The Landscape at Sunset and Divine
Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong (C) 2025. Taken with a Leica Q3. Edited with Luminar Neo.
Under a Cotton Candy Sky
Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong (C) 2025. Taken with a Leica Q3. Edited with Luminar Neo.
Old Friends
Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong (C) 2025. Taken with a Leica Q3. Edited with Luminar Neo.
Closeted
Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong (C) 2025. Taken with a Leica Q3. Edited with Luminar Neo.
Girl in the Middle
I’m not overly fond of Funko Pop vinyl figurines in general. But Tom already had one of the Joker, so I bought one of Harley Quinn, naturally. On a trip to Oneonta, New York, I got the Luke and Baby Yoda (Grogu) figure to complete a trio on our shelf on the porch. I’m obsessed […]
Noughts and Crosses and Kitties
As Tom got the brand-new Leica SL3-S camera yesterday, she gave me her Leica Q3. Naturally, I wanted to take something really cool with it, and I had an idea of having my vinyl kitties from Sailor Moon – Luna, Artemis, and Diana – doing various activities. Tom suggested tic-tac-toe, and I immediately gravitated to […]
How the Fast Food and Fast Living Culture of the Postmodern Era is Destroying Our History
Recently, my wife and her friends Luke and Lucas from the YouTube channel Luke Explores checked out the now long-abandoned I-86 Diner in Parksville, New York. It’s a relic of the grand tradition of American dining—one of many across the nation buried beneath the weight of greasy takeout bags and UberEats orders. Thanks to what […]
Scenes from the Shelburne Museum
My wife Emily and I journeyed to Shelburne, VT yesterday to visit the Shelburne Museum. It’s half-price admission for Vermont residents, which makes it well worth the ninety-minute trip from our house. You actually get a two-day pass for the half-price deal, but my legs took a beating from all the stairs in the old […]
Why a Photo is Made, And Not Just Taken
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams This quote is from Ansel Adams, one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed photographers. It’s one of my favorite quotes about photography, because it highlights the fact that a photo is made as much as it is taken. Many people focus too much on […]