{"id":36039,"date":"2016-12-12T22:13:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T06:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?page_id=36039"},"modified":"2016-12-12T22:13:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T06:13:15","slug":"dont-work-on-too-many-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/dont-work-on-too-many-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Work on Too Many Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"eric
Portrait by Neil Ta \/ New Orleans, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhy for so short a life tease ourselves with so many projects?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Horace\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In photography and life \u00e2\u20ac\u201d less is more, when it comes to your projects.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

That means focus in your photography. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t distract yourself with too many different photography projects.<\/p>\n

What is the 1 project or 1 photo you want to be remembered for?<\/h2>\n
\"eric
Garden Grove, 2015 #cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I feel that if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re remembered for even 1 photography project after you die; you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done your job.<\/p>\n

For me, that is the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cindy Project<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d documenting my love for Cindy, and our life together. My hope with the project is that it will inspire other photographers to document their loved ones, not<\/em> take their loved ones for granted, and to find beauty in everyday life.<\/p>\n

If I cannot accomplish that, then even being remembered for 1 photograph \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I have done my job. That 1 photo would probably be my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153laughing lady\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photo in NYC\u00e2\u20ac\u201d it is a photograph that puts a huge smile on my face, makes me feel positive, and encourages those who I show it to.<\/p>\n

\"eric-kim-street-photography-portrait-ricohgr-2015-nyc-laughing-lady-5thave
NYC, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So for you friend \u00e2\u20ac\u201d just aim for 1 great project or 1 great photo in your lifetime. Even if you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make 1 great project, or 1 great photo \u00e2\u20ac\u201d aim to please yourself.<\/p>\n

The secret to life is to not<\/em> get distracted with too many pursuits, projects, and hobbies. The more you spread yourself out, the less effective you are. You want to hone in your skills, passions, and talents like a laser\u00e2\u20ac\u201d to burn holes through steel.<\/p>\n

Your life short. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t waste a precious second of it.<\/p>\n

Always,
\nEric<\/p>\n

Learn more: Personal Photography ><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhy for so short a life tease ourselves with so many projects?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Horace In photography and life \u00e2\u20ac\u201d less is more, when it comes to your projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28852,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36039","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}