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: 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.
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.
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300 | My god, can you believe it?
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My god, can you believe it? I have turned into a coder. You know, like, a
developer type kind or
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✦ October
299 | Goodbye Wordpress, you have been wonderful
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Today I’ve decided to leave Wordpress for Ghost. After playing around with the
idea for a bit, tempted by
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298 | Little wussy
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I can barely move because both of the cats are snuggling up against me and
they’re the cutest little
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✦ October
297 | Looking around for inspiration
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Browsing for inspiration. Screenshotting anything of interest. Tiny iterations
slowly adding up to a larger whole. Doing everything yourself takes
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✦ October
296 | Weather doubts
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In about ten minutes I need to be outside, riding my bike to meet up with
friends. I’m still
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295 | Zoning out
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My own hands floating in the air in front of me. Slowly making imaginary shapes
on the melodies of the
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294 | Frameworks, am I right?
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Frameworks, am I right? So enabling once you have one that you’re satisfied
with. The past few years (yes,
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293 | A sense of accomplishment would be nice
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Eeeeeendleeeessss tinkering. Finishing nothing. It’s one of those days again.
It’s okay, it’s okay. Things will all
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✦ October
292 | The books on the shelf
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The books on the shelf, will I ever read them? I pick one up and flick through
the pages. I
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291 | I'm all here for it
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The fall is here and so am I: all here for it. Sure, going on walks will be a
little
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290 | Coffee and vintage Drake to maintain the vibes
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A last cup of coffee, vintage Drake playing from the Sonos Beam and a final
brush through my ever-growing hair.
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✦ October
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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✦ October
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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✦ October
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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✦ October
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.