Mode — type, style.
We got airplane mode. Why not photo mode?
Method, method, way
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I like this notion of ‘modus operandi’– the mode of how you operate.
A thought:
Perhaps we should think about the way we operate as being photographers.
What I mean is this:
Our mode of living is to integrate photography into how we live, experience, and interact with the world.
For example, I have this insatiable urge to photograph everything around myself. I have a voracious appetite for experiencing new things, photographing new things, witnessing new things, and capturing new things.
![Spruce goose hangar, looking up with RICOH GR III and 21mm lens.](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/R0007146.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Ignore others
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My frustration:
When people say that my mode of living or operating is illegitimate or ‘bad’.
Your modus operandi (mode of living) SHOULD be different from others. Furthermore, we should derive a deep sense of pride that the way we think, live, act, and behave is different from others.
The goal isn’t to become more like others, the goal is to become a more concentrated and un-compromising version of yourself!
Your life is photography
![Howard Hughes vibes google hangar](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/R0007168.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Integrate your life more with photography. Photography as your personal augmented reality.
Shoot more, process your photos more, and share more of your photos.
You are photography!
ERIC
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