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About
I’m a 40 something software engineer. OK, in reality I’m looking 50 right in the eye. I picked up photography over 20 years ago and did a lot of it for many years. Over time, other priorities took over and I neglected it. I recently decided to go back to it and concentrate on monochrome.
Blog
Those Cameras on the Shelf
I have cameras I haven’t touched in months. In fact I have cameras I’ve never used. They sit on a shelf, visible every time I walk past. Some moralists would tell me to sell them. To clear the clutter, to free the mind. Be honest about your actual practice. Stop kidding yourself. They’re plain wrong …
The Power of Nostalgia in Photography
Photography sells itself as preservation. We take pictures to capture moments, to remember what happened, to hold onto people and places before they disappear. The promise is that the image will keep the past accessible, faithful, ready to consult whenever memory fails us. That’s not what actually occurs. What happens instead is more complicated and …
New Year, New Job The Return (Lyon Tavellog #2)
When I left Lyon, it started to snow. Not completely uncommon here (at home we call it the frozen East), but not common enough to have a negligible effect. The woman ahead of me was telling the little girl not to be worried about the snow, but to be careful walking in the street, In …
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