Archives for January 2019

Conquer every and each day by using your own extreme resourcefulness to find the maximum benefit of every hour of your day.

[Read more…] about Extract the Maximum Benefits of the Present Hour!

A thought:

What is more important, composition or aesthetics in photography? And are the two things totally different– or related?

[Read more…] about Composition vs Aesthetics in Photography

Practical tips to inspire you:

[Read more…] about 10 Simple Composition Tips to Make Better Photos

Franz Kline: my current muse, and one of the most underrated painters and artists of all time:

[Read more…] about Lessons Franz Kline Has Taught Me About Photography and Art

What we don’t need are new cameras. What we need are NEW eyes— to see reality with a new perspective.

[Read more…] about Just Keep Shooting It.

Why do we take drugs, enjoy pleasure, enjoy music, films, travel, and make artwork?

My theory:

To elevate ourselves — to feel super-human/super-natural.

[Read more…] about How to Elevate Yourself

After looking through my older photos, and thinking when I was the most productive as a photographer– it is when I was living the most!

[Read more…] about To Shoot More, Live More!

The more you try to possess your photos, the more they possess you.

[Read more…] about You’re Not Your Photos

Practical ideas on how to make great photos.

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Don’t worry about quality, focus on substance.

[Read more…] about Substance over Quality

Better to be obscure and misunderstood than than to be totally decipherable and easily understood.

[Read more…] about Enigma

Life is infinitely too short to live it boring:

[Read more…] about You Can Craft Your Ideal Lifestyle

To ‘curate’ means choosing the photos you care about. To build your strength as a photographer, you must curate your work to only display the photos you care about.

[Read more…] about Why Curate Your Photos?

To live the best possible life, perhaps we should strive to live everyday like it were our last– to make every single day perfect in our own eyes:

[Read more…] about How to Live a Perfect Day

Photography and life is a stream of images:

[Read more…] about Photo Flow

Tips of things to photograph:

[Read more…] about 10 Tips How to Shoot More Interesting Photos

Make photos because it is your artistic power:

[Read more…] about A Life Without Photography Isn’t a Life Worth Living

Why you must be you:

[Read more…] about Why Be Yourself?

Genre doesn’t exist in photography:

[Read more…] about Genre-Agnostic Photography

What is the root of our dissatisfaction in our photographic artwork?

[Read more…] about When we get bored of our things and want to buy new things, is it because we’re bored of ourselves and our own artwork?

Why You Must Put Yourself Out There:

[Read more…] about Would You Rather be Hated or Ignored?

Reviewing some photos from last year, some tips:

[Read more…] about 10 Tips to Make Better Photos

If you want to be epic in life, you must be brave, take chances, and take epic risks.

[Read more…] about Why Fortune Favors the Brave

An exciting entrepreneurial idea: essentially everything we do is streaming. And the more we stream our artwork, the more powerful we will become!

[Read more…] about Streamers Shall Inherit the Earth

A ‘better’ photo is a more personal one. A photo you shoot with your soul:

[Read more…] about How to Shoot More Soulful Photos

I think if you adopt an ascetic lifestyle, you can live the best life possible, with the least amount of stress, and the maximum amount of personal freedom, joy, and artistic productivity:

[Read more…] about The Best Lifestyle is Ascetic

Conquer your fears and meet new peers:

• March 7-10: Mexico City / Travel Photography Experience – Feb 15th Early-Bird Discount Deadline
• March 30: San Francisco / Photography Marketing and Branding Workshop – NEW!
• April 6: San Francisco / Conquer Your Fears in Life Workshop – NEW!
• April 24-29: Hanoi to Sapa, Vietnam / Travel Photography Experience 

[Read more…] about New ERIC KIM WORKSHOPS 2019

Why is photography great?

Why idea:

We can transform our “normal” reality into something super-natural — something greater.

[Read more…] about Photography as the Ultimate Artistic Form of Self-Expression

Creating your own aesthetic in photography: the camera you use, the focal length you use, whether you shoot with flash or natural light, and how you process your photos (whether RAW or JPEG):

[Read more…] about How to Create Your Own Aesthetics in Photography

What is the secret to success? We cannot be certain, but stopping and not continuing to hustle seems to a good path to unsuccess.

[Read more…] about Be Relentless; Don’t Stop!