{"id":129658,"date":"2019-02-21T07:58:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=129658"},"modified":"2019-02-23T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T17:45:16","slug":"express-your-gratitude-towards-life-and-being-alive-through-your-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/21\/express-your-gratitude-towards-life-and-being-alive-through-your-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Express Your Gratitude towards Life (and being alive) through your Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Express Your Gratitude towards Life (and Being Alive) Through Your Photography Philosophy\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeMA5goF1rM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Gratitude of Life by the Photographer Artist<\/p>\n<p>Question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To what degree do you value life and being alive?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"to what degree do you value life\" href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/to-what-degree-do-you-value-life.pdf\">Download pdf text: To what degree do you value life<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Gratitude<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?fit=3712%2C2784&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3712,2784\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550653017&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim street photography mexico jpeg lumix g9-138\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?resize=1180%2C885&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"eric kim street photography mexico jpeg lumix g9-138\" width=\"1180\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?w=3712&amp;ssl=1 3712w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?resize=690%2C518&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-138.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Generally speaking, we are all grateful of being alive. But to what <em>degree<\/em> are we grateful of being alive?<\/p>\n<p>Some of us are mildly grateful of being alive, but I think our gratitude towards life and being alive is demonstrated by how we act, talk, and think.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129646\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?fit=2784%2C3712&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2784,3712\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550656692&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim street photography mexico jpeg lumix g9-144\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?resize=1180%2C1573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"eric kim street photography mexico jpeg lumix g9-144\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?w=2784&amp;ssl=1 2784w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?resize=1000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?resize=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?resize=500%2C667&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?resize=690%2C920&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-144.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For myself, I believe the individual who has deep gratitude of being alive (highest degree) is the most creatively productive. The individual with uber gratitude towards life extracts the maximum from their own life, in order to create art works, writings, videos, or any other form of media or information to express their gratitude towards life.<\/p>\n<h2>What do you desire to express through your photos?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1180\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/erickimphotography.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/express-your-gratitude-towards-life-and-being-alive-through-your-photography\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:14343255}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1180px; height: 334px;\" data-original-width=\"1180\" data-original-height=\"334\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 590px; height: 334px;\" data-original-width=\"590\" data-original-height=\"334\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-jpeg-mexico-city-v0-32\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"586\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"330\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"129397\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550399629&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 &amp;#8211; JPEG &amp;#8211; Mexico City v0-32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?w=586&#038;h=330&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-32.jpg?resize=690%2C388&amp;ssl=1 690w\" width=\"586\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"586\" data-original-height=\"330\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-32\" alt=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-32\" style=\"width: 586px; height: 330px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 590px; height: 334px;\" data-original-width=\"590\" data-original-height=\"334\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-jpeg-mexico-city-v0-33\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"586\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"330\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"129398\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550399678&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 &amp;#8211; JPEG &amp;#8211; Mexico City v0-33\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?w=586&#038;h=330&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-33.jpg?resize=690%2C388&amp;ssl=1 690w\" width=\"586\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"586\" data-original-height=\"330\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-33\" alt=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-33\" style=\"width: 586px; height: 330px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>I think this is perhaps also related to why we shoot street photography:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We desire to express our gratitude for being alive and a part of society (love towards strangers) that we photograph others!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, the motive of the photographer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The degree to which photographers photograph reality is dependent on how much gratitude they have towards being alive, and the degree of gratitude towards their loved ones who they photograph.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1180\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/erickimphotography.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/express-your-gratitude-towards-life-and-being-alive-through-your-photography\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:14343255}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1180px; height: 346px;\" data-original-width=\"1180\" data-original-height=\"346\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 346px;\" data-original-width=\"460\" data-original-height=\"346\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-jpeg-mexico-city-v0-34\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"456\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"342\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"129399\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-34-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3712,2784\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550399782&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 &amp;#8211; JPEG &amp;#8211; Mexico City v0-34\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-34-scaled.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-34-scaled.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-34-scaled.jpg?w=456&#038;h=342&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"456\" height=\"342\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"456\" data-original-height=\"342\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-34\" alt=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-34\" style=\"width: 456px; height: 342px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 260px; height: 346px;\" data-original-width=\"260\" data-original-height=\"346\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-jpeg-mexico-city-v0-42\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"256\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"342\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"129407\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-42-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2784,3712\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550400578&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 &amp;#8211; JPEG &amp;#8211; Mexico City v0-42\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-42-scaled.jpg?fit=1000%2C1333&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-42-scaled.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-42-scaled.jpg?w=256&#038;h=342&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"256\" height=\"342\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"256\" data-original-height=\"342\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-42\" alt=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-42\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 342px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 346px;\" data-original-width=\"460\" data-original-height=\"346\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-jpeg-mexico-city-v0-44\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"456\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"342\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"129409\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-44-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3712,2784\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550401372&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 &amp;#8211; JPEG &amp;#8211; Mexico City v0-44\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-44-scaled.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-44-scaled.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-photography-lumix-g9-JPEG-Mexico-City-v0-44-scaled.jpg?w=456&#038;h=342&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"456\" height=\"342\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"456\" data-original-height=\"342\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-44\" alt=\"eric kim photography lumix g9 - JPEG - Mexico City v0-44\" style=\"width: 456px; height: 342px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>For example, I feel deep gratitude for having Cindy in my life as my soulmate. Thus my Cindyproject is a reflection of my deep gratitude for Cindy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s existence, and my own personal existence being with her.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Photograph your own happiness<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-147\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexico-jpeg-lumix-g9-147.jpg?fit=3888%2C5184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3888,5184\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550656894&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim street photography mexico jpeg lumix 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