{"id":108877,"date":"2018-08-09T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T19:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=108877"},"modified":"2018-08-09T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:01:12","slug":"candid-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/09\/candid-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Candid Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is candid photography? What does it mean? And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the significance of the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153candid\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/p>\n

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Generally I think when we say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153candid\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, we mean \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unrehearsed, unposed, and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctrue\/authentic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

But this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite a good way to think about it \u00e2\u20ac\u201d because you can capture photos of unposed situations, which aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t true and authentic!<\/p>\n

Similarly, you can shoot posed photos of your loved ones which are authentic!<\/p>\n

Thus in one sense, what we are seeking in our photos is some sense of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153authenticity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But this is also a problem, because what makes a photo \u00e2\u20ac\u0153authentic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or not?<\/p>\n

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When we say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153authentic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d we mean to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153genuine<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153, which means in Latin genuinus (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153innate, native, natural\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n

Which means in photography, we are trying to capture the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153innate\/native\u00e2\u20ac\u009d soul of someone.<\/p>\n

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Therefore, when it comes to photographing people, it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter whether your photos are posed or unposed. It comes down to:<\/p>\n

\n Does this photograph reveal the authentic soul of the person?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Of course there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no ultimate truth or authenticity in photography. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s up to your own interpretation! I try to photograph my love with Cindy as authentically as I see. But ultimately, my perspective is mine. Cindy obviously sees our relationship differently than I see it, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay! My duty as a photographer is to present my own perspective with others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So friend as a practical takeaway, my idea is this:<\/p>\n

\n Photograph whatever is personally meaningful to you, and do it as beautifully as you can. Then share this perspective with others.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true authenticity as a photographer.<\/p>\n

ERIC<\/p>\n

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What is candid photography? What does it mean? And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the significance of the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153candid\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Eric-kim-street-photography-Ricoh-gr-ii-Color-chroma-jpeg-130.jpg?fit=3264%2C4928&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=108877"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108889,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108877\/revisions\/108889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}