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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096 | It seems like winter is back again
It seems like winter is back again. It’s a shame because I was thriving on fresh
vitamine D. Nothing
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095 | Free camera straps for sale
I started giving away camera neck strap samples to my friends and I love the
idea that my creations are
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094 | I sit down and I (don't) think
As I write these things, I sit down and don’t think about things too much.
That’s a lie.
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093 | Textures
Textures. During documentation, focus on textures and patterns. Shoot wide,
shoot medium, shoot close, shoot textures.
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091 | This week I'm sprinting (pt. 4)
Almost done! I did forget to add ‘do final checks’ to my to do list, which is a
lot more
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090 | This week I'm sprinting (pt. 3)
More progress!
But... I also don’t want to talk about the project in depth anymore until it’s
done.
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089 | This week I'm sprinting (pt. 2)
I still can’t think of a few proper words for the intro. I need something that
sets the mood
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088 | This week I'm sprinting
My to do list from yesterday has now turned into this week’s sprint to get this
thing done. I
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087 | My to do list for the coming week
I need to:
* design a cover
* write a few words for the intro
* find a font
* finalize the page layout
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086 | How much of it really matters
How much of it really matters? I mean truly matter. My guess is, not much. Not
many things are worth
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085 | I worked on my newsletter flow, maybe for nothing
Today I updated the sign up flow for my newsletter. I added two-step
verification and worked on the design of
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084 | It’s amazing how much a little working out can make a difference
It’s amazing how much a little working out can make a difference. All I did was
two workouts this
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083 | I have a name for the black & white squares photo project
Well won’t you look at that. All it took was an afternoon by myself in a
distraction-free environment. I
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082 | A new (to me) way of doing a walk
The amount of unrest I felt yesterday could be fully attributed to my lack of
movement during the day. I
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081 | A Tweet
I wanted to make a quick book of a couple of photos I shot over the winter but
felt like
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080 | Stop playing games and read a book
While I did do some work on the book, most of my time today has gone to playing
GTA Online
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079 | I'm happy to report peace presents itself
Nick Cave just said “we are fireflies trapped in the hand of a boy”. I take
another sip of my
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078 | What’s up people from the internet
What’s up people from the internet. I just came up with an idea. And then
another one. Possibly even