First focus on your health and becoming healthy, *then* focus on adding more adventure, excitement and risk to your life.
A simple formula to life:
July 2021
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BLACK *AND* WHITE
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 Leonardo da Vinci said start with a black canvas. So start with a black canvas, then add accentuating white afterwards. In…
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Suburb Photos
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.
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Photograph like it’s not a big deal
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 not a big deal. This is kind of a hybrid between asking for permission and not asking for permission, in the…
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Buy it or build it?
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. However, it seems that the true joy is the joy of creating it, making it, customizing it, and making it in…
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Pursue a passion photography project
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 the worlds richest man in the world, what next? Then it seems perhaps the end goal in our aim should be…
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My Photos
Shooting now:
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What is Our Personal Motivation Behind Street Photography?
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 human beings and human bodies).
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VISUAL BLISS.
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 which will take my visual explorations to the next level. PODCAST
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Suburb Street Photography
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 the streets, in the neighborhood, at the local Costco, it is all street.
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The Motive of Criticism
Something that is on my mind: what is the motive of criticism, or why criticize? The word criticism comes from the Greek word kritikos which means judge, or to judge. Thus, when you criticize somebody, you are laying a judgment upon them. Certainly it is good to judge things as “right or wrong “, or…
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HOW TO BECOME A MORE CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER
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 is a child. Harness everything towards your creative output!
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Make the best of what you got
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 photos in the suburbs. If you’re poor, harness the few resources that you do got and maximize it. For example, I…
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INFINITE AMBITION.
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, summits, epic attempts and newer braver and more daring goals in life!
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ALL ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
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.
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Not form or function but ethos.
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 on ethos, that means thinking about the underlying philosophy, mood, attitude or aesthetic gist of something. Or the way things should…
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Pictures are Our Art
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In Praise of Watching and Studying Monochrome Black and White Films
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 of a monochrome film is more mysterious and requires more focus and input from the viewer. Second, monochrome films tend to…
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ZEN CAR.
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 hybrid. Definitely not just a pure gasoline car. At the moment, I think the most zen car is probably a maxed-out…
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How to make interesting photos regardless of wherever you are
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 details which might be shrouded by color. Also, approach photography from a carpe diem perspective. This means that no matter how…
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Ethics are Social
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, don’t think about ethics for ethics sake, rather, think about ethics as a social tool. Or perhaps a social technology, to…
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Anti Role Model
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 others. For example, rather than thinking of how to become a “good” parent, think about how to not be a bad…
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CONTEMPLATE.
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 gain more gainsAnd to train away the pains Disregard what the masses say are cool or lameOr blameOr shameKnow that your…
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I Don’t Desire More Excitement in My Life, I Desire More ZEN in my Life
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, thinking, poetry, contemplation, blogging, vlogging, photography, and turbo-thoughtting.
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CARPE DIEM PHOTOGRAPHY
Shoot every day as if it were your last:
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Why 7 Samurai by Akira Kurosawa is So Great
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 has depth, and growth and change throughout the film. Strong differentiation between the characters of the film. Especially the ‘outcast’ samurai…
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Approach Photography as If Every Day Were Your Last
“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 to travel– shoot today, shoot now (carpe diem photography). Every day, process, filter, and workflow your photos and share them.
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SEN TRAVEL
Traveling with Seneca:
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ERIC KIM Video Podcast Interview with Martin Kaninsky [About Photography YouTube]
Probably the best interview I’ve had (thanks to Martin for the great questions): PODCAST INTERVIEW AUDIO Peep it– thanks Martin [About Photography YouTube]
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Why Share Your Photos?
The more you share, the better:
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LifeShare
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 others, sharing points with one another. Isn’t this a far more fun, effective and meaningful way to live?
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Photograph Your Family
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, I cannot shoot my own family members. Note the success of photographer Sally Mann and her family photos. Your family is…
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MONOCHROME VISION
My passion: monochrome.
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What is Success in Photography?
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 who only shoots for his/her own internal world.
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EXTREME VISION
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!
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EXTREME DIFFERENTIATION
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 stand out if you’re just a clone or an iteration of other things and people. Thus it seems that ‘creative isolation‘…
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Sociology of Comparison
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 How to Live Bravely in Today’s Brave New World and Society Arousal Is Humanity on the Decline? Social Innovations Society *Shouldn’t*…
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Being Different for the Sake of Being Different?
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 to sort of become an ‘elitist’ through minimalism, simplicity, and just following my own zen–stoic mind. Certainly this is a partly…
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What if by competing or benchmarking against others you’re actually holding back your potential?
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The Photographer as Creator
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 MOTIVATION Seek to supersede yourself and become more: Create *BEYOND* Yourself Let Your Curiosity Drive Your Photography LOVE YOUR PHOTOS. Abstract…
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Photography Must Be Fun For You
Photography must be fun for you — otherwise it is not a worthwhile pursuit.
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HENRI NECK STRAP MARK IV
Super super fresh: the new HENRI NECK STRAP MARK IV in CRIMSON RED UNDERBELLY (for Mahogany Brown):
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Indifference to Pain or Suffering
In life, we will experience much pain and suffering. What is the best way to approach this? Know it is part of the game — and become more indifferent towards your personal pain and suffering, and the only time to address it is in order to *NOT* keep yourself in a disadvantageous situation. For example,…
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Fun Experience
We like to test drive cars which are fun to drive. Why not also cameras which are a fun experience to shoot? Then perhaps in life— seek for fun and engaging and thrilling experiences over the “best” ones. Then some other thoughts: what is the most fun shoe to wear, or the shoe that allows…
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Create *BEYOND* Yourself
FREE MOTIVATION ON ERIC KIM NEWSLETTER > Dear friend, Upon much deep thought and philosophizing — I think I got it figured out when it comes to artistic and creative matters: Create BEYOND yourself. What does this mean? This means: Our lives are limited and short … and thus … the goal of life is…
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Publish Fearlessly
What can we control? Our courage. What else can we control? How fearlessly to publish. The only ‘failure’ in life is to fail to publish something because you’re afraid of negative feedback from others.
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ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHER’S WALLET (SD CARD FUNCTIONALITY x FASHION)
Preview of how to use PHOTO WALLET: SD Card functionality, and individual crimson red hand-stitching: Discover PHOTO WALLET >
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MAKE DOPE THINGS AND SHARE THEM WITH THE WORLD!
My personal impetus behind HAPTIC INDUSTRIES and everything I create here: To create awesome, epic, and hugely practical things (which have been of huge use to me) and sharing them with others — knowing that there will be a small group of people who will also find it hugely useful, practical and life-enhancing and life-invigorating!…
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AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
How much coffee should you drink? How much should you workout? How much should you create, do, explore, travel and challenge yourself? My thought: As much as your body, mind and soul can tolerate. Entrepreneurship by KIM Become the change which you desire to see manifested in the world! Become you. Speed is Paramount TAKE…
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On Becoming an Arts Photographer
When it comes to photography, there seems to be two types of photography: The first type of photography is more factual and depictual, which is photographing your car parking spot, or photographing your receipts for an expense report. Then the other category is arts creation, in which we use the camera as an artistic tool…