In one picture, the beauty of great parenting in a world with sane transit architecture and a sign that even in a world with sane transit, people are jerks.

I am finally reviewing some of the pictures from our recent vacation to Spain that were shot on our Sony NER 5X instead of my iPhone XS.

A few observations on photography.

• The Sony photos still look better, mostly because they seem to do a far better job with dynamic range and noise.
• I take worse photos with the Sony camera, I think because the screen for previews is less good and difficult to see in bright lights. Additionally, the larger body means that I feel more awkward doing the work of physically moving to better frame my photos.
• It’s so freeing to take lots of pictures and delete many.
• It’s amazing what a small amount of cropping, color and light adjustments, and retouching can do for a photo. Spending 60-90s per photo makes a world of difference, and I don’t know what I’m doing at all.
• I really enjoy having true optical zoom, even with the kit lens. I think I’m going to end up either buying more lenses for the Sony or picking up a new camera soon to step up my game.

Here’s two pictures… can you tell which is which, even after processing and being resized?

Park Güell

Select shots from San Sabastian

Select street art from Bilbao

A true international treasure.

Who makes a coffee shop like this?

Mercado de la Ribera is gorgeous public art masquerading as a market.

Michelin Star pintxos for like $30.

I think I want to learn a new skill the back half of the year. Something that requires me to put aside time nightly that’s dedicated to learning.

Options:

• Swift/Elixir/Rust
• Piano
• Urban development
• Re-learn linear algebra
• Detail how to run business w/ 100 middle class jobs