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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131 | A few things I thought about today
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What looks like play to me might look like work to you.
You will not get rich by renting out
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130 | I’m thinking about taking a trip
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129 | Nodding off on the couch
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Nodding off on the couch
Trying to come up with something to share
Structuring my thoughts into coherent ideas
A
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128 | Yesterday was bad but the future is very bright
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Okay, so to answer yesterday’s question [https://mitchellens.ink/i-cringe-every-time-even-now/], yes
the quote-type post was a very bad idea.
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127 | I cringe every time. Even now
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I’m not a 100% sure this is a good idea but here it goes. As I’m building out
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126 | I spent my entire afternoon on the following
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I spent my entire afternoon on the following:
* Installing the bottom bracket on my bike. I almost got it all
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125 | Feel the warmth
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I let myself go in a daydream and emerged with a deeper understanding of the
layers in life [https://www.
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124 | A tweet. But different
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I wrote another tweet today but rather than embedding it, I’ll share it here
directly.
“The wind is so
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123 | A windy day
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I might’ve gone a little too much into the vagueness of describing a photo here
but you’ll have
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122 | Let me stay put for a minute
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Let me stay put for a minute. I know you could use that time. A little time to
deflate. To
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Finding purpose and alignment as a photographer
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This time, I want to talk to you about finding purpose and alignment. If that sounds a little vague to you then I understand. I used to think the same.
Dialogue
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121 | Okay but what about this one
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Continuing my ‘About the photo’ series1, while also continuing the build of my
Instagram feed [https://www.instagram.com/delenslovesyou/
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120 | I've been keeping the same note for a year
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I have this note that I’ve been keeping for about a year(?) now. It’s called
‘Vrije associatie’ or,
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119 | A pyramid. Sort of
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I told you I’d be back with original thoughts, right? Well today you can enjoy a
new ‘behind the
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118 | I have no original thoughts today
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I mean, daily writing is great and all but I don’t have that much to say all the
time.
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117 | Close-ups in color
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Who knows what can happen when you set out to shoot high buildings in black and
white? I do! You
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116 | Nothing. Or is it?
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Staring at the empty screen. Nothing. Looking outside for inspiration. Still
nothing.

But then it hits me.
Nothing, isn’t
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115 | Look close and you will see
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I wrote a few words to accompany Viewfinder 030 [https://mitchellens.ink/shop].
Feast your eyes and tickle your mind