Month: July 2018
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RICOH GR II Monochrome
Shot on RICOH GR II, RAW, and ERIC KIM MONOCHROME 1600 preset:
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What’s Your Prime Mover in Life?
What’s your prime mover in life? Or in Latin, your “primum movens” in life?
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Thrivival
Dear friend, A fun concept I came up with: don’t think of mere survival; think of “thrivival” (a life of thriving). #zenoferic
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Avoid Boredom at All Costs!
Dear friend, A practical life philosophy: to live a more fun, joyful, and exciting life, avoid boredom at all costs! #zenoferic
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STREET CLUB Summer School 2018 Assignment #1: Cafe Photo Composition Feedback
Congrats to everyone who participated in STREET CLUB #1: Cafe. Week 2 Assignment now live: PARK Assignment. Read more to see some photo feedback I gave on composition:
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Weegee Dynamic Flash Street Photography Compositions
Weegee: the master of flash, multiple subjects with flash, as well as social-documentary/reportage in street photography. Some of my favorite photos of his, painted compositions with iPad screen capture tool. Note: this post contains nudity and might be NSFW.
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Iliad Illustration Compositions
From the Iliad. I was reading an ebook PDF of the Illiad, and came across these epic compositions in the book. Worth studying — note the balanced yet dynamic compositions, the position of the subjects, the curves, etc:
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How to Create Wealth
Dear friend, A philosophical and economical question I’m having with myself, in regards to entrepreneurship, business building, and benefitting yourself/society; how do we create wealth? What is “wealth”?
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Shamelessly Steal from Anything or Anyone Who Inspires You!
A thought when studying Nietzsche: with evolution and animals, they’re ruthless. They “steal” the useful adaptations from other animals, and incorporate these behaviors or attributes to themselves. Which made me wonder– as artists, shouldn’t we do the same?
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Why I Love the Photography of Weegee
I’ve recently started to re-study the work of Weegee, and I’m so inspired by his work.
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PENTAX 645Z Digital Medium Format x VSCO
Photos shot on Digital Medium Format by Pentax 645z and processed in VSCO Mobile preset on iPad Pro 10.5 inch:
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Timeless Philosophy Lessons Isocrates Has Taught Me
Isocrates: another master of wisdom who can benefit us with his wise thoughts. For more inspiration, pick up ZEN OF ERIC
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VSCO
Shot on phone, and processed with the VSCO mobile app:
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Surrealism Street Photography
Much of street photography is surrealism, owing to the surrealist tendencies in our godfather, Henri Cartier-Bresson:
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Start Your Own Photography Project
Dear friend, If you want to discover more purpose and meaning in your photography, I encourage you to start your own long-term photography project!
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ERIC KIM NEWSLETTER #1: ZEN of ERIC, My First Photography Book, New PORTFOLIO BAG
Dear friends, A life update from Dalat, Vietnam! I wanted to share all the exciting stuff we’ve been making at HAPTIC.
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How to Start Your Own Photography Business
Practical thoughts, tips, and ideas on starting your own photography business:
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Rat Race
Get off the rat race, like the Red Queens, you keep on running and stay in the same place.
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Making of: SUITS PRINT EDITION
Behind the scenes. SUITS print edition coming soon. Email hapticindustries@gmail.com to reserve your copy.
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You’re successful once people start hating on you
A recent understanding — you can better measure your success by the amount of “haters” you have, instead of measuring your success by how many “fans” you have. #zenoferic
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Why Traveling is Good
I love to travel and live nomadically. I also think most people would benefit from traveling more. Why?
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Is the Goal of Life to be Satisfied?
Is satisfaction good? Is dissatisfaction bad? #zenoferic
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How to Take the Power in Your Own Hands
Dear friend, I believe what we all intuitively desire is more power in our lives — the power to live our lives the way we desire, the power to control the hours of our day, the power to say “yes” and “no” to the requests of others, and to have the faith and self-confidence for…
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Preview: SUITS Print Edition
A preview of my upcoming print edition of my book, SUITS. First print run will be limited to only 30 hardcover copies. Email hapticindustries@gmail.com to reserve your copy.
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Are We More than Our Memories?
Dear friend, A philosophical question I’ve been pondering to myself: Are we more than our memories?
