Month: May 2017

Dear friend, I want to share with you my personal lifestyle, and why I love it.

Dear friend, We are always trying to learn how to get more followers— but what if our goal was actually to get people to unfollow you?

You’re about to go to college or get a job. Some advice for you:

If you don’t promote yourself, who will?

To me, ART is expressing your inner-soul — visualized into the mind’s eye of your viewer.

Dear friend, I just had a thought — why not just shoot all of our photos on a smartphone?

I don’t want much in life– just a Lamborghini.

In life — how can we reduce LAG (latency)?

Dear friend, Here are some distilled ideas on how to make better photos, after about 10 years of distilled information/knowledge (from age 18-29).

What is the point of art?

Dear friend, A philosophical idea I’ve been mulling on for a long (ever since I was a kid is this): How much money is enough?

Dear friend, The key to success: HUSTLE ALL DAY.

Kanye West is one of my inspirations in life.

Dear friend, We are always trying to learn how to get more followers— but what if our goal was actually to get people to unfollow you?

(Photos by Brian Milo, Interview by Eric Kim) Eric chats with Brian Milo, Street photographer, Music Lover, unconventional wedding photographer, and print addict. They talk shop on printing, motivation, and prioritizing. Eric: Great to …

The key to happiness is FREEDOM.

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter on how you can unlock your inner-genius.

Elon Musk is my hero, and has taught me far more about photography and life than any other photographer who lived.

Photography means painting with light.

The iPhone/smartphone is the holy grail of photography.

I love photography because it is the most democratic art form that exists.

Dear Kai, I want to write you this (public) letter on why I admire you.

I currently think the LEICA 35mm f/2.4 ASPH (silver) is the best designed (in terms of proportions, build quality, sharpness, compactness, weight, and red lettering on silver) lens out there.

Cindy A. Nguyen: The sounds of the city — the torrential rains, the construction sites, the tranquil cafes, the continuous traffic— play together as music notes to form a song of the city. Sống, …

Kind of a crazy thing– I think you can stay true to your roots, values, and ethics– and also get rich:

If you are working as a suit with golden handcuffs, I feel for you:

Why is it that photography seems like a competition?

How to treat other human beings with respect.

Dear friend, I will teach you how to become more free in life — to not give one flying fuck about your reputation.

Dear friend, I have a proposal for you in life — make fear your slave.

Dear friend, What does it mean to be a human being?

LIFE LESSONS from my motivational life-coach– Friedrich Nietzsche:

Five main concepts you need to know about photography composition:

No. I’ll tell you why.

This is how I define photography for myself:

Dear friend, I think you were put on this earth to do great shit — to help empower your fellow friends, family, community — and the whole world.

Images by @OGGSIE via a mobile device:

CHRISTINE CHUNG: As someone diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder, it is hard to make people understand through words and I think that it would be better understood through visual imagery.

Fan Ho: in my opinion, better than Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Dear friend, I want to tell you the story why I bought a Leica camera.

Dear friend, A secret I wanna share with you — don’t trust no photo blogger (especially not me).

Dear friend, Here are some tips on how to exude confidence from your pores:

Dear friend, What are your personal morals and ethics when it comes to street photography?

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter on how to live a happy life:

I am pissed off from this concept of a ‘lifestyle.’

Dear friend, If you are pursuing your life’s passion — you will always find someone to hate you for it.

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter on the EGO — how we can kill our personal ego (in a negative way), but also let our ego flourish (to become the best …

So my grandpa died at age 92. I am 29 years old now (2017). In theory, I have 63 years left of life.

Let me set the stage with 18 year old Eric:

To me, Photography is a meditation on life and death.

Dear friend, You are a unique human being— with a unique and beautiful perspective on the world.

Super-inspired by Kandinsky; the painter and art philosopher Wassily Kandinsky:

If I were to buy a new Leica today, this is advice I would give myself:

HiFi Tam (born September 11, 1996) is an unknown Chinese photographer and aspiring artist. He has been trying to explore the issues of urbanization, industrialization, poverty and environment by walking around the Pearl River …

The coolest timepieces // MEMENTO MORI:

The coolest camera design in the camera/photography industry at the moment:

Super inspired from the movie ‘FIGHT CLUB’– in terms of how to conquer my personal fears in life, how to break free from societal bullshit, and to become the best version of myself: Here …

Dear friend, I think the two things holding us back in life include fear and distractions.

Dear friend, I wanted to write you this book on how to take better photos.

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bucket, but on a lamp …

Dear friend, Advice I wish I could have told myself a long time ago: invest in experiences, not stuff.

Have you ever shared a photo and had someone protest: “But that’s not street photography!” This is the story of my life.

Interview with Brian Milo — my personal printer, and the master printer for ‘Dark Skies Over Tokyo‘ by Haptic Industries.

I’m inspired by the street photography of the @wearethestreet collective:

The first rule of street club: you don’t talk about street club.

Dear friend, I want to share with you some of my thoughts on love— my experiences, what I think love is, and why it is the superlatively most important thing in the world:

Dear friend, I (and you) are philosophers— not philosophers in some pretentious way, but we are philosophers because we LOVE WISDOM.

STREETTOGS STARTING GUIDE TO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY:

ANTIPHOTOGRAPHY.