Personal tips:
(more…)Month: February 2019
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The Insatiable Desire to Make New Photos
As photographers, we have it in our DNA to desire to create new photos, for all of eternity!
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My Favorite Travel Street Photography Equipment
What I’m currently living with on the road and traveling with:
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Super Photography
My ideal of the photographer:
(more…)To delight in your own self-development in your photographic artistry– independent from the opinion of others.
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New Mexico City Videos and Vlogs (Batch 4)
Fresh new batch of videos out of my favorite city in the world– Mexico City:
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My Top 7 Photography Productivity Hacks
My practical tips on how to become a more productive photographer:
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Why Become a Photography Blogger?
There are a trillion and one reasons to become a photography blogger. Let me outline some of my personal reasons why become a photography blogger:
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To Be Happier, Live a More Dangerous Life!
Perhaps the cause of our ills in life is that our lives are TOO predictable, safe, and comfortable.
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How to Get Real and Honest Feedback and Critique on Your Photos
Upload your photos to arsbeta.com to get real and honest feedback on your photos (double-blind algorithm pairs you and a stranger). Otherwise when you sit down with another photographer (in real life), ask them: “Please help me kill my babies.”
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How to Discover Your Unique Style in Street Photography
Allow your style to constantly change, but be firm in your artistic vision:
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Contradiction is the Mother of Creativity
Conventional wisdom says that contradiction is bad, evil, and wrong. But what if contradiction was the source of our creativity?
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Never Stop Challenging Yourself in Photography and Life
To keep photography (and life) fun, never stop challenging yourself, and pushing yourself to new limits!
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Digital Photography and Electronic Viewfinders are Augmented Reality
Today I walked around the streets of Mexico City, shooting with my Lumix G9, Leica 12mm f/1.4 Lens (24mm full-frame equivalent) x Henri Wrist Strap Pro, in 4:3 ratio, medium-JPEG (vivid color preset, with max color and saturation), with the electronic viewfinder (EVF), and had so much fun!
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Creative Ecstasy
Creative ecstasy
I’m one with peace
And an epic elation of soul
I wish to dance and proclaim my joy to all the world.Â
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Photograph Gritty and Colorful Textures
Feast your eyes with colorful, gritty, and multi-vareigated images:
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Photography Workflow Tips
Practical thoughts and tips on how to expedite your photographic workflow:
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8 Reasons Why the Ricoh GR II is the Best Travel Street Photography Camera
In praise of RICOH GR II for travel and photography:
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Never force yourself to work
Only work when your guts and instincts propel you to work, to create, and to produce. Whenever we “force†ourselves to work or create, it will never be any good.
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Life Update from Mexico City
As I’m typing these words, I am enjoying life in Mexico City (going to live here with Cindy at our AirBnb for the next month or so).
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Distinguish Yourself
You are distinct, one of a kind. To distinguish yourself, creatively isolate yourself from others, then follow your own internal promoting, pursue your own creative and intellectual interests, and learn to respect your own curiosity, and deem yourself as a searcher of personal truth.
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Live on the Streets
I hate being indoors. For myself, I’m happiest when I’m out and about in public spaces, surrounded by other people, and when I have the opportunity to walk and think.
Perhaps my ideal lifestyle is a “street lifestyle”; a lifestyle that maximizes my time outdoors (outside of the house), in coffee shops, at public parks, and surrounded by other human beings.
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Katil Var: Long-Awaited Photo Book on Istanbul by Charlie Kirk avaliable for pre-order
Charlie Kirk, one of my good friends and mentors has just released that his first and probably last photo book (Katil Var, “There is a Murderer”) is available for pre-order.
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New Mexico City Videos and Vlogs Batch 3
New YouTube videos and vlogs, fresh out of Mexico City. See all on My YouTube Channel >
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How to Shoot Travel Street Photography
Currently walking the streets of Mexico City, enjoying street photography both on my RICOH GR II x ERIC KIM WRIST STRAP, as well as LUMIX G9 x HENRI Wrist Strap PRO.
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Express Your Gratitude towards Life (and being alive) through your Photography
The Gratitude of Life by the Photographer Artist
Question:
To what degree do you value life and being alive?
