{"id":34148,"date":"2017-03-27T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34148"},"modified":"2017-03-27T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T05:54:13","slug":"good-vs-meaningful-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/27\/good-vs-meaningful-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d vs \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Meaningful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/how-to-make-good-photos-on-a-shitty-camera\/how-to-make-good-photos-with-a-shitty-camera-026\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" 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 mom bed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-44554\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026-800x450.jpeg?resize=800%2C450\" alt=\"eric kim mom bed\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026.jpeg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it be a <em>meaningful<\/em> photo?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Definitions<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/how-to-make-good-photos-on-a-shitty-camera\/how-to-make-good-photos-with-a-shitty-camera-019\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.019.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" 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=\"HOW TO MAKE GOOD PHOTOS WITH A SHITTY CAMERA.019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.019.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-44547\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.019-800x450.jpeg?resize=800%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.019.jpeg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.019.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.019.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153meaningful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photo?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photo depends on others\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 opinions of your photos.<\/li>\n<li>A \u00e2\u20ac\u0153meaningful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photo depends on your own evaluation of your own photos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Do you want to be a slave?<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/how-to-make-good-photos-on-a-shitty-camera\/how-to-make-good-photos-with-a-shitty-camera-023\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.023.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" 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=\"HOW TO MAKE GOOD PHOTOS WITH A SHITTY CAMERA.023\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.023.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-44551\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.023-800x450.jpeg?resize=800%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.023.jpeg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.023.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.023.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you only try to photograph \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photos \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you will forever be a slave to the opinions of others.<\/p>\n<p>However if you strive to make meaningful photos\u00e2\u20ac\u201d you will shoot with all your heart, emotion, and soul. You will never betray your own artistic vision. You will have more confidence, enthusiasm, and love in your photo-making process.<\/p>\n<h2>No good or bad photos exist<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44549\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/how-to-make-good-photos-on-a-shitty-camera\/how-to-make-good-photos-with-a-shitty-camera-021\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.021.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" 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=\"HOW TO MAKE GOOD PHOTOS WITH A SHITTY CAMERA.021\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.021.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-44549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.021-800x450.jpeg?resize=800%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.021.jpeg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.021.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.021.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As an experiment, let us remove the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bad\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from our photography. Let us only consider our photos as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153meaningful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153un-meaningful.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>This is one step towards a more personal approach to our photography.<\/p>\n<p>Always,<br \/>\nEric<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more: <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/personal-photography\/\"><strong>Personal Photography &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it be a meaningful photo?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HOW-TO-MAKE-GOOD-PHOTOS-WITH-A-SHITTY-CAMERA.026.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34148","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=34148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}