Welcome to my photography site.
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
How Photography Works In My Head #1: Anendophasia, Aphantasia, and Photography
Most people assume everyone thinks the same way they do. They imagine that when you say “picture this in your mind,” everyone experiences roughly the same thing. When you say “think about it,” everyone has the same internal process. But cognitive variation is enormous, and these differences fundamentally change how you approach photography.
Abandoning Prettiness Example
On my way back from Lyon recently, I experimented with trying to convey meaning over prettiness.
Photography Requires Presence
Photography requires something other arts don’t: you have to be there. A thing happens, a camera records it, but you (or your apparatus) must be positioned in relationship to something real. Without that presence, there is no photography. This might seem obvious, but it’s actually an important constraint that sets everything about photographic practice.