{"id":67520,"date":"2017-10-17T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T22:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=67520"},"modified":"2017-10-17T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T22:07:13","slug":"your-camera-is-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/17\/your-camera-is-a-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Camera is a Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cindy<\/p>\n

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

Consider\u00e2\u20ac\u201d whatever you decide to photograph, you are blessing it with your lens.<\/p>\n

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1.<\/h2>\n

\"Swans<\/p>\n

There is so much beauty and joy in the world. It is your job to uncover it with your lens. Whenever you click the shutter, you are blessing your subject. You are telling your subject:<\/p>\n

\n You are important and beautiful.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2.<\/h2>\n

\"Leg<\/p>\n

Why is it that we feel nervous to photograph things, people, or scenes?<\/p>\n

My theory:<\/p>\n

\n Many of us are ashamed of ourselves. We think of ourselves as picture thieves, rather than picture MAKERS.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u0153take\u00e2\u20ac\u009d pictures. We MAKE pictures.<\/p>\n

We MAKE beauty in the world, by re-arranging visual elements in the real world\u00e2\u20ac\u201d via addition and subtraction with your lens.<\/p>\n

You are a creator. You are a life-affirmer. You are a photo god.<\/p>\n

3.<\/h2>\n

\"Eric<\/p>\n

It is your duty to bestow significance to reality. Whenever you photograph something, you are signaling it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s significance and importance.<\/p>\n

So let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s say you photograph a stranger and they get angry at you. Tell them:<\/p>\n

\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I photographed you because I find something beautiful in you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4. Do you love yourself?<\/h2>\n

\"Cindy<\/p>\n

Do you love yourself? Do you love how you look? Are you proud of yourself, or are you ashamed of yourself?<\/p>\n

How do you feel being photographed\u00e2\u20ac\u201d joyful or disgusted?<\/p>\n

How would you feel being photographed nude? Do you have anything to hide to the camera or lens?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

My suggestion if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like being photographed: start a self-portrait<\/a> series of yourself. You never need to publish them. Do it to build your own self-confidence. And if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re brave enough, publish them. But you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to.<\/p>\n

The more you are comfortable photographing yourself, the more you will be photographing others. Why? Because every photograph you make is a self-portrait of yourself. You need to feel beautiful, before you inject your vision of beauty into your subject.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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PHOTOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Why<\/em> do you make photos? Reflect in PHOTO JOURNAL<\/a>:<\/p>\n