These are the things to consider — If you love taking photos with your smartphone, it might make sense to get a dedicated camera. Smartphone cameras are getting better and better every year, and indeed they are good enough for most people in most situations (especially now that night mode is a thing, along with optical…

A look at the current camera market of 2020 — There’s a funny phenomenon in the world, an unintended effect where actionable results are actually impeded by over-abundance. Too many causes to care about any, too many goals to focus on one. If options were limited and choices were simple, maybe we’d finalize more decisions. Such is the case with…

The LX100: A Jack of All Trades — I talk to a lot of casual smartphone photographers; I even used to be one myself. We all have similar feelings: the convenience and compactness of the smartphone is great, but the quality and control, while often good enough, aren’t at all ideal. We know there are better tools for…

Finding the right solution for a protective lens filter I own the Fujifilm X100V because it is the best synthesis of size, style, price and image quality of any camera currently available. Fuji has carved out for itself a cool, vintage-made-modern reputation, and their X-system cameras instill an inspirational, contagious…

(Texting on a November Day) — (This story sat unpublished for four years. I have decided to publish it, without editing.) It’s 5pm on Wednesday in Oakland, CA and the sun is already setting. Jason is pacing around his apartment. He still isn’t hungry for lunch, having eaten a big breakfast around noon with too much…

The Internal Struggle of Unpopular Opinion — I consume a lot of media. I read a lot from diverse sources, I constantly watch longform interviews on YouTube while editing pictures, and listen to podcasts whenever I’m not doing the other two. Lately I’ve been digging deeper into issues around race, since Black Lives Matter is dominating our…