Mitchel Lensink
@mitchellens.ink
Photographer and writer with a monthly newsletter about photography and exploration and a weekly newsletter about the role of AI in photography.
Give it a read: https://mitchellens.ink/newsletters/
Give it a read: https://mitchellens.ink/newsletters/
I am drinking all of my calories and I should stop. But I also feel like this is not the time.
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am drinking all of my calories and I should stop. But I also feel like this is not the time.
I'm about an hour short on sleep on average for the past two years. No wonder I'm tired.
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I'm about an hour short on sleep on average for the past two years. No wonder I'm tired.
I made a Lightroom Classic preset by feeding ChatGPT my current preset, a bunch of reference images, and copy-pasting the outup into LR CC ‘s settings.
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I made a Lightroom Classic preset by feeding ChatGPT my current preset, a bunch of reference images, and copy-pasting the outup into LR CC ‘s settings.
I think about moving to the US just to drive a bunch of sick cars we don’t get over here
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I think about moving to the US just to drive a bunch of sick cars we don’t get over here
Who’s familiar with C-Stands with arms and gripheads? Are there any common pitfalls I should avoid?
My goal is to have backdrops as well as lamps be supported by two stands and a crossbar. I need a good height for full-body shots too.
Anybody with ideas they can share?
My goal is to have backdrops as well as lamps be supported by two stands and a crossbar. I need a good height for full-body shots too.
Anybody with ideas they can share?
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Who’s familiar with C-Stands with arms and gripheads? Are there any common pitfalls I should avoid?
My goal is to have backdrops as well as lamps be supported by two stands and a crossbar. I need a good height for full-body shots too.
Anybody with ideas they can share?
My goal is to have backdrops as well as lamps be supported by two stands and a crossbar. I need a good height for full-body shots too.
Anybody with ideas they can share?
Writing my monthly newsletter. I'm late again.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Writing my monthly newsletter. I'm late again.
If you want to receive monthly updates a week too late then you can subscribe here: mitchellens.ink/subscribe/
If you want to receive monthly updates a week too late then you can subscribe here: mitchellens.ink/subscribe/
Suddenly very excited to bring back a vintage Jay-Z vibe into my general life for the upcoming two weeks.
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Suddenly very excited to bring back a vintage Jay-Z vibe into my general life for the upcoming two weeks.
Idea: horse-friendly horse-races, where the horses don't race at all and just hang out together.
Name: Stagnation
Name: Stagnation
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Idea: horse-friendly horse-races, where the horses don't race at all and just hang out together.
Name: Stagnation
Name: Stagnation
I was able to pinpoint the effect of AI on creative work in a 25-week experiment.
This’ll be the last time I post this essay. So give it a click and a read right now please. I promise it’s worth it.
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
This’ll be the last time I post this essay. So give it a click and a read right now please. I promise it’s worth it.
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
Photography in the Age of AI: Lessons from 25 Weeks
Over 25 weeks, I tested whether AI can match the emotion and imperfection of human photography. The results? AI is fast and functional but still sterile. Here’s what this experiment reveals about the future of photography in the age of AI.
mitchellens.ink
October 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I was able to pinpoint the effect of AI on creative work in a 25-week experiment.
This’ll be the last time I post this essay. So give it a click and a read right now please. I promise it’s worth it.
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
This’ll be the last time I post this essay. So give it a click and a read right now please. I promise it’s worth it.
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
I'm so close to crying on a daily basis.
And I'm not embarrassed.
I'm proud.
I might finally be I tune with who I am.
And I'm not embarrassed.
I'm proud.
I might finally be I tune with who I am.
October 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm so close to crying on a daily basis.
And I'm not embarrassed.
I'm proud.
I might finally be I tune with who I am.
And I'm not embarrassed.
I'm proud.
I might finally be I tune with who I am.
For those in fear of AI 'taking their jobs' I tell you: be a human that serves humans.
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
Photography in the Age of AI: Lessons from 25 Weeks
Over 25 weeks, I tested whether AI can match the emotion and imperfection of human photography. The results? AI is fast and functional but still sterile. Here’s what this experiment reveals about the future of photography in the age of AI.
mitchellens.ink
October 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For those in fear of AI 'taking their jobs' I tell you: be a human that serves humans.
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
mitchellens.ink/closer/photo...
✨ Photography in the Age of AI ✨
For 25 weeks I ran an experiment:
📷 Human photo → AI description → AI-generated image.
Could AI get closer to how a photographer sees?
For 25 weeks I ran an experiment:
📷 Human photo → AI description → AI-generated image.
Could AI get closer to how a photographer sees?
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
✨ Photography in the Age of AI ✨
For 25 weeks I ran an experiment:
📷 Human photo → AI description → AI-generated image.
Could AI get closer to how a photographer sees?
