2026-06-10Hello! This might replace the sunset wallpaper from my first few days of photography. I'll need to put it in the right aspect ratio, though...I'm out on a road trip again, departing mere minutes after the last person left my sleepover. I'll talk more about it once I'm home, because the internet speed here...

2026-06-09First, a short addendum for yesterday's article: I was being intentional about my casual attitude for changing my name and building a new life. If I moved to Britain as was my original intent many seasons ago (a story for another time, perhaps?) I would have changed my name — not to Maria Roland, but to...

2026-06-08Hello! Look, I had a lot of dice. This photo even lines up with the day number!Well, I had to say goodbye to a lot of people. That doesn't have to be a bad thing — I like to think of it like rebuilding an intricate clockwork of gears that make up the machinery of my human soul. I'm already feeling...

2026-06-07Hello! I think I'm going to try and make this a cohesive series involving dice outside.I used to make loads of pre-constructed photos with minimal effort just to be creative and unconventional. I've described that process a bit before, but I haven't published any of them to this site. I also haven't done...

2026-06-06Hello! Trying abstract photography for the next few days.I still don't have a portable light that I'm satisfied with. I've come around to using the on-camera flash for certain effects, but it wouldn't have worked here. Instead, the trees above let sunlight leak through the leaves and fall on this spot...

2026-06-05Hello! Along with showcasing shiny cars (both vintage and new but modified), the event had a spot for parked boats, both on water and on land.I didn't bring any special lighting with me, but I don't think they would have allowed it anyway. Still, the sunlight, filtered through clouds above, provided a...

2026-06-04Hello! It's been a while since I did some automobile photography. Lucky for me, the annual car show was being hosted nearby and I walked up to it without even realizing it. Pure coincidence that I happened across a big car show on the day I went to this town.A lot of crowds were forming around cars that...

2026-06-03Hello! I had considered re-theming my website for the month with obnoxious rainbows and unreadable text, but I ultimately decided against it.This isn't a photo of a pride event, although I later found out there was one nearby (it ended before I walked over there).In the near future, I'll try to attend a...

2026-06-02Hello! This is written like an open letter, because why not. I put a half-hearted effort into it a few weeks ago after thinking of the vlogbrothers YouTube channel, and I think it would continue to provide me some fun creative challenges.Should probably invent a character — the one specific person that...

2026-06-01Hello!I got back from the New Jersey Renaissance Faire, which I like talking about purely to gloat to my friends (you know who you are) who weren't able to go. I had a great time and I'll be sure to come back next year. Stories from my time there will be written in the near future, but today I've got more...

2026-05-31Hello!This is a hastily-written response to Absurd Pirate's article: "I'm So Tired of Ads". My response: Then Do Something About It.I definitely understand that ads are annoying. I also think that not enough people (including me) know the economics of advertising, and how marketing in general pays the...

2026-05-30Hello! A direct follow-up to yesterday's photograph. Taken on the same walk, in the same(-ish) weather.A bit farther away from the regular paved sidewalk, this clump of rounded leaves didn't capture my attention at first. I had paused there to dry the front of my camera lens (rubbing it with my shirt,...