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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184 | Out there, blooming
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Do you have any idea how many people I see being out there? Finally out there.
The sight of it
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183 | The efflorescence
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The efflorescence. It’s upon us. Bound to happen. Will it be now? Is this really
the moment we’ve
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182 | Vaccinated and hopefully liberated
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Vaccinated and liberated. My heart is hopeful. Now I’m sitting out my mandatory
15 minute waiting time, writing this
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181 | So many things
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So many things. Emails keep stacking up. Reading that still needs to be done. Or
rather, wants to be done.
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180 | Today is about compartmentalisation, sort of...
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Today is about compartmentalization. And how bad and good I am at it at the same
time. You see, I
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179 | More proof that documentation has value
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As I was scrolling through my Instagram
[https://www.instagram.com/mitchellens.ink/] this afternoon, my eye fell on a
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178 | A personal change log and a proper bio
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Despite my website being generally done for the most part, there are always
little bits and pieces that can be
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177 | Ha, can you believe it?
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Ha, can you believe it?
I totally forgot to write a story yesterday. Well, not so much forgot to write
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176 | Oh man, I can’t believe it
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Oh man, I can’t believe it. I forgot to write something today (yesterday?). I’m
not sure how to
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175 | Going through the motions and a rediscovery
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I’ve been really putting myself through the motions lately.1 I promised myself I
would get a day off
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174 | A whole lot of work and synergy
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Peep this, I managed to plan all my appointments this week into one single day.
This day. That’s a
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173 | Fixing everything
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Internet: fixed. But let’s see how things are in a few days.
Leaking roof: contractors called, again. Things should
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172 | I'm mad
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I’m mad.
I’m mad because our roof started leaking again. Despite having been worked on
for two times
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171 | I worked on a Sunday and I don't regret it
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Wake up in the morning and watch some YBS Youngbloods on YouTube
[https://youtube.com/c/Youngbloods] to get my
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170 | Today's timetable
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Go to bed at 04:00.
Wake up at 09:00.
Fall asleep again at 10:50.
Wake up again
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169 | Petrichor
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The smell outside is amazing. It’s unbelievable what a good thunderstorm can do
after a couple of hot summer
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168 | Bad news and two random thoughts
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Bad news: The social apps are back on the phone. How’s that for a character
arch. How long has
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167 | By the water and back
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By the water, across from my home, I sit down and look around. My camera
dormantly slung around my torso.