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Zen Digital Photography
Digital is convenient (no need to process film), yet also very frustrating. My gripe with digital is that there are TOO MANY OPTIONS (when post-processing your photos). Furthermore, another downside of digital is that there are often too many photos to look through (upside of digital is that you can shoot tons of photos, but the downside is that you have too many photos to cull down).
Thus a thought:
(more…)How can we make digital photography more zen?
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Barbell Travel
A simple idea:
(more…)To have a more fun, enjoyable, and interesting travel experience, embrace the extremes (barbell) between super “scrappy” (cheap) and “bougie” (expensive/fancy) experiences.
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Is a Nomadic Life a Happier Life?
I’ve always been seeking the “perfect†or ideal lifestyle. So far, it seems to be living “intermittently†in different spaces, cities, and countries, for indeterminate periods of time. But is this a “better†life, or more ideal life, and for who?
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Street Photography While Traveling or Living Abroad in a Foreign Country
I’m currently in Mexico City, and man– shooting street photography here is so fun and epic! But why?
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Upload More than You Download
A simple entrepreneurial principle which seems like it can help you become more successful is to upload more than you download.
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Photography is Light Painting
A practical thought:
(more…)Make photos that delight you, impress you, and give YOU more motivation and inspiration in your life; this means, finding more beauty in the (real) world around you!
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The Photographer as an Artist
A silly bias in photography:
Why aren’t photographers seen as artists?
Furthermore– why don’t we photographers see ourselves as artists?
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How to Shoot Extreme Contrast and Saturation Color Photography
I’ve been passionate about high-contrast “crushed blacks” monochrome as an aesthetic.
Today, I realized and had a thought:
(more…)What if I tried to innovate a new aesthetic– a super high-contrast and super-high color saturation — essentially the monochrome 1600 look, except this time, focusing on color?
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Why Not Shoot Both Videos and Photos While Traveling Abroad?
As photographers we generally only shoot still photos while traveling or abroad. Why not shoot both video and still photos while traveling abroad, or perhaps just in general?
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New Mexico City Videos and Vlogs
Fresh batch of new Mexico City videos and vlogs from my YouTube channel:
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Why Live a More Interesting Life?
You only live once. Why live a generic, boring and “safe” life when you have it in your power to life a more fun, risky, chaotic, and interesting life?
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How to Conquer Social Risk Aversion
When living abroad (or at home), no need to be shy! Better to be perceived as weird, awkward, and rude than to be shy.
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How to Be More Creatively Productive
You already have it in your power to be more creatively productive. Some practical thoughts:
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Living Abroad vs Traveling Abroad
Cindy and I are gonna live in Mexico City for the next month. Which made me think:
We are technically not just “traveling” here, we are going to be living here.
Which made me wonder:
(more…)What is the difference between “traveling” and living in a foreign country?
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Why I Love Mexico City
Currently in Mexico City– and man, I forget how much I love this city:
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What’s the Point of Photography?
Personal meditations on the purpose or end goal/game of photography:
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What Should I Pack before Going on a Trip or Living Abroad?
Today I’m leaving with Cindy to Mexico City, planning on living there for a month. What’s goes on in my head before my trip? This is an insight:
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Review of Fujifilm GFX 50R and Why Digital Medium Format Photography is the Future
Very big fan of the Fujifilm GFX 50R, and think digital medium format is the future of photography:
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Why Digital Medium Format is a Game-Changer for Color Photography
Post-Processing RAW Digital Medium Format Files:
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The Photographer is a Visual Explorer and Transformer
Have more fun in photography and life by using the camera to explore the world, and to transform the world according to your own artistic vision:
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How Should I Spend My Time?
Memento mori, and remember how short life is. Why waste or squander any of your sweet and precious time?
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Why You Should Shoot Photos for Yourself
Photos you shoot for yourself are more authentic, and are more likely to last:
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It’s All Good
Life is too short to be negative. Why not just become a yea-sayer for the rest of your life?
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The Upsides and Downsides of Digital Medium Format Photography
Digital medium format is a game-changer in photography — some of my personal thoughts while shooting with the Fujifilm GFX 50R:
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