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
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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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202 | The postwoman
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I walk out the door with my bike in hand when the postwoman arrives in her van.
‘Good morning!’, I
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201 | Unwind
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Sit down, move slow, unwind, eyes low.
Tomorrow is a full day again. Enjoy your moment yourself. Protect your quality
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200 | 201 days of uninterrupted daily writing and still going strong
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Continuing the trend from yesterday, which was day 200(!) in this Monologue
series by the way, we enjoy the day
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199 | A first person view of what a Sunday should be
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You wake up a little crusty after a good night of entertainment. You shake it
off with the help of
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198 | Many levels of meta
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Sometimes when there aren’t any particular events of interest in a day, one has
no choice but to go
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197 | A little TLC for myself
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Without any particular reason, I was a little out of it today. Things were
either taking too long or going
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196 | Not today guys
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Not today guys. I got a few too many things on my plate that require focus.
Thankfully, as a photographer,
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195 | I tried to formulate a mission statement
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Today marks the day where I tried to properly formulate a mission statement for
the first time. An idea I’
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194 | Unstructured noise
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193 | An interesting congregation of vegetation
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What now? Another ‘About The Photo’ today
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPFhrWtwrP/]? That makes two in a row. Is
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192 | Alright, what do we have here
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It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Let me answer that question myself right away: yes
it has!
With
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191 | Let us quickly recap the week
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Let us quickly recap the week and its intended planning, now that the final day
looms over us. Without going
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190 They are testing me for what? Nothing
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Went for my first COVID test today because I want to photograph an event tonight
and tomorrow. Then the government
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189 | Back in the old days
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Back in the old days things were much simpler. Uncomplicated at all times. Well,
most of the times at least.
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188 | Another try tomorrow
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Another try tomorrow! Utrecht as my playground and my hopes back up again.
Shuffling through my work from Tuesday, I
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187 | Returning home
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A few words I wrote on the way back home. These are not to be taken seriously.
They are a
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186 | Scheduling my time off for peace of mind
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It’s my week off, starting today, but I also need to finish up a job as wel.
That’s
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185 | Wonderful, blissful silence
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Wonderful, blissful silence.
Crisp, fresh air flowing around me.
Raindrops tapping steadily on the window.
Thunder rumbling through the sky.