More experience. More possibilities. Even more ideas.

For a long time, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. But I was always doing something with pictures. Editing them, changing them, making something out of them. Then, over 20 years ago, I got my first digital camera. I could take a picture and see the result straight away. Look at what wasn't working and do it better in the next shot. I learnt quite quickly that way.

I keep wondering what else photography can do. Where its limits are, what could be done differently and whether there's something that doesn't exist yet.

Pressing the shutter usually gives you a brief moment. But a photograph can stretch time, too. Light can become the subject. Space can be more than a background. Different things can be brought together.

If I don't like a solution, I usually start wondering if there's another way. A workshop and a 3D printer can get you quite far. For some pictures, I've built my own filters or other devices because what I needed simply didn't exist.

My computer and monitor hang from a rail system on the ceiling. I'd rather work from bed than sit at a desk. Maybe that's lazy. Then again, nobody invented the wheel because they enjoyed carrying things.

The more ways there are to edit a picture, the less interested I am in the perfect version. Photoshop, filters and AI have changed how I look at pictures.

Sharpness, exposure and composition can matter. But technical precision alone doesn't make a good picture. Not every blur needs fixing, and not every movement needs freezing. There's room for chance. I'd rather have the better picture than the technically perfect one.

The best was my first camera. I had no particular reason for buying either, and I didn't really need them. The camera changed my life. The bike is just fun. Not every decision has to lead somewhere.