{"id":34142,"date":"2017-03-25T02:55:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T09:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34142"},"modified":"2017-03-26T20:38:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T03:38:33","slug":"shoot-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/25\/shoot-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot Different."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/26\/10-reasons-why-your-smartphone-is-the-best-camera\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography smartphone android street10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10-800x533.jpg?resize=800%2C533\" alt=\"eric kim photography smartphone android street10 green shoe\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-44733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why shoot like everyone else, when you are a unique, idiosyncratic individual, with unique life experiences, different from everyone else?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The world wants you to be vanilla. The world doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want you to stand out. The world wants to keep you in a box. The world doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want you to rebel.<\/p>\n<p>Why follow the masses of other photographers, and just photograph how they photograph? Why just shoot boring landscapes, pretty flowers, and cliche images, that aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t true to who you are?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoot different.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What do you find interesting?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34053\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/13\/push-your-boundaries\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1325\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479461909&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM STREET PHOTOGRAPHY&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kyoto, 2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149-2000x1325.jpg?resize=2000%2C1325\" alt=\"Kyoto, 2016\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149.jpg?resize=660%2C437&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/eric-kim-street-photography-kyoto-0001149.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyoto, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You should only photograph what <em>you<\/em> find interesting, unique, and meaningful. You shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t photograph how other people are photographing.<\/p>\n<p>Follow your own heart, your intuition, and your own gut.<\/p>\n<h2>Who are you?<\/h2>\n<p>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be different for the sake of being different. Just be you.<\/p>\n<p>Shoot who you are, and ignore everybody else.<\/p>\n<p>Always,<br \/>\nEric<\/p>\n<p>Learn more: Personal Photography &gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why shoot like everyone else, when you are a unique, idiosyncratic individual, with unique life experiences, different from everyone else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/eric-kim-photography-smartphone-android-street10.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}