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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148 | I drove off in the wrong direction. On purpose
I drove off in the wrong direction. On purpose.
I just had to do it, I couldn’t help myself.
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147 | A quick ramble about a bunch of things
Yesterday was a pretty well thought out Monologue from my side. Accompanied by
the third issue of Dialogue [https://mitchellens.
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One Two One, a 1:1 photography project in analog form
In this issue: a new photography project, selling my own museum-grade fine art prints, re-building a bike from scratch and notes on acceptance.
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146 | The point is to alienate as much people as possible
I feel kinda bad when people unfollow me online or tell me in real life they
aren’t really into
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145 | An office
An office. A proud tenant of one I am now! I’m sharing it with other people,
sure. But that’
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144 | The last day of a vacation
The last day of a vacation, what do you spend it on? What can you use it for?
Pick out
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143 | Sitting down
Sitting down.
Laying around.
Major headache.
Maybe again tomorrow.
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142 | Battle of the Fuji files
Answering the question I posed two days ago [https://mitchellens.ink/here-i-go-again-fujifilm-jpegs/]:
is a Fujifilm JPEG image good enough to
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141 | Two people one Albert Heijn
We each went into the Albert Heijn with our own shopping carts. Filling them up
with whatever we each liked.
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140 | Here I go again, Fujifilm JPEGs
Here I go again. Trying the JPEG thing, again. Will it be be good enough for me?
Will it satisfy
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139 | I caught the rain today
I caught the rain today, in multiple ways. The first, and arguably less
significant, was on my head. As me
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138 | Tiny glimpses into the present
Tiny glimpses into the present. Frozen in time, with all its imperfection.
Beautiful in its ugliness because of its transience.
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137 | A black and chrome monster
Blessed!
The first day of my week off, the final parts for my bike rebuilt are delivered.
Perfect timing! I
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136 | Twisted sock around ankle
Twisted sock around ankle, blanked wrapped around the legs, cat heavily purring
and oh another one under the table; yawning
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135 | The moment I stepped out the front door it started pouring down
The moment I stepped out the front door it started pouring down. I could’ve
looked at the forecast but
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134 | Life on the fifth floor
Life on the fifth floor. It detaches you from the hustle and bustle of the
streets. You’re more in
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133 | What’s that there in the middle, a seed?
My ‘About the photo’ series has been somewhat long-winded so far but this one
will be rather short in comparison.
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132 | Shall we do another update
Shall we do another update? Let’s do another update.
Today I’ve been working on adding the individual fine