To shoot personal street photography is to only photograph what appeals in your heart. To use your street photography as a tool to empathise with your subject. To show your own soul through the photos you shoot of others.via How to Shoot Personal Street Photography by Eric Kim.
Eric Kim on Uncertainty:
my favorite days are when I have no plan — that I take everything as it comes. Uncertainty, randomness, and chance is also what street photography is all about. Serendipity is about not knowing what is going to happen, or what lies around the corner.via In Praise of Shadows in Photography by Eric Kim.
Eric Kim on Monochrome:
I find myself shooting more black and white recently is because I feel that there is some sort of aesthetic beauty and bliss that comes from the simplicity of a monochromatic imagevia In Praise of Shadows in Photography by Eric Kim.
to learn is to be alive. And to be alive is to createvia Never Stop Learning by Eric Kim.
Back two weeks now from a quick one week tour around Adelaide and the surrounding areas. Stunning ancient landscapes and expansive skies wherever you go. Awe inspiring and back here after some wandering. Thanks Eric.
Never forget where you Came From [..]via Photography is Escapism by Eric Kim.
And never forget to always love yourself
Had the pleasure of hearing Eric talk back April 2012. Quite the philosopher and I always enjoy reading his posts and many a quote has found its way here, today being another.
What I have found about photography is that is a reflection on and of Life. The beauty of the act of photography and thinking of photography.
On photography as a form of escapism. It is perfect, because sometimes that is what need to get through. And for me, along with the paddling, that is how it has been and will continue to be I suspect And there is nothing the matter with that.
William Eggleston on Photographs:
Objects in photos are naturally full of human presencevia On Capturing Beauty in the Mundane by Eric Kim.
When looked at this way, photos of the derelict, decayed and apparent mundane, can become full of meaning and emotion.
[..] follow your curiosity. Passion and interest cannot be faked. Your subconscious is wiser and smarter than you think. Follow what your subconscious tells you.via Advice for Young Street Photographers by Eric Kim.
When you feel like you’re making pictures - the most important is to make new pictures. The pictures you already took - you already took those pictures. My main drive is to do something new - to make some new kind of picture.via 14 Lessons Mark Cohen Has Taught Me About Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).
taking photos is like training a muscle. You need to do it consistently to keep it fit and in shape. And even more important is to keep your eyes sharp and ready to look for photographs.via On Consistency and Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).
There are many things you learn by training (*) and discipline (*), but overall you should internalize both theory (*) and technique (*) to a point that you can fully concentrate (*) on the moment when taking pictures. I navigate through [..] my hometown, almost blindly (*) on certain routes, focusing on things that are happening around me. It’s all coincidental, nothing is preset.via Capturing Harmony on the Streets through Graphical Images: Interview with Siegfried Hansen (*) by Eric Kim (*).
So when I am shooting spontaneously on the streets, I think it is random events that hit my eye. I might see something interesting and respond to it. Sometimes I know what I got, sometimes I think I got something good, but don’t. Sometimes it is a total surprise. I might take a photo of something very quickly, without being quite sure of everything going on. And in the editing process I can discover interesting things.via Making a Fiction in the Mind of the Viewer: Interview with Jack Simon (*) by Eric Kim (*).
a photo has to touch (*) you. It has to evoke some kind of emotion (*); astonishment (*) for different reasons.via Variety is the Spice of Life: Interview with Peter Kool (*) by Eric Kim (*).
I personally feel that spending one’s life in search of fame and recognition is a waste of time. Rather, I feel the most important thing is to create work that is relevant and meaningful to you. After all, fame (*) and recognition is dependent on the opinion of others – something you can’t control.via 10 Lessons Andre Kertesz Has Taught Me About Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).
And what I have come to see is that fame (*) only amplified that which was there already.She then discussed her own way forward:
So if I was depressed or I if I was insecure or if I was angry or whatever it was it just amplified it.
It made everything bigger and it did not sort of give, give me what it had been sort of purported to be able to give.
And so there was this great disillusionment.
At this point in my life I am clearer that I share music because it is part of my life purpose.For me, my main aim in life is not to be noticed too much. I am happy to be just engaged with the world (*) and contributing in my own little way, whatever that might be.
To write it is, the act of writing it is for me and the act of sharing it is so that other people can make it their own - they can derive comfort, inspiration or whatever they want to derive from it.
So it becomes an offering of some kind and because of that I can do it and I can work really hard.
If I were singularly doing it to just be in the public eye for gratuitous reasons, than I would probably last about an hour.
in general I think Street Photography (*) work should primarily convey the artistic sensibility and personality of its author.from which Chris expands:
There’s something confessional and diaristic at the heart of Street Photography (*), hidden as it may be through a layer of visual abstraction. Also, I think that the process of navigating the ethical terrain that every street photographer must deal with is one that helps you mature as a person.via Observe Collective Interview #2: Chris Farling (*) by Eric Kim (*).
regardless of your position in life, you always have the option of pursuing your dreams (*) and passions (*).via 10 Lessons Andre Kertesz Has Taught Me About Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).
Follow your dreams (*), and they will take you where you want to be.
I wanted to see a lot of things in color because the world is in color. I was affected by it all the time, particularly certain times of the day when the sun made things really starkly stand out.via 10 Lessons William Eggleston Has Taught Me About Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).
“Luck – or perhaps serendipity – plays a big role… But you never know what is going to happen. And what is most exciting is when the utterly unexpected happens, and you manage to be there at the right place at the right time – and push the shutter at the right moment. Most of the time it doesn’t work out that way. This kind of photography is 99.9% about failure."
