Eric Kim is an international street photographer, currently based in Hanoi, who travels the world and teaches street photography. As he himself says his life's mission is to produce as much "Open Source Photography", to make photography education accessible to all. He is one of my favorite bloggers. His daily reflections on life and photography totally resonate with me.
The word "constraints" with all its implementations has been buzzing around my head for months now. To me "constraints" is a key word for our modern society. Very often I have a hard time making my own choices since wherever I look, go, read, listen... I feel overloaded with information, there is always something I want to see, a place to travel to, a must have... and it's difficult not to look, read or listen.
Most informations are in our pockets, at arm's length. Due to the Internet we face the challenge to constantly compare ourselves with others, we have immediate access to all news and social network channels. Whenever we have tiny moments where we feel bored (train, bus) we check on our smartphones. How about looking around, talking to strangers, be open to the world around us?
When I get up in the morning, one of the first actions is quickly checking new messages on the iPhone ... and within seconds I can feel a shift in my energy, be it positive or negative. We all know this, but...
This but has become very important to me lately. Two major crashes of my electronic devices (laptop and iPhone) within two weeks forced me to reinstall the software and since my backup for both devices was not available, I had to restore apps, programs, a job that first seemed very time consuming and stressful but after a very short time I realized that this was a challenge to put on my own constraints. Do I really need this app, do I really need all these alerts .... ? Very often the answer was a clear NO.
“Perfection isn’t when there is nothing left to add; it is when you have nothing left to take away.”
morning view,
same view, same time, 24 hours later.
- I have the power to choose what kind of informations I want to get.
- I have the power to change my attitude and settings.
- I have the power to change my habits.
- I have the power to choose my constraints.
- I have the power to work with constraints in my photography.
- I have the power to be creative.
Set up your own constraints, be creative and stay open.
Until next time
corinna
