How to Get into a Street Photography Flow

Street photography flow,
Wherever your heart leads you, that is where you must go.

Let the visual champagne flow,
Life is a visual feast, make your inner light glow.

Street photography is your own visual show
And feast
When you hit the streets, do it like a BEAST.

You are a STREET GOD
you create your own visual reality,
Do it without restrictions,
Flow your images like a visual breeze.

Avoid visual cliches,
Shoot street photography your own way.

Ignore the rules and definitions,
Just capture your own reality, high-definition.

This ain’t no Truman show,
You control your own visual throne.

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Capture it in monochrome
Or color
Whatever you do– color your own mood and do it while in your own zone.

You rule the streets,
You are Caesar, and the streets are your Rome
Show others how you see– make it shown.
Jam out to this street photography vibe with me, you’re in the zone.

Downtown LA, 2011 by eric kim street photography

ERIC KIM: Join my team, and all we will do is win.
Keep your photographic life long, like a Slim Jim.
And blast monsters of self-doubt; Earthworm Jim.

Downtown LA, 2011 / Photo by Rinzi Ruiz
Downtown LA, 2011 / Photo by Rinzi Ruiz

When you lack inspiration,
Jim Raynor it, and take a visual Stim-Pack
Stack inspiration and you will never lack
Visual inspiration.

Tune into the ERIC KIM BLOG radio station.
Study Richard Avedon, the street portrait DON
or study Henri Cartier-Bresson,
He was always shooting with a Zen vibe, he shot the streets for 30+ years long.

Or study Josef Koudelka,
He’s the visual heavyweight heavy-hitter,
Floyd Mayweather.

When in doubt, take a step closer
Put on your street photography Stoic body armor.

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Shoot what you’re afraid of,
Because that’s what will help you grow
Never throw in the photography towel
Shoot the streets until the day you die.

So don’t lose your steam,
Stay alive.

Shoot everyday, maybe just use your phone.
Stick it to airplane mode, and shoot in the zone.

For more inspiration, pick up STREET NOTES— when you’re lacking inspiration and feel a lump in your throat.

For more inspiration, pick up an ERIC KIM STRAP and hit the streets, dressed in all black.

For more inspiration, buy FILM NOTES— you will keep on winning, you’ll never choke.

For more inspiration, buy PHOTO JOURNAL— break out of your self-imposed creative rut, break the shell of the turtle.

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Your potential knows no bounds,
Just dance in the streets, with visual sounds.

When you rock the streets, do it fucking loud
Ignore the nay-sayers, and the hating crowd.

You got this shit,
So make it rip.

Take it to the highest level,
Your street photography bass and treble.

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