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.
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220 | Back to YouTube it is
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Back to YouTube it is. I gave it a try a few months ago but soon relinquished.
Now I return
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219 | Bound for my second shot of Pfizer today
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Bound for my second shot of Pfizer today, I’m reading the words I’ve written at
the time of
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218 | Kallumaan: one photo a day (part 3)
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Okay one final shot from Kallumaan then. Just because I’m a little tired, have
nothing else to share and
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217 | Kallumaan: one photo a day (part 2)
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My body is tired and I’m being eaten alive by the mosquitoes. The rain drenched
our chairs to the
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216 | Kallumaan: one photo a day
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I’ve decided to make my monologues the next few days more photo heavy again.
Yesterday sparked the idea and
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215 | I’m drawing a blank
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I’m drawing a blank. I have absolutely nothing to say today. Nothing to tell. No
things to share. None.
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214 | The clock doesn't tick today
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Looking at the second hand-less clock on the wall to see that it’s only 10:15
AM. I know
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213 | Another Sunday
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Another Sunday. What does that mean?
Eat. Sleep. Watch YouTube. Repeat.
Until it’s no longer Sunday.
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212 | Two blurbs
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Today is about sharing two blurbs that caught my attention. I will not
immediately comment on them as I prefer
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211 | Coming home
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Dissipating sunshine makes way for thunderous clouds and vigorous winds. An
already bleak light is slowly replaced by ominous darkness.
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210 | Reading through past Monologues
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Reading through past Monologues, looking for patterns. Trying to see if any
process has been made in the past 200+
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209 | Hey you, De Lens Loves You too
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The past few days I’ve been pondering on my reasoning behind De Lens Loves You.
As I’ve mentioned
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208 | Rain, wind, storm
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I love the rain. The way it pounds on the flat roof of the apartment. The way it
leaves spatters
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207 | I had a random thought this morning
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I had a random thought this morning about the differences and similarities
between photography and writing. As a matter of
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206 | Sundays are rest days
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Sundays are rest days. So nothing interesting has happened. Nor did I have any
interesting thoughts to share here. Therefore,
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205 | Full days
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Another full day.
Woke up to a headache. But it didn’t take too long to get my head straight.
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204 | My mans
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My mans. How is it going? Are you well? I am doing extraordinarily well. Thanks
for asking! I uhhmm, I
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203 | A desk was never really your thing anyway
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Falling asleep in the afternoon. It’s never the plan. It overtakes you. One
moment you’re happily editing photos