Month: September 2023

eric [at] Eric Kim.com

I believe that all photographers should have kids:

Some simple tips on being inspired in photography:

1. Think outside: the ultimate privileges to be outside! Optimize your life which is anti-indoors.
2. The simplest Camera set up possible: I still think that the best camera is probably the Ricoh 3X, mine broke I’m fed up with it. Either get that or the new Lumix G9 with the Lumix 14 mm F2.5 lens and an HENRI X ERIC KIM STRAP — HAPTIC PHOTO SUPPLY CO.
3. Discover joy in each and every moment. Always have your camera with you, either your front right pocket, or a simple side front chest satchel. For example, I’m using the OG ERIC KIM portfolio bag, and it works insanely good.
4. Review your photos on your iPad Pro, the smaller 11 inch. Make your whole photography workflow only JPEG, small JPEG, import your photos to your iPad. The USB-C adapter with the SD card adapter, and just use the built-in apple photos to review select share and upload all your photos.

MOTIVATION BY KIM

Become more:

1. Setbacks are a motivator, a turbocharger
2. THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE WORLD TO PHOTOGRAPH!
3. The Philosophy of Optimism
4. What Slows You Down?
5. Meta Editing
6. Move Mass
7. What’s “Cool”?
8. No In-Between
9. Independent Aspirations
10. COMPULSION.
11. *BEYOND* PERFECT.
12. BUY BOOKS WHEN YOU WANT TO BUY GEAR.
13. How to Make More Photos
14. JUST MAKE MORE PHOTOS.
15. MY DESIRE TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
16. VISUAL DETOX.
17. Photography is Our Addiction
18. A BILLION PHOTOS
19. THE MOTIVATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
20. CURIOUS.
21. PROVOKE.
22. How to Do More Photography
23. PRACTICE.
24. TURBOCHARGE YOURSELF, TURBOCHARGE OTHERS.
25. LIFE IS ALL UPSIDE, NO DOWNSIDE.
26. PHOTO TURBO THOUGHTS
27. No Such Thing as Good or Bad; Simply Stimulating or Not Stimulating
28. The Best Genre is No Genre
29. The Key to Photographic Motivation
30. Pacifying Media, Motivational Media
31. Our Hunger for New Experiences
32. Mental Motivation
33. ALL ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
34. The Photographer as Creator
35. Create *BEYOND* Yourself
36. Let Your Curiosity Drive Your Photography
37. LOVE YOUR PHOTOS.
38. Abstract Monochrome Photography
39. SHOOT WITHOUT THINKING.
40. Just Have Fun With Photography
41. Wu-Wei Effortless Motivation
42. CONSISTENCY x NOVELTY
43. Easily Bored?
44. Face Photography
45. How to Become More Self-Motivated in Your Photography
46. YOUR OWN PHOTOS ARE THE BEST PHOTOS.
47. On Sharing Your Favorite Photos
48. UBERABUNDANCE.
49. Peak Photographic Productivity
50. When to Review Your Photos
51. Serotonin and Photos
52. The Photos You Have Yet Shot are Your Most Important Photos
53. 3 Tips How to Master Photography
54. Do You Like Your Own Photos?
55. The Beauty of Mundane, Everyday Moments
56. Reasons Why to Be Optimistic About the Future
57. A Photography-Full Future
58. The More You Shoot, the Better
59. How Many Photos Should You Shoot Everyday?
60. Why Do We Love Motion?
61. Now is Your Chance to Shoot History in the Making
62. Photo by Photo
63. How and Why Photography Remains So Interesting to Me
64. How to Conquer Your Inner Photographic Critic
65. Thoughts on HDR Photography
66. New Year, New Photos
67. Why Exhibit Your Photos?
68. Photography is Visual Poetry
69. What’s the Purpose of Art?
70. Why Do We Photographers Have Such a Hard Time Staying Inspired and Motivated?
71. On Becoming a More Optimistic Photographer
72. Philosophy of Weather
73. How to Become a More Optimistic Photographer and Human
74. You Are a Creative Photographer
75. JUST SHARE YOUR ARTISTIC PROCESS WITH OTHERS.
76. What Motivates Me to Shoot?
77. How to Maximize Yourself to the Fullest
78. HOW TO MOVE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE
79. Autotelic Photography
80. The more I go out and photograph the world, the more interesting and beautiful the world becomes
81. Why Photographers Have Such Low Self-Esteem
82. ERIC KIM MOTIVATION
83. Why Am I So Unmotivated?
84. EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY
85. WHY ARE YOU SO UNMOTIVATED?
86. Movement is Motivation
87. How to Motivate Myself to Make New Photos
88. Never Stop Optimizing
89. How to Help and Motivate Others
90. Feed On Your Own Photos; Let Them Nourish You!
91. Competition is for Suckers
92. A Future Without Travel
93. How Google Can Improve Your Photography
94. DEVELOP YOURSELF.
95. NEVER STOP MOVING!
96. How I Self-Motivate Myself
97. Every Day the Sun is Birthed Anew
98. A Life Without Photography Isn’t a Life Worth Living
99. WIN.
100. 8 Practical Photography Assignments for You
101. Tabula Rasa, Blank Slate, Carte Blanche
102. RELENTLESS
103. LIFE IS THE ULTIMATE RPG
104. HYPER VIGOR
105. FRESH AIR PHOTOS
106. WHO IS GONNA THRIVE IN TODAY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD?
107. ARTISTIC OPTIMISM
108. PASSION, not Discipline
109. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
110. The Empowering Feeling of Failure
111. To Be Human is to Move
112. Enjoy the Process
113. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
114. Why Keep Making New Art and Photos, Indefinitely?
115. Photography Motivation: What if There is Nothing Interesting to Photograph?
116. Move First, Motivation Later
117. Motivation Follows the Action
118. In Praise of Heroes
119. 5 Tips How to Boost Your Creativity
120. How to Have Inspiration to Take Photos in the Suburbs
121. Anything that Motivates You to Move is Good!
122. The Productive Photographer is the Happiest Photographer!
123. Make Today Count!
124. How to Break Through Photographer’s Block
125. The Joyful Photographer
126. The Dancing Photographer
127. The Kaizen Process of Gradual Self-Improvement in Photography
128. It is Your Duty to Make Beautiful Pictures!
129. Making Pictures IS Happiness!
130. NO EXCUSES.
131. The Pomodoro Photography Technique
132. The ABC of Photography
133. Just Shoot It.
134. How to Change the World With Photography
135. How to Find Inspiration in Photography and Life
136. How to Overcome Resistance
137. Create Against the Past
138. How I Motivate Myself to Make Photos
139. Wear Your Camera Like a Necklace or Bracelet
140. Have Your Photos Come to You
141. How to Level Up in Your Photography
142. How Not to Give a Fuck of What Others Think of You
143. How to Overcome Procrastination in Your Photography
144. How to Reinspire Your Photography
145. What is Your Mission in Photography and Life?
146. How to Overcome Photographer’s Block
147. Be a Photographer Now
148. How to Overcome Boredom with Photography
149. Never Stop Growing as a Photographer
150. Why Do You Need “Inspiration” to Shoot?
151. Just Shoot.
152. 5 Things to Do If You’ve Lost Your Passion for Photography
153. How to Have Unshakeable Confidence in Yourself
154. Don’t Give Up On Your Dream
155. Don’t Waste Your Potential
156. Unlock Your Potential
157. Empower Others With Your Photography
158. Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion in Photography

