How to Take Better Night Photos With a Phone
Find useful light, stabilize the phone and control bright signs without making the scene look like daytime.
The journal · 2024—Now
Nimalthas Insights
Notes from behind the pictures: imaging explainers, product decisions, creative experiments and the work of building between everything else.
Claude Is Watermarking Its Output, and That Is the Smaller Half of the Story
Anthropic has started marking Claude's output as AI generated. The reason it matters has less to do with Claude than with where content provenance is heading for everyone building generative tools.
Running Sound and Full AV for Gayatri Havan
Behind the scenes of handling live sound and coordinating the full audiovisual operation for Gayatri Havan with a trusted team.
ARRI Enters the Mobile Scene Through HONOR
HONOR’s Robot Phone combines a moving gimbal camera, AI assisted framing and ARRI colour science—and points toward computational cinematography.
Exploring Audio Engineering Through Live Events
Designing a live venue's sound system, and what signal flow taught me about audio at a deeper level.
Experiencing Guru Purnima at the Vancouver Sai Center
Behind the scenes on audio, tabla and videography at the Vancouver Sai Center's Guru Purnima celebration.
Why Adobe Wants Topaz Labs
Adobe's planned acquisition of Topaz Labs is about more than adding another AI company to Creative Cloud. It shows how valuable specialist enhancement, including the ability to run it directly on…
The Rule of Thirds: When It Helps and When It Doesn't
The rule of thirds gives you a fast way to organize a photograph, but it cannot decide whether the photograph feels right. The useful skill is knowing what the grid changes and when another…
The Next Camera Revolution Won't Be Hardware
For decades, the photography industry has pushed the boundaries of hardware with larger sensors, sharper lenses, faster autofocus, and ever increasing resolutions. While these innovations continue…
Vancouver's World Cup Summer
An unforgettable World Cup summer in Vancouver, on and off the pitch.
Learning Through Music
A reflection on learning tabla, rhythm, and the mathematics behind music.
Building Between Assignments
Balancing summer coursework with building software.
The Retreat
A weekend of photography, video, and learning the DJI RS4 gimbal.
Aftershoot's New Direction
AI editing tools are maturing toward simpler, cleaner workflows.
Experimenting with LUTs
Exploring custom LUT design and how a look translates across scenes.
What Makes a Photo Feel Natural?
Studying why some edits immediately feel believable while others don't.