How clear is your vision?
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.
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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.
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✦ September
254 | Two things (again)
I’m sitting in an Indian restaurant and I truly appreciate the pragmatism that
rules here. The food is great,
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
253 | Synthesizing
Doing the work is only half of the work. The other half is synthesizing it,
turning it into something more
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
252 | Walking the Grebbeliniepad (part 2)
The trail called me again. So I returned to it. Furthering the walked kilometers of the official paths. I took
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
251 | Walking the Grebbeliniepad
I should’ve done this way earlier. This afternoon, after a couple of hours of online research and general uncertainty
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
250 | Dear Bowie and Cobain
Dear Bowie and Cobain,
God, I remember how small you once were. And look at you now. No longer kittens
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
249 | How a robot turned me from a hobo to a bohemian
A few days ago, I purchased one of those little circular robotic vacuum cleaners
with the promise of never having
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
248 | I didn’t do anything today
I didn’t do anything today. Let’s keep like that.
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
247 | Keeping it short
I’m keeping it short today by merely letting you know a new issue of Dialogue
[https://mitchellens.ink/dialogue]
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
Archiving my work and doing the YouTube thing
This time, I wish to vent about the importance of building an archive for your work — a little on how I build mine — and a new YouTube video.
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
246 | Categorization, pun intended
How many cat photos can you pull off before people start to categorize (pun
intended) you as the pet photographer?
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
245 | Two minor things
It’s time. So far, only one color preset and one black and white preset have been living on my
2021 Recent writing
✦ September
244 | Dipping in and out until it's done
I’ve been dipping in and out of my Dialogue 004 draft for the past few days and
it’s
2021 Recent writing
✦ August
243 | To do or not
Ticking off as much as possible from my to do list today. Or shaving my yak a
little too much.
2021 Recent writing
✦ August
242 | Short and sweet is still sweet
Short and sweet is still sweet. Not sure if it can beat long and luscious but
not all days can
2021 Recent writing
✦ August
241 | And the camera was there...
Hello again! This time from the other side of a much-needed 12-hour night’s rest. I am currently uncharacteristically sipping
2021 Recent writing
✦ August
Do You Register?
‘DO YOU REGISTER?’ is a registration of modern day life in its purest form. There’s no editing, no fancy camera movement, no narrative, no beginning, no end. It’s a direct peek into life in the 21st century.
2021 Recent writing
✦ August
240 | And the camera was there, here are the photos
Hello from the other side of what is currently my longest bike-ride ever! It was a leg-numbing headache-inducing experience but
2021 Recent writing
✦ August
239 | The camera was there
The camera was there the entire day. Going where I went, seeing what I saw.
Every time something significant happened,