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I will easily photograph until I die!

Seneca at age 2 years, 8 months … no more diapers, not even over nights! 100% underwear!

Also, he now also knows how to climb on top of the toilet seat (facing towards the flusher), prop himself up, and pee and poop himself!

The greatest new modern day parent flex; to have your kid 100% potty trained, at the earliest age possible, doing all of his peeing and pooping into an adult toilet! If a boy, also being able to pee in the urinal!

The secret is also to pee him immediately before napping or sleeping. He’s able to do his whole nap, holding in his pee, and when he immediately wakes up and makes even the smallest sound, picking him up immediately putting him on the toilet to pee.

100% diaper less. Not even “pull-ups“! He can sleep from 10 PM to 9 AM, straight, without peeing his pants!

Photo art

Your kid is a piece of photo art!

Just get it!

iPhone Pro is for looooosers!

One device to conquer them all

I literally do all my photo work on my iPad Pro, the smaller 11 inch, currently using the M1 chip. Is it to import all my photos via the USB-C to SD card adapter, and import all the small JPEG photos for my Lumix G9. Just using the default Photos app, works insanely great.

I looks like since the last iPadOS update, the Photos app app is really laggy when trying to upload images. Apple photos team; fix this immediately.

Also the great upside while I lie here on my tatami mat, I could review my photos and select them while lying down!

Why is modern day man not allowed to glorify his body?

One of my new passions and personal interests!

Video

Simple — only do that which you want to do!

My new notion of body euphoria: the exact opposite of body dys-morphia.

Body euphoria — insane godlike joy in one’s body and capabilities!

