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"It's not perfect"October 2, 2025

My co-worker replied: "What would make it perfect?" and I had no real answer.

Take more photos than you saveSeptember 17, 2025

When we take photos, it is an exercise, a building up of muscle memory and training of what works and what doesn't.

Why I mostly shoot black and white imagesSeptember 6, 2025

There's a sort of...truth, I think, to black and white images. It strips the process back to the basics of light and contrast and composition.

Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Lens
Street photography with an 85mm lensAugust 30, 2025

The 85mm, especially wide open at 1.8, brings a bit more of a slower and calculated shot. I never feel like I have to hurry with this lens.

A scan from my first roll of film, an image of an overgrown playground.
Film is not a replacement for digital photographyAugust 24, 2025

Film brings a different type of joy to the art of photography. It's not a replacement; it's a co-author on the journey.

A photo of a city worker helping clean up the streets in Seattle.
Changing what my website is aboutDecember 9, 2024

Time to take myself (and this blog) a bit less seriously.

Two women with bags stand at a crosswalk on a city street, shot on film.
The weird art of just letting it be doneJuly 25, 2024

Sometimes getting it right just means getting it done and letting it be done.

Fans give a thumbs-up to the band Bilmuri, shot on film.
Is it all just content anymore?March 20, 2024

Content. It's hard to get anywhere online anymore without seeing or hearing the term, and I confess it's worn me down.

Two men sit outside of a coffee shop in Vienna, shot on film.
Overthinking will get you precisely nowhereOctober 28, 2023

This site took me almost two years to make. Not because it's overly complicated, but because I overly complicated it.