2026-06-17Hello! I lied. Have another photo from the Acadia National Park. It's just too good!This time, it's the early sunrise. Even at four in the morning, the sky had brightened enough to walk around outside without needing a street lamp or flashlight. It was crazy.This is me returning to my minimalist...

2026-06-16Hello!Thank you very much to those who have passed me some funds yesterday and early this morning. I appreciate the support. For those who don't know what I'm talking about: I'm putting together a budget to repair my photography kit after some unexpected failures.Tip JarI'm not going to go through the full...

2026-06-15Hello!I'll get to talking about the photo at the end. Because I have to admit a rather pressing issue right now with my photography kit. I don't like talking about my gear. I hide it away in the technical info, for nerds, and leave it be for those who are interested. I've found a kit I like: two lenses...

2026-06-14Hello! I published this article a little too early for folks subscribed via newsletter. You're welcome, I guess?This would be a perfect article for Juneteenth, but I'm already starting to forget details of this adventure so I better start writing it down now.I've been to loads of local events, including...

2026-06-13Back at the river boat showcase...Hello!I've realized that a lot of my shots are not quite minimalist, but definitely not busy and overloaded. I position myself at a reasonable distance away from the hotspots and the chaos, and the resulting images sometimes fit in a mix between lonely and calming.A side...

2026-06-12Hello!I'll first address the black circle surrounding the image. This photograph was taken with a three-second exposure time, meaning that the camera sensor was exposed to the light for three seconds, gathering all the photons and making an image. Normally, photos are taken within tiny fractions of a...

2026-06-11Hello! I'm still not back home yet.I'll be able to talk about this trip as a whole with better accuracy once it's in the past and I have the power of hindsight and recollection, rather than an unfiltered and live stream of thought put into writing.In the meantime, I'll just focus on this one image.This...

2026-06-10Hello! This might replace the sunset wallpaper from my first few days of photography. I'll need to put it in the right aspect ratio, though...I'm out on a road trip again, departing mere minutes after the last person left my sleepover. I'll talk more about it once I'm home, because the internet speed here...

2026-06-09First, a short addendum for yesterday's article: I was being intentional about my casual attitude for changing my name and building a new life. If I moved to Britain as was my original intent many seasons ago (a story for another time, perhaps?) I would have changed my name — not to Maria Roland, but to...

2026-06-08Hello! Look, I had a lot of dice. This photo even lines up with the day number!Well, I had to say goodbye to a lot of people. That doesn't have to be a bad thing — I like to think of it like rebuilding an intricate clockwork of gears that make up the machinery of my human soul. I'm already feeling...

2026-06-07Hello! I think I'm going to try and make this a cohesive series involving dice outside.I used to make loads of pre-constructed photos with minimal effort just to be creative and unconventional. I've described that process a bit before, but I haven't published any of them to this site. I also haven't done...

2026-06-06Hello! Trying abstract photography for the next few days.I still don't have a portable light that I'm satisfied with. I've come around to using the on-camera flash for certain effects, but it wouldn't have worked here. Instead, the trees above let sunlight leak through the leaves and fall on this spot...