{"id":63387,"date":"2017-08-19T21:25:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T04:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=63387"},"modified":"2017-08-19T21:34:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T04:34:06","slug":"why-i-like-to-take-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/19\/why-i-like-to-take-selfies\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Like to Take Selfies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kyoto
Kyoto selfie. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think selfies are the best pictures you can take. Why?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Selfie
Selfie with Cindy in car. Berkeley, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First of all, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not hurting anybody else. In street photography, you might piss off your subject. In selfie photography, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just analyzing and capturing yourself and your own soul.<\/p>\n

Secondly, you can shoot selfies anywhere. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not dependent on anybody else. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to go through the hassle of hiring models. You always have yourself to shoot.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to live anywhere interesting to make good selfies. Just shoot selfies in mirrors, reflections, elevators, with the front or back camera, or just shoot your shadow.<\/p>\n

Fourth, it builds self-confidence. A lot of us are uncomfortable with our own self image. Shooting selfies encourages us to ask ourselves, why<\/em> a, I dissatisfied with how I look?<\/p>\n

Fifth, selfies are fun.<\/p>\n

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Selfie shadow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Objections to selfies:<\/h2>\n
\"Selfie
Selfie kiss. Saigon, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  1. It is vain and self-centered: What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so bad about being vain and self-centered? Are you hurting anybody else? Anyone who criticizes you for being vain, is just insecure about their own self-image.<\/li>\n
  2. Selfies aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t artistic: You can make artistic selfies. Just study the work of Lee Friedlander<\/a> and Vivian Maier<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Selfies are fake: Yes, but all of Photography is fake and filtered through a lens, jpeg processing, raw processing, etc. To think of Photography to show an objective \u00e2\u20ac\u0153reality\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is false.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Topless
    Topless bathroom selfie. Hanoi, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Honor thy selfie.<\/h2>\n
    \"\"
    Honor Thy Selfie by Annette Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Honor yourselfie<\/a>. Have self-confidence how you look, think, and act.<\/p>\n

    You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gotta share your selfies. Shoot them for yourself. Share the selfies of yourself that you like.<\/p>\n

    Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry about people calling you vain or self-centered. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you love yourself, and your self-image? Is your selfie hurting anybody else? I think not.<\/p>\n

    BE STRONG,
    \nERIC<\/p>\n

    SHARE YOUR SELFIE IN ERIC KIM FORUM ><\/a><\/p>\n

    \n

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    \"\"
    Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"ERIC
    ERIC KIM SELFIE with black wall. Kyoto, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Saigon
    Saigon selfie. 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Saigon
    Saigon silhouette, hotel room selfie. 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    \"\"
    Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Selfie
    Selfie in Kyoto with Necus 6P and HDR+. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"ERIC
    ERIC KIM SELFIE with black wall. Kyoto, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"Shadow
    Shadow selfie at sunset. Processed with VSCO with a6 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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