Photography
My name is Michael and I’m an amateur photography enthusiast—emphasis on amateur. I shoot for fun when I can, usually when traveling. I struggle to find inspiration around my own neighborhood, but I’m working on it. More in my photographer’s manifesto.
Feel free to look around and let me know if you have thoughts to share.
Pictures
Where to see my photos:
- Flickr Albums and Collections
- My Mastodon account, which is also mirrored to my Omniroll
What and How I Shoot
These are the things that I gravitate toward in my photography—my style, I suppose.
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I like shooting square format, or 1:1 aspect ratio. I just like how it looks. It has the virtue of being relatively uncommon, and it saves me from having to rotate the camera. It also helps my creativity by imposing a stylistic constraint.
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I like to make photos that have high contrast and high color saturation, sort of like Ektar or Ektachrome 100 film. I lean on FujiFilm film recipes to achieve results SOOC. I don’t like to spend a lot of time on post-processing.
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Another stylistic constraint that I frequently self-impose is the use of Prime lenses. I read somewhere once that “your feet are the best zoom lens.” I’m not sure that’s true, but I like the added intentionality that primes force me to have. When traveling, though, I tend to favor my XF 16–80 f/4 zoom.
My Gear
You can see the bodies and lenses I’m shooting with on my gear page.