The Photographer as an Image Maker AND Idea Maker

An image is something you see. An idea is also based on the notion “to see”. Thus as a photographer, you’re both an image maker AND an idea maker.

The great liberating idea

If we photographers consider ourselves image makers, then it means that we don’t need to just make photos. We can make all forms of images ALONGSIDE the photos we shoot!

We can make graphic images:

Selfie red black

Selfie abstract

Scorpion abstract

Black red abstract

red black abstract

Red black abstract

Selfie ERIC KIM chair red

Abstract red black

Eye inverse red

Red black abstract

Teeth black red shark

Selfie red

Black and red

Selfie red

300 Sparta abstract

Selfie red abstract

Yellow red selfie

Red selfie black

We can also remix our photos, and make hybrid images:

Selfie abstract

Or we can also sketch on top of our images:

selfie yellow eyes

selfie yellow

selfie yellow

Or of course, we can just make typical photographs:

Or a new innovation I’ve been enjoying — making animated GIF images:

Selfie gif

Cindy composition

Also, making animated GIF images of OTHER photographers works:

I study the compositions of other photographers to better understand what they were thinking:

And moving images (video):

We can also turn out videos into animated GIF images (like moving photos):

We can make purely graphic images:

Or just plain video:

Or slideshows of your photos:

Lesson: there is still an INSANELY HUGE AMOUNT of new innovations we’ve made in making images. Don’t be left behind!

ERIC KIM