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What is street photography? Social photography. To be an anti social street photographer seems like a contradiction. We street photographers love people, society, and the public!
What is street photography? Social photography. To be an anti social street photographer seems like a contradiction. We street photographers love people, society, and the public!
New creations via the new Zen Brush 3 app. I made this on my iPad (just my finger, no silly Apple Pencil which I am very anti).
A thought: Many individuals end up becoming enslaved to their homes (repair, mortgage, desire to continually remodel and decorate their homes unto no end). But this seems like a poor way to live. Why? It prevents you from really living. The best life is outdoors, in the streets, traveling, living nomadically or just being out…
Very interesting idea: When I make a slide show of my photos and upload it to YouTube, YouTube (Google) always gives you 3 suggestions for the ‘best’ thumbnail (most likely to get clicked). Contrary to popular technique, I do not create ‘customized’ thumbnails for YouTube. 99% of the time I just use the default suggested…
My street and photo and personal life integration:
A thought and reflection on photography and art: There are no ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ways to approach photography or art. Then perhaps our greatest contribution to others can be: Just share how *YOU* do it, and let others ‘take it or leave it’! In other words, anti-artistic tyranny. Every one can do photography and art…
When I look at my photos (often when I photograph the same scene in both monochrome *AND* color, the monochrome photos seem so much more artistic. Why is this the case? Theory: Color looks like ‘real life’ and we disdain ‘real life’. Perhaps we prefer the *false* reality of monochrome? Then perhaps this is what…
A quick guide and primer on doing a floor bench press (not using standard bench press). Why do it on the floor instead of using a bench? Some thoughts:
Just share it all.
No right or wrong way to do things. The goal: create a new bespoke mould for yourself!
Heating (in the winter time) Lighting (buying more and brighter lights for home) Coffee and food (meat) Fast wifi connection at home Gym membership
Or why I prefer heavy dumbbell press over benchpress:
I only ever feel like I ever got a good “workout” if I push myself to my one rep max, and either fail (while almost succeeding) or from suceeding. Morale: To skate and dance around and push yourself towards the proximity of your limits is pure bliss!
More interesting to come up with interesting questions than need to come up with the answers (and all the answers are subjective anyways!)
As someone who has been sponsored in the past, got free stuff, got paid, got special gigs and treatment etc I’d say brand sponsorships and endorsements (while they sound sexy) is mostly a trap. Why? Well first of all, you lose your true opinion. For example as I was getting free cameras from Fujifilm I…
My goal and my personal pursuit: Discovering how we can maximize human potential … using my self and my life as a guinea pig! Thought 1: Variety of social spaces throughout the day. Not just staying home all day.
We get joy from looking at the photos of others (National Geographic, the old masters of photography, photo books, etc). But a thought: Isn’t it better that we get more inspiration from looking at our own (old) photos than the photos of others?
First snow in Providence Rhode Island today. A lot of East Coasters and Middle-Coasters often think California is the best. In my opinion, I think California is sooooo overrated. Life with snow is more fun, interesting and dynamic!
Simple ideas:
Generation Iron 4 (Natty 4 Life) is a great film. Highly recommend it. Some quick thoughts: What does it mean to be ‘health-conscious’? Why be health-conscious? What role does ‘epigenetics’ play in bodybuilding? Why does everyone want to get more attention, and get more influence? Thoughts on longevity vs consistency in body building. Does it…
The problem in today’s world: Too many sheep, not enough personalities and true leaders.
Just watched Generation Iron 4 (Natty 4 Life) and really enjoyed it. The thought which came to me: In body building, the ‘natural’ body building scene is more ‘legitimate’ or more ‘wholesome’, whereas 1000x less popular than the ‘freak show’ of traditional body building (with steroids). Then this makes me think and wonder: Why strive…
Snow as insanely beautiful:
The goal: To never stop advancing in photography. How to do this? Some thoughts:
Why be consistent? And how to become more consistent? My thoughts:
When it comes to lifting and powerlifting, I say this is the hierarchy: Deadlifts Squats Everything else… Typically speaking, I encourage you to first strengthen your legs (strong legs as the more masculine thing) and to make your leg strength your priority. Typically if you get a 4 plate deadlift (405 pounds+) or a 3…
No new ideas, no new life.
Thought: Perhaps we should strive for some sort of stability in our everyday environment, in order to be more ‘instable’ (creatively motivated) in real life?
Nothing can conquer me! The most robust and Antifragile position you can put yourself into! Better yet, you intentionally put yourself in very difficult scenarios in order to test your strength, courage and fortitude
Why exercise, tax and exert bodily effort? Simple… as a means of inspiring and triggering your mind to think!
Don’t separate your identities, or your activities. You’re always a photographer and always you. This means always be shooting, always be recording, and most importantly… always be living!
My dream: Come up with certain ideas and share them with others which can empower *all* photographers from around the globe, regardless of experience, socio-economic status, etc!
You exist and will continue to exist for (some) time. The question: How do you desire to harness your life and existence? What interesting experiments do you want to try and discover for yourself or for others? For example what new truths do you desire to discover? What new things do you desire to discover…
Or in other words, COVID has taught us: We humans thrive when we have the opportunity to interact, talk, and engage with other human beings!
When to color, when to black and white?
If you want to discover more inspiration and motivation, you need some sort of visual distractions (in embodied reality) via human beings, random textures, variation of environment.
Ideation: The art of coming up with new ideas. Why ideation? Why ideas? A world and society without any new ideas is a society on the decline.
What is the purpose of food?
‘Adrenaline in me like I got injected (BIG SEAN). The more we can live with adrenaline, the better.
No deadlifts, no life:
Theory: Our mood is mostly hormonal. Thus if we can identify the specific activities, substances, or lifestyle things which affect our hormones in a certain way… then it means: Our moods are easily within our control!
Ever since Covid hit, I’ve been gymless for many months. Just got a new membership, and hit the deadlift, squat, heavy dumbell press. After quarantine my strength is still surprisingly good! Max 455 deadlift before COVID, and I just did 415 (pretty easy), squatted 3 plates and a 10 on each side (felt easy), and…
FIRST SENT TO ERIC KIM NEWSLETTER > Dear friend, The thought to inspire and motivate you: Ask yourself… ‘Why do I make photos?’ From this answer, all the other answers will come easy.
The better we understand *why* we make photos, the more motivation we can give ourselves to actually shoot!
Real gratitude: In fact, your life is great. And you feel deep gratitude for the greatness in your life. False gratitude: Your life is actually quite shitty, but you play the ‘sour grapes’ idea in your mind, trying to trick yourself into thinking that your (really bad) situation isn’t *that* bad. Why is this difference…
The simple goal in life: How can we live more?