{"id":109151,"date":"2018-08-11T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T23:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=109151"},"modified":"2018-08-11T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T23:35:04","slug":"living-a-good-life-is-more-important-than-taking-good-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/living-a-good-life-is-more-important-than-taking-good-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a Good Life is More Important than Taking Good Photos!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we seek to make good photos, we must first seek to live a good life!<\/p>\n

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At marou chocolate in Saigon with Cindy and Jennifer. Saigon, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the sucker mistake we make: we think that by taking good photos, we will be happier in life. But in truth, the reverse is true: to take better photos, live a happier life!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marou chocolate in Saigon probably my favorite place in the world to do creative work! With Cindy and Jennifer #a6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not in a mentally good or happy place, how do you expect to make good photos? This is why philosophy<\/a> is so essential to us as photographers; by better understanding why<\/a><\/em> we make photos, the more motivation<\/a> we will actually have to make photos!<\/p>\n

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If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re happy, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re gonna shoot photos. And the more you shoot (while in a good mood), the more free and good hour photos will be.<\/p>\n

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Why would you be the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best photographer, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re miserable inside? Unfortunately this happens to a lot of people \u00e2\u20ac\u201d some of the rich and famous we admire, are actually dying inside. Consider the suicides of Amy Winehouse, Anthony Bourdain, Robin Williams, and many others addicted to drugs and heroin. Even my best friend Kanye West<\/a> has admitted to being addicted to opiates, Xanax, and has even done liposuction.<\/p>\n

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\"Cindy<\/p>\n

To make better photos of your loved ones, first improve your relationships with them! Photography is my primary art form, but my relationship with Cindy is far more important. Even with CINDY PROJECT<\/a>, if Cindy doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want me to shoot her photo, I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Why have the most beautiful photo of Cindy, if I piss off the real life Cindy?<\/p>\n

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\"Anna<\/p>\n

Photography can be used as a tool to help us find more gratitude and happiness in life. For example, I like to photograph my loved ones because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a reminder to me that one day they will die, and I should appreciate them while they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still alive! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a simple photographic memento mori<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Have fun with your loved ones<\/h2>\n

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We made the book, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My first photography book<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to teach my niece Amelia how to take photos!<\/p>\n