For 25 weeks I ran an experiment:
📷 Human photo → AI description → AI-generated image.
Could AI get closer to how a photographer sees?
Playing Minecraft on my iPad to zone out. Even there I adopted a cat from a random village. Now I feel sad when digging down to ores while this cat is meowing in my ear.
September 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Playing Minecraft on my iPad to zone out. Even there I adopted a cat from a random village. Now I feel sad when digging down to ores while this cat is meowing in my ear.
Just landed in Girona. Immediately drove to L'Estartit, where were staying for the week.
It's midnight. I'm hungry and thirsting for a pint. Everything's closed.
To bed it is then...
It's midnight. I'm hungry and thirsting for a pint. Everything's closed.
To bed it is then...
September 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just landed in Girona. Immediately drove to L'Estartit, where were staying for the week.
It's midnight. I'm hungry and thirsting for a pint. Everything's closed.
To bed it is then...
It's midnight. I'm hungry and thirsting for a pint. Everything's closed.
To bed it is then...
Yesterday, after wrapping up my work meetings (so many meetings, always meetings), I took the afternoon to myself. I discovered that the whole world is out there all the time, being interesting, idyllic, beautiful, peacefully there. It's so easy to forget that when you're stuck behind a screen.
August 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Yesterday, after wrapping up my work meetings (so many meetings, always meetings), I took the afternoon to myself. I discovered that the whole world is out there all the time, being interesting, idyllic, beautiful, peacefully there. It's so easy to forget that when you're stuck behind a screen.
This one is gonna need reposting a couple of times: mitchellens.ink/dialogue/sou...
Soul searching in Greece (again)
Tears of relief as I'm waist-deep in the ocean, trying to see if I can dance still. I can, I think, I CAN, I scream. So that's how we make our way over the island. Curious to learn, relieved the fire still burns.
mitchellens.ink
July 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This one is gonna need reposting a couple of times: mitchellens.ink/dialogue/sou...
I don’t push my newsletter enough. Even though there’s nothing in the world I care more about.
So if you like photography, exploration and… personal reflections about those (I guess?) please consider subscribing.
You can read my latest newsletter here: mitchellens.ink/dialogue/sou...
So if you like photography, exploration and… personal reflections about those (I guess?) please consider subscribing.
You can read my latest newsletter here: mitchellens.ink/dialogue/sou...
Soul searching in Greece (again)
Tears of relief as I'm waist-deep in the ocean, trying to see if I can dance still. I can, I think, I CAN, I scream. So that's how we make our way over the island. Curious to learn, relieved the fire still burns.
mitchellens.ink
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don’t push my newsletter enough. Even though there’s nothing in the world I care more about.
So if you like photography, exploration and… personal reflections about those (I guess?) please consider subscribing.
You can read my latest newsletter here: mitchellens.ink/dialogue/sou...
So if you like photography, exploration and… personal reflections about those (I guess?) please consider subscribing.
You can read my latest newsletter here: mitchellens.ink/dialogue/sou...
Can we normalize pushing your personal website like any other piece of content please?
Here's mine before a possibly incoming redesign: mitchellens.ink
Here's mine before a possibly incoming redesign: mitchellens.ink
Mitchel Lensink - Documentary, Travel and Street Photographer
Read my monthly newsletter 'Dialogue' about photography, walking and exploration, and my weekly newsletter 'Closer' about the role of AI in photography.
mitchellens.ink
June 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Can we normalize pushing your personal website like any other piece of content please?
Here's mine before a possibly incoming redesign: mitchellens.ink
Here's mine before a possibly incoming redesign: mitchellens.ink
might really have to commit to shooting black and white for a full year
June 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
might really have to commit to shooting black and white for a full year
Can somebody please make the same keyboard shortcuts work on both Lightroom Classic as well as Lightroom CC (for iPad) because it’s annoying to hit the ‘R’ key for the crop tool and nothing happening on my iPad. Adobe plz fix.
May 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Can somebody please make the same keyboard shortcuts work on both Lightroom Classic as well as Lightroom CC (for iPad) because it’s annoying to hit the ‘R’ key for the crop tool and nothing happening on my iPad. Adobe plz fix.
I normally forget to plug my monthly newsletter, but some of my best writing is in issue #045 of Dialogue and I don’t want to keep that from you.
mitchellens.ink/dialogue/wan...
mitchellens.ink/dialogue/wan...
Wandering with wonder
Four cities, thousands of images, endless new impressions, one additional newsletter. April, 2025, was a rich, full month that allowed me to tap into my wanderlust as well as organize my thoughts a little.
mitchellens.ink
May 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I normally forget to plug my monthly newsletter, but some of my best writing is in issue #045 of Dialogue and I don’t want to keep that from you.
mitchellens.ink/dialogue/wan...
mitchellens.ink/dialogue/wan...