Are we losing something? I spent a few hours today scanning some old color slides. I brought them into Lightroom and slowly looked through them. Many weren’t sharp. Some had people with limbs cut off. The color casts from those old film days? Let’s just say “questionable.” And yet… I kept looking. It got me thinking about this idea of perfection—and how obsessed we’ve all become with it. More megapixels. Tack-sharp images. No distractions. And of course… noise. God forbid w

Photographing a feeling, not a place.

I collect images on Pinterest that grab me. Sometimes it’s the subject, but most of the time it’s the feel  of the photo. When I scroll back through what I’ve saved, there’s definitely a pattern. Apparently, I have a type. Yesterday, I decided to experiment with AI. I copied an image from Pinterest—one that really spoke to me—and paired it with one of my own photos. I asked her (yes, my ChatGPT is a lady) to apply the same look and feel to my image. This is the image I found