{"id":153180,"date":"2019-07-08T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T01:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=153180"},"modified":"2019-07-09T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T04:00:50","slug":"photography-philosophy-how-to-make-authentic-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/08\/photography-philosophy-how-to-make-authentic-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography Philosophy: How to Make Authentic Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Photography Philosophy: How to Make Authentic Photos\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQ98ZjGDA44?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first step in photography philosophy: make authentic photos (for yourself), not in order to please\/impress others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is &#8216;authentic&#8217; photography?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"153136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/6668ec27-0262-43ca-b6a0-240290ac4ecc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6668EC27-0262-43CA-B6A0-240290AC4ECC.jpeg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" 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