an artist: to paint your emotions into your art work. To impute your energy, soul, and life into that which you create.
NEVER STOP STRIVING FOR MORE!
The principle of life.
HOW I WORKOUT FROM THE PARK
Gyms might be closed, but parks are a good alternative!
How to Become More Charismatic
My thoughts:
[Read more…] about How to Become More CharismaticERIC KIM Photography Composition Techniques
How to Fast
I am convinced: the secret to life, life extension, getting buff/swole (and losing body fat) is through fasting.
[Read more…] about How to FastHow to Achieve a State of Flow
To me the apex human condition is a state of flow; when you feel god-like, or a demi-god of artistic creativity and flowing.
[Read more…] about How to Achieve a State of FlowSWOLE #poem
SWOLE
SWOLE; don’t do what you’ve been told
You pave your own path
Wake the fuck up; no cat naps
SWOLE, the whole world
Is your pearl, your own easter
Your own awakening, your own Jesus
Aggrandize yourself
Augment your inner wealth
And turn a positive out of everything you’ve been dealt
What awaits you? Grandeur. Take the world by the horns; your own bull run tour.
ERIC
How to Teach Your Own Online Photography Workshop
Practical ideas and lessons:
[Read more…] about How to Teach Your Own Online Photography WorkshopHow to Stress Test Your Photos
Keep trying to destroy your photos with filters. Keep it going and see if your photos can survive.
[Read more…] about How to Stress Test Your PhotosMinimum Viable Image
Silicon Valley thinking to photography:
[Read more…] about Minimum Viable ImageDon’t strive towards perfection in photography. Instead, strive towards making the most simple “viable” image which is acceptable!
I JUST WANNA BE ME!
Why strive to become anyone else but yourself?
Just Put Your Soul into It.
It ain’t about making ‘good’ artwork. It is about just putting your soul into everything you create, attempt and do.
HOW TO STAY SWOLE DURING COVID 19
High reps. Combination of bodyweight and weights (like dumbbells if you got access to it):
IN PRAISE OF RANDOM WALKS
You don’t need a ‘reason’ to walk. Just follow your gut!
MOVEMENT AS SYMBOLISM FOR THE EYE
Why we delight in motion and movement:
IN PRAISE OF MOVEMENT
No movement, no life.
TRANSFORM EVERY DOWNSIDE INTO AN UPSIDE
A more constructive and generative way to see life:
You have the power to transform any ill or downside into an upside or positive.
For example:
- Gyms are closed. Focus on doing bodyweight exercises and calisthenics to strengthen certain parts of your body.
- Death in the family: Use this opportunity to live your own personal life without regrets. Or meditation on the shortness of life. My reflections after the death of my grandfather.
- Pain: Gratitude towards the pain as a signal what you must address or fix in your life.
Slides: Introduction to Dynamic Composition Photography Online Workshop by ERIC KIM
How I Analyze and Dissect my Photos in Photoshop Filters
“Make it as simple as possible, but not any simpler.” – Einstein
Your insider view:
[Read more…] about How I Analyze and Dissect my Photos in Photoshop FiltersBeauty is the Goal
The goal of all of our life and artistic aspirations:
To make beauty, and to become beauty.
- Make beautiful photos
- Make our bodies beautiful
HOW TO RE-SPARK YOUR PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
HOW I TYPE
Create Your Own Universal Basic Income (UBI) for Yourself.
Money ain’t real. This means money is based on a faith (fiat) system. Then perhaps a more fun goal in life is this:
Create a universal basic income for yourself, and see what you can do with it!
What is ‘basic’ income to you? You choose.
ERIC KIM
[Read more…] about Create Your Own Universal Basic Income (UBI) for Yourself.IN PRAISE OF PURSUING YOUR PASSION
Besides utilitarian aims and ends, why NOT pursue your passion?
[Read more…] about IN PRAISE OF PURSUING YOUR PASSIONTRAIN YOUR LEGS AND EVERYTHING WILL FOLLOW
Pursue thunder thighs. Ronnie Coleman wheels!
[Read more…] about TRAIN YOUR LEGS AND EVERYTHING WILL FOLLOWHow to Make Great Titles
I love great titles. Why? They stick with me! Some thoughts on titles:
[Read more…] about How to Make Great TitlesBehind the Scenes
Why do we like behind the scenes so much? Perhaps we like “truth-seeking”?
Lesson for us artists:
Share your works in progress and things behind the scenes!
Reality Bender
What do you do when you have supreme self confidence to become the best, but reality doesn’t manifest according to your will?
Self-Flattery
Photographers flatter others so much with their obsession with their subjects. Why not flatter yourself with that same amount of attention to yourself?
YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES
Just write about, photograph or share your own life journey and experiences.
SPORTS THEORY
Why do we love sports? We get second-hand high from the adrenaline, victory and supremacy of the athletes playing.
PODCAST
Form and Substance
The secret to eternal photos: a beautiful form and deep substance.
[Read more…] about Form and SubstanceProductivity Fasting
The idea:
If you want to become more ‘productive’, fast from productivity at certain times.
Intermittent productivity fasting.
[Read more…] about Productivity FastingPHOTO JOURNEY
Life and photography is a journey.
[Read more…] about PHOTO JOURNEYHow I Got So Swole
Lessons I wish I knew:
[Read more…] about How I Got So SwoleHow to Make Better Compositions in Photography
Practical tips and ideas:
[Read more…] about How to Make Better Compositions in PhotographyPoetry in Motion
What is street photography? Perhaps poetry in motion. Also why people love to watch sports, Michael Jordan, and the Olympics — witnessing poetry in motion.
[Read more…] about Poetry in MotionWHAT MAKES BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS?
In my eyes:
[Read more…] about WHAT MAKES BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS?Sketch Your Compositions
How do you know which of your photos are good? Simple: sketch them.
[Read more…] about Sketch Your CompositionsReplayability
How I judge an art work? By the replayability of it.
[Read more…] about ReplayabilityHow to Write
To write literally means “to carve”. Digitally, we write or carve on a digital screen.
Why write? How should we write? Some of my thoughts:
[Read more…] about How to WriteYEA SAYER
No matter how cruel or unjust life may seem, let us realize:
[Read more…] about YEA SAYERLife is beautiful and worth it, no matter what.