Tag: letters from a street photographer

“Letters from a Street Photographer” #6: How to Live a Purposeful Life

Tied into the previous chapter on how to live a happy life– I also encourage trying to live a purposeful life. What is the difference between a happy life and a purposeful life? I think simply a “happy” life is to be free of pain, to be overall joyful, and to be free of stress…
“Letters from a Street Photographer” #5: How to Be Happy

For this chapter I want to focus on a section which I think is important for everyone in life: learning how to be happy, fulfilled, and content with your street photography (and your personal life). Happiness is one of the most elusive things in the world– which we have always chased for millennia. However the…
“Letters from a Street Photographer” #4: Fuck Fame

I’ll admit it. I’m incredibly jealous. Whenever I see my close friends, other photographers, family, or anyone else doing “successful” things– I feel a tinge of jealousy. In the back of my head– I might think negative thoughts like, “That person didn’t deserve that recognition or success” – self-doubt myself “Why am I not as…
“Letters from a Street Photographer” #3: How to Focus on Your Life’s Work

There are so many distractions out there. We live in an age where it is almost impossible not to be distracted. Our phones are constantly buzzing. We see thousands of advertisements a day that are vying for our attention. We are bombarded with emails from spammers, we are bombarded with notifications, we are bombarded by…
“Letters from a Street Photographer” #2: How to Deal with Negative Criticism (Part 2/2)

This is Part 2/2 of my chapter on How to Deal with Negative Criticism. Read Part 1 on How to Deal With Negative Criticism.
“Letters from a Street Photographer” #2: How to Deal with Negative Criticism (Part 1/2)

For this chapter in my on-going “Letters from a Street Photographer” book, I wanted to write a topic that I am very familiar with– how to deal with negative criticism (and thrive and benefit from it). For those of you who have followed me and my blog for a while– you will know that I…
“Letters from a Street Photographer” #1: How to Live and Shoot without Regrets

This is Chapter 1 on a series of blog posts I will do on the philosophy of Stoicism, and how I relate it to street photography. I draw upon the book: “On the Shortness of Life” from Seneca. The title of this series is inspired by “Letters from a Stoic” (also by Seneca). I have…