{"id":329012,"date":"2021-09-15T11:03:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=329012"},"modified":"2021-09-15T11:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:16:26","slug":"photographers-are-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/15\/photographers-are-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers are Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a different life I can totally see myself going to design school (like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risd.edu\">RISD<\/a>) and studying industrial or architecture design. Why? Design is king \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it dictates almost everything in our lives. And us as designers, we *<strong><em>designate<\/em><\/strong>* what is important and what is <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you happen to have fallen in with photography as your passion, also acknowledge you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a designer \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a visual embodied reality designer. 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href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/design\/\">DESIGN THOUGHTS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"869\" data-attachment-id=\"308983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/4accc122-d0a6-499a-b20a-76cfd2563461\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?fit=1242%2C915&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,915\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hand red black macro ERIC KIM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?fit=1242%2C915&amp;ssl=1\" 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KING.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/06\/why-design\/\">WHY DESIGN?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/17\/the-raging-bull\/\">THE RAGING BULL.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/16\/bare-bones\/\">BARE BONES.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/14\/the-best-car-for-thinking\/\">The Best Car for Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/29\/zen-aesthetics\/\">Zen Aesthetics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/24\/why-minimalism-2\/\">Why Minimalism?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/23\/spartan-design\/\">SPARTAN DESIGN.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/07\/generic-design\/\">Generic Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/07\/an-elite-aesthetic\/\">An Elite Aesthetic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/03\/not-hateful-design\/\">Not Hateful Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/17\/new-forward-facing-design-vs-retrospective-and-nostalgic-design\/\">New Forward Facing Design vs Retrospective and Nostalgic Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/15\/depressing-design-vs-uplifting-design\/\">Depressing Design vs Uplifting Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/15\/the-best-design-towards-what-ends\/\">The Best Design Towards What Ends?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/09\/exciting-or-boring-design\/\">Exciting or Boring Design?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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