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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166 | A premature recap of lessons learned so far
I thought about waiting to write a recap of my experiences producing these
Monologues until I reach 200 days but
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165 | Staring in the distance instead of a screen
That’s it, the social apps are gone from my phone. At least for now. I’m not
necessarily opposed
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164 | An underwhelming recap
Right, so that recap from yesterday I sort of promised. Well, it was the
official open day of the new
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163 | Oh but wait, another day almost passed again
Oh but wait, another day almost passed again? I totally forgot the time? Why,
you ask? Because it’s such
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162 | I'm sleepy
I thought about it for a minute on the ride back home and I know the answer.
I’ve burned
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161 | Endless Cycle to Utrecht, train back home?
I’m about to set off on a bike ride to Utrecht. It’s about 24K from my home,
which
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160 | Plans, apprehension and execution
I planned to do many things today.
I wanted to do none of them.
I ended up doing all of
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159 | We're going to Spain. But not yet
Just booked a flight to Spain for the 20th of September. An actual flight. Can
you believe it? Fingers crossed
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158 | What do you do when you realize that none of it really matters?
What do you do when you realize that none of it really matters and the whole
point is simply to
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157 | My earliest impressions of the Pergear 35mm F1.6
Okay so here we are. My first impressions of the Pergear 35mm F1.6. A lens I
bought from Amazon
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156 | 50 words 1 sentence
I wanted to write about something today but I can’t because the thing that
prerequisited the intent to write
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155 | An energy rollercoaster
I woke up this morning feeling rested for the first time this week. Perhaps it
was the sudden heat we
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154 | The first hands on a new project
So eum… Viewfinder Magazine? Yeah I started working on it today. Here are the
rules:
* 13x20cm trade book
* 24 pages
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153 | The amazing thing that is Poolside FM
I switched out my contactlenses for a fresh pair and it has been absolute bliss
all day. Perhaps that’s
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152 | I was having trouble keeping my eyes open
I was having trouble keeping my eyes open. Perhaps it was the hayfever. Maybe it
was because I didn’t
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151 | The sun! Finally!
The sun! Finally!
As a true Dutchman I wasted no time firing up the ol’ barbecue. After a
beautiful afternoon
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150 | Today I went far nor fast
Today I went far nor fast. But we did get burgers so I got that going for me. We
then
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149 | The goal is to go far, not fast
Another ride today. Another quick one. And it’s a good thing I do these! The
moment I drove off