Month: September 2021
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How to Gain More Pride in Your Photography
ERIC KIM NEWSLETTER > What do we lack in our photography? Self-pride in our photos. Some thoughts and ideas:
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HOW TO GROW AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
I think what we’re all seeking for is growing in our photography. But how do we do that?
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RESISTANCE & STRENGTH.
Seek the good pain, the good resistance, and the good stress to make you stronger:
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LIFE IS ALL UPSIDE, NO DOWNSIDE.
You got everything to gain, nothing to lose.
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The future isn’t money, but technology?
Turbo thought: Perhaps the future is going to be a “post money” or a “post currency” future. Which makes me think — what’s more important than money and currency? Technology. Perhaps Chainlink as more important than Bitcoin (in the crypto world). The future — linking things together… from the digital to the physical world?
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PHOTO PERFECTION
What is the meaning or the purpose of “perfection” in photography? My thought — To perfect, means to complete, or accomplish or finish. Per+facere (to do) in Latin. Thus “perfection” is nothing but doing something and seeing it until completion. Thus perhaps we should think of “perfection” as an ongoing task. That as we explore,…
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How to increase your photographic power
As photographers, what do we desire? We desire to increase our photographic power. How to do this? Some ideas:How to do this? Some ideas:
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Reading as a Means of Stimulation to Your Thinking
Why read? Reading as a boost, a turbocharge, and a stimulus to your own thinking. Also, reading great thoughts can actually put energy, power and sensation into our legs, muscle and body!
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THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
What I love about technology, digital technology, blogging, YouTube, and cryptocurrency: the idea that the value of things is limitless. The sky is the limit. Also with blogging, in theory you could publish infinity amount of blog posts. And also with digital photography, in theory you could shoot 1 trillion photos+. Like Buzz Lightyear said:…
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ATTACK.
ATTACKNo need to backtrack the progress in your lifeAttack and build the stacks of your library of knowledge and wisdom AttackThere’s nothing you lack or needHarness your greed for the gainsAnd learn to love the strain and painCerebral intoxication, Dionysian brain ERIC
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15 Photography Assignment Ideas
FREE MOTIVATION > Dear friend, If you are looking for some photography exercises to build your photographic muscles, some ideas:
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPTIMISM
The philosophy that the best is yet to come. Let us crush romantic notions of the past:
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MONOCHROME INNOVATION.
The thought on my mind: How much innovation has *yet* been done in monochrome?
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THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
To build off of the anti-romanticism notion: Let us consider– the best is yet to come. Our best selves are yet to come. Our best artwork is the best to come. The best designs, films, architecture, modern societal concepts are *YET TO COME!*
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ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
Something that I have thought about a long time: Why do we have a romanticism of the past, specifically … ‘retro’ things?
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How to Street Photography
A strong and solid primer to street photography [if I started all over again]:
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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY OPTIONALITY.
Anything you can do to increase street photography options, the better.
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Is Leica Overrated?
My honest appraisal:
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GG v45
My life in photos:
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How to Gain More Pride in Your Photography
NEWSLETTER What are we lacking in today’s world as photographers? Pride. Pride in ourselves, and pride in our photos:
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EXTREME PRIDE.
What are we lacking in today’s world? Pride. Pride in ourselves, and pride in what we do and create:
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Aesthetics, Not Performance
In today’s world where you have the Tesla Model S Plaid going from 0-60mph in less than 2 seconds, the question — What’s the purpose of all these other cars out there? Answer— aesthetics.
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BAD vs GOOD
Another funny bias I learned about society: what society and people typically say is good for you is typically bad for you, and what people say is bad for you is often very good for you.
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Why Read?
It seems in today’s world, there is a cult of reading. That is, the more you read, the better. But is this true?
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Investing Money in Yourself
Why is it that Ivy League schools deify the ‘endowment’ more so than real human beings? Why is it that we as individuals prize our ‘savings’ more so than ourselves?
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INSANELY GREAT.
Something Steve Jobs talked about a lot. Been listening to the new DONDA album, and wow — It is insanely great. It blows my mind, how is it that Kanye West and his music is at least 1000x more interesting, original, and epic than his other peers?
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Ethics are Aesthetic
Not sure if any other thinkers have thought this but, Ethics are aesthetic.
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How to photograph boring things and make them look interesting
The difficulty we all face: We see our lives and environment as boring, and we are frustrated — we hope we lived a more interesting life (or lived in a more interesting city) to make more personally interesting photos. How to do this? Some ideas:
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What do you desire to become?
Assuming that life is about becoming, and that you’re in a stream of becoming, the question is: what do you desire to become?
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How to Become a More Aspirational Photographer
ERIC KIM NEWSLETTER > Life is all about aspiration. The more you aspire, the better.
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LUXURY & FREE.
Either make things luxury [extra], or give it for free.
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Why Ricoh GR III is the GOAT
RICOH GR III as the best camera of all time:
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How to Conquer Creative Stagnation
What is our enemy? Creative stagnation. What the way? To conquer and overcome it.
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THE WILL TO DOMINATE
What is the will, or willpower? The desire to dominate. To become master. To overcome boundaries and obstacles, and transform that which stands in your way into your fuelpower. Channel your hunger to dominate in productive, artistic and creative ways.
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In Praise of Solo Photography Business Entrepreneurship
We are often told that to get into photography as a business is a very bad idea. On the contrary, it is the industry the most ripe for disruption and innovation:
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Street Photography Philosophy Entrepreneurship
This is the intersection of all I love and find interesting and fascinating to myself:
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Beware Those With Good Intentions
Ask — will this benefit or harm me?
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BULLISH ON BITCOIN.
Don’t sit on the sidelines:
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BOLDER IS BETTER.
When in doubt, opt for bold. To be lukewarm or tepid is boring. Don’t filter your thoughts — go for extreme bold.
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LONGEVITY, DURABILITY AND SUCCESS
A more robust notion of success:
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COMPLACENCY.
Complacency is the enemy: