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Beck At It · Jun 24, 2026

There’s nothing like summer in the city

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New York on Gold 200 and Portra 800

Despite the summer heat, New York has a golden glow that compels an immediate shutter click from whatever camera you have in your pocket.

The cobblestones are enticing, the greens are captivating, and the Knicks energy is electric.

I landed a few days before Game 3 against the Spurs. I stayed through the win, and right into the opening of the World Cup.

In between: a city hall wedding, a first visit to my new employer’s office in Brooklyn, a morning journaling sesh in Central Park. I double-fisted two film cameras the whole time: a Canon EOS 88 and a Fuji Natura Classica.

The Substack gallery doesn’t do these photos justice. So I built a site for them instead.

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Update log:

  • 📷 Caught one of the best sunrises I’ve ever seen this week, streaming through bamboo trees.

  • 🤖 My current obsession is building a web-app for templates and then having an agent use said web-app.

  • 📖 Reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard.

  • 🎨 Started painting again.

  • 😴 For some reason I’m still jetlagged and sleeping at 9pm daily. But lowkey not mad about that.

  • 🎙️ New episode: How to Get Hired by a Creator.

My book: Grab a copy of Bite-Sized Creativity, a 45-min read about how to live a creative life on top of your 9-to-5.

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