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It seems a lot of entrepreneurs want to build $1 billion unicorn company and then sell it off. But perhaps better to build up your own billion dollar first and last name brand, yourself, …
I just consolidated all of my cryptocurrency. Just sold off all of my DOGE, dodge coin, chain link, and DGB (digibyte) and converted it all into bitcoin. Why did I do this? My thoughts: …
To master street photography for yourself and others — this is the goal. Keep augmenting your experiences, knowledges and insights, create your own self hosted blog (wordpress.org) and share your insights, experiences and wisdom …
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Barbell health. This is a Concept I got from the philosopher Nassim Taleb. The general concept: have as much coffee and stimulants as you want first thing in the morning, but fast after afternoon. …
This is based off the warren Buffett quote “be fearful when others are greedy, be greedy when others are fearful quote. Perhaps when people are scared when it comes to crypto and cryptocurrency, and …
Brighter is always better for devices, homes and life.
The goal is to study the masters of the past in order to improve your own photography composition and vision!
If you desire to improve your ‘visual acuity‘, note and study composition … everywhere! In compositions when you’re watching films/cinema (in praise of watching animated films, especially Studio Ghibli films like ‘Princess Mononoke’) as …
For so much time in my life, I have searched for the perfect and the optimal and the best x, y, z. The perfect clothes, tools, car, lifestyle, city, etc. But in fact … …
Contrary to popular belief that once you become a parent, your ‘life is over’… in fact, your life truly *begins*.
I am convinced– the future of photography ain’t cameras or hardware, but software– publishing software, and new innovative ways to share and publish your photos (digitally). Not social media, but publishing PDF e-books, PDF …
I don’t know about you, but I find the new Adobe subscription model a bit annoying. If I have multiple devices, I always get booted out, and I (always) forget my login passwords, having …
Photography captures, encapsulates and glorifies life.
Now that I have become a street photography OG, I have a lot of time to think, reflect and meditate on street photography. One thought — perhaps we should think of street photography as …
The key to a more productive, seamless and frictionless life.
The benefit of shooting black and white photos: When I go back and look at my old photos … I have to use my brain-power more to *remember* the scene, as monochrome abstracts the …
Isn’t photography magical? You can take reality, and re-imagine, re-see, and re-interpret it through photos. No other art form allows for this!
When I see certain scenes and shoot them both in black and white and color, the high contrast monochrome photos feel so much more enigmatic. But why?
Simple thought: if you look at something and it brings you joy and happiness, just shoot it! Whenever you see something you love, photographing it is a signal and stamp of your approval of …
Privacy is overrated. Attention and focus are underrated. The problem with Google and other “adware†services — they rob you of your focus for a utility and use. This is how iOS and iPhone …
Or in other words, how Fujifilm is superior to Leica in innovation:
Don’t analyze or philosophize while you’re shooting photos. Rather, analyze your photos after the fact.
Perhaps in terms of investing and building the future, we should focus our efforts on ‘real world’ applications, not theoretical or conceptual ones. Or in other words: Think of yourself as your own ideal …
Life and photography is a continuum and stream. Rather than separate single images, think of all the photos as a visual stream.
Photography not as a separate activity from your everyday life. Rather, just live your life and take your camera along for the ride!
The funny irony — I feel the most peaceful, calm and zen when I’m shooting (high adrenaline) street photography.
The future of your photography is based on how you share and publish your works. Some ideas: Publish your work as ebooks or e-zines via PDF using Affinity Designer or Indesign. Publish your work …
The mind of a child — maximally pure, open and wise. Perhaps also for us adults to return to a child’s mind as the greatest boon to our creative mind, soul, and creative opportunity!
Chicago — the great American city; one of the most phenmoanl places for street photography and beyond:
Once you’ve become “successfulâ€, or if you’ve achieved what you consider “success†in your life — then what? Simple thought — Perhaps the next step is then to focus on our artwork, our arts …
What’s the best car? The car that *DOESN’T* kill you in a car accident. The best car doesn’t have any “stalksâ€(lame automatic transmissions). Doesn’t require oil changes or any other annoying forms of maintenance). …
When making any life decisions or consumerist purchasing decisions, always first ask yourself: “What is the purpose of this, and my desired outcome?â€
Let us not be fooled — photography as a strong form of artistic creation — photography is our art. And as children, we should take our artwork and play very seriously!
The funny realization I had: I am the most zen, peaceful and tranquil when my adrenaline and focus is at its peak. For example, powerlifting before a one rep max attempt for deadlift or …
It is impossible to know how things will turn out unless you test it out for yourself. This is the root of all scientific experimentation, and empirical self knowledge augmentation!
