Wow. Time straight up fucking flies once you turn 30. I remember making this site in 2018 and thinking it would be a great new home for me to share photos and write-ups. I’d been looking for something that wasn’t Instagram for a long time, but always got pulled back in, because that’s ultimately where people are. You can post all day long to a website, who the hell’s going to read it aside from your bestie and your mum. 

Well, as a card carrying Old Person now, I am realizing it’s actually just a cathartic thing to do, journaling and whatnot. Good for the ol’ mental. And I have learned, if you do put effort into documenting things, your future self does always end up appreciating it.

So I am resurrecting this little “blog” section, but I hate that name so let’s go with Lost & Found. My LR odometer just ticked 200k 😬. 

So it seems like good timing to dive in and see if there are any nuggets to share. Photos without a home, because I judged them as Not Good Enough for posting to the almighty IG, B-sides from projects that stand out after taking a look with the benefit of a different perspective, technically interesting tidbits that might appeal to the gear nerds out there, examples of failure, who knows. The archives have many stories to tell, but most are lost due to me being the laziest sharer online, and I am going to try to find them and put them here. Please don’t mind me rambling on about things. 

To kick things off, here is a test shot from trying out a flash for the first time on the Fuji GFX 50R. It’s actually not a great choice for the inaugural post here, given there’s not really a story behind it, I literally just pointed the flash at the first thing I saw, but I think it’s a good example of a photo without a home, that’s not “cool” or “good” enough for public consumption, but that I love for some reason. I think the melting face of the pumpkin, it’s almost caught off-guard by the flash. They’re usually shot with the lights off, bit of privacy kind of thing. Jack-o-lantern decay is also just a good visual metaphor of entropy which is a recurring theme in my life. Anyway, thanks for reading, and see you in 2028 for my next post!

50mm, f/22, 1/125, ISO 1600

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