Let’s speak a bit about pictures and having a ardour. If you understand me, you’ll know that I’m not truly a photographer. At least, it’s not my fundamental supply of revenue. Still, it performs an ever extra…

Let’s speak a bit about pictures and having a ardour.

If you understand me, you’ll know that I’m not truly a photographer. At least, it’s not my fundamental supply of revenue. Still, it performs an ever extra vital position in my life.

I typically joke that I’m comfortable I don’t must stay from taking photographs, as a result of A) lots of people are endlessly extra gifted than I’m, and B) I do know sufficient full-time photographers to know simply how onerous it’s. I’m fortunate sufficient to have the ability to deal with pictures as a ardour first, and a aspect hustle second.

And that’s total fairly alright for everybody concerned, I feel.

Still, 2025 was a *nice* yr for me in pictures phrases. I shot greater than I’ve for a very long time, and I had extra paying shoppers than I ever did earlier than.

I nonetheless caught largely to taking pictures on movie. My love for movie pictures is unfazed, and I feel this may all the time be my favorite manner of expressing myself.

But 2025 additionally turned the yr I fell again in love with digital pictures. I lastly bought comfy with my Fuji XT5, which is an *unbelievable digital camera* – when you come up with the whole lot it’s actually able to (significantly, nicely carried out, Fuji…)

As the months glided by and I stored taking pictures, I actually got here to obsess about all of the inventive prospects (and plain previous enjoyable) taking pictures digital actually provides you. More than the antithesis to taking pictures analog, taking pictures digital actually turned one other instrument that I might use to develop my abilities and discover new methods of telling my tales.

Overall, I’m simply comfortable that pictures performs such a giant a job in my life, regardless of having one million different issues happening. I’m comfortable that I managed once more this previous yr to maintain taking pictures and develop as a photographer, and that I had individuals round me to helped and supported me, and inspired me to maintain on going.

Here are a few of my favorite photographs from the previous 12 months – shot on each movie and digital.

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