{"id":344441,"date":"2021-12-22T13:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=344441"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:57:48","slug":"life-update-from-mexico-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/22\/life-update-from-mexico-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Update from Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life in Mexico City is good. Photography Paradise. Ideal place to escape the cold for us east coasters.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Ricoh for the win<\/h2>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m quite certain Ricoh GR III is the perfect camera, especially for travel and more. For street photography it is great and low-key. And with Covid and face masks, I feel we can become more ghost like and stealth.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/eric-kim-hand-strap\/\">ERIC KIM WRIST STRAP MARK II<\/a> with it and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re set.<\/p>\n<h2>Make pdf books<\/h2>\n<p>Another new innovative way to share your photos while on the road\u00e2\u20ac\u201d PDF. Easy to make with Apple MacBook laptop in MacOS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/15\/mexico-city-v3-x-v4-x-v5\/?amp\">PDFs of Mexico City &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/22\/mexico-city-photos\/\">More photos here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The future of travel?<\/h2>\n<p>Travel for the brave. Now with Omicron, travel is far more risky. The question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How bad do I want it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Digital nomad or Silicon Valley billionaire?<\/h2>\n<p>It seems even Silicon Valley billionaires desire to live nomadically, not being tied down by physical possessions and homes. Even my ideal\u00e2\u20ac\u201d don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t own a phone. Just a MacBook Air and RICOH GR III \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the ideal minimal viable digital tools combination.<\/p>\n<p>Funny enough being here, the digital nomads are very happy. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/channel\/UCix1u7fu-ZFW0YwWemo25XA\">Todd Hata<\/a>. Funny enough I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never met a happy person from Silicon Valley, no matter how successful or rich. And\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many Silicon Valley billionaires who want to become digital nomads, very few digital nomads who desire to become (tied down) Silicon Valley billionaires.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>So what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the goal?<\/h2>\n<p>Photographers should have a blog. Why? The blog is the ultimate creative canvas to share your photos art and ideas. Even a thought, I think a lot of philosophers of the past would have loved to have a blog.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc for example, many of the thoughts from Nietzsche would have made really great blog posts.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<p>We desire to propagate ourselves, and our artworks.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<h2>Photo thoughts<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Just shoot it all.<\/li>\n<li>Shoot 10x more photos than you think you should<\/li>\n<li>To study composition, study the work of Henri Cartier Bresson, or bauhaus art. Also watch great cinema\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc. 7samurai as a favorite<\/li>\n<li>Still much innovation left to be made in black-and-white photography. I actually think black-and-white photography is the future<\/li>\n<li>Think more philosophically about your photography.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Recap your photos from this year<\/h2>\n<p>Do a virtual photo catalog of your pictures from this year. Choose your best photo photos from this year, and make a set.<\/p>\n<p>You can print them out, share them with friends and family, or publish them to your website or blog. You can also make a PDF.<\/p>\n<h2>Your photography assignment<\/h2>\n<p>Extreme minimalism. Upload your best photos to <a href=\"https:\/\/arsbeta.com\">arsbeta.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Holiday ideas<\/h2>\n<p>Some holiday ideas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rent an Airbnb, and stay there a few days with friends or family. Always the best is to invest money in experiences, not stuff.<\/li>\n<li>If you want a smaller camera, get a Ricoh GR 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/product\/eric-kim-neck-strap\/\">ERIC kim neck strap mark II as a good choice<\/a> to complement your Ricoh.<\/li>\n<li>If you want a new Apple product, I really like the new Apple mini HomePod. Syncs well with your iPhone, and use it with Apple Music.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/li>\n<li>Watch the new Dune movie or the matrix movie on HBO max. If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have HBO max, just subscribe for a month to test it out.<\/li>\n<li>HAPTIC HOLIDAY PROMO: Buy anything over $250 USD from the <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/shop\/\">HAPTIC SHOP<\/a> and get free ERIC KIM WALLET with your order. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Digital medium format ideas<\/h2>\n<p>Just finished a workshop in Mexico City, and one of my students Chris Chung had a new Hasselblad digital medium format, the XD MARK II. Very cool camera, very compact, and probably the best designed camera I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen in a long time. For the money, I think it is much better than even getting a digital Leica.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<p>I still think that if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to spend a lot of money on a digital camera nowadays, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/digital-medium-format\/?amp\">digital medium format<\/a> is still the way to go. And just shoot in small JPEG, you still get the digital medium format pop and the 3-D feel.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n<p>Read more, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/20\/mexico-city-is-a-perfect-city\/\">how Mexico City is a perfect city &gt;\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life in Mexico City is good. Photography Paradise. 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