{"id":198447,"date":"2019-12-21T15:52:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=198447"},"modified":"2019-12-22T08:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T16:04:08","slug":"what-is-more-important-living-a-great-life-or-making-great-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/21\/what-is-more-important-living-a-great-life-or-making-great-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"What is More Important: Living a Great Life or Making Great Photos?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My gut says making great photos. But in order to make great photos, we must also live a great life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do we balance the two?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignfull columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"785\" data-attachment-id=\"197951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-in-action\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1703&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1703\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rinzi Ruiz&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1317752169&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Rinzi Ruiz Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eric Kim in Action\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1703&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=1180%2C785&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"197951\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-in-action\/\" class=\"wp-image-197951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1318&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Eric-Kim-in-Action-scaled.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"785\" data-attachment-id=\"70044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/21\/how-to-become-stronger\/2-the-city-of-angels-lowrider\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2-the-city-of-angels-lowrider--scaled.jpg?fit=5212%2C3468&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5212,3468\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;M9 Digital Camera&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1317762876&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.022222222222222&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2 &amp;#8211; the city of angels lowrider\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lowrider. Downtown LA, 2011&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2-the-city-of-angels-lowrider--scaled.jpg?fit=2000%2C1331&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2-the-city-of-angels-lowrider-.jpg?resize=1180%2C785&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lowrider. 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