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A night-walk with the Nikon Z5 ~ some thoughts on the quality of light

June 29, 2025July 26, 2025

The Helios 44 lens ~ a Cold War legend

June 25, 2025July 27, 2025

Where home used to be ~ rushing to photograph a sunset and bearing the weight of expectation

June 22, 2025July 29, 2025

A ruin where your mind was ~ thoughts on AI model collapse, illusions of sentience, and the culture of grift

June 22, 2025August 14, 2025

Soft light, plastic lenses, and bokeh ~ back to the Sima Soft Focus lens and others

June 19, 2025July 25, 2025

The Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Lydith lens ~ 30mm of vintage sharpness

June 18, 2025July 25, 2025

A day off and low motivation for much of anything ~ possessing the world in photos and missing moments

June 18, 2025July 25, 2025

The Sima 100mm f2 Soft Focus Lens ~ photos from your dreams

June 16, 2025July 25, 2025

The excitement of a road-trip and escaping into the world

June 14, 2025July 26, 2025

Notes from the warm side ~ another crappy photo

June 13, 2025December 28, 2025

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