2026-09-21Hello!I have half a mind to buy up some of this collection. I'm not saying where it is, in case I ever return for real, but the prices were reasonable enough where I could justify spending money on this.I ought to look up the history of certain cameras — I don't know much about Minolta or Olympus! This...

2026-09-20Hello!I'm not familiar with architecture or design, so I can't imagine the planning and permission required to install hundreds of reflective glass panels to cover this building (a parking garage?). It's like a modern skyscraper, but fancier and more fragile. And without scraping the sky.I remember the...

2026-09-19Hello! As I write this, I've long left the city of Philadelphia. I want to go back already. Maybe that's because I think I left something behind...On the road back, I got close to this low-hanging traffic light set and realized how massive it is. When street furniture like this is so far above human level,...

2026-09-18Hello!I didn't even notice this view; it was a coincidence. I also didn't plan the red gradient for the top half of the image; it was a coincidence.My final dedicated stop for this tour around Philadelphia was the university district (which is guilty of all sorts of urban renewal and gentrification, I'm...

2026-09-17Hello!I don't have much to say here. I ate some food to recharge in between my chaotic photography hunt for certain landmarks.The food wasn't all for myself, by the way(!) I was with some colleagues for the day and I'm glad they were able to contain my energy, if only a little. They know who they are.The...

2026-09-16Hello!I waited for a decent amount of time for something interesting to happen at this location. I had convinced myself that if I could get a good photo out of a dull store on the corner of a block, I would buy myself a bubble tea drink.I waited for interesting cars to drive by, or interesting people to...

2026-09-15Hello!Stepping back from the window made for an interesting composition through the camera. I wonder what I could have fit in the left third of the image, but as it stands, it remains dark for the middle window to bounce sunlight onto the right wall.It took me way too long to find each stop on my planned...

2026-09-14Hello!Three hours of running around Philadelphia has brought me some interesting photography opportunities as I went on a hunt to capture certain landmarks of the city. This being one of them.This is labeled the Friendship Arch. Or Friendship Gate. I'm not sure which. I don't even think it matters that...

2026-09-13Hello!I used editing software in post processing to modify the colors of red, green, and blue hues in this image. Instead of blue skies, the image has a gradient of red. Instead of green grass and trees, the image shows blots of teal(?). Instead of red railroads, the image has blue tracks.Infrared...

2026-09-12Hello! After a tangled process of planning and scheduling, I'm visiting Philadelphia, a city of neighborhoods.I'm not a city boy — that much is clear. So while I build the confidence to take more disruptive street photography, I should start by finding compositions and points of view.I'm hoping to get an...

2026-09-11Hello!I've analyzed my preferred focal length for casual photography, my preferred exposure technique for monochrome images, and now I want to talk about my preferred composition.I've mentioned before that the edges of the frame must not contain any distractions, and that's still the most important...

2026-09-10Hello!I had an incoherent rant to do with statistics and over-optimization, but I realized no one but myself would actually give a crap. Also, I'm not going to become one of those self-help gurus who think they have the answer to life's common problems.Instead, I'd like to talk about the many books on my...