by Daven | May 1, 2021 | Personal
What kind of photographer am I, anyway? I'm tired of faking it and ready to make it, but I don't know what "it" is. News flash: I have no idea what I’m doing with my photography. I like portraiture, particularly of the environmental/editorial variety, but I so...
by Daven | Nov 21, 2020 | Gear, Personal
Can’t afford a camera? Get an Xbox instead Video games are basically camera simulators now, and that's awesome. This one’s going to be a little nerdy. I mean, more so than usual. I’ve been playing a lot of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey since losing...
by Daven | Oct 22, 2020 | Personal
Hey man, how’s the job hunt going? Oh look, another out-of-work writer writing about being out of work. This story is part of my Adventures in unemployment series. I have joined the ranks of the unemployed. It came as a shock, but not a surprise. You know, like...
by Daven | Aug 15, 2020 | Personal
I deleted Instagram for a weekend. A week later, I might quit for good The photo-sharing app has turned into a catch-all social media service that doesn't play to its strengths. I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. That’s better than the relationship...
by Daven | Jun 5, 2020 | Personal
My grandfather was Black. I still had to be taught how not to be racist My grandfather, Willis Sprattling, was featured in the May 1964 issue of Ebony. The article immediately following this one was about police violence during the Civil Rights protests. In seventh or...
by Daven | Mar 18, 2020 | Personal
The coronavirus means business as usual for me, and that’s weird I’ve been training my whole life for this without even knowing it. It sounds a little absurd, but my life has literally not changed in the wake of closed schools, shuttered businesses, and...
