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# Photography
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> Street photography is more than an art; it's a world view. The act of taking a photo records not only an image, but a perception. Photos are an avenue to connect with objects and feelings of the past. It's time travel. The key is to consider yourself an observer — it's important not to alter or manipulate the world, but to appreciate the beauty of existence, of life in a moment, of being itself.
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> — [Leica Camera Blog, 2013](https://leica-camera.blog/2013/09/05/kenneth-reitz-exploring-the-material-world-in-an-electronic-universe/)
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I've been shooting since I was a teenager. Abandoned it for years during my career, came back to it because it makes me happy and keeps me sane. Those two reasons have never changed.
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My primary camera was a Leica M Monochrom with a 35mm Summicron permanently mounted. One camera, one lens, no decisions. Having a single focal length is liberating. You stop thinking about equipment and start thinking about seeing. I committed to shooting only that lens and meant it.
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Software engineering is building castles in the sky. Photography lets me explore the tangible castles that exist in the material world. The balance between the two has kept me whole.
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Color perception is a construct of the human mind. By capturing only luminance, you get one step closer to perceiving things as they truly are. Nothing in life is black-and-white. Everything is grey.
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Though eventually, I started noticing [red](/photography/reds).
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