Month: June 2017

If your photos aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough (Robert Capa) Make photos you would like to look at. When in doubt, ask for permission. The scariest looking people are often the nicest (lesson from photographing people with face tattoos) The best camera for street photography in 2017: Ricoh GR II Shooting from the…

Dear friend, I used to give one too many fudge ice cream sandwiches what others thought of me, my photography, and my life. Now I can give one fuck less.

Dear friend, What if we didn’t need or want the “best” in life– and we’re satisfied with the “good”?

I’m not the best photographer, but I’m a great photographer.

Dear friend, I don’t know about you, but I hate being bored. To me, boredom is worse than hell, or perhaps even death.

In photography and almost everything in life, BOLDNESS will elevate you from timidity to grandeur.

Download PDF > Camera in the hand, and don’t make any plans. Understand you need to make a lot of photos to get a few good ones. You don’t need to be in London or Rome, to photograph good pictures. Let your own inner-critic be your best judge of your own photos. Ignore social media…

Because I’m great, I have everything. Because I have everything, I’m great.

Dear friend, I’m the most prolific person I know. But why am I so prolific?

Announcing ERIC KIM STRAP: Just Shoot It.

Yes. I got rich from photography (Cindy and I earn over $200,000 USD from photography), and I will share with you what worked for me:

Dear friend, I always wanted to find my “style” in photography, and I think I’ve found it.

Dear friend, Today’s world is crowded. We are all photographers. How do you stand out?

One of the best ways to help a plant grow is to prune it.

Dear friend, If you are reading this, and you own a smartphone, you are a photographer.

Dear friend, I’m the most fearless person I know, certainly not the most humble, but I wanna share with you some of my personal remedies on how I overcame my fears in life, to become the best version of myself.

Dear friend, I wanna share with you some secrets on how to take better pictures.

Whenever you see something that you want to photograph, it feels like an itch.

Dear friend, I think a lot of us are trying to find more meaning and purpose in our lives– and using photography as a tool for self-knowledge and discovery.

Dear friend, I think the problem in today’s world is that we no longer know how to see.

Pride, like a serpent in my heart Constricts me from saying I’m sorry.

Dear friend, I want to outline why I think photography is the best art form.

Dear friend, I think a lot of us are trying to find ourselves.

Everyday I’m hustling, Creative leaves rustling.

Dear friend, I think the one thing that can fix all the world’s problems would be compassion.

Dear friend, I think what holds us back in life is that we compromise. We don’t go all in.

Dear friend, An easy way to create more: destroy more.

If you want to become an entrepreneur, to make more money, gain more power over your life, more freedom, more autonomy– you need to become a creator.

Dear friend, It was always one of my life dreams to do photography and blogging for a living. And now I’m doing it. I want to write you this manual on how to do it– based on my experiences.

Dear friend, Who is holding you back in life?

I’ve been thinking a lot of how photography can help empower us in life, and make us happier.