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
Kodak DC200 (ca. 1998-1999)
Josh Warner posted on Substack photos he took with a Kodak DC210A he bought for next to nothing on a flee market. This was a version of my first digital camera (mine was a DC200) I bought with one of my first salaries in the UK as I was working on a post doc project. …
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.