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New Book: ZEN OF ERIC: Empower Yourself with Philosophy and Photography
ZEN OF ERIC: Your personal manual to empowering yourself in photography, philosophy, and life.
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Now is the Time to Shoot!
What time is the best time to shoot? Now! Also in other news, my new book: ZEN OF ERIC is now live!
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Computational Photography: In Praise of the Google Pixel Phone and HDR+
Dear friend, if you’re gonna buy a new phone for photography, I recommend buying a Google Pixel, or any Android phone that allows you to use HDR+ from the Google apk (works on OnePlus, apparently the new Samsung Galaxy devices as well) #computationalphotography
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Seize Today!
Seize today Not tomorrow Live today to the fullest with no regrets to prevent sorrow tomorrow
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Photography Innovation
There’s nothing which brings me more joy and delight in life than innovating new things, new processes, and new ways of sharing!
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Travel to Learn More
In Vietnamese there is a saying: “Go/do for the sake of understanding it.” (di cho biet):
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1600
Kodak Trix 400 black and white film pushed to 1600, with yellow filter. Buy FILM NOTES to learn more.
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A Love Letter to the VSCO A6 Preset and Team
VSCO A6, a love letter to Zach and the team at VSCO. Keep building your epic tools, which is empowering all of us creators and visual artists!
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Nation of Sedation
A realization: what is holding us back from achieving our fullest potential in life? I don’t necessarily think it’s because we lack willpower or because we’re “lazy” and bad/evil people. I think the problem is that we’re a nation being sedated with drugs, alcohol, entertainment, video games, and media.
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Why I Love Color Film Photography
Why do I love color photography? Simply put, I think the colors of color film just aesthetically look nicer than digital color photos!
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Why Josh White is My Favorite Contemporary Photographer
My friend Josh White is my favorite contemporary photographer. Why? He shoots with his soul, his photos are authentic, and reveal who he is, and how he sees the world.
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There is No Failure, only Feedback
Dear friend, Recognize that if you have some epic photography entrepreneurship idea; don’t be afraid to take a risk and just do it. Why? At worst your “failure” is just feedback to try again in a different way!
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Don’t Share Dull Photos
Dear friend, A suggestion when you’re working on photography projects, or selecting/editing your best work. Don’t share dull/boring photos:
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Photolosophy 101: Don’t Photograph Others the Way You Wouldn’t Want to Be Photographed
The silver rule of ethics in photography: Don’t photograph others the way you wouldn’t want to be photographed. Much thanks to Nassim Taleb (Skin in the game book) for the idea and inspiration.
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Photolosophy 101: Life and Death in Photography
I see photography as a meditation on life and death: gratitude on being alive, but also a reminder — that I (and my loved ones) will all eventually die.
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Photolosophy 101: Street Photography and the Art of People
I’ve been passionate about street photography ever since I was 18 years old. But I never stopped to think, consider, and reflect: Why street photography?
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Introduction to Photolosophy
Dear friends, Me and the HAPTIC CREW (Cindy, Annette, Jennifer) are currently working on an epic new project called “Photolosophy”: a digital starter kit that will comprise of video content, PDFs, articles, photos, and text to empower you as a photographer.
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New Products from HAPTIC INDUSTRIES
Discover all of the new epic products in the HAPTIC SHOP:
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Photography Entrepreneurship Philosophy
Take your own destiny in your own hands with empowering Photography Entrepreneurship Philosophy:
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Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Philosophy
Henri Cartier-Bresson: the godfather of all contemporary photography and street-documentary-reportage photography:
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Georges Seurat: Color Theory and Composition Layers
Study the work of George’s Seurat, his colors, layers, and composition. His work reminds me of the classic work of Henri Cartier-Bresson (people by the water), and also the layered compositions of Alex Webb.
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Photography Philosophy 101
Dear friend, Photography is philosophy. Let me expand some of my thoughts with you:
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Black and white film photography by ERIC KIM
KODAK TRIX400 pushed to 1600, with yellow filter. Buy FILM NOTES to learn how you can master film photography for yourself!
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20 Travel Photography Hacks
Personal travel hacks I use when I’m traveling and shooting photos:
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Why Does Black and White Photography Look More Timeless?
Why does black and white photos seem more classic or timeless than color photos?