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THE WRITTEN RECORD
Author: Chris
On Friendship
Like the Greek philosopher Aristotle says about friendship: 1. There is the one friend who you can hang out with. 2. The one you call friend because you want that person to do something for you. 3. The friend who…
Sparring Partners
Most of us need fewer friends and more intellectual sparring partners. Friends can be easy to come by. Intellectual sparring partners are harder to find. They will call you on your BS, question your assumptions, and push you to think…
A Trivial Paradox
Thanks to A Gentleman's Take to have me on their show as a return guest. Always a pleasure, gents. If you missed my first episode, you can find it here.
Like & Subscribe
As a follow up to my post last year on the state of my digital subscriptions, it's time to review and re-think what I am paying for. I am always looking for the best software for my workflow so I…
8 Exposures
I was cleaning out some boxes in my storage area and came across a Polaroid camera and an unopened 2-pack box of Polaroid instant film. Better use it before I toss it and so I did another photo walk today.…
36 Exposures
Woke up this morning for a photo walk around SoBo before the heat kicked in and grabbed 36 exposures. Felt good to get out and shoot something for myself. It's been too long. Now I am waiting on the prints…
2023: Chapter 4
Happy 5/5 day! It is May 5, 2023- time to start the fourth chapter for the new year's resolutions. In the past 10 years or so, I have attempted a variation of resolution themes in an attempt to hold myself…
iPhone vs Camera
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of ditching all but one of my cameras and just use the camera built in to my iPhone. Why? An iPhone can untether the photographer because you have…
VSCO > Adobe
I toggle on/off the urge to use Adobe Lightoom as a catalog library and photo editor for the past 16 years. I paid one price for it back in 2007 and then they went to a subscription-based plan a couple…
ART::ificial
In lieu of having enough time to go out and photograph something (anything!), I've been generating synthographs. Synthography is a method of generating digital media synthetically using machine learning. This is distinct from other graphic creation and editing methods in…
More Reading Hacks
One of the biggest mistakes readers make is assuming that all books should be read from the first page to the last page in an unbroken sequence. For non-fiction books, learning is non-linear. Non-fiction books are for thinking, not reading,…
Synthography
The new all-in-one website/mood board I built dedicated to my generative AI art creation and curation.
I’ve Lost My Photo Mojo
Once upon a time, there was a camera in my hand every weekend off to explore and shoot. The camera was my passport and I went everywhere with it, including dangerous places I wasn't "supposed" to go. I've noticed in…
Analog + Digital
When you buy a new vinyl record nowadays, it comes with a code to download the MP3 digital version too. Why can't we get a free e-book version when you buy a paper book?