{"id":74907,"date":"2017-12-25T12:34:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=74907"},"modified":"2017-12-25T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T20:34:18","slug":"beauty-in-the-mundane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/25\/beauty-in-the-mundane\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty in the Mundane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photography is all about finding beauty in the common, ordinary, and mundane.<\/p>\n

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There is beauty all around you \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your duty to uncover it.<\/h2>\n
\"Purple
Purple umbrella on the ground with diagonal yellow line. Beautiful to me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For example, if you have a hard time finding inspiration to shoot,<\/p>\n

\n Photograph really ordinary stuff, and make it look beautiful and extraordinary.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The sucker mistake we make is thinking that we can only make good photos when we travel to exotic places.<\/p>\n

\"Beauty
Beauty of a lone chair against a blue background, and microphone stand in red ribbon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But the secret to becoming a great photographer, and to be happy, fulfilled, and productive your entire life:<\/p>\n

\n With your camera, uncover the beauty in the ordinary and mundane.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"Beauty
Beauty in Cheerios on the pavement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For example, Edward Weston<\/a> was a genius, because he was able to find beauty in the human form through photographing the ordinary – like photographing peppers.<\/p>\n

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Pepper by Edward Weston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beauty
Beauty of red tomato soup against green background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The genius of Rene Magritte is because he was able to help us visualize and imagine the ordinary \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and make it surreal<\/a>, and extraordinary.<\/p>\n

\"Broken
Broken hubcap on drainage. Beautiful to me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even for street photography<\/a>, the reason I love it is because I have the opportunity to capture beauty in life, by photographing ordinary, mundane, everyday life.<\/p>\n

\n Street photographers find the beauty in the Mundane, or the beauty of everyday life.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If anything, we shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t call ourselves \u00e2\u20ac\u0153street photographers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, but \u00e2\u20ac\u0153everyday photographers.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\"Couple
Couple and green wall. Marseille street photograph, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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What is an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153everyday photographer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/h2>\n
\"Spiral
Spiral staircase. Marseille, 2017 #cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An everyday photographer treats everyday life as sacred, beautiful, and exciting. We photograph our \u00e2\u20ac\u0153boring\u00e2\u20ac\u009d everyday lives, and find joy in it.<\/p>\n

\"Find
Find joy in your everyday life. Heart and eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We photograph our food. Selfies of ourselves. We photograph shadows, common objects around the house. We photograph textures, nice light, nice colors \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we photograph anything and everything, without discrimination.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Woman
Woman with cross neck tattoo. Berlin, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Urban
Urban landscape of car wash. Berkeley, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Selfie
Selfie of my shadow in the suburbs of Orange County, with old car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"All
All beef hot dog, 50 cents. IKEA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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What do you find beautiful?<\/h2>\n
\"Truck
Truck with carpets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So friend, let us continue to find beauty in the Mundane by putting on this new title as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153everyday photographers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. The more beauty we find in everyday living, the more joy, meaning, purpose, and freedom we can feel in life.<\/p>\n

KEEP IT SIMPLE,
\nERIC<\/p>\n

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