Senja, Norway, August 2022.
From the video Senja, Norway - Black and White Photography.
Senja, Norway, August 2022.
From the video Senja, Norway - Black and White Photography.
The feeling is always there, some days I’m barely aware of it; other days, it almost hurts: the desire to hit the road again. And yet, there’s no place I’d rather be than San Francisco right now.
It feels strange. I haven’t been in a situation like this in years. My “normal” is to be always on the move, nowhere for too long. But I keep scanning the map and I find nothing: there’s nowhere I want to go*.
The summer doesn’t inspire me. The bright sun and the heat make me feel miserable most of the time. I much prefer those gray cloudy days, slow rainy afternoons, and the magical foggy mornings. And of those mornings, I’m getting plenty here.
I spent the last two summers in Norway and Scotland, grayscale times I cherish now. I want that, I need that. So I’m learning to work on the same spots over and over, trying to find what I failed to see before. And while my desire to go somewhere is still there, I’m starting to love it. A project is building up here, I think. We shall see.
Come around September, though, I’ll be more than ready to hit that open road again. Where to, it doesn’t matter.
* By car, that is. I guess I could always take a flight to somewhere exotic on the other side of the world, but you know, I can’t afford that.
California, July 2024.
San Francisco, July 2024.
San Francisco, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
San Francisco, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
California, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
California, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
In a world that is constantly trying to sell us shortcuts and workarounds, it's important to realize that the road to great photography is rather unassuming and kind of boring. It is the accumulation of great work made over the years with hard work that we can start building a body of work. It is a very simple path, but not easy to follow.
Scotland, August 2023.
From the video Photographing Northern Scotland.
Galicia, March 2022.
San Francisco, July 2024.
San Francisco, July 2024.
San Francisco, July 2024.
In order to make great photographs, we need to know what makes them great in the first place. Developing a photographic taste is crucial, both internal (our own taste) and external (the objective truths of the medium).
In this video, we dive deep into this topic and talk about how we can get better as photographers by improving our taste.
San Francisco, July 2024.
Colorado, September 2020.
San Francisco, June 2024.
From the video "Trapped" in San Francisco.
San Francisco, June 2024.
From the video "Trapped" in San Francisco.
Norway, September 2022.
From the video A day of photography on the road in Norway.