MUSCLE BY KIM:

1. 9 PLATES, 10, 5, 2.5 POUNDER ERIC KIM DEMIGOD HYPELIFTING PURE POWER: SQUAT 2.0 890 POUNDS LIT AF
2. How to Become More Vascular
3. THE ERIC KIM WORKOUT PLAN
4. RESULTS DON’T LIE
5. How to Build a Demigod Bod
6. 150 POUND DUMBBELL DEADLIFT // MUSCLE HYPELIFTING BY KIM
7. The Art of Hypelifting
8. How Did ERIC KIM Get So Strong?
9. ERIC KIM DEADLIFT PR (250KG, 551 POUNDS)
10. ERIC KIM 255 KG (562 POUNDS) DEADLIFT ATTEMPT
11. VLOG: WHAT I LEARNED AFTER DEADLIFTING 3.3X MY BODY WEIGHT (540 POUNDS)
12. ERIC KIM 4 PLATE SQUAT
13. MUSCLES ARE THE ULTIMATE WEALTH
14. ERIC KIM GYM GOPRO POV
15. *BEYOND* MAINTENANCE.
16. HOW TO GET BIGGER ARMS
17. THE BEAST KETTLEBELL WORKOUT (48 KG, 105 POUNDS)
18. NOT WHO IS RICHER OR MORE SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHO CAN DEADLIFT MORE?
19. KETTLEBELL HOME WORKOUT (48 KILOGRAM, 105 POUND): 1 HANDED CLEAN AND SQUAT
20. The Philosophy of Fitness
21. Menacing Body
22. Hyper Nourishment
23. One Man, One Kettlebell
24. STRENGTH OVER SIZE
    Minimum Viable Workout (MVM)
25. Movement is Art: ERIC KIM WARMUP
26. ENJOY THE MOVEMENT.
27. Strengthening or Weakening?
28. Muscular Motivation
29. Limit Your Reps, Maximize Your Power Output
30. Love of the Body
31. The mind is overrated; the body is king.
32. BENCH PRESS GYM
33. How to Squat
34. SUMO DEADLIFT GYM
35. ADRENALINE.

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Why build your body?

Your own body as a work of art!

In Praise of Building Your Body

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My Muscle Philosophy:

Treat your body as sculpture.

This is not my body

The first thing:

I don’t see my body as belonging to me. I look at my body like it belongs to someone else.

When I look at the Lamborghini of someone else, I admire it. When I see the muscles and physiques of anyone else, I admire it. Then I had the epiphany:

Why not transform my own body into a Lambo, and admire my own body instead?

The logic

The great logic:

1. It is far cheaper to get buff than to buy a Lambo.
2. The human body is the apex beauty. This means your personal goal in life should be to beautify your own personal body to the maximum (without plastic surgery, steroids, etc).
3. Ultimate democratic approach: Genetics doesn’t matter. Sex doesn’t matter. Racial ethnicity doesn’t matter. Anyone can both add muscle mass and subtract fat.
4. It doesn’t cost much to get ripped. Just intermittent fast [no breakfast, no lunch], one big ass meal a day, and mostly a ‘ketogenic’ diet.
5. Your body is always with you. Why not beautify your body to inspire yourself?

The joy of sculpting your own body

To sculpt your own body is insanely fun. Why? You can see the change over time!

Once again, the goal is simple:

Never stop adding muscle mass, and never stop reducing body fat, or keeping it low (around 10%).

Muscle and your body is highly practical.

The more muscle you have, the more energy you got. The more power you got to make art-work, and live with gratitude, joy, and hyper-vigor.

Strengthen on, and flex on!

