{"id":557051,"date":"2023-10-31T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=557051"},"modified":"2023-10-31T14:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:05:20","slug":"becoming-a-zen-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/31\/becoming-a-zen-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"BECOMING A ZEN PHOTOGRAPHER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the books that I wrote which I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the most proud of is my <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zen-Photography-by-Eric-Kim.pdf\">Zen Photography book<\/a>, which I finished in the Vietnam, at the wonderful LA VIET coffee cafe compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the reason why I love my Zen Photography book, and why it has resonated with so many people is that it is honest, interesting, and insightful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have some general thoughts about how to become a zen photographer \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the first is focusing on the zen photography aesthetic and ethos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second one is very simple: delete all of your social media accounts. Delete Instagram, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use it. Delete comments, delete statistics, disable them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where I still recommend using wordpress.org over wordpress.com. it seems that wordpress.com, which is run by automaticc\u00e2\u20ac\u201d they always find a stealthy way to try to include statistics and stats into everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With wordpress.org, you can disable comments, disable stats, disable at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you really really really really really want to become a zen photographer, the strategy is to structure things in such a way in which you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not exposed to any feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, I think the reason why I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never put Seneca in organize sports is that the folks on numbers, games, winners and losers is a bad one. I would rather just take him to a park, like Calvin and Hobbs just play Calvin ball; just make up the game as you go along. And ultimately the sport in the game isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even that important, what is more important is your courage physicality strength and physical capacity and capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zen aesthetics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First and foremost, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually necessary to shoot black-and-white. I personally prefer it, but you can still do it in color! Just keep the color super minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, I really like the photo creation done by the Apple photos team, there is this fun little dynamic photo exhibition gallery thing in front of the Apple office in Culver City on Washington, the competitions are beautiful; simple, elegant and flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">iPad Pro photographer?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just shoot on your iPad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the books that I wrote which I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the most proud of is my Zen Photography book, which I finished in the Vietnam, at the wonderful LA VIET coffee cafe compound. 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