7 July, 2026
Striving for Balance in the Darkroom
After a mental health crisis involving one of my brothers earlier this month, I found myself withdrawing to the darkroom, churning out prints at a breakneck pace. At first, this...
I want to talk about something that has been going through my mind lately. I’ve been thinking a lot about the basic film photographer’s decision: Color or B&W? It’s funny ho...
1 July, 2026
I Photograph Landscapes, But I’m Not a Landscape Photographer – What Paul Strand taught me about looking past genre
The French composer Maurice Ravel, whom you likely know from his ubiquitous Bolero, lost his battle with history. Despite his protestations, he is now labeled an Impressionist, ...
27 June, 2026
Flags in Two Places
You keep seeing the flags, and hearing people talk. Someone remarks that there are “so many flags everywhere these days”, with a faintly conspiratorial smile. Then on my social ...
19 June, 2026
My Zine Publishing Mis-Adventure, or: Where fools dare
Back in 2015 I had a self proclaimed “Self Publishing Misadventure” and in 2025 I can say that was a lesson I did not learn from. Recently I decided to make another self publish...
12 June, 2026
Travails of two Leica M3s
I wrote in another post in the past about how I came to want a Leica M3. In my career whenever I had a little extra cash for gear I bought what would make my job easier. When it...
19 May, 2026
5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.
I took these photographs at two very different moments. The first were made on the Norfolk coast. I was very unwell at the time. The trip was meant to get me out of the house, t...
17 May, 2026
My Journey into Photographing Performing Musicians
Ever since I was a child, I loved music. I still do. In fact, it is one of my motivators in life, it always boosted me and put me in the right state of mind. The experience of l...
