Month: February 2022

I would prefer to own nothing — to just always be borrowing, renting, or using things without the strings of ownership attached.

My prediction: Apple will eventually become a financial corporation; the point isn’t to buy the devices, but to get the Apple Card and banking system, and to keep buying and upgrading the new iPhone devices. Note how poor people now can even afford the newest iPhone Pro, with ‘payments’.

Some quick creative thoughts for you: NOT WHAT IS ‘BEST’, BUT THAT WHICH LEAST GETS IN YOUR WAY? The first thought of today — Don’t optimize for the ‘best’ creative tool, but the creative tool which least gets in your way. For photography, RICOH GR III. After much deliberation, the reason why it is still…

Learn from kids, children, your kids. Watching my son Seneca grow has been fascinating because it offers me some theories on human cognition and how we develop:

Don’t offer to help, or don’t compliment or don’t thank people? A stoic way to just stay focused on your own personal life task, without annoyance, disappointment, or frustration with others?

PODCAST For example, that which requires the least ‘activation energy’, or that which is the easiest quick-start, with the least amount of friction or annoyance. For example, iPhone Mini (or the smallest iPhone) as the best iPhone, as it is the *least* likely to get in your way, due to the small size and small…

How do you excite or motivate yourself to make photos which will uncover your hidden talent? PDF TEXT > Podcast Photo Thoughts This morning, some thoughts: What is your desired end goal with photography? How do you motivate yourself to go out and shoot more photos? What is the best and ideal camera? No Ricoh…

Not just a decisive moment — but capturing a meaningful one.

Upon doing much research and thinking and consideration, all cars suck. Thus my personal thought: Just get a cheap, easily accessible car, and just go on more road trips and adventures.

To love more, you must also hate more? Also the things you really love, you also hate it? RICOH GR cameras for example — I hate how it always breaks, but I love it in terms of the design, function, ergonomics and the photos it produces.

To get buffer arms, the ideal seems to be doing (very) heavy kettlebell swings (one armed), into a ‘clean’ formation.

What *should* a home be, and how *should* a home be designed?

A quick thought on clothing — Instead of getting a vest, or wearing cumbersome clothing which restricts your movement, just double-upon on your merino wool t-shirt. Double shirt layer. And on the *really* cold days, triple merino wool t-shirt.

What do we want out of photography? To capture the fullest gamut of human experiences in photos:

Literally and figuratively.

Another key to success. Specialized vs general equipment and tools.

With photography, don’t think too much. Just keep shooting:

Something I have learned: The thought — ‘I will just “invest” in this one really great camera, this really great lens and own it forever’ is an un-true notion. For example, a thought I had in the past: If I just had a Leica M9 and a Leica 35mm Summilux/Summicron lens, I will stay with…

Once you get a kid, you gain a new identity — not just you, but you and your kid (an ultra-ego).

An easy, quick fun ‘bang for the buck’ workout at home:

The tricky thing — some things cannot really last forever. For example, you cannot own an iPhone forever. You also cannot really own a digital camera forever. Same goes with laptops, computers, etc. No device or digital thing is ‘future-proof’.

A good ethos for website building, and technology in general. Rather than figuring out which plugins to add, figure out which to disable and delete.

Something very annoying: Why is it that when certain things stop working or break (like my beloved RICOH GR III), it cannot be easily fixed by me, and has to be sent elsewhere? Or another example, I find a pair of NIKE shoes I really like (Air Force 1, Flyknit, special edition), but once the…

The notion of ‘unlimited’ seems to be a good one, but in actuality, not good. For example, better to limit your reps when it comes to lifting weights (better to do fewer reps, with higher intensity/difficulty/weight) than crunching out mindless repetitions until ‘failure’. Ironically enough, you are more prone to injure yourself through doing too…

In trying to discover new types of workouts with the 105 pound kettlebell (the beast, 48 kg), a floor press (‘bench-press style) is a good one:

Our ideal, pursuit and goal.

When you have the choice, go to the beach, go on a hike, take photos:

Many people spend tons of money upgrading their car (buying new parts, additions, customizations, rims, performance parts, etc), or by upgrading their entire car (buying a Tesla, Lamborghini, Porsche, etc)– But much more effective than spending all that time upgrading your car and vehicle, why not spend that money on upgrading yourself instead? For example:…

The upside of reviewing your photos in reverse chronological order: Your best photos tend to happen towards the end or the very end.

Physiological depression — can be remedied by extreme hiking and walking?

What makes a more personal photo? A photo in which your hand is also in it:

With aesthetics, faded is good. Why? The more faded it is, the more wear and tear, the better. What is ‘cool’? The more you use something, the more wear and tear it has, it is a badge of honor.

Like Leonardo da Vinci said– start with a black canvas, and then on top of the black canvas, paint whatever you desire. With black, your possibilities are limitless.

After doing the whole Silicon Valley thing, going through the whole crypto billionaire thing, etc — what is the end of all of it? Simple: photography.