Month: December 2018

There is no one “right” or “wrong” way to live your life. Ignore all “lifestyle” experts, and dictate for yourself how you want to live your own life.

Dear friend,

A realization:

Entrepreneurship is about attempting; trying, testing your limits– less about the results.

An entrepreneur is a daring individual, who seeks to first please themselves, and hopes to also share his/her personal findings with others.

To innovate, you must be stubborn on your own artistic vision!

Pick up the specially designed Fukubukuro Box or Haptic Bundles to get you ready for 2019! Only a few exclusive offers remaining. All orders will be gift personally gift wrapped by Cindy.

The best state to be in when you’re shooting is a “flow” state, when you’re shooting intelligently, without having to think!

In the spirit of my best friend Nietzche, perhaps the secret to living the best life is to extract the maximum amount of joy in every moment, every day; as if we were to live our lives for eternity!

Don’t quantify yourself, or your “progress” in your life.

Learn to love the resistance. To seek a fun challenge for yourself.

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Should you measure “success” in your photography, business, entrepreneurial efforts, and life?

Simple and practical tips on your road of becoming a photography entrepreneur:

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Only strive to be yourself:

A revolutionary new idea of success:

I’ve been vlogging since 2010; some practical tips I’ve learned the last 8 years:

The simplest lifestyle is the best lifestyle:

Photography is only fun when we challenge ourselves and push ourselves outside of our comfort zone. Here is a fun challenge in photography: experiment by shooting all of your photos with a flash for a week.

You cannot have the sweet in life without the bitter.

Some more quick thoughts on the new Fujifilm XF10:

Some practical tips on iPad Photography workflow:

Thanks to my buddy Aaron Fesser for hooking it up with the new Fijfill XF10. Is it good enough to dethrone the RICOH GR II? Here are my thoughts:

We need you:

Life tastes sweeter with challenges:

A simple idea:

Don’t strive to use the “best” tool possible, seek to use the simplest tool possible for the job.

If you want to evolve as an artist, you must isolate yourself.

What makes art (or life) beautiful or ugly? It all comes down to aesthetics.

Only you know what is best for you.

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We new photographers need a new table of values as modern photographers:

In today’s modern economy, the only way to “succeed” as a photographer is to master marketing and branding for yourself:

New Year’s is right around the corner. Let us use this opportunity to start our photography fresh and carte blanche (blank slate):

I still think more photographers should shoot with a flash. Here are some reasons:

What do you desire to do or achieve in your life, and how bad do you want it? And how hard are you willing to work to achieve it?

As an artist-photographer, take your play very seriously.

Do you want your photos to look as true to real life as possible… Or different from what reality actually looks like?

In modern society, to be ‘selfish’ and not putting others before you is considered “evil”. Does this make sense?

The more haters you have, the more successful you are.

A dynamic life is the best life:

One of the most challenging parts of photography: the image-selection (culling) process. How do you know which photo is your best?

Practical tips on how to master shooting with your Leica or rangefinder:

Next-level street photography tips and technique:

A fun photo shoot I did with Cindy the other day, with our HAPTIC products:

Ignore experts; only trust yourself.

When you are tired and exhausted; change things up!

If you want to become a successful photography entrepreneur, you must build your own capital.

GODFATHER PART 2: Another master-piece:

Strive to make more, not to just possess more:

The importance of looking at your old work:

If you want to thrive and innovate, ignore all advice from others.

What is the benefit of standalone cameras?

Thinking while you’re out shooting photos is bad.

Some random thoughts I’m having about photography:

In my opinion, the first Godfather is one of the best films ever made:

As a photographer, you are a “Lover of Light”:

The most difficult person to impress in your photography:

Yourself.

To be influenced means to have other people and their ideas to “flow into” you. And as long as this influence motivates you to make more of your own artwork, being influenced by others is good!

Don’t desire to photograph foreign places; strive to photograph your own local city and neighborhood! Some tips and ideas for you:

Dear friend,

If you don’t feel powerful in life, how can you enact change? How can you make an impact?

We are excited to share the beautifully designed free ebook “Street Photography Start Guide” by enthusiastic and talented photographer Mark Volz!  Mark contributes valuable open source information on photography in the German language. Thank you Mark! Follow his blog and discover more resources like this on the Eric Kim Forum.

The ERIC KIM CASE is back in stock just in time for last minute gifts for you or your loved ones.  The ERIC KIM CASE is exclusively available only in the HAPTIC SHOP. Pick one up, receive free gift wrapping and gift note, and choose priority shipping if you would like to receive it as soon as possible!

Make photos anywhere and everywhere:

‘Autotelic’ means:

To do something by yourself, to be self-driven for a purpose you believe in.

To improve your photography means to profit from your photography; to gain personal benefits from photography.

Why Do We Delight in Movement and Change?

The new Henri Neck Strap Mark III: The ultimate strap for street photographers, now available in the HAPTIC SHOP.

To cull means to cut down; to take your 1,000 photos and then determine which few photos you actually care about.

If you crouch super low, and photograph upwards, you make your subject look larger than life (like superman): 

Photography: all-day. 

The joy of photography is how you frame and compose a scene!

Why is it that there is so much emphasis on our mind, intellect, and rationality– but almost no emphasis on our body, muscles, and physiology?

We must exercise everyday to be in peak health and strength. Shouldn’t we do the same with our photography?