019 | Doing scientific research to get some perspective
In my quest for artistic growth and my search for topical meaning, I figured I
rekindle my connection with academic
Mitchel Lensink
Photographer and writer working on long-term projects that uncover the overlooked beauty and quiet goodness in the world, shared in my monthly newsletter Dialogue.
018 | I am a pet photographer
I posted this tweet yesterday that got me thinking:
> I shot so many photos of my cats the past
017 | Photography confessions. I also did terrible things
Photography confessions. I used to be obsessed with the images that came along
with The Weeknd’s House of Balloons
016 | I sent out my first newsletter yesterday. On accident
I sent out my first newsletter yesterday. On accident. It’s not a big deal but I
do feel like
015 | Photo projects, on projects, on projects
Photo projects, on projects, on projects. Lately I’ve been enjoying an
increasing amount of ideas. It’s a blessing
014 | Becoming a zen master
Today’s story might be even more uninteresting than usual (at least to people
that aren’t me) but I’
013 | I should write more bad stories, like yesterday
Yesterday’s story
[https://mitchel-lensink.ghost.io/make-something-for-a-group-of-people-not-everyone/]
wasn’t that good. I knew it when I wrote it and
test
Highlighted projects
I like focussing my photography around personal projects. Some are shot over the course of several months, others
012 | Make something for a group of people, not everyone
I find myself staring in the distance as I hear the sound of a new email coming
in. It’s
011 | A new homepage for my website
A new homepage for my website. Finally. After 115 revisions and iterations, I
think I have settled on a new
010 | There was nothing to think about today
I was blessed enough to help a friend out with stripping down their new home
today. I spent my entire
009 | A tweet
> Ah, it’s past twelve. I’m tweeting this just in case so I can post on my blog
008 | Photo editing vibes on Friday night
I sit down after a long day at the office. I open my Heineken and drink it
straight from the
007 | Modifying a Voigtländer 50mm f1.8 for my digital camera
My afternoon was marked by de- and reassembling a vintage Voigtländer
Color-Ultron 50mm f1.8.
You might think I’m
006 | I sold my first fine art photo print and I realized something
Today marks the day that I sold my first fine art photo print! I’ve made and
sold many prints
005 | My mailing list has a name, and elevator pitch
I’m keeping today’s Monologue short on purpose to temper the expectations a
little. I wrote a few hundred
004 | Prints are better than Instagram, change my mind
This is a cliché. As creatives, we need to make more physical products.
Photographers in particular can benefit a lot
003 | Notes to self
It’s day number three and I already don’t know what to write. That shouldn’t
matter though. The