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...

2026-04-11Back at the university garden...Hello! Writing to you from Delaware, where I'm yet again out of my comfort zone.It was mostly cloudy when I took the photo, with only a few moments of sunshine. I took this photo in horizontal / landscape orientation, but cropped it as vertical. There are just too many...