Dispatches
Notes from the roll — what was shot, what went wrong, and what came off the kit list. Written the same week wherever possible.
5 entries
2026.08.19 Field notes 6 min · Roll 014 The generator went and nobody moved Three rolls in one night on a dead grid. Notes on shooting a blackout with a flash, a wall, and no plan. Read → 2026.08.02 Craft 5 min · — Everything I stopped retouching A list of the edits I used to make by default, and why almost all of them came off the list. Read → 2026.07.21 Contact sheets 4 min · Roll 011 Contact sheet: roll 011 The full roll in order, including the eleven frames that were nothing and the one that was not. Read → 2026.07.04 Craft 5 min · — On being close enough The argument for the 35, and against photographing people from across a road. Read → 2026.06.16 Kit 4 min · — One body, two lenses, no bag What I actually carry, what I stopped carrying, and why the bag was making the work worse. Read →