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Dear friend,<\/p>\n
I think what we should aim for in our photos is to evoke a feeling\u00e2\u20ac\u201d a mood. What is on our minds. How we feel.<\/p>\n
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How can you make photos the mood of your soul?<\/p>\n
I feel the way you can better show your mood and soul through your photographs is to photograph how you feel.<\/p>\n
If you feel moody and depressed, photograph with that emotion. Look for others who look solitary, alone, and depressed. Perhaps shoot with in high-contrast monochrome to reflect your dark feelings.<\/p>\n
If you are feeling elated, and life is looking kodachrome-rosy for you, shoot with soft pastel colors, and look for natural shapes that uplift you.<\/p>\n
You want to make photos which show your soul. Every photo you make is a self-portrait of yourself. Of how you feel. Of how you see the world.<\/p>\n
Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seek objectivity in your photography. Make your photos as subjective and about you as possible.<\/p>\n
There is no ultimate truth in photography. Only your opinion and perspective of the world.<\/p>\n
Only show in your viewfinder or frame what you want to show. Subtract everything else.<\/p>\n
A photograph that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stir the hearts, emotions, or soul of your viewer is dead. <\/p>\n
The first test I have to myself before uploading a photograph is that I look at my own photos, and I think to myself:<\/p>\n
\nDo I feel anything in my heart when I look at this image?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Also as a tip, I recommend looking at your photos as small thumbnails. If a photograph as a small thumbnail can stir your emotions, it is probably a strong image.<\/p>\n
5. Photography is self-therapy<\/h2>\n
One of the best ways I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve dealt with pain, suffering, and death is to photograph it. For me, photographing death was like self-therapy.<\/p>\n
Even street photography was a chance for me to overcome my personal fears in life. <\/p>\n
Not only that, but street photography gave me an excuse to go on walks. To air out my mind. To relieve stress, anxiety, and frustration in my personal life. <\/p>\n
I think photography is the ultimate self-therapy tool. If photography isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decreasing stress, frustration, and sadness in your life\u00e2\u20ac\u201d what is it good for?<\/p>\n
6. Photograph what you feel, and feel what you photograph<\/h2>\n
Ultimately, photograph with your entire being; your entire soul.<\/p>\n
Feel what you photograph. And photograph what you feel.<\/p>\n
Always,
\nEric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear friend, I think what we should aim for in our photos is to evoke a feeling\u00e2\u20ac\u201d a mood. What is on our minds. How we feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42812,"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,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42847","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\/0.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42847","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=42847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}