This month I reflect on clarity, the birth of 33punt, and why integrated creativity isn’t a luxury but a necessity. If you want to know what we’re building, and why it matters, this one’s for you.
Photography in the Age of AI (2025): Lessons From 25 Weeks of Experimentation
Over 25 weeks, I tested whether AI can match the emotion and imperfection of human photography. The results? AI is fast and functional but still sterile. Here’s what this experiment reveals about the future of photography in the age of AI.
Building a daylight studio
This one is for my Amersfoort folks. It goes Tjommies, OostWest 1, OostWest City, Van Zanten, OostWest, Van Zanten, OW, VZ, OW, VZ, Tjommies, OW, VZ, OW, VZ, OW, VZ
Covering
Walking every street of my hometown, Amersfoort, while photographing every nook and cranny. Documenting the things I see along the way.
It's all out there, right now
A good beach has white sand, they tell you. Preferably as finely grained as possible. Like a powder that's sprinkled on the edges of the land. The frosting on the cake, if you will.
The glorious, life-invigorating act of walking
When I first landed on Craig Mod's website and read he describes himself as a 'writer, photographer, and walker,' I was a little confused. What the hell does it mean to 'be a walker'?
My six favorite Fujifilm film simulation recipes
I think we can all agree that Fujifilm's film simulations are amazing. That's why I have created six film simulation recipes that have been living on both my Fujifilm X100V and X-Pro3 for the better part of a year now.
2021 Recent writing
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289 | Exciting times
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Coming to you from the morning of a big shoot day, I’m writing to you now
because experience tells
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288 | Phone on silent please
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Nah man my phone doesn’t ring anymore. Everything straight to voicemail. All
messages captured by Do Not Disturb before
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287 | I’m not feeling it today and I'm happy I don't
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I’m not feeling it today. I’m not in a productive mood at all. Or, I should say,
not
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286 | Monologue, more like, public diary, amirite?
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This thing has been turning more and more into a public diary hasn’t it? Yeah, I
noticed it too.
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285 | Much better
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Much better! Today was much better! Though filled to the brim, a fine day it
was. Did I mention today
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284 | Sigh
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Sigh. Today wasn’t much better than yesterday. There were no additional falls
and no more cuts in fingers (knock
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283 | One of those days, I guess?
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Last client shoot today! Exciting. The sun shines lovely warm bright rays.
Lovely. A bike ride home after the shoot.
Monologue
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282 | Listening only today
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Oh shit. It’s evening already? Time moves fast when you hang around the house
doing nothing. Thankfully, I’m
Monologue
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281 | Not enough time in a day
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Not enough time in a day. Not in this day. Or rather, just enough time in a day.
Though not
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280 | One of the last ones this year
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A foggy morning foreshadows a sunny day. The cold October air tickles my face
and leaves a refreshing feeling in
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279 | Another one! Another one!
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Another one! Another one! Chapter two of The Efflorescence (De Ontluiking) is
now online! Don’t have time to elaborate,
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278 | Deep work and progress
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Hello from the other side of an afternoon of deep work. As much as I love being
out creating new
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277 | Facebook is down. Good
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I’m not saying I’m happy Facebook and it’s related services are down. What I
will say though,
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276 | The last Sunday
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Before it’s too late and it’s past 12 already (ergo, the next day). I’m working
on De
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275 | Return to (normal) life
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Mis amigos, estamos en la casa! And I’m not even mad about it. This does of
course mean that
Monologue
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274 | A (few) word(s) a day #12
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Infinite travel. Home.
Monologue
2021 Recent writing
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273 | A (few) word(s) a day #11
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Souvenirs, long strolls on the beach, final tapas, mental goodbyes.