San Francisco, July 2024.
The morning of the coyote, I
in photographs
The morning of the coyote
in journal
I see coyotes very often during my morning walks. Some are shy, some let you get relatively close. This one was too busy looking for breakfast to mind my presence, so I was able to get quite near.
After taking dozens of shots, I witnessed something I’d never seen before: the coyote found a decently sized gopher and proceeded to eat it right in front of me.
This is why I love photography and getting out with a camera in hand. You just never know what you are going to find.
Mirror Fjord
in photographs
Senja, Norway, August 2022.
From the video Senja, Norway - Black and White Photography.
No other place I’d rather be
in journal
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.
Faces of San Francisco, III
in photographs
California, July 2024.
Colonel Chicken
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
The end of the land, I
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
Turtle and ducks
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
Faces of San Francisco, II
in photographs
California, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
Faces of San Francisco, I
in photographs
California, July 2024.
From the video The key to great photography is boring.
The key to great photography is boring
in journal
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.
Ghosts of Duncansby, II
in photographs
Scotland, August 2023.
From the video Photographing Northern Scotland.
Under the fog
in photographs
Galicia, March 2022.
Golden Gate Park, II
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
Ocean Beach, I
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
The drive, I
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
How to develop your photographic taste
in journal
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.
Morning commute
in photographs
San Francisco, July 2024.
Cold day in the Rockies
in photographs
Colorado, September 2020.
Flight, I
in photographs
San Francisco, June 2024.
From the video "Trapped" in San Francisco.