{"id":61651,"date":"2017-08-05T12:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T19:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=61651"},"modified":"2017-08-04T20:17:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T03:17:38","slug":"venture-to-photograph-your-own-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/05\/venture-to-photograph-your-own-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture to Photograph Your Own Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61620\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/saigon-2017\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4928,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR II&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1501371678&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography saigon-0019592\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kiss lipstick in mirror. Saigon, 2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?fit=800%2C530&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592-800x530.jpg?resize=800%2C530\" alt=\"Kiss lipstick in mirror.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-large wp-image-61620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?resize=800%2C530&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?resize=180%2C119&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiss lipstick in mirror.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47090\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/cubism\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-3.jpg?fit=3000%2C2265&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,2265\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1428877607&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim cubism &amp;#8211; side by side laughing lady nyc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eric Kim laughing lady x Photocubism &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-3.jpg?fit=800%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-3-800x604.jpg?resize=800%2C604\" alt=\"eric kim cubism - side by side laughing lady nyc\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" class=\"size-large wp-image-47090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-3.jpg?resize=800%2C604&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-3.jpg?resize=768%2C580&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eric-kim-cubism-side-by-side-laughing-lady-nyc-3.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Kim laughing lady x Photocubism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every photo you make is a reflection of how you see and interact with the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40680\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-capture-a-persons-soul-in-a-photograph\/20170130-e0004960eric-kim-photography-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-1-1.jpg?fit=3264%2C4928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,4928\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR II&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1485772219&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHY&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-laughing lady hanoi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-1-1.jpg?fit=800%2C1208&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-1-1-800x1208.jpg?resize=800%2C1208\" alt=\"Laughing lady Hanoi, 2017\" width=\"800\" height=\"1208\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-1-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1208&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1160&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-1-1.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laughing lady Hanoi, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The best photographer is a happy, joyful photographer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40681\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/how-to-capture-a-persons-soul-in-a-photograph\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi.jpg?fit=2550%2C1768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2550,1768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;E0004945.DNG: ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHY\\rE0004946.DNG: ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHY\\rE0004947.DNG: ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHY\\rE0004948.DNG: ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20170130-E0004960eric-kim-photography-laughing lady hanoi contact sheet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Contact sheet. Laughing lady Hanoi, 2017&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi.jpg?fit=800%2C555&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi-800x555.jpg?resize=800%2C555\" alt=\"Contact sheet. Laughing lady Hanoi, 2017\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi.jpg?resize=800%2C555&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi.jpg?resize=768%2C532&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0-laughing-lady-hanoi.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contact sheet. Laughing lady Hanoi, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you shoot with your heart on your sleeve? Do you make yourself naked to your subject when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re photographing them? Know the best way to make your subject vulnerable to you, is to first become vulnerable yourself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28275\" style=\"width: 1142px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/04\/street-photography-102\/1-contact-paris-laughing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-contact-paris-laughing.jpg?fit=1142%2C820&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1142,820\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1-contact-paris laughing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Contact sheet. Laughing Paris. I took two photos of this man, obviously the second photo of him laughing is better.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-contact-paris-laughing.jpg?fit=1142%2C820&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-contact-paris-laughing.jpg?resize=1142%2C820\" alt=\"Contact sheet. Laughing Paris. \" width=\"1142\" height=\"820\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-contact-paris-laughing.jpg?w=1142&amp;ssl=1 1142w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-contact-paris-laughing.jpg?resize=660%2C474&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-contact-paris-laughing.jpg?resize=768%2C551&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contact sheet. Laughing Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do your photos bring joy to your own life? If not, why not?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61171\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/03\/eric-kim-tri-x-1600-film-pictures\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136.jpg?fit=1024%2C1545&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1545\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography black and white tri x 1600 leica mp 35mm film-1136\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Laughing man in Paris. 2015.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136.jpg?fit=800%2C1207&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136-800x1207.jpg?resize=800%2C1207\" alt=\"Laughing man in Paris. 2015.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1207\" class=\"size-large wp-image-61171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136.jpg?resize=800%2C1207&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/eric-kim-photography-black-and-white-tri-x-1600-leica-mp-35mm-film-1136.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laughing man in Paris. 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If your photos cause you to smile, laugh, and feel joyful of being alive&#8230; congratulations friend, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on the right path.<\/p>\n<p>BE STRONG,<br \/>\nERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61620,"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-61651","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\/07\/eric-kim-photography-saigon-0019592.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61651","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=61651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61653,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61651\/revisions\/61653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}