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baltimore based food and still-life photographer.

26/11/2024

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blinked and suddenly realized that we're almost through November. it's around this time when i really like to get into the wibbly wobblies of how i want to approach my personal annual photo review. there are no real rules, and no real requirements beyond the photos being captured in this current year (be it, literally, or emotionally). (emotionally, meaning that a set of photos taken on january 2rd before it's sunk in that we're in the next year might get included in the previous years review. time isn't real)
on one hand, it always becomes such a large undertaking because of these additional expectations i set for myself to up the ante every year and i hate how it feels like a manufactured production as opposed to an organic reflection. on the other hand, it does give me an excuse to try something new and feel like im putting out something polished. there's value in both, but ultimately i'm constantly pushing myself to stop cutting off a project before it even starts out of fear for not being able to execute it perfectly etc etc. and balancing that with the desire to take my time and release something i can be really proud of. yknow?

in the first few years it was just a photo dump of the best photos from the year. since then it's turned into a photo essay with accompanying commentary of sorts which is fine and good too. last year i tried to do a two part series where i did separate posts for personal vs professional work. i'm not sure exactly what the missing jenny say choir is, but it feels like there's surely something more I can do with the format. but i'm just not sure on what direction to go in right now. thoughts? comments? concerns? complaints? interest in doing your own review? beer recommendations? invitations to holiday parties? holler at me.

also i'm gonna restart my mailing list! it won't be a weekly newsletter, most likely monthly at best. send me a carrier pigeon if you want me to give it a little kiss and if you want in on the action.

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21/11/2024

happy happy pub day with !!!

something something......don't talk to papa until he's had his happy time juice. the juice in question: a wonderful beer cocktail at . Thanks for the assignment, !

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31/10/2024

happy halloween this year my costume is "food poisoning victim" LMFAO i woke up at like 5am to the feeling of my stomach churning with the force of an Amish mom making butter for dinner Tonight. but we're still alive, so there's that.

Some new work I got to create with that was featured on / .

Exploring our beloved chili crisp on opposing scales with simple still life studies. i wanted something simple, but quirky to show off the custom design work by .
and on a smaller scale, the ingredient that brings all chili crisps together: the oil. what kind of oil is being used? how much oil is there compared to the solid crunchies?

also a bonus sparkles frame because i am a stage 4 terminal sparkle fan

in more EXCITING news: a few weeks ago I celebrated my birthday and while I forwent the route of a party with friends, the gift i recieved was arguably better than any party that could've been thrown. the original plan was to get some pho and go to a thrift store, find a tacky shirt, and call it a day. INSTEAD, i ended up going home with a frickin 10 CUP ZOJIRUSHI FUZZY LOGIC RICE COOKER. that girl is like $300 and i bought it for $10!!!!!! alexa play Bad Bitch Academy by Paris Hilton.
ya girl loves a deal, and this was a STEAL of a lifetime!!!! haven't had the chance to make any rice cooker meals in it yet but like if anyone has any recommendations i am multiple ear holes open for them.

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23/10/2024

My good friends at recently took 2nd place as 's "Best Independent Coffee Shop" in the entire US of A! The whole country! That's so incredible ! I'm not sure how many coffee shops there are in the country but there are at least 3, for sure. My first time here was just a short 2 years ago on a crazy first date, and quickly became an absolute cornerstone of my schedule in the logistical, digestive, AND emotional sense.
Like i don't know about y'all but I've never seen another shop with a giant taxidermied Moose named Bruce who I would certainly love to take out on a date if he's ever available on a Thursday night and would be interested in going to get Chinese takeout and squat on a curb in the parking lot as we eat our walnut shrimp, fried eggplant, crab rangoon, spicy green beans, and one pork egg roll as we watch local pigeons strut down the street like they're walking in the Iris Van Herpen SS24 show. i've just never seen that anywhere else. idk about you tho. anyways my favorite order is the iced matcha latte with whatever kind of milk the staff feels good about, and a scone.

anyways I shot these images for them a while back. aren't they cute? go getcha some coffee and show some love. go birds or whatever

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15/10/2024

this was a wonderful afternoon with a wonderful friend. spent like 2 hours gabbing, taking some photos, and gushing over flowers but somehow i remember nothing we spoke about (but also everything, in my internal delusion). perfect day; no notes. more flower photos to come.

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long caption yapping for Mx. Algo --
i literally kid you not when i say that i sat in front of my computer for a solid 15 minutes trying to figure out a caption for this post before deleting everything i had written and just resigning myself to writing a complain caption LOL. writing captions was never something that was super difficult for me -- it's literally just a space to blab about things that should otherwise go onto a personal blog. but there's so much stuff that's happened since the last post and this one......it'd be easier to just ease myself back into posting rather than beat myself up about never mustering up the gumption to post some jpgs online. stressing? over social media? preposterous.

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