{"id":400902,"date":"2022-05-10T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T03:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=400902"},"modified":"2022-05-10T23:02:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T03:02:38","slug":"you-are-what-you-photograph-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/10\/you-are-what-you-photograph-3\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are What You Photograph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A simple thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You are what you photograph.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly speaking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Just photograph your own life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the repercussions of this thought?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us take this thought. What does it imply, and how does it implicate us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It means you do not separate your everyday life from your photography &#8212; you simply integrate it all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No genre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A simple thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Do not separate your photography into genres.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every single genre in photography is a trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/genre-agnostic-photography\/\">Genre-agnostic photography<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/23\/why-i-am-anti-genre-in-photography\/\">Why I am anti genre in photography<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It limits what you can (and &#8216;cannot&#8217;) photograph.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photograph what you eat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another simple idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Photograph all your meals, your coffees, and what you consume during the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;You are what you eat&#8217; is a simple piece of wisdom. Perhaps we should apply it to photography as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wider edits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason why social media is a trap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The strategy is to just upload (1) of your best photos a day, in order to maximize your likes in photography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I say share <em>MORE<\/em> photos. In a single blog post, why not share a hundred, 200, 300, 400, 500 or 1000 photos? It is a simple way to <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/02\/1000x-photography\/\">1000x your photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What to do with all the photos? Simple: put them together in an <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/13\/how-i-make-imovie-slideshows\/\">iMovie slideshow<\/a> (.5 seconds per photo), and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/13\/how-i-make-beats-in-garageband\/\">make your own beats in garage band<\/a> to put them together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think of your photography as a continuum&#8211; a <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/20\/each-photo-you-shoot-is-part-of-a-stream-of-becoming\/\">stream<\/a> of images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/every-photo-you-shoot-is-in-a-stream-of-becoming\/id1475540481?i=1000510053104\">Podcast: every photo you shoot is in a stream of becoming<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Channel your frustrations in a positive way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever I&#8217;ve made a breakthrough in my photography it has always been born out of some sort of frustration. 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Similarly speaking: Just photograph your own life. What are the repercussions of this thought? Let us take this thought. What does it imply, and how does it implicate us? 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