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MINIMUM VIABLE VIDEO SIZE
720P IS ENOUGH.
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How to Discover Yourself in Photography
1. The camera as a tool of self introspection
The first thought is that the camera is a tool of self analysis. For example, gopro in Ultra Wide mode, you can literally document every part of yourself, your daily life, what you do, where you go, what you eat, etc.
Lately I’ve been making a habit to just record mundane and every day details with my GoPro. What I eat, where I go, where I took a nap, how I cook, how I work out, how I flex, look at my face and body, and how I make my morning coffee. Reviewing the footage is fascinating: because it gives me a chance to analyze myself, and my life from a third person perspective.
2. Selfless photography
Ultimately at the end of the day, I see ourselves as instruments. We are instruments to document, photograph, and make art out of embodied reality. Ultimately I don’t really care for myself too much, I’m more interested in the act of documentation and photography, introspection, and sharing my thoughts and findings with others.
The irony is this: we are both ego-ful, and egoless photographers. We must use our personal ego in order to understand the world around us. But ultimately when we photograph, we lose our ego.
When I’m really in the zone of photographing, I lose a sense of self. Similar when I’m doing a one rep max power lifting, especially deadlift. When I do a one-rep max in my dead lift, I literally have an out of body experience. When I’m doing the maximal lift, I lose all sense of self. And even after the lift, I kind of forgot what happened.
3. Photograph yourself
I believe ultimately the most virtuous thing you do is photograph yourself. literally to shoot selfies yourself.
Why photograph yourself? You cannot refuse yourself. Also, you are the center of everything. You are the oculus in which you perceive, understand, and engage with the world.
Therefore, I encourage you to shoot more selfies. Shoot your reflection, shoot yourself in the mirror, shoot yourself topless, shoot yourself in uncommon settings.
Also, assuming you want to become more fit, I think actually it is a good idea for you to shoot selfie‘s of yourself topless, in order to track your progress. If you have a keen sense of how you look, you’re less likely to eat sugar, and other things which make you fat. Also motivate you to become more determined to keep working out, in order to augment your muscle mass.
4. Blog through your photos
For myself, in order to make sense of my photos, I must blog about them. Typically what I do is I will post the photos on a blog post, write about them, and as I am selecting the photos and reviewing my photos, I remember the photos, and I also make sense and meaning out of them.
I don’t think your photos exist until you post them.
5. Critical feedback on your photos
Arsbeta.com is the ultimate platform to get critical feedback on your photos. Otherwise, becoming self critical in your photography is not about self flagellation and bemoaning on how bad your photos are, it is about getting a more critical sense of how you judge your own photos, which photos you find meaningful, and which type of photos you want to continue to shoot.
Otherwise, just keeping asking yourself why in the context of photography. Have a chat with WHY APP?
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Turbo thoughts
- Life is better with powerlifting than without
- iPad will make you a better photographer
- Why are the new Apple products so boring? Also, why are the new colors so strange?
- Probably the best laptop for you to buy as a photographer is the new MacBook Air
- What if there could be such a thing as a self washing car?
- Maybe it is a good brand idea to create the male equivalent of Lululemon
- Consuming beef liver, and beef heart is the ultimate natural steroid
- Just vlog it with GoPro
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iPhone SE long term thoughts
Having the new iPhone SE for a while, but ultimately the reason I don’t recommend it is this: there are too many bugs. The old form factor of the iPhone SE does not play well with the new iOS.
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What if being wasteful were a good thing?
A funny thought: if others are frugal, we feel that we should respect their decision, that they don’t like being wasteful.
However, if our personal preference is to be wasteful, it is less tolerated.
My intervention: both sides should be tolerant to another. That frugal people should respect the choices of wasteful people, and wasteful people should also respect the choices of frugal people.
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Just say what’s on your mind
No filter!
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Create, re-create something new
The great thing with remixing, screenshot Ing, or creative upcycling things is this: you create, and re-create something new, based on something you’ve already heard. A new interpretation of some thing is also something new.
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The antidote to insomnia
Extreme one rep lift max powerlifting during the day (one rep max sumo deadlift or squat), extreme meat consumption for dinner (beef ribs, liver, eggs) at night.
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Leisure Work or Enslavement Work?
Is your work your leisure or passion, or is it something you must do?
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Why is Apple playing it so safe?
When you’re on top, shouldn’t you play it more interestingly and riskier?
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BARBELL SHOES
Either the insanely minimalist Vibram 5 fingers, or an uber-rugged mountain hiking shirt (LA SPORTIVA, wide, goretex). No in -between shoe.
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Cowardice vs foolishness
A very fine line between cowardice vs foolishness.
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Curiosity of my strength
This is what drives my pursuit in powerlifting and lifting the maximal amount of weight I can do, one rep max.
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The male equivalent of Lululemon?
A good brand opportunity.
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Living your life towards what ends?
Funnel living your best life into training your kid to become even more epic than you.
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The Lillypad strategy to life
Something I learned from my friend Don Dillon: in life, just keep hopping from one Lillypad to the other.
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JUST VLOG IT ALL.
Perhaps the best way to become â€healthierâ€:
Your hotel workout, travel, food, etc:
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ERIC KIM EATS GOGI
Eat more meat:
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Don’t buy any gasoline car, not even a hybrid.
Just by the cheapest Tesla you could afford. Also, look into getting a used Tesla model S, the older ones.
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MVW (Minimum Viable Workout)
One of the biggest things becoming a new parent was transitioning to not really having the time nor the desire nor the efficiency to go to a gym. Being a new parent, literally every minute is too valuable.
In the quest to stay strong and fit in spite of my lack of time, I discovered the notion of a minimum viable workout: what is the simplest, most sinister (Pavel T), and most effective workout?
Simply put, I think it involves kettlebells. I have a 70 pound kettlebell home, as well as 105 pound.
You could use the 70 pounder to warm up, do hip-openers, and a few swings just to get your blood flowing. And then, you could just use the 105 pound kettle bell to do about as few swings as you want just to get the momentum going, in the range of 3 to 5 swings, with maximal force output. You produce your own resistance, your own force.
For example, the variable of the weight of the ketball remains the same, yet you dictate how much thrust you decide to output with that weight. Therefore, in theory you could create unlimited force. I wonder if you could actually do the same force output as deadlifting over 400 pounds.
Philosophically, I like the idea that you could just have one kettlebell. If I could just on one piece of workout equipment for the rest of my life, maybe it will just be one single 105 pound kettlebell (the beast).
Ultimately, I would still prefer to go to the gym. But with limited time, and limited resources, becoming more improvisational, and adaptable is good.
