Is Substack for me?
I didn’t grow up with social media. I grew up in an era when computers were uncommon and the (public) internet didn’t…
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Sometimes a photo is just yours
Looking for perfection in photography, spending fortunes on the latest hardware and gadgets, pretending to be a photography god, are all nonsense.…
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Stop Calling It Work
There’s a weird trend among hobby photographers: the tendency to frame their passion as “work.” This simple word choice, while seemingly innocuous,…
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Create Without Creating Something New
Photography has become stuck in an endless negative cycle of expectations. Everywhere you turn, there’s someone preaching about originality, creativity, and pushing…
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Finding Freedom Through Less
When I was in my twenties, I owned almost nothing. Obviously, in your twenties you’re not rich, but I owned much less…
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Intention is everything
For me, the key distinction between a snapshot and true photography is intention. It took me about two years to undergo a…
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Not everything needs to be monetised
In today’s world, it seems that every passion, hobby, or creative endeavour is often viewed through the lens of monetisation. Social media…
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The witness complex
For me, photography is about capturing the moment. One of the things that really marked me when I saw Blade Runner when…
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I may be wrong
The way I think about things is that I write down what I think I think about something, then argue with myself…
Read more →Photographers of the Fediverse assemble!
Hello photographers of the Fediverse, Let me float an idea. I’ve been thinking for a good while about what I miss when…
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