PictureRoom

Photography

From yesterday, but sharing today

Sometimes it’s better to sit on your edits.

These are from yesterday, but I’ve learned it helps to forget what you shot and come back with fresh eyes. Everything reads differently when you’re not so close to it.

I also like doing quick edit passes now - getting things to a good place with color and texture, then stepping away for a few minutes. Coming back with re calibrated eyes makes it easier to decide when a photo is actually done.

Photographed on a Leica M262. Edited in Lightroom and Dehancer.

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mostly_harmless

Just start

Yep, i'm glad that you know what to do. It's as simple, and as difficult as that.

SATURDAY SHARE!!!

Thank you very much!
I tend to shoot anything that catches my eye with particular light. Usually though, it is street stuff. I just find myself more attracted to the absurdity of it all. 
I have some editing videos on my youtube, but I really need to update it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXqhpAeXQdM

Every Saturday I try to round up the photographers of SN to come together and share our work from the past week, or just all time favorites.

Don't be shy, let's see it!

Here's a few from just around town. Used my Leica M262 / Edit in Lightroom

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Had an interesting realization today while walking around town with my camera.

A lot of the time, I go out without any real intent. I’m just observing, seeing what catches my eye. But there are days where nothing really stands out - nothing compels me to take a photo. I’m pretty selective, so I don’t just shoot everything.

What I’ve noticed though is a small trick: when I feel stuck like that, I just start shooting anyway. Even things I wouldn’t normally consider. No pressure, no expectation.

Somehow, that shift changes everything moving forward. 

Once I start, I begin to see more. Things open up. Moments start to reveal themselves. It’s like the act of shooting itself creates the conditions for something interesting to appear.

I think there's something there - between intent and manifestation. The simple decision to begin seems to unlock the process.

Maybe it’s overthinking it, but it feels like a broader lesson in creativity:
you don’t wait to find it, but maybe you just start, and then it finds you.

My Japanese apartment

cryotosensei

Photographing Nothing

Thanks so much. And the Leica hype is real. At least for me, and using the M262. Simple, to the point, motivates me to shoot and beautiful rendering.

Thank you! And I have one here:
https://czerwinskiphoto.gumroad.com/l/lightroom-preset-1

Still trying to figure that out myself. Barely have food, barely have a table, but I'm thankful for what I have every single day and striving to get better.

Ray Dalio's comments on the beginning of our new civil war

elvismercury

mmmm, don't think so. This seems pretty deep

I never really know how to start these. Sharing new work always feels a bit strange, but I think it’s a good practice. Just putting the vision out there. Maybe it resonates, maybe it doesn’t. That’s fine.

These are from the past couple of days. I took a trip to Savannah to shoot some portraits for a buddy, and the day before that I went out there just to wander a bit before meeting up with some friends. Camera came with me, of course. It always should. You never really know what’s going to present itself, and if you’re not ready, you miss it.

That first day was actually pretty funny. I stopped in Forsyth Park and got to talking with a guy making those intricate flowers out of palmetto leaves. Somehow that turned into a push-up contest with him and his buddy. I was doing diamond push-ups, telling him “diamonds, bro,” while absolutely obliterating him. Everyone was laughing. Definitely one of those random moments you don’t expect, but end up remembering more than anything else.

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The rest of the photos are from around town near the Old Town Oyster Factory. I always find myself going back there. Some people might look at those scenes and see nothing worth photographing - but to me, it’s a playground. I love working with foreground and background, compressing elements, finding something in what most would overlook.

A lot of the time, I don’t even know if I’ve made something worthwhile until I sit down and look through it later. But when I do, and something clicks - that’s enough. If you’re satisfied with the work, that’s what matters.

And I think once you get to that point, you should share it. No shame in being stoked on what you make. In fact, that’s where confidence comes from - being honest about what you see and what you value. Because at the end of the day, no one else’s opinion really matters.

If anything, running a publication has reinforced that for me. The kind of work I’m drawn to and what we feature is often deceptively difficult. Photographing “nothing” and making it beautiful is incredibly hard. But that’s the fun and challenge.

Just keep making work. Stay curious. Seek the beautiful - even when it’s not obvious. If you stay open, and honest with yourself, something real starts to emerge.

That becomes your north star.

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Photographed with my Leica M262 / edited in Lightroom

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