My personal ethos to life: Enough is never enough. Perhaps this desire for more is the great stimulus and hope to life. A life in which we are satisfied — how does this differentiate …
What makes photography so great? Not only is photography augmented living, photography augments your life experiences. Furthermore, all life experiences of yours is ongoing, and photography helps you capture, record and experience these ongoing …
The function becomes the fashion! For example, drug dealers in NYC winters wearing timberland boots — turns into hip hop fashion. Fighter jets and matte black for stealth turns into cars “murdered out†design. …
Things that become more valuable over time and things that become less valuable over time:
If you know what you like and what you don’t like, it is easy to quit or to continue a habit of doing things. The difficult thing— most of us don’t know what we …
Why photography? It arguments our lives, *improves* our lives, and makes existence and embodied reality 1000x more enjoyable, fun, joyful, interesting, and wonderful.
The joy and zen of just looking, and looking around— this is my looking meditation in photography
To draw, sketch, trace, and analyze and deconstruct a design is more fun and interesting than buying it!
One of the joys of shooting on iPhone Video — the ability to post process your videos after the fact easily! Then the thought — perhaps the joy of the technology of photography and …
Let your body self motivate itself … you don’t need your mind and “willpower†to motivate you. Or in other words: Never “force†yourself to do entering, to be “productive†or anything, unless your …
A thought when photographing with my RICOH GR III [high contrast mode] of a (color) wedding photo I had on my refrigerator: The joy of black and white is having the power to re-interpret …
A design thought: Perhaps the interesting design aesthetic and trend is to make things more powerful and muscular, but in a smaller radius or footprint. For example, this new breed of “crossover†or “compact …
What are we truly hungry for in photography? To gain deeper wisdom about photography, art, aesthetics and ourselves and the world around us. To augment our photographic wisdom— this is the goal of studying …
“Up-up-up-upgrade complete†(Starcraft) A thought when contemplating on my “all black†merino wool clothing (completed — Outlier.NYC Black merino wool T-shirt, Woolly Black Merino athletic shorts, Meriwool merino wool leggings, etc)— Is my clothing …
The joy and fun of photography— to attempt and make new creative and innovative compositions with 2 dimensional reality!
What do we as artists joy and delight in? Shapes, forms, dynamic curves, lines, body, three dimensionality, proportions and shapes which inspire and provoke movement!
Or why focusing too much on goals and achievements in life is bad — it ends up being a hidden trap and dead end. The more robust way: Always strive for more!
A random thought and realization when trolling the Lamborghini preowned website: No aesthetic, no matter how good is forever. For example, if you take a look at all these sweet Lamborghinis, eventually all the …
A thought on Tesla cars: I personally love the aesthetic (clean, flush, minimalist) of Tesla cars, but my critique: the design of the cars and the design language is a bit boring and generic. …
A thought on aesthetics: What we are striving for is towards is an elite aesthetic — to look different, have a different taste (above the “vulgar massesâ€). Furthermore to go even beyond a superficial …
What do we desire when it comes to motivation, travel, photography, street photography, music, arts and literature? To be moved! And more specifically — to harness the outside and internal stimuli in order for …
In today’s brave new pandemic world — the optimal strategy: We must radically adapt to the now! No future — only now.
Simple idea: Natural light as the ultimate luxury in a home. Moving forward— if there is 1 thing you can prioritize and optimize for (above all else)— over bedroom size, location, street noise, cost, …
Don’t delay; shoot street photography now.
The best way to motivate yourself to workout: Enjoy the movements. Or only do workouts which you genuinely enjoy the movement for the sake of the movement.
In today’s brave new world of street photography, shooting street photography while traveling (airport, etc) is a good way to shoot street photography now.
Free motivation for you: Dear friends, It seems that many of us have been sitting around in eager anticipation for COVID to blow over, or perhaps the day that we (or everyone in America) …
Life is too short for basic shit. Assuming there is no ultimate meaning in life (optimistic nihilism), then — The best life is in which you task yourself an awesome and epic (self appointed) …
No expectations. Enjoying the walk for the sake of the walk. The joy of all the natural wonders in the world. The joy of composing a scene, and the excitement to see how the …
I don’t have to love it .. just not hate it. Why does this matter? Because in modern capitalist American society, we desire to always obtain things that we love. And thus our Sysiphian …
How do we make “better†photos, and what does this even mean?