{"id":65884,"date":"2017-09-17T23:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T06:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=65884"},"modified":"2017-09-17T23:51:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T06:51:52","slug":"shoot-freely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/17\/shoot-freely\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot Freely!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Silhouette
Silhouette of men in suits, lined up. Ueno, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting on the streets, dance.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Shoot freely, openly. Improvise with your shooting. Like Nietzsche said, compose freely. Invent freely. Make visual images that are open, carefree, and fun.<\/p>\n

1. Photography should be fun!<\/h2>\n
\"Cindy
Cindy and hand through criss-cross diamond-patterned, translucent glass window. Tokyo, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Treat photography like playing. The world is your visual building blocks. Put them together in whatever combination you please. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re like the child of Heraclitus<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d the child at the beach, building sandcastles. Eventually, all the sand will flow back to the sea. But at least you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have had fun making the sandcastles.<\/p>\n

2. All will eventually drift back into the sea<\/h2>\n
\"Cindy
Cindy and red lips. Kyoto, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With art, your work will (eventually) fade. Put away your ambition to exist as a photographer and visual artist for millennia.<\/p>\n

Seek to make pictures that bring joy to you, and a few others in your life. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let anybody tell you what to shoot, how to shoot, and ignore anyone who tries to superimpose their tyrant-like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rules\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of photography and art onto you.<\/p>\n

Shoot freely. Shoot openly. Shoot what brings you joy.<\/p>\n

3. How to shoot freely<\/h2>\n
\"Walking
Walking woman. Kyoto street photograph, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In practical terms, some ideas\u00ef\u00bc\u0161<\/p>\n

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  1. Whenever you see anything you want to photograph, JUST SHOOT IT. Decide far later (perhaps when you get home) whether you want to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153keep\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ditch\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the shot. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t judge yourself during the shooting process. <\/li>\n
  2. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care to make \u00e2\u20ac\u0153original\u00e2\u20ac\u009d pictures. If you see something you want to photograph, yet you feel it is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cliche\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d shoot it anyways. Just seek to make good pictures which bring you joy. <\/li>\n
  3. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t follow \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rules\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of composition. Shoot, and compose…according to your gut. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do the same boring composition of straight lines and symmetry. Make DYNAMIC images, by tilting the camera. By sometimes not using the viewfinder. By sometimes shooting blind. My friend Neil Ta has a good photo assignment: Shoot for an hour with your LCD screen turned off (and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use a viewfinder). This will help you shoot more freely. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Above all, treat photography like playing. The more fun you have, the better pictures you will make.<\/p>\n

    \"Cindy
    Cindy at Traveling Coffee. Kyoto, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

    Next Steps<\/h2>\n

    \"Haptic<\/p>\n

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