{"id":52357,"date":"2017-06-05T23:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T06:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=52357"},"modified":"2017-06-05T23:33:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T06:33:36","slug":"50-photography-tips-by-eric-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/05\/50-photography-tips-by-eric-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Photography Tips by ERIC KIM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. Camera in the hand, and don’t make any plans. <\/li>\n
  2. Understand you need to make a lot of photos to get a few good ones. <\/li>\n
  3. You don’t need to be in London or Rome, to photograph good pictures. <\/li>\n
  4. Let your own inner-critic be your best judge of your own photos. <\/li>\n
  5. Ignore social media numbers.<\/li>\n
  6. Only upload photos you like.<\/li>\n
  7. When in doubt, throw it out. <\/li>\n
  8. If your photos aren’t good enough, your camera isn’t expensive enough. <\/li>\n
  9. Don’t seek to add to your frame, seek to subtract, like a sculptor chipping away a block of marble.<\/li>\n
  10. Make interesting photos of a boring place. <\/li>\n
  11. Follow your own artistic taste. <\/li>\n
  12. Lace your photos with your own personal emotions and soul<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  13. Don’t follow any photographic mold– follow your own voice.<\/li>\n
  14. Find inspiration from all the arts: theater, sculpture, poetry, drawing, paintings, illustrations, digital, or film. Fill your creativity to the brim. <\/li>\n
  15. There is no winning on social media.<\/li>\n
  16. You can never have enough likes. <\/li>\n
  17. Your wife or husband is often the best judge of your photos. <\/li>\n
  18. To see more photo opportunities, keep your phone in airplane mode.<\/li>\n
  19. When you see a fork in the road, go straight (Jay-Z)<\/li>\n
  20. When in doubt, click.<\/li>\n
  21. Only pack one camera and lens for a photo trip. <\/li>\n
  22. Don’t shoot from the hip.<\/li>\n
  23. Make photos; don’t take photos. <\/li>\n
  24. Shoot film<\/a> to re-inspire your digital photography.<\/li>\n
  25. The best camera is your phone.<\/li>\n
  26. There is no red velvet chair in the social media throne. <\/li>\n
  27. Paint your own reality in monochrome<\/a><\/li>\n
  28. Photograph emotions in colors.<\/li>\n
  29. Like a child, follow your curiosity and your own wonderment.<\/li>\n
  30. Buy books<\/a>, not gear. <\/li>\n
  31. For photography poetic inspiration, read King Lear<\/li>\n
  32. Don’t steer your photography style; let your style guide you.<\/li>\n
  33. Photography equipment<\/a>: not every shoe fits every foot.<\/li>\n
  34. To make more photos, walk more. <\/li>\n
  35. There are no rules in photography, only tips and suggestions. <\/li>\n
  36. Let your photos cook before sharing them: don’t take half baked images out of the oven. <\/li>\n
  37. Don’t make an online photo gallery have more than a dozen photos. <\/li>\n
  38. Be your own photographic self-promoter<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  39. If you start getting hate on your photos, you are staring to get successful. <\/li>\n
  40. Photographers are artists<\/a>: to find more happiness, create more.<\/li>\n
  41. Realize you can make interesting photos in your own home. <\/li>\n
  42. Originality: take something old, and give it your own spin– says Eric Kim. <\/li>\n
  43. Street photography<\/a>: capture your own reality.<\/li>\n
  44. Your first (digital) million photos are your worst (a play off the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Your first 10,000 [film] photos are your worst.)<\/li>\n
  45. The best zoom: foot-zoom.<\/li>\n
  46. To capture more emotions in your photos, capture hand gestures.<\/li>\n
  47. Every photographer shoots him or herself.<\/li>\n
  48. Share<\/a> your photographic wealth.<\/li>\n
  49. When you have nothing to shoot, photograph yourself<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  50. Photography is a meditation on death<\/a> and life<\/a>, so never fall victim to bullshit and strife and pettiness– be the best person you can today, and pray that tomorrow will (also) be a good day. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Be strong,
    \nEric<\/p>\n

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