2026-07-11Hello!I resisted music streaming for a long while. The appeal of listening to music in the background never sat right with me. But it has its uses.When I signed up for a Spotify account, I configured my algorithm and listened to several jazz tracks. Some classy track came up, and it gave me the tasty...

2026-07-10Hello!My internet connection is down. Busy day today, anyways.I won't be writing much, other than to say that I'm rediscovering the camera settings and various menus. It has a suite of basic editing options!I can change some colors and brightness, I can apply filters, and I can add effects like I did here....

2026-07-09Hello! After a month, the headache of repair and replacement has concluded.This is my camera, returned to me. It hasn't been fixed. The repair costs proved to be more expensive than I could handle, and the camera could not be sold for parts or for any meaningful trade-in value.While at the camera store, it...

2026-07-08Hello!This is my favorite photograph from the fireworks event on July 4. If I wasn't interested in telling a complete story of my experience at the display (and the heavy storm that followed), I would be publishing this photo by itself.I've already written about what happened that night in the previous...

2026-07-07Hello! First, a technical note: I've added an infinite scroll as a new page on my website. With a fast internet connection, readers can view all the photos in one go and see how my photography has changed (for the better, perhaps?) since Day 1.To recap: I photographed fireworks for the July 4 celebrations,...

2026-07-06Hello!At the end of the fireworks show, the wind picked up. Embers up in the sky were being dragged by the wind, but it was the storm's time for attention.As I was packing up, I pressed the shutter one last time to show a firestorm of stars falling. The camera missed focus, creating thick lines of light...

2026-07-05Hello!I photographed the July 4 fireworks at night with a long exposure. Some fireworks gave sparkles of a golden color, and others lit up the night sky with big embers of yellow and blue.Whether the fireworks were timed at the exact right time or the exact wrong time, I haven't decided.Driving out to a...

2026-07-04Hello!The Fourth of July means a lot to my country, but until I photograph some fireworks at night (or some classic American barbecue?), I can't really say much without breaking the photography blog format.I'm completing my trilogy of black-dot abstract photography. These photos were easy to set up, but...

2026-07-03Hello! Short article today after yesterday's ramble.This is just some props that I had lying around: a deck of cards, a cardboard box, some paper, and a printer. And a flashlight. I set the cards at the perfect position to stay freestanding.Abstract photography is always a bit strange, since by its very...

2026-07-02Hello!I'm writing this after watching Kimberly Clark's fight against excessive consumer culture. She produced a guide to stop shopping addiction — with a theme song! This five-video long series on overconsumption is amazing. From the start, it's clear how much her emphasis is on the individual and how we...

2026-07-01Hello!I photographed the Patrouille de France in the skies above Baltimore, a city in the US. Eight military aircraft left colored trails of smoke of red, white, and blue as part of various celebrations around the US.I was uncertain whether the airshow would commence as normal, because the weather...

2026-06-30Hello! This is still from the same photowalk in the park under a rainy sky. I'll keep the article short.Pro tip: typing into a search engine "anatomy of a ..." shows the technical words describing those unknown or unfamiliar parts of an object. I can use it for machines as big as a building or for cell...