{"id":63176,"date":"2017-08-17T01:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T08:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=63176"},"modified":"2017-08-17T01:51:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T08:51:54","slug":"how-to-be-excited-about-photography-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/17\/how-to-be-excited-about-photography-again\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be Excited About Photography Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have recently been shooting on a phone, and last night, I was so damn excited… shooting night photography with the Google Nexus 6P and HDR+. I felt like a kid again…exploring and experiencing photography for the first time.<\/p>\n

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When we’re kids, we have open possibilities. Everything amazes us.<\/p>\n

At what point do we become jaded, bored, and disinterested?<\/p>\n

What fucked up my joy of photography<\/h2>\n
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I know for me in photography, this is what has HURT my curiosity and joy of photography:<\/p>\n

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  1. Obsession with what others think of my pictures. Therefore, caring more about how many likes and followers I get on social media, rather than making photos which excited me<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  2. Worrying whether I’m making “artistic” or “serious” photographs, instead of making photos that are fun and silly.<\/li>\n
  3. Over obsession with equipment and gear. Solution: just shooting with a phone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The joy of shooting and experimenting with night-time photography<\/h2>\n
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    Night time picture of Kyoto Bridge. HDR+ on Google Nexus 6P. Processed with VSCO with f2 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Shooting at night with the Google 6P and HDR+<\/a> blew my fucking mind.<\/p>\n

    Why?<\/p>\n

    Google has pretty much mastered image post processing in low light situations, with superior noise reduction algorithms, and the colors look true to life.<\/p>\n

    Essentially, with HDR+, I make photos of what is inside my mind’s eye.<\/p>\n

    In simple words:<\/p>\n

    \n My pictures look the way I want them to look like.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Shoot like a child.<\/h2>\n
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    Therefore to be excited about photography again, I actually really do recommend you to try shooting like a child.<\/p>\n

    Use a phone in automatic mode and just take pictures of WHATEVER. I had fun just shooting pictures inside the grocery market here in Kyoto.<\/p>\n

    Also, I had fun experimenting with composition, by tilting the phone camera. By trying to simplify the scenes. To make pictures that were weird, and not serious.<\/p>\n

    Make your own photography blog and treat it like your own visual playground<\/h2>\n
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    My sister Annette. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset. Shot on Google Nexus 6P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Also, the pressure of NOT having to care about how many likes you are going to get on a picture is liberating. It means, you can really make photos for yourself.<\/p>\n

    The best advice I can give is to delete your Instagram<\/a>, make your own photography blog (1qnd1.com and WordPress.org or just use WordPress.com).<\/p>\n

    Less extreme: restart your social media accounts. Set all your Flickr pictures to” Private” and start to re-upload all your favorite pictures.<\/p>\n

    In Instagram, delete or archive all the pictures in your stream, and start from scratch.<\/p>\n

    Therefore, you are opening the roads to POSSIBILITY, FUN, and ADVENTURE, rather than being tied down or enslaved to your past self.<\/p>\n

    All art is just playing.<\/h2>\n
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    No boundaries.<\/p>\n

    Shoot people, food, plants, trees, birds, yourself, your loved ones, selfies, things on the ground, things in the sky.<\/p>\n

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    Kyoto, 2017. Google Nexus 6P and HDR+. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Shoot videos, make paintings, dance, and sing.<\/p>\n