Field Notes

Field Notes is my blog. Here I write about living the creative life and cover topics like literature, culture/ideas, photography, philosophy, creativity, and technology. For my work on mountains, see On Mountains. Browse the archive below, or add one of these feeds to your RSS reader: the site-wide RSS feed or the specific Field Notes RSS feed.

2026

A Higher Calling? Where Our Creative Impulse Comes From
20 Apr
What I Learned About Growing a Newsletter, Content Marketing, and Email Magnets
08 Jan

2025

2025 End of Year Review
31 Dec
Servitude as a Service: Reading Kant in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
04 Nov
‘Vita Contemplativa’ by Byung-Chul Han
30 Jul
2025 Mid-Year Review
30 Jun
Some Writing Advice From Robert Macfarlane
29 Jun
'The Burnout Society' by Byung-Chul Han
04 Jun
Will Artificial Intelligence Make Us Dumber?
08 May
Review: 'Core Curriculum' by Tod Papageorge
20 Mar
Documentary and Post-Documentary Photography
26 Feb
'The Disappearance of Rituals' by Byung-Chul Han
05 Feb

2024

2024 End of Year Review
31 Dec
Organize, Archive, and Back Up Your Photos | My Workflow + Tips
22 Oct
Design vs Discovery: Two Approaches To Photo Work
27 Sep
My 365-Day Photography Project - 9 Month Update
27 Sep
The Pentax 17 vs the Kodak Ektar H35N
01 Aug
Pentax 17 Review
01 Aug
Ricoh Auto Half SL Review
11 Jul
Global Ideas Narrative Nonfiction
07 Apr
Street Photography and Mental Health
27 Feb
Starting a Year-Long, Daily Photography Journal
13 Feb
The Problem With Camera Gear Reviews
17 Jan
Why Photographers Must Print Photographs
06 Jan

2023

2023 End of Year Review
30 Dec
An Unsuccessful Kickstarter Campaign
27 Dec
Mastering Field Notes
28 Nov
Creative Projects as Systems
18 Sep
Starting a Creator’s Log: Some Thoughts
10 Sep
Sequencing a Photobook or a Photo Zine
03 May
The Best Fujifilm Cameras for Travel [2023]
01 Jan

2022

2022 End of Year Review
30 Dec
On Sabbaticals and Micro Sabbaticals
29 Dec
An Interview with Alys Tomlinson
07 Nov
How to Approach a Photobook with Words
29 Sep
Sergio Larrain's Letter to His Nephew (1982)
24 Mar
Street Photography with the Sony a7 III
29 Jan
Announcing Artifact International
29 Jan
Starting a Membership Program
12 Jan

2021

2021 End of Year Review
31 Dec
How to Become an Amazon Best-Selling Author: Or, How Amazon Lets Deceptive, Unethical, and Harmful Categorization Thrive
09 Aug
Location Data and Geotagging in Apple Notes with Shortcuts
21 Jul
Artificial Mountains in the Desert of the Real
08 Jul
The Art of the Self-Publisher in the Age of Mass Production: Crowdfunding and Scarcity
31 May