2026-04-23Hello! I've been posting a lot of recent photos to the website this month, and I'm keeping the old ones just in case I'm not able to get out and about that day.I took this photo yesterday, out on the water in Raritan Bay. I'm not able to ID this lighthouse with confidence, but I'm pretty sure it's the...

2026-04-22Limited permission was granted to use photos taken for these events on this site.Hello! The event went well! I organized a photo walk with a school club, and we took photos of flowers, leaves, and the sky.I didn't take this photo myself; I gave my camera to one of the participants who was really excited to...

2026-04-21Back at the gardens...Hello!I walked into this desert exhibit, with loads of succulents both tall and small. One of my common struggles with photography is that I don't fill the frame enough. When I take portraits, I walk back and get full-body photographs. If I take pictures of a flower, I'll surround it...

2026-04-20Hello!As soon as I heard about a free event for students to experiment with crazy camera gear, I reserved my ticket and cleared my calendar. This kind of opportunity doesn't come often, so it's important that I try and make it.New York City seems to be the place for all the portraits, because that's where...

2026-04-19Hello!I found the flash button!This event was incredible, representing a portion of student life that's alive and thriving: the arts. While I can get similar group shots of sports players, it's not the same. The joy and acceptance of everyone, casual artist or commission veteran, keeps my heart beating.The...

2026-04-18Hello! This busy week still hasn't ended yet; I've still got a few more events to get through.I love this photo for so many reasons. First, the silly reasons: the photo hides a lot that you don't see. I've done a pretty good job at keeping my face off this website for now, so you don't see just how sweaty...

2026-04-17Limited permission was granted to use photos taken for these events on this site.Hello! I'm realizing that so many things I use are coded with artificial intelligence. Especially with Anthropic's Claude, which was caught destroying millions of books in the name of science, and which was defended as being...

2026-04-16Limited permission was granted to use photos taken for these events on this site.Hello!My school hosted a Greek Night, a cultural festival with circle dances, egg dropping, and lots of food. I didn't know how much I would like pastitsio :-).I'll be honest, I think this event was a bit much even for me....

2026-04-15Hello!The title is a bit inaccurate; it's more a curated botanical garden, but since they have exhibits for different flower types and labels, it feels like a museum! It even has a ticketed entry.I ought to be talking about my photographic process, but in all honesty, I'm not sure I had any thoughts for...

2026-04-14Hello! My first ever panorama photo!I have a couple of ideas on what to talk about floating around, but none of them fit a certain photo. So today, let's talk about Christmas.We're about as far from the Christmas craze as we could be today, so it's a perfect time for me to recount a story from Christmas...

2026-04-13Hello! I said I would go on a screen detox, but that didn't work out.Hermitcraft, which I consider to be an all-ages TV show free on YouTube themed around Minecraft, has hosted their annual charity event. They've raised more than $1,100,000 USD, breaking previous records.It's wonderfully chaotic and...

2026-04-12Back among the starry night sky...Hello! Every so often, I cycle through a regular process of building a high ego over something stupid and having it crash down. I wonder if this blog is unintentionally becoming an ego thing.Anyway, enjoy an article of me praising myself on how clever I am.The effect of...