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2026

DIARY · PHOTOGRAPHY14 JUL 2026

Control your inputs or they’ll control You

Lately I’ve been trying to control my inputs. More input, less output. collecting more experiences to help my output be better. Less social media. Less news. More switching off. More books. More audiobooks. I bought Tim Burton: Designing Worlds . I’ve been reading The Watchman and listening to

DIARY · LESSON25 JUN 2026

The Cure to GAS

You know the loop…

DIARY · DIARY23 MAY 2026

Visual Diary: Kamakura

First week in Japan. Jet lag still doing its thing. I'd planned a day trip down to Kamakura mostly to answer one question: is this place worth staying longer when I circle back to Tokyo later in the trip? The weather had other ideas. Moody. Rain, overcast, that cool dank that clings to you. I walke

DIARY · INSPIRATION10 MAY 2026

The Tracks You Lay Without Knowing

On chipping away at a photo backlog, and what I learned about the space between waypoints

DIARY · LESSON17 JAN 2026

Unteachable Photography Resolutions

New year, same brain. This is usually the time where the world collectively decides we’re all going to “completely change our lives.” Join the gym. Travel more. Shoot more. Change careers. Fix everything in twelve weeks and somehow maintain it forever. I have done versions of that. It never sticks.

2025

DIARY · GUIDE30 DEC 2025

The Photographer’s Paradox

You know the feeling. The light is doing something weird, something interesting. Instinct kicks in. You raise the camera, fire a few frames… “Did I get it?” You look down at the screen. Zoom in. Check sharpness. Check the histogram for some reason. Now you’re not in the moment, you’re performin

DIARY · LESSON23 OCT 2025

Unteachable Photography Lessons

Part Three: Stop Forcing the Shot You’ve been here, me too: Gear locked & loaded, lenses sorted, locations mapped, spot scouted, light and weather checked. Everything lined up… yet the photos are… fine. Good maybe? but not the thing you chased. Then another day you’re just out for a walk

DIARY · LESSON02 OCT 2025

Unteachable Photography Lessons

Part Two: Finding your Style

DIARY · GUIDE04 SEPT 2025

Unteachable Photography Lessons

Lesson One: The Gear Trap

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