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Author: ERIC KIM

Artist-Philosopher
Photo essay / Nov 5, 2013

Street Photography Composition Lesson #8: Curves

All photos in this article are copyrighted by their respective photographers. For today’s compositional lesson– I want to talk about curves. To start off, why curves? Well– curves are some of the most dynamic …

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Photo essay / Oct 31, 2013

Street Photography Composition Lesson #7: Perspective

All photographs in this article are copyrighted by their respective photographers. For today’s compositional lesson I want to talk about perspective. Google defines “perspective” as the following: The art of drawing solid objects on …

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Photo essay / Oct 29, 2013

Street Photography Composition Lesson #6: Framing

All photos included in this article are copyrighted by their respective photographers. For today’s street photography lesson, I want to talk about framing. Framing itself is a pretty basic compositional technique, something I am …

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Photo essay / Oct 28, 2013

On Social Media and Street Photography

At the moment of writing this, I have over 30,000+ Facebook fans, 13,000+ Twitter followers, 20,000+ Google+ followers, and 12,000+ YouTube subscribers. People have called me a bit of a “social media phenomenon” at …

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Photo essay / Oct 24, 2013

Street Photography Composition Lesson #5: Depth

All of the photos in this article are copyrighted by their respective photographers. For today’s composition lesson I want to focus on a compositional technique that is more utilized by intermediate/advanced photographers. It is …

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Photo essay / Oct 22, 2013

Why I Killed Street Photography

Eric’s Note: This guest article is written by A.G DeMesa— a street photographer based in Manila. A.G.: What is street photography for me? Surely it isn’t the mundane. Nothing gets more mundane than a …

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Photo essay / Oct 21, 2013

5 Things I Don’t Do in Street Photography

Some of the photos included in this post are from my on-going “Colors” project. I am an ardent believer in the idea of “subtractive knowledge” and “via negative” meaning that we learn most from …

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Photo essay / Oct 16, 2013

Street Photography Composition Lesson #4: Leading Lines

All photos in this article are copyrighted by their respective photographers. For today’s street photography composition lesson– I would like to discuss leading lines. Leading lines are one of the most basic photography compositional …

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Photo essay / Oct 10, 2013

Street Photography Composition Lesson #3: Diagonals

For today’s street photography composition lesson, we will discuss a compositional rule that is simple enough: the diagonal. Credit goes to Adam Marelli for teaching me about this important design element which can help …

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Photo essay / Sep 30, 2013

On Legacy and Street Photography

One day we are all going to die–whether we like it or not. I have been thinking a lot about death lately– which I know might not necessarily be healthy for a 25-year-old, but …

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Photo essay / Sep 26, 2013

On Jealousy and Street Photography

The other night before I went to sleep, I was reading a book on my iPad and then wanted to post an inspirational quote onto Facebook. So I logged into Facebook, shared the quote– …

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Photo essay / Sep 14, 2013

Streettogs Critique Group Feedback #1

I just gave some members in the Streettogs Critique Group some feedback and made this screencast – thanks to Michael Meinhardt for organizing the images together! I hope to do more of these in …

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Portrait of Eric Kim by Luis Donoso
Photo essay / Aug 29, 2013

My Vision of Open Source Photography

When I first started this blog, I wrote about the idea of “open source photography.” To sum up the idea, I wanted to make a personal vow to always keep the information on this blog …

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Photo essay / Aug 28, 2013

Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV Volume #4

Just uploaded Volume #4 of my Istanbul Street Photography GoPro Video series. You can see the other videos below: Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV Volume #1 Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV Volume #2 Istanbul …

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Photo essay / Aug 20, 2013

Scratching the Itch Through Mobile Photography

This article is written by Josh White, a street photographer that has traveled throughout Korea, Japan, and Canada. You can follow his blog here. Josh: Photographic purists, especially ones of the docu/street genre will …

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Photo essay / Aug 19, 2013

On Staged Photos and Integrity

This article was originally posted by Charlie Kirk on his Tumblr here. Make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter. Charlie: A week or so ago, Brian Sokolowski posted on Facebook: “Is it me, or …

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Photo essay / Aug 18, 2013

Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV Volume #3

This is the third installment of my Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV videos. Two of my other Istanbul GoPro Street Photography POV’s: Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV Volume #1 Istanbul Street Photography GoPro POV …

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Photo essay / Aug 7, 2013

What is Street Photography?

I want to write regarding a subject which is highly debated online: “What is street photography?” There are countless forum threads, Facebook discussions, blogs, and Flickr boards which argue what street photography is and …

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Photo essay / Jul 28, 2013

On Travel and Street Photography

“You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate” – Seneca Over the last year or so I have been incredibly lucky to travel to over 15 cities internationally, and have …

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