ERIC

MUSCLE 101

1. DUMBBELL SHOULDER OVERHEAD PRESS (1 ARM)
2. What is the Ideal Male Form?
3. How to Workout Quickly from Home
4. How to Augment Your Muscle Mass
5. Fat (Adipose Tissue) not ‘Health’
6. To Be Happier, Just Workout at the Park
7. ERIC KIM GOPRO POV WORKOUT VIDEO
8. Why Become More Muscular?
9. How to Get a 6 Pack
10. Greedy for the Gains
11. Simple Home Workout
12. LAMB
13. ERIC KIM FLEXES HIS MUSCLE
14. ERIC KIM WORKS OUT AT HOME GYM
15. More Muscle, More Productivity
16. How to Increase Your Muscle Mass
17. Extreme Vanity
18. There is No Proper Form
19. Why I Love Working Out
20. Better to Powerlift and Deadlift Heavy One Rep Max Attempts than
21. Drive Fast Cars and Motorcycles
22. Why I Love Working Out at the Park
23. RICOH WORKOUT
24. YOUR BODY *IS* YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
25. In Praise of Ghetto Workouts
26. Rock Workout
27. How to Workout
28. Dynamic Warmup
29. My Fitness Motivation Hacks
30. Why Make Workout Videos?
31. ERIC KIM FITNESS
32. How to Lift Weights
33. ERIC KIM WORKS OUT
34. ERIC KIM ROCK PARK WORKOUT
35. My Body is a Work of Art!
36. Park Workout Ideas
37. The Physiological Joy of Working Out
38. Anti Body Body Shaming
39. How to Workout at Home With Only a Barbell
40. 11 Tips How to Use Photography to Get More Fit
41. How to Lose Fat Fast
42. Become More Creative With Your (Limited) Home Gym Workouts
43. Flexibility is “Micro Strength”
44. NEVER STOP GAINING MUSCLE
45. ERIC KIM PARK LIFE
46. How I Workout at my Home Gym
47. In Praise of Pistol One Legged Squats
48. Powerlifting Style Workouts at the Park
49. The Philosophy of Bodybuilding
50. YOUR BODY IS YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
51. WHY I WORKOUT AT THE PARK
52. How to Strengthen Your Rotator Cuff
53. In Praise of Rings Workout
54. How to Workout at the Park
55. Why I Don’t Eat Breakfast or Lunch (In Praise of One Huge Dinner Meal a Day)
56. HOW TO LOVE YOUR BODY
57. Is Working Out at the Park Superior to Working Out at the Gym?
58. Why I Workout
59. WHY PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOULD WORKOUT
60. How to Increase Your Testosterone
61. My Workout Philosophy
62. How Appearance Matters
63. How I Workout at Home
64. My Philosophy of Food
65. The Best Park Workouts
66. How to Quit Sugar
67. How to Workout in the Streets and Park
68. How Much Meat Can You Eat in a Day?
69. APEX MALE MASCULINITY
70. HOW I WORKOUT AT THE PARK
71. How to Lose Fat
72. How I Became Stronger and Buffer and More Swole During and After Quarantine
73. What is Skinny-Fat?
74. In Praise of Working Out at the Park
75. Why Meat is Good
76. Flesh over Metal
77. Why Lower Your Bodyfat?
78. How to Augment Your Recovery
79. Increase Intensity, not Reps
80. My Park Workout
81. How to Fast
82. HOW I WORKOUT FROM THE PARK
83. How I Got So Swole
84. Pure Power or Sculpture?
85. How to Workout in the Streets
86. How to Workout At Home With No Equipment
87. Super Saiyan is the Goal
88. MY POWERLIFTING PHILOSOPHY
89. MY EXERCISE/WORKOUT PHILOSOPHY
90. What if Mood Originates in the Stomach and Gut? Digestion Health
91. Why I Don’t Consume Protein Powder or Supplements
92. Real vs Fake // Natural vs Unnatural
93. You Can’t Fake Strength
94. How to Grow Your Muscles
95. How to Add Muscle and Subtract Fat at the Same Time
96. ERIC KIM BODY MUSCLE FLEX
97. Don’t Build Muscle, Build Strength.
98. Visual Kinesthesia: Muscles and Art
99. How to Maximize Muscle Growth and Fat Loss

Despite what people think, the true elite is spartan, not pampered, weak and soft.

Or maybe even *superior*?

100% CARNIVORE DIET BABY!

Just focus on producing art!

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HOW I INNOVATE:

True innovation:

A theory on hate:

When people hate and hate on you … they’re essentially using you as a scapegoat for their own self hatreds in life?

To have ill will against somebody or anybody is a sign of weakness and cowardice?

It isn’t about being a genius or becoming a genius, but rather, thinking like a genius. Genius level thinking.

The philosophy of genius

Enthusiasm is godlike! Literally.

Perhaps what differentiates a great man from a mediocre man is that a great man requires insanely great stimuluses?

My passion!

I’m the only liberal I know who actually has American pride? Maybe the upside of being born in the states, Korean American, doing Boy Scouts, becoming an Eagle Scout, going to school to UCLA as an undergrad, getting lots of government scholarships and grants.

1. Better to build it yourself or do the labor yourself than buy it.

2. Allow yourself to become more “Asperger’s”, and ignore social norms.

3. Create and craft your own ideal solution for yourself

Like being at the Home Depot?

Apparently the Home Depot on Jefferson in Los Angeles is the second biggest in the country!

What makes me? The fact that my ethos is towards entrepreneurship; have such a strong passion for entrepreneurship, because I would rather innovate a clever solution than to just follow the traditional lemming ways of doing things.

So the problem that I’m currently facing is that it seems when you’re just out and about, there are so many of these stupid energy drinks, full of sugar fake sugar etc. There needs to be a better solution, such as canned fine robusta, straight up coffee no other nonsense!

Why I love Home Depot so much.

Human resources, financial economic and social and beyond!

Time to hit up Home Depot again!

Building ghetto solutions is more fun for me!

Rather than just being another lemming … better that you lead and pave the way yourself?

Off the grid method!