{"id":669280,"date":"2026-04-28T10:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=669280"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:18:05","slug":"the-artist-conquerer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/28\/the-artist-conquerer\/","title":{"rendered":"The artist-conquerer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK so lately I\u2019ve been thinking is\u2026 After not having the Rico GR for so long, and once again, thank God regaining access to it, maybe the joy and delight that I have is, this interesting new realization about, life Hope spring Joy etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Camera for artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I think this is the big thought, actually, the ideal camera for the artist, is a compact digital camera. Why? Imagine like you\u2019re like a John Wick, or like a samurai of some sort, or whatever. The ideal isn\u2019t to be walking around like with a bazooka at all times or whatever, but instead\u2026 To always be ready with your handy compact handgun or pistols, strapped to your legs or your thighs. Like recall that John Wick scene when he sees the Somalier, he gets strapped for war, and at the end of the day, it\u2019s not the AK-47 or the colt the huge automatic whatever that is the most handy to him, not even the shotgun, which is relatively compact, but, his trusty pistol and handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why compact?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kind of another random funny thought, at the end of the day, irregardless of what loser marketing tells you, compact wins. For example, the thought occurred to me when I was driving into Beverly Hills yesterday, which is actually hilarious because if you just follow the media or advertising whatever, it seems like a lot of people aspire to own some sort of large SUV, AMG G wagon or something,\u2026 but, at the end of the day, what wind is actually, how small and compact your vehicle is. Like for example my favorite massage spot, the parking lot is insanely tiny, even my Prius could barely fit inside of it in terms of turning radius etc. Let alone even a Tesla model 3 the smallest version barely fit inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looks like now is the time to sell your Apple stock and purchase MSTR or bitcoin. I think Tim Cook did a good job, getting the keys to the kingdom from Steve Jobs himself, however I don\u2019t even know who the new guy is, I\u2019ve never even heard of his name. There is a chance that he might be very innovative and cool, but frankly speaking it is too much of a risk factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the really really big one is, I think, Tim Cook did a great job of maximizing revenue which means, giving people what they said they wanted. For example a \u201cphablet\u201d,,,-&gt;&gt; iPhone Pro Pro Max, \u2026 even though Steve Jobs figured out that the 4 inch iPhone was actually the perfect size. And also how, Steve Jobs was I believe pretty adamant against the idea of making an iPhone Pro or whatever. Because the truth is, there\u2019s really not much that your phone can professionally do, \u2026 at the end of the day, assuming that you\u2019re doing heavy duty computing or digital work, you\u2019re probably still going to want some sort of laptop of some sort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So in terms of compact, once again hear the smallest most compact phone device camera will win. I believe that is either the iPhone Air or maybe even the iPhone E? Haha E for Eric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with laptops, one of my small regrets is I encourage Cindy to purchase a 15 inch MacBook air for her work, but, eventually it ended up not being the best idea because the additional weight, caused a lot of strength on her shoulders in her backpack. In hindsight, just sticking to the lightest laptop, probably the 13 inch MacBook Air would have been the wisest decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">cars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So once again here, the lightest smallest most compact thing will win. It\u2019s interesting because even the insight or courage that Elon and Tesla is having a discontinuing the Tesla model X and S seems like a wise idea \ufffc\ufffc\u2026 because, assuming you want an SUV you just get a cyber truck. Here Seneca is insanely wise, he had the insight that the cyber truck wasn\u2019t a truck but an SUV. And this is why children, five-year-olds will always have the greatest creative insights and clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because no matter how much you watch commercials of fake successful people driving whatever vehicle\u2026 Ultimately when it comes down to it, you\u2019re stuck in some sort of parking lot, at the Irvine spectrum mall, and you just want to find a parking spot, and they\u2019re just one super super tiny skinny spot that could barely fit a car, but thank God with your Prius with the windows folded in fits, <strong>you\u2019re gonna be so insanely grateful that you had the maximally compact car<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compact living?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK so lately I\u2019ve been thinking is\u2026 After not having the Rico GR for so long, and once again, thank God regaining access to it, maybe the joy and delight that I have is, \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-669280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669280","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=669280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669281,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669280\/revisions\/669281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}