{"id":53449,"date":"2017-06-22T02:16:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=53449"},"modified":"2017-06-22T02:17:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T09:17:26","slug":"how-to-get-into-a-street-photography-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/22\/how-to-get-into-a-street-photography-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get into a Street Photography Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Street photography flow,
\nWherever your heart leads you, that is where you must go.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Let the visual champagne flow,
\nLife is a visual feast, make your inner light glow.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Street photography is your own visual show
\nAnd feast
\nWhen you hit the streets, do it like a BEAST.<\/p>\n

You are a STREET GOD
\nyou create your own visual reality,
\nDo it without restrictions,
\nFlow your images like a visual breeze.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Avoid visual cliches,
\nShoot street photography your own way.<\/p>\n

Ignore the rules and definitions,
\nJust capture your own reality, high-definition.<\/p>\n

This ain’t no Truman show,
\nYou control your own visual throne.<\/p>\n

\"Hanoi,<\/p>\n

Capture it in monochrome<\/a>
\nOr color<\/a>
\nWhatever you do– color your own mood and do it while in your own zone.<\/p>\n

You rule the streets,
\nYou are Caesar, and the streets are your Rome
\nShow others how you see– make it shown.
\nJam out to this street photography vibe with me, you’re in the zone.<\/p>\n

\"Downtown<\/p>\n

ERIC KIM: Join my team, and all we will do is win.
\nKeep your photographic life long, like a Slim Jim.
\nAnd blast monsters of self-doubt; Earthworm Jim.<\/p>\n

\"Downtown
Downtown LA, 2011 \/ Photo by Rinzi Ruiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you lack inspiration,
\nJim Raynor it, and take a visual Stim-Pack
\nStack inspiration and you will never lack
\nVisual inspiration.<\/p>\n

Tune into the ERIC KIM BLOG radio station.
\nStudy Richard Avedon, the street portrait DON
\nor study Henri Cartier-Bresson,
\nHe was always shooting with a Zen vibe, he shot the streets for 30+ years long.<\/p>\n

Or study Josef Koudelka,
\nHe’s the visual heavyweight heavy-hitter,
\nFloyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

When in doubt, take a step closer
\nPut on your street photography Stoic body armor.<\/p>\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

Shoot what you’re afraid of,
\nBecause that’s what will help you grow
\nNever throw in the photography towel
\nShoot the streets until the day you die.<\/p>\n

So don’t lose your steam,
\nStay alive.<\/p>\n

Shoot everyday, maybe just use your phone.
\nStick it to airplane mode, and shoot in the zone.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

For more inspiration, pick up STREET NOTES<\/a>— when you’re lacking inspiration and feel a lump in your throat.<\/p>\n

For more inspiration, pick up an ERIC KIM STRAP<\/a> and hit the streets, dressed in all black.<\/p>\n

For more inspiration, buy FILM NOTES<\/a>— you will keep on winning, you’ll never choke.<\/p>\n

For more inspiration, buy PHOTO JOURNAL<\/a>— break out of your self-imposed creative rut, break the shell of the turtle.<\/p>\n

\"eric<\/p>\n

Your potential knows no bounds,
\nJust dance in the streets, with visual sounds.<\/p>\n

When you rock the streets, do it fucking loud
\nIgnore the nay-sayers, and the hating crowd.<\/p>\n

You got this shit,
\nSo make it rip.<\/p>\n

Take it to the highest level,
\nYour street photography bass and treble.<\/p>\n

\"eric-kim-street-photography-portrait-ricohgr-2015-nyc-laughing-lady-5thave<\/p>\n

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 101 ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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