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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One Two One
A black and white square-format photography project made during the winter of 2020/2021.
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058 | More coming soon, okay?
I wrote a whole bunch of things today but it wasn’t a Monologue.
Okay so what did I write
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057 | ‘Do You Register?’ number two
This morning I took a little diversion on my way to work and filmed the second
installment for ‘Do You
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056 | You know what I just did?
You know what I just did? Well, not ‘I’ but rather, ‘we’. We’ve sent an email.
Yes, you read
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055 | It’s 18 degrees Celsius in February
It’s February 24th, 18 degrees Celsius, and as a true Dutchman befits, I’m
sitting on my balcony in
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054 | I came up with a little plan
I came up with a nine step plan for the next two photo projects I have in the
works.
1.
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053 | I’m not writing anything today
I’m not writing anything today. Though writing that you’re not writing is
technically still writing. I guess I’
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052 | I filmed another video for ‘Do You Register?’
I filmed another video for ‘Do You Register?
[https://mitchel-lensink.ghost.io/do-you-register]’ this afternoon. I did forget
to bring
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051 | It’s not difficult to be exceptional
It’s not difficult to be exceptional, all you need to do is persevere when
others would’ve quit.
As
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050 | Almost forgot to write a few words today
Almost forgot to write a few words today.
Why? Because I was at work all day. Then had a meeting
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049 | I’m sitting in a chair
I’m sitting in a chair with a very content cat in my lap. I can’t be bothered to
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048 | As you probably know (probably not)
As you probably know (probably not), as a photographer I make a filthy amount of
money (no I don’t)
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047 | Today will be just a quick update
today will be just a quick update. I have added the miniature photo project I
shot the other week to
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046 | I have a bad habit
I have this bad habit of piling up my editing work until the point that I can no
longer take
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045 | Why boring documentary work can be interesting as well
The first ‘DO YOU REGISTER? [https://mitchellens.ink/do-you-register]’1 is online since yesterday. This
is exiting because it means
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044 | Even when nothing happens, so many things happen
Even when nothing happens, so many things happen.
Despite an image being static, its subjects can never be.
In a
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043 | This morning I gave the videography idea a go
This morning I gave the videography idea a go. It required me to get up pretty
early but that hasn’
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042 | Process of incubation the goal is to be amazing
I have a new idea involving video that might become an important contribution to
my over-arching purpose as a creator1.