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The ".7 Meter Challenge"
Shoot 25% more than you think you should
Shoot from the gut
“Marinate” your shots
Don’t shoot from the hip
Influence the scene
Don’t crop
Focus on the edges
Emotionally detach yourself from your photos
Create context in your frame
Provoke your subjects
“Can you do that again?”
Don’t be a slave to your camera
Cure yourself of “G.A.S.”
Embrace “Beginner’s mind”
Shoot how you feel
Limitations are freedom
Document your life
Shoot with a “Stream-of-Consciousness”
Shoot what it feels like
Embrace failure
Don’t be afraid to click
Add “Something more” in the frame
Fill the frame
Master your body language
Eye contact
Variation #1: Don't make eye contact
Variation #2: Make eye contact
Tell convincing lies
Kill your master
Contradict a “Rule”
Follow your curiosity
Curiosity notebook
Enter a bar or pub
Leave your photos open to interpretation
“Open” vs “Closed” photos
Assignment #1: Make an “open” photo
Assignment #2: Make a “closed” photo
Kill your ego
They are not your photos
Photograph what you love
What do you love?
Don't hesitate
Be true to yourself
Role-play
My experience copying the masters of street photography
Don't repeat yourself
Repetition and Variety
Ask for permission
1. Compliment your subject
2. “Making” vs “Taking” a photo
3. “Portrait” vs “Picture”
4. Show them your LCD screen
5. Ask them their life story
The 10 "Yes", 10 "No" challenge
Don’t just take one photo
Don't hesitate
When in doubt, click”
Don't become pigeonholed by definitions
Try shooting another genre
Don't stop your projects too soon
One square block
It’s okay to take shitty photos
Take 1,000 shitty photos in a day
Chase the light
Storytell with shadows
Shoot with your heart
Juxtapose emotions
Capture emotions in buildings
All photos are accurate, none of them is truth
Create your own reality
Disturb your viewer
Make controversial images
Disregard technical settings
“Set it and forget it”
Exposure compensation in harsh light
Enjoy the process
Make yourself miserable
Buy a stranger a drink
Single photos can't tell stories
Tell a story
Don't focus on marketing your work
Don't upload any photos for 6 months
Subtract from the frame
Subtract until there isn't anything left to subtract
Make yourself vulnerable
Have your subject shoot you
Being on the other side
Don't go "Pro"
Give away your photos
Stay hungry, stay foolish
Shoot without film or a memory card for a day
Don’t force it
1. “Should” photos
2. “Must” photos
Don't take easy photos
Shoot what you’re afraid of
Don’t judge a book by its cover
Print your photos
Imagine losing all your photos
Don't get suckered by "The Exotic"
Shoot in boring places
Don’t take bad pictures
Why do you take photos?
Create specific photographs
Only shoot one color
Compose intuitively
Trace over your photos
Apply the “Golden Triangle”
Access the “Golden Triangle” in Lightroom
Arrange yourself, not others
360 degrees
Shoot head-on
Don't only take photos of people
Shoot inanimate objects
Focus on content over form
Meditate upon “the human condition”
Learn how to see
Imagine going blind tomorrow
Every phoot you shoot is a self-portrait
Shoot a self-portrait
Don’t have preconceived notions
Reset
Time is your ultimate resource
Imagine dying tomorrow
There is nothing wrong with staging photos
Direct your subject
Don’t have a project
Find a common theme or pattern in your work
Improve 1% everyday
Take 1 photo everyday
Make something extraordinary from the ordinary
Make something ugly into something beautiful
Don't see your photos as art
Make fun of yourself
Constantly question yourself
Reflect on why you shoot
Feel emotions in color
Photograph a colorful mood
Never leave home without your camera
Don’t leave your camera in your bag
Make photography books
Make a “zine”
Create relationships in your frame
Juxtapose
Pave your own path
Creatively isolate yourself
What do you want out of your photography?
Don’t constantly switch your equipment
Give away cameras you don’t use
Learn where to stand
Always take a step forward
Expect to be disappointed
Learn to love your mistakes
More megapixels, more problems
Experiment with film
Kill your babies
Don’t look at your photos immediately
Don’t just take 1 photo of a scene
Keep swinging your bat
Don't shoot for others
“Personal documentary”
Photograph your own backyard
Shoot driveways
Make images that stand on their own
Show your photos to kids
Your photo either works or it doesn't
Capture hand-gestures
Abstract reality
Confuse your viewer
Capture your own personal "Decisive moments"
Capture meaningful daily moments
Rules will set you free
To step outside of the box, you must step into the shackles
Experiment
Experiment with different focal lengths
Fuck fame
Create a secret social media profile
Think long-term
Pursue a decade-long project
Create a relationship with your subjects
Talk with a stranger for at least 10 minutes
Don’t bore your viewer
Shock and awe
Embrace your day job
Count your blessings
Don't become married to your beliefs
Find a contradiction to your beliefs
You're only as good as your last photo
Only show your best 5 photos
What one photo do you want to be remembered for after you die?
Unlearn
You were destined for greatness
Index of the masters
Quotes from the masters
Books by Eric Kim
About Eric Kim
Glossary
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