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If You Lack Inspiration, Talk to people
I stopped photographing for many years. Nothing dramatic happened; it was a slow fade. I’d go out with a camera, walk around, come back without a single frame worth keeping. Eventually I stopped going out at all. The problem wasn’t burnout or crisis. It was worse: complete indifference.
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7 views If You Lack Inspiration, Talk to people I stopped photographing for many years. Nothing dramatic happened; it was a slow fade. I’d go out with a camera, walk around, come back without a single frame worth keeping. Eventually I stopped going out at all. The problem wasn’t burnout or crisis. It was worse: complete indifference. [...] Click link to continue reading https://photoni.st/index.php/2026/0

In the Moment
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My view of Japan is cartoonish. It’s built almost entirely from exports and a European vantage point. When I watch how other countries portray France through their own exports, the caricature is cringeworthy, so it stands to reason mine works the same way in revers
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7 views In the Moment My view of Japan is cartoonish. It’s built almost entirely from exports and a European vantage point. When I watch how other countries portray France through their own exports, the caricature is cringeworthy, so it stands to reason mine works the same way in revers [...] Click link to continue reading https://photoni.st/index.php/2026/07/03/in-the-moment

Photographer Focus #1: Dickey Chapelle
I'm into deep dives at the moment and I think I'll make this a regular feature.
I first came across Dickey Chapelle by accident. I was reading about war photographers, having arrived on the subject via Lee Miller. Someone mentioned a woman who wore pearl earrings into combat and whose last photo was recovered from her camera after she was killed. I had to fin

6 views Photographer Focus #1: Dickey Chapelle I'm into deep dives at the moment and I think I'll make this a regular feature. I first came across Dickey Chapelle by accident. I was reading about war photographers, having arrived on the subject via Lee Miller. Someone mentioned a woman who wore pearl earrings into combat and whose last photo was recovered from her camera after she was killed. I had to fin

Will Photography Die With GenZ?
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For a while I assumed the relationship was simply doomed. Photography requires patience: you develop a project over months without knowing whether it’s working, improvement arrives slowly, the feedback loop runs on timescales that platform culture has trained peopl
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5 views Will Photography Die With GenZ? For a while I assumed the relationship was simply doomed. Photography requires patience: you develop a project over months without knowing whether it’s working, improvement arrives slowly, the feedback loop runs on timescales that platform culture has trained peopl [...] Click link to continue reading https://photoni.st/index.php/2026/0

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1.7 / week

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Mostly images

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🔥 Top post If You Lack Inspiration, Talk to people I stopped photographing for many years. Nothing dramatic happened; it was a slow fade. I’d go out with a camera, walk around, come back without a single frame worth keeping. Eventually I stopped going out at all. The problem wasn’t burnout… ★ 7

Can Creativity Exist Without Boredom? I travel roughly 2,000 kilometres a week for work. Sometimes, on the train, I put my phone away and sit with nothing. No book, no podcast, just the landscape moving past and strangers shifting through … ★ 3

Photographer Focus #1: Dickey Chapelle I'm into deep dives at the moment and I think I'll make this a regular feature. I first came across Dickey Chapelle by accident. I was reading about war photographers, having arrived on the subject vi… ★ 6

Deadpan Photography: Enjoying the Pretence Juliette wrote last week about Deadpan photography. I was intrigued because it’s a term I had seen start appearing all over the place lately and I wasn’t sure what it was. So I did a deep dive to … ★ 4

Stop Being Exploited The photography education industry runs on a specific kind of desperation. Browse Instagram or scroll through YouTube and you’ll find an unending parade of people promising to unlock your potential, offering preset pac…

Deadpan: An Investigation I first encountered the phrase deadpan photography around Youtube, of all places. I was watching one of Tatiana Hopper’s videos I think (I don’t remember which one). I didn’t think much of it at the time but I was… ★ 4

In the Moment My view of Japan is cartoonish. It’s built almost entirely from exports and a European vantage point. When I watch how other countries portray France through their own exports, the caricature is … ★ 7

Will Photography Die With GenZ? For a while I assumed the relationship was simply doomed. Photography requires patience: you develop a project over months without knowing whether it’s working, improvement arri… ★ 5

Become a Good Photographer, Part Six: Don’t Learn From Teachers There is no shortage of people eager to tech you photography online these days. There are probably many tens of thousands of videos on YT. Maybe … ★ 5

Shooting Raw Is About Insecurity, Not Possibilities The justification photographers reach for when defending raw files is technical: more latitude, recoverable highlights, adjustable white balance. Sound in pr… ★ 3

Photography Chain of Custody Experiment Projects change. Photographs move from person to person, from tool to tool. A crime-scene photo passes from the investigator’s camera to a forensic analyst’s workstation to a prosecutor’s presentatio…

The Best Camera Is Not The One You Have With You The saying has earned its place through repetition: the best camera is the one you have with you. There’s obvious sense in it, and a significant problem with it. [...] Click link to continue… ★ 3

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2025 — 1 year ago.

👁️Averages 5 views per post.

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61/100

Fair Credibility score

84%

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Est. 84% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
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Computers as a job and a lifelong passion. All round science nerd. PhD in computing (object-oriented databases). #linux user since 1993 (kernel 0.98) except for work (Windows for development and Linux for servers). 2:320/406.8 in the good old days. #Astronomy, #astrophotography, #astrophysics, #biology, #genetics, #genealogy, #photography as hobbies. #Truecrime as a podcaster. Born at 330.19ppm CO2. I've been known to play the organ and the bass guitar. Owned by many cats.

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