{"id":39108,"date":"2017-02-16T20:05:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T04:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?page_id=39108"},"modified":"2017-02-16T20:05:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T04:05:04","slug":"laughter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/laughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laughing Ladies \/ NYC + Hanoi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To make a memorable photograph, try to make a photograph with laughter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One of the emotions I love is happiness. To me, happiness as an emotion can be manifested in many different ways. A practical way is through laughter.<\/p>\n

For example, this is one of my favorite photos: a photo of my grandma laughing:<\/p>\n

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My Grandma, Seoul, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How did I get the shot? Here is the contact:<\/p>\n

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To start off, I visited my grandma (around 82 years old), and wanted to document our experience together. I first photographed her a bit on the couch, then she told me she looked too shabby, so she got dressed up.<\/p>\n

She then came out of the room and said: “I’m ready now!” (she was decked out in his fashionable clothes).<\/p>\n

So we went to one of her bedrooms, and I tried to photograph her against a simple white background (in the spirit of Richard Avedon). I wanted her against a simple white background, for there to be no distractions.<\/p>\n

I have been trying to photograph more happy emotions in my photos, like laughter. I thought about my favorite ‘laughing lady’ photo:<\/p>\n

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The way I got the lady in NYC to laugh is by taking a lot of photos. Half-way through the series of images, the lady says: “You’re crazy!” and starts laughing. I just got one shot of her laughing:<\/p>\n

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Actually recently, I got another photo (quite similar) here in Hanoi:<\/p>\n

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Hanoi, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyways, I wanted to evoke laughter from my grandma– to make a happy image.<\/p>\n

To get her to laugh, I told her:<\/p>\n

\n Grandma, start laughing–just like me! “HAHAHAHAHAHA!”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And she started to imitate my laughter, and I kept taking a lot of photos with a flash. The last photo was the best. I’m glad I ‘worked the scene.’<\/p>\n

The world needs more laughing ladies:<\/p>\n

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