Month: July 2021

How do we put our minds into motion?

Perhaps I am the first person to have thought and considered this: Rather than thinking about what is the best ‘car’ in general … perhaps better to think about what is the best car …

To get full engagement out of life … for things we care about, perhaps this is the secret to living the best and fullest life. And that is why living a more ‘dangerous’ life …

Ironically enough, the fewer choices and options we got, the *MORE* creative we will become. Lesson: If you desire to be more creatively productive, perhaps better to SUBTRACT and GET RID OF superfluous tools, …

Our pride and joy is to be uber-unique — uber unique in what we drive, what we own, what we wear and how we interact with the world. Our greatest hate is when we …

Zen as a means not the end.

Photography is the most effective when you subtract from the frame. That’s when you’re shooting a scene, strive to subtract superfluous elements from the frame. The fewer distractions in your photos, the better.

To find joy in shooting by yourself, for yourself without social media, likes, followers or other ways to metricate yourself.

If the goal is to be more creatively productive, here are some practical ideas:

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Zen friend is always thereRegardless of the weather or the modern day caresZen daring goes farTriple motor speed in the Tesla car Shards and ragsGuns and mags60fps, no lag. Tag, you’re it. You’re lit. …

What is creative daring? To dare convention, to dare your own past ‘style’, and to create with the bold audacity of a child — unrestrained, wild, and naively pure.

In today’s world there seems to be this mania towards ‘productivity’. And what is ‘productivity’ according to modern thoughts? To always be doing something, in order to become more virtuous (like a machine, in …

Next time you incur an injury or wound, rather than bemoaning your foolishness or regret a “mistake”— better to instead think: This injury can and will be a benefit to me — it will …

iPhone as the ultimate creative device — how come nobody has truly discovered the insanely awesome powers of this miracle device? And instead just using it for basic email, texting and time wasting games?

Just gave away my iPad Pro to my mom, who has been making great art works with Procreate app. Which leaves me without an iPad — just my laptop and phone. Been doing some …

Aesthetics aren’t that much of a concern to us. Focus on pure performance.

To build is our joy:

Our motto in photography: to never stop shooting, to never stop exploring, never stop moving, never stop drinking coffee, and to never stop exploring and desiring more.

Excelsior, ever upwards. The joy of the architect in creating and building things, always to strive for more, to strive to always build more and go higher. And this is also why I understand …

Seeing change through the act of modification — this brings us great joy as artists! The joy of customization, change and modification.

Happiness not as a state you must achieve, but the active flux of always aspiring for more.

Better to create your own cult(ure) than to just join one:

Much to my disappointment, the Ricoh GR 3 didn’t have an integrated flash. I think the stunted me a little bit creatively. However after around poking around the App Store and I discovered the …

ERIC KIM WRIST STRAP MARK II: The apex strap for RICOH GR III (or Ricoh GR II/I) streettogs — optimized for the little ‘loop’ strap. Always have your RICOH ready, fast draw (JOHN WICK …

Instead of seeking the turbocharged or supercharged car, or even the tri-motor PLAID Tesla Model S, or a hypercar, or a McLaren, or a Lamborghini, or the uber-fast sports car of your dreams, isn’t …

Our obsession with brand-named things, ‘brands’, consumer goods, etc. For example, we want the Porsche 911 Turbo, but what is a ‘Porsche’ anyways? It is just a dude’s last name. Same with Lamborghini — …

At home? The gym? The streets? The mall? The coffee shop? In nature or the wild outdoors? In front of your laptop? Inside VR? Inside your car? Where?

Our joy in street photography is the joy in the riskiness! Thus rather than trying to avoid risk and confrontation in street photography, delight and joy in it!

A simple formula to life:

In terms of aesthetics, not “all black everything “, but harnessing both black and white. For example, best to start with a black base or a black background, and add the white afterwards. Even …

Perhaps it takes more skill or a compositional ingenuity to make interesting photos in the boring suburbs, then make interesting photos in an interesting city.

