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Break(s)

3 years ago 2 min read self-portraits business photography deep thoughts metapost night photography studio

"Break" is one of those really interesting, super versatile words. It has so many different meanings and nuances. So many different positive and negative sentiments… I'm feeling all of them right now Let's

[Doc Diaries] The Big Leagues

4 years ago 5 min read epic adventure portraits deep thoughts Stanford self-portraits race

Imagine striving to follow a compass as far North as you can make it. Every line of latitude feels like a milestone. A hallmark. Sure, there are setbacks — sometimes geography will force you

Opportunity and Cost: An Anniversary

4 years ago 4 min read cooking Berkeley san jose moon highway self-portraits studio epic adventure night photography birds flora in memoriam deep thoughts Santa Clara pole vault

I am still me. It feels weird to say that. Or rather, it feels weird to have doubted that. But I guess that's what this past year has been: doubts about assumptions that

Second Wind

4 years ago 2 min read studio epic adventure night photography flora deep thoughts moon halloween pole vault equipment self-portraits

It's kind of funny to think that the last time I saw my DSLR, it was looking back at me. February 29th. My life had just taken a huge turn — after 22 years

Orange Haze

4 years ago 3 min read birds flora monochrome fire in memoriam deep thoughts asleep self-portraits

A gentle giant rumbled in the sky In older times, when weather was a friend With eyes shut tight, I'd feel the wind drift by But patterns, large and small, began to bend