On Photography

If you read On Philosophy and Purpose, then you’ll know that I believe capturing stories to be central to who I am as a person. Photography is critical to how I realized that.

During my Firstie (Senior) Year at West Point, I had took a Data Visualization class. It was a small six-person class and I loved it. Before the last assignment, our Professor had brought out a Panasonic Lumix G9 Mirrorless Camera with a couple lenses, and had offered that if anyone in the class wanted to do photography/videography for the last assignment, they could.

I had long been interested in photograhy, but had never played around with it for a long enough time to convince myself to purchase a camera. I saw this as my chance and after the assignment and much research I convinced myself to purchase a FujiFilm X-T5 Mirrorless Camera with a 40.2 MP sensor and 7-stop IBIS. As a graduation present to myself.

I fell in love and have been taking photos ever since. I love FujiFilm's color science and film-simulations, although recently I have been enjoying taking photos in Black & White.

I have found that all photographs have varying degrees of “depth” to them. Some are taken in a hurry and are shallower, while others require much patience and are profoundly deep. Nonetheless, I believe every photograph is a fractal of stories, and I’ve loved learning how to capture them.

If you wish to see some of my work you can visit my photography page.