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ERIC KIM
Hosted by ERIC · EN
Podcast on photography, philosophy, and entrepreneurship.
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Virtue & Beauty
2d ago00:06:36Tap to summarizegoals
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How to stay disciplined
5d ago00:05:50Tap to summarizehttps://erickimphotography.com/how-to-stay-disciplined/
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The purpose of life is photography
1w ago00:07:48Tap to summarizeTHE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS PHOTOGRAPHYOK this might be my most interesting in bold essay yet: the simple idea: the purpose of life is photography?So after regaining my Ricoh, first the GR monochrome, now the current GR IV,,, this is the big idea:wow, truly having a pocket bowl camera, a standalone digital camera without all the distractions of an iPhone or whatever… Is perhaps the secret to living the most present focused, jubilant life? Another simple thought I had was, very simple… I just never want to miss another photo opportunity ever again. How many times have you simply seen something that you wanted your photograph, a great photo moment but, you’re like stuck in traffic, your camera was in your bag or your backpack, or worse at home… And all you had was your iPhone, maybe you’ve photographed it with your iPhone but it doesn’t just hit the same way as it fit or a shot with your standalone camera?Or even worse, let us say that you’re shooting it on film or whatever, and like, the tedious burden of figuring out how to get it developed and scanned because you’re so busy, but you’re also kind of on a budget, and then, the tedium of having to purchase additional film and deal with the workflow?So a lot of people want to live off the grid, get some sort of like Tesla, maybe a solar powered roof or something and not have to be dependent on any like foreign infrastructure to power your your life and lifestyle, I think people also have this idea with money finances economics etc.So I think the genius of digital photography it seems so obvious now… Assuming you have an iPhone and iPad or laptop whatever,.... isn’t it kind of amazing that you could create a fully integrated solution? That is independent of external sources?I’ve been thinking about this a lot, especially now that I’m getting pretty knee-deep into finances, bitcoin investing etc.… the general goal is capital Accumulation, towards what end?I mean the simple answer is for the sick of financing your photography lifestyle, it’s like not accumulating and accruing a bunch of money in capital for the sake of it but for the sake of making it that you could just keep traveling the world making insanely great photos, doing your photography thing, and never running out of money?And I think this is where perhaps the critical thinking of philosophy has been so beneficial to me… I mean the big questions, like having enough money, towards what ends etc.… Nobody ever seems to think about this that critically because maybe, we simply feel like we never have enough? So then… Life living your life be very simple, just heard from the backwards start from the end, and work your way backwards. If the purpose of life, the endgame goal is photography, then the simple goal is sacrifice everything for the sake of your photography?ERIC***Ricoh Ricoh Ricoh Ricoh Ricoh which one should I pick? why?Another analogyTowards what end?so why does this matter?
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Great Photos
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to AI or not?
2w ago00:11:17Tap to summarizeideas
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transcend photography: RICOH GR IV 4 ERIC KIM REVIEW vs MONOCHROME?
3w ago00:05:41Tap to summarize# RICOH GR IV THOUGHTSSO just returned my GR MONOCHROME on amazon to test just the regular GR IV. The good news is, I am actually insanely pleased! ## Which So technically… After scrutinizing over the files… The truth is that the GR monochrome does look for superior in terms of black-and-white image rendition. It’s like insanely magical.GR IV has superior monochrome performance I think compared to the GR 3… but still is not as sharp or contrasty or magical as the GR IV monochrome. So if black-and-white is your jam just go monochrome!But if you want to shoot color photos… GR IV seems to be the best bet.
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Movement is expensive
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just do things you enjoy, and don’t do anything you don’t enjoy
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Concentration is Happiness
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INFINITE CAPITAL
Apr 1300:02:20Tap to summarizehttps://erickimphotography.com/infinite-capital-2/Buy Bitcoin & the Ricoh monochrome & chill.BITCOIN & THE RICOH GR MONOCHROME, two perfect products on the planet:Bitcoin is so beautiful I’m about to cry!So a lot of people are kind of confused on why I’m so into bitcoin, and how and why I got into the whole crypto game etc.So long story short, grew up super super poor, and then, I became self-employed, and the whole time during my journey and my philosophical endeavors… Has always been about money, life, everything in between.What’s kind of eerie is truth be told… bitcoin is starting to become like a pseudo religion to me. Michael Saylor is like the high priest, the St. Paul,,, once denouncing Jesus (Satoshi),,, and now, becoming one of the strongest and ardent advocates. I think, lotta people… Maybe like 99.9% of their issues in life is typically rooted about money finances economics etc. period much of the social illness society like poverty crime theft, gambling whatever… Or even the low birth rate, or the interest in dogs or children, this typically I think maybe primarily an economical financial issue. Like if you think that positive economic future, which is typically the feeling that Americans get.... of course, nobody is going to save money, have kids, set roots,,, etc. Bitcoin solves all of this. And it’s like as exciting as investing in Apple in the 1980s even as exciting as the advent of digital photography.What kind of interesting is many of my followers work in tech, are millennials like myself, I’m born in 1988 currently 38 years old ,,,, they get tech but they don’t get bitcoin? It’s like, telling people as photographers, imagine if, you had to write a paper check every time you went to the grocery store, ordered something on Amazon, and then I could promise you a credit card or Apple Pay or visa instead ,,,, what would you choose? Of course the digital payment solution!Even if these world, one of my happiest new uncoveries is,,, DoorDash with meat from Costco and super King, meat delivered,,, on tap,,, beef ribs only $5.99 a pound? To me this is amazing. It’s like the digital transformation of food! So in other random news, I think I’ve had a fair amount of time now to play with the new Ricoh GR monochrome, now will probably give it a perfect 10 out of 10, the perfect camera ever created, ever since I started digital photography at the age of 18.  so I guess 20 years in the game. The first, the size. That’s kind of shocking is… I think it actually may be smaller than my original Canon SD power shot 600 that I got as a high school graduation present when I was 18 years old. The reason why this matters is because… In some ways, it actually feels more portable and more lightweight and better balanced than even an iPhone Pro? Second, the monochrome only feature. It’s totally is the bees knees, .. and the red filter is actually insanely shocking on what’s different it does make. It’s almost like the new flash, because… It brightens human faces and even blooming yellow red and orange flowers, maybe even orange Lamborghinis ,,, which means, you don’t need a flash anymore, ... this is kind of an insanely big deal.Also… You could literally shoot it out like 1 million ISO with practically normal noise, so there is not really ever going to be a situation in which it is too dark to take photos.Third, the macro feature. I’m shocked, it’s been so long since I’ve had the opportunity to shoot in macro mode, wow it’s amazing. Like 1 trillion more things more opened up to you.Fourth, a level of contrast you could get out of camera in JPEG high contrast monochrome mode blows my mind. And also what’s kind of surprising and shocking too is the new grainy monochrome feature really does look like Neopan 400 film pushed to 1600. In my eyes it looks like 99.99% film. So there’s literally zero reason anymore to shoot black-and-white film anymore. 
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