SpecMode
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I do terrible things to perfectly good photos. I also burn things with lasers and print things with plastic.
My interests are many and varied. Hate is not welcome here. (Neither are AI scrapers, automated or otherwise.)
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My interests are many and varied. Hate is not welcome here. (Neither are AI scrapers, automated or otherwise.)
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I may or may not start posting stuff regularly on here again — the "may not" is not because I don't *want* to post regularly, but more because my attention span amounts to a single-digit number of microns and I'm too easily distracted to commit to doing *anything* regularly.
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 AM
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
My back hurts. Why does my back hurt?
[Cue predictable refusal to accept the obvious answer: being old]
[Cue predictable refusal to accept the obvious answer: being old]
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 AM
My back hurts. Why does my back hurt?
[Cue predictable refusal to accept the obvious answer: being old]
[Cue predictable refusal to accept the obvious answer: being old]
For those of you in the latter camp: here's some proof that you're right!
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
January 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
For those of you in the latter camp: here's some proof that you're right!
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
Ah, Lightroom and Photoshop. It's been too long (or, depending on who you ask, not nearly long enough)...
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Ah, Lightroom and Photoshop. It's been too long (or, depending on who you ask, not nearly long enough)...
I may or may not start posting stuff regularly on here again — the "may not" is not because I don't *want* to post regularly, but more because my attention span amounts to a single-digit number of microns and I'm too easily distracted to commit to doing *anything* regularly.
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I may or may not start posting stuff regularly on here again — the "may not" is not because I don't *want* to post regularly, but more because my attention span amounts to a single-digit number of microns and I'm too easily distracted to commit to doing *anything* regularly.
Yes, hello, long time no see, &c. Here's a couple of birbs.
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Yes, hello, long time no see, &c. Here's a couple of birbs.
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
#lofiphotography #photography #art #retro
Nothing says "welcome to middle age!" quite like suffering a chest injury from turning over in bed trying to fall asleep.
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nothing says "welcome to middle age!" quite like suffering a chest injury from turning over in bed trying to fall asleep.
One of the best parts of living up in the hills on New Year's Eve/morning?
No fireworks.
(Maybe the occasional gunshot out in the distance, but at least nobody is actively trying to set the neighborhood on fire with their stockpiles of illegal fireworks left over from the 4th of July.)
No fireworks.
(Maybe the occasional gunshot out in the distance, but at least nobody is actively trying to set the neighborhood on fire with their stockpiles of illegal fireworks left over from the 4th of July.)
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM
One of the best parts of living up in the hills on New Year's Eve/morning?
No fireworks.
(Maybe the occasional gunshot out in the distance, but at least nobody is actively trying to set the neighborhood on fire with their stockpiles of illegal fireworks left over from the 4th of July.)
No fireworks.
(Maybe the occasional gunshot out in the distance, but at least nobody is actively trying to set the neighborhood on fire with their stockpiles of illegal fireworks left over from the 4th of July.)
...and thus is 2025 consigned to the trash heap of history with the limitless scorn it so richly deserves.
2026, you have precisely one job: to be less shit than 2025 was. (It is an extremely low bar to clear, trust me.)
2026, you have precisely one job: to be less shit than 2025 was. (It is an extremely low bar to clear, trust me.)
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
...and thus is 2025 consigned to the trash heap of history with the limitless scorn it so richly deserves.
2026, you have precisely one job: to be less shit than 2025 was. (It is an extremely low bar to clear, trust me.)
2026, you have precisely one job: to be less shit than 2025 was. (It is an extremely low bar to clear, trust me.)
I actually did both of these today! (It helped a bit that the fog hadn't quite descended for the evening yet.)
#photography
#photography
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I actually did both of these today! (It helped a bit that the fog hadn't quite descended for the evening yet.)
#photography
#photography
Note to self: next time you decide to go walking a damp trail in the fog:
1. Wear waterproof shoes or boots
2. Start earlier than 15 minutes before sunset
#photography
1. Wear waterproof shoes or boots
2. Start earlier than 15 minutes before sunset
#photography
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Note to self: next time you decide to go walking a damp trail in the fog:
1. Wear waterproof shoes or boots
2. Start earlier than 15 minutes before sunset
#photography
1. Wear waterproof shoes or boots
2. Start earlier than 15 minutes before sunset
#photography
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Nothing quite like seeing the house lights flickering, then hearing the 'pop' from the water heater's circuit breaker tripping. Flipped it back on, and...nothing.
It's dead, Jim.
It's dead, Jim.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Nothing quite like seeing the house lights flickering, then hearing the 'pop' from the water heater's circuit breaker tripping. Flipped it back on, and...nothing.
It's dead, Jim.
It's dead, Jim.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
TIL that I am not in *nearly* good enough shape to take on a 5-mile hike with 2,000 feet of climbing that *starts* at 8,500 feet, on a trail with the consistency of beach sand.
August 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
TIL that I am not in *nearly* good enough shape to take on a 5-mile hike with 2,000 feet of climbing that *starts* at 8,500 feet, on a trail with the consistency of beach sand.
August 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
August 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I really wish I'd taken more non-work-related photos while I was in Japan a decade and a half ago...
August 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I really wish I'd taken more non-work-related photos while I was in Japan a decade and a half ago...