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# Slow photography
- URL: https://matteson.ca/notes/slow-photography/
- Published: 2026-01-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-10T03:34:17.000Z
- Description: Deliberately shooting less: one location, one hour, twelve frames, and whatever the light decides to do.
- Author: Matteson Machielse
- Tags: #Import 2026-07-11 07:11, #Import 2026-07-15 05:50

An experiment against the burst-everything instinct: one location, one hour, a hard cap of twelve frames. The drone stays home.

What changes is the noticing. With four hundred frames you photograph first and see later; with twelve you stand there long enough for the scene to actually happen to you. Half the polaroids on this site are from the slow sessions now.