{"id":68655,"date":"2017-11-06T04:38:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=68655"},"modified":"2017-11-06T05:37:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:37:11","slug":"why-you-must-photograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/why-you-must-photograph\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Must Photograph"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dynamic CURVE composition. Cindy, curved line, hand, with flash. Saigon, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a photographer, it is your DUTY to make photographs, and to share your vision of beauty with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

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1. You have a beautiful duty as a photographer<\/h2>\n

The world can seem like a pretty shitty and depressing world at times. It is your duty to uncover beauty, warmth, and love \u00e2\u20ac\u201d with your lens.<\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy silhouette and curved arms. Saigon, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You are a POSITIVE and OPTIMISTIC photographer, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you LOVE LIFE. You LOVE LIVING. You want to motivate, inspire, and encourage your viewer to LIVE MORE. You want your pictures to be an AFFIRMATION OF LIFE.<\/p>\n

\"Cindy
Cindy touching glass in wedding dress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My personal critique on photography:<\/p>\n

\n There are too many pictures of death, depression, and illness in the world. There are not enough life-affirming pictures in the world.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Images are powerful. Pictures are powerful.<\/p>\n

2. Your pictures \u00e2\u20ac\u0153prime\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the mind of your viewer<\/h2>\n

When you subject a person to an image \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it will subconsciously alter their thinking. Psychologists call this effect \u00e2\u20ac\u0153priming.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is powerful \u00e2\u20ac\u201d because it means we think according to the images we look at.<\/p>\n

For example, if you have a Lamborghini as your desktop image, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to think more about money, influence, and power \u00e2\u20ac\u201d than looking at a peaceful image of a seascape.<\/p>\n

If you look at lots of pictures of muscular people, the image will probably be a stimulus to you working out.<\/p>\n

If you see lots of depressing movies, you will in general, feel more depressed, nihilistic, and negative in life.<\/p>\n

Therefore, as an individual: PROTECT YOUR EYEBALLS. Prevent diseases from entering your eye\u00e2\u20ac\u201d that might pollute your mind. Only ingest images into your visual cortex which is consistent with your personal goals and visions in life.<\/p>\n

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3. Why I photograph laughing ladies<\/h2>\n

For example, I want to show more beauty, happiness, joy, and life in my pictures. Thus, I have started a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153laughing ladies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d series:<\/p>\n

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NYC, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My grandma, laughing. Seoul, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Girl laughing with blue sunglasss. Kyoto, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Old people laughing and pointing. Omotesando, Tokyo 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just women who laugh, but men too:<\/p>\n

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Paris, 2016. I loved his teeth and asked him to laugh for me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Contact sheet. Laughing Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. How to never run out of inspiration as a photographer<\/h2>\n

I like the idea of why you \u00e2\u20ac\u0153must\u00e2\u20ac\u009d photograph \u00e2\u20ac\u201d because it gives you a monster of a task, a responsibility, and a motivation why<\/em> you must photograph.<\/p>\n

Photograph for yourself, but also for a cause greater than yourself. Become a great, grand, and magnanimous (great-spirited) photographer.<\/p>\n

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

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