Something I learned about street photography or just photography in general, just photograph like it’s not a big deal. For example if you see strangers just photograph them and shrug it off like it’s …

It seems that many of us desire to find satisfaction or joy in material things. So for example, the desire to buy a new exotic sports car, or even certain clothes and fashion items. …

It seems that now that Jeff Bezos has retired from Amazon, he is working on his side passion projects which include blue origin and his charity ventures. Which makes me think, once you become …

Shooting now:

Our personal motive: To explore embodied reality, to test our courage when photographing strangers, the joy of interacting with strangers, and to discover new cultures, peoples, and compositions (street photography as compositional art with …

I’m seeking a new photographic and visual bliss. This is my personal passion in photography art, and visual art. To seek a new photographic bliss. This means to discover new techniques approaches and philosophies …

Yes, you can shoot street photography in the suburbs. Technically if you think about it, a suburb is still urban, just sub urban. As long as there’s human beings around, whether it be on …

PODCAST Creativity is curiosity, the same curiosity that you had when you were a child, when you were pure and unobstructed by conventions and notions of “good and bad “. Thus the uber artist …

Rather than desire what you don’t have, rather, best to extract the maximum of what you do got. For example let’s say you live in the boring suburbs, strive to make the most interesting …

What’s our entrepreneurial lifeblood? Our level and degree of ambition. And this we can control. So perhaps in life rather than seeking more satisfaction and zen, perhaps better to seek more ambition, challenges, heights, …

In our lives, let’s just focus on photography. Photography as the ultimate visual bliss for us photographers. And also the joy of experience of embodied reality.

Some thing I discovered when it comes to the philosophy of design. Designers often grapple with a question: form or function? Perhaps that is not the right question. Perhaps the better question is focusing …

I just finished rewatching 7 Samurai by Akira Kurosawa and some thoughts on the upside of monochrome films: First, it forces you to use your imagination to interpret and experience the film. The abstraction …

Perhaps the best car is a zen car. A car which allows you to NOT think about your car, to not second guess the goodness of your car. Perhaps it must be electric or …

Some quick thoughts: first of all, perhaps best to shoot in high contrast black and white monochrome. This immediately abstracts the world around you which allows you to focus on shapes textures and other …

The more you live to yourself, the less concerned you need to be about ethics. However, the more you live in society and with others, the more you must concern yourself with ethics. Thus, …

How does one become a good role model? Simple: focus on the notion of an “anti role model“. The general gist is this: strive to be the opposite of bad attributes you see in …

Contemplate–I cannot relateWith you other guysOther backstabbing thoughts in disguise Contemplate means to thinkBreathe deep, stand back and reflect Don’t neglect your own passions and thoughts in lifeHarness the strife and the pain, to …

A thought: For the time being, I don’t desire more excitement in my life, rather … I seek more peace, calm, tranquility and ZEN in my life, in order to focus on my writing, …

Shoot every day as if it were your last:

In praise of the film 7 samurai by Akira Kurosawa: First of all, the film is hilarious. The jokes in the movie are heart-warming. The character development is fantastic. Each character in the film …

“Every day should be passed like it were your last.” (Publilius Syrus) If we treat the same philosophy to photography — Always shoot whatever is in your life, no matter how ‘boring’. Don’t wait …

Traveling with Seneca:

Probably the best interview I’ve had (thanks to Martin for the great questions): PODCAST INTERVIEW AUDIO Peep it– thanks Martin [About Photography YouTube]

The more you share, the better:

We share our cars (Uber, Lyft), we share our homes (Airbnb)— why not share our lives with others? For example more co-op communal living with friends, borrowing one another’s cars, going grocery shopping for …

Family photography– one of the most under-rated genres and approaches in photography. And yes, to photograph your family is legitimate. And disregard the notion: If I want to be regarded as a ‘serious’ photographer, …

My passion: monochrome.

My thought on what makes a successful photographer: An individual who retains his/her own pure child-like vision and childlike enthusiasm for photography, and to shoot without any concern for the external world. A photographer …

Success as a photographer and photography entrepreneur: Have an extreme vision — which is so radically bold and ‘insane’, but interesting and starkly different (extreme differentiation) from the herd!

To make a name for yourself, it is simple: Strive to become as extremely different from others as possible. For example, the success of CYBERTRUCK. Or having an extreme vision. It is impossible to …

This means: No matter what, everything in society, life, money, things, happiness and stuff is ALWAYS in comparison to others socially. SOCIOLOGY by KIM Mimetic Desires Interest in Humans or Objects? Social Stochastic Resonance …

Typically my pride has been: I do not want to be like anyone else. My pride — Not to wear the same things others wore, not to rock the same brands others rocked, and …

You’re not just a photographer– you’re a creator. When you make photos, you create *BEYOND* yourself. This means: You take embodied reality, and make something new, fuller, and more interesting with your photos! MASTER …