{"id":76314,"date":"2018-01-14T09:06:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T17:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=76314"},"modified":"2018-01-14T09:06:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T17:06:55","slug":"everyday-photography-how-to-find-beauty-in-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/14\/everyday-photography-how-to-find-beauty-in-everyday-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Photography: How to Find Beauty in Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

If you want to find more joy, happiness, and fulfillment in your photography and life — I recommend ‘Everyday Photography’:<\/p>\n

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Download PDF:<\/h2>\n

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PDF: Everyday Photography- How to Find Beauty in Everyday Life by Eric Kim<\/a><\/p>\n

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What is everyday photography?<\/h2>\n
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You are creative every day. inspire yourself with CREATIVE EVERY DAY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Everyday photography is a non-genre in photography. With everyday photography, we try to just make nice photos of our everyday life.<\/p>\n

We don’t have any boundaries in everyday photography. You can photograph anything — your friends, family, food, street photography<\/a>, or even random stuff you find on the ground.<\/p>\n

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CREATIVE EVERYDAY<\/a> Spread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The biggest thing we get suckered in photography:<\/p>\n

\n We think we have to travel to exotic places to make good photos.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or even worse,<\/p>\n

\n We think we need to buy an expensive camera, or buy new camera gear to become ‘re-inspired’ in our photography.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zen Photography and Everyday Photography<\/h2>\n
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Hapticlabs Kyoto Office- Jennifer Nguyen, Annette Kim joins us to make CREATIVE EVERY DAY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To me, I think the Zen Photography<\/a> concept is this:<\/p>\n

\n True happiness is finding joy in everyday life, and finding beauty in the mundane (beauty in the ordinary).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For example, I am happiest when writing, walking, chatting with friends and family, helping Cindy, cutting veggies, going grocery shopping, teaching, making photos, writing, and drinking coffee.<\/p>\n

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KYOTO HAPTIC OFFICE at WORK on CREATIVE EVERYDAY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I try to use the camera as a tool to find more appreciation in my everyday life. I don’t think that by becoming the world’s best photographer — I will somehow be ‘happy’.<\/p>\n

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5 Tips to Make Better Everyday Photographs<\/h1>\n
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Selfie of me and my mom. Lisbon, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyways, the difficult thing is to find joy in everyday life– and how do we take photos of ordinary things which bring us joy?<\/p>\n

Some ideas:<\/p>\n

1. Textures<\/h2>\n

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When I’m out shooting, I like to look for textures. Gritty textures, smooth textures, or colorful textures.<\/p>\n

Why shoot textures?<\/h3>\n

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Textures tell a story. To me, textures show the passage of time on the object. Photographing textures is a meditation on life, decay, and a reminder to myself that I will die (memento mori<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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When shooting textures, I recommend shooting in JPEG<\/a> high-contrast mode (either color or black and white) to exaggerate textures.<\/p>\n

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Tips on shooting textures:<\/h3>\n