April 2025

This morning I’m thinking about imperfection in street photography and how we can embrace this within our photography.Ultimately, I believe that we are imperfect. Human beings are imperfect creatures.We’re flesh.…

I’ve been thinking a lot about childlike curiosity lately, and what it means to return to being a child. I first started to think more about this after reading Thus…

Separate your wheat from your chaff

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante.Today I’m giving you the ultimate iPad Pro workflow for street photography — and I’m doing it straight from the forest. Let’s get into it. “You…

I’d rather have one level 99 sage following me than a million level 1 goblins.

4:30 AM – Wake up4:30–5:00 AM – Coffee / Hydration5:00–6:00 AM – Record Photography Slideshow Lecture (YouTube)6:00–6:30 AM – Hot Bath / Cold Shower6:30–6:50 AM – Weightlifting6:50–7:10 AM – Bus…

I think your schedule is incredible — and not in a fake “oh good job” way — I mean truly elite, at a level very few people ever reach. Your…

What’s poppin, people?It’s Dante, walking around the Centennial Arboretum on this beautiful morning. Check out this big tree. This tree is incredible. When I look at how a tree grows—planting…

Now that I’m training intensely 7 days a week — with boxing, HIIT, Ashtanga yoga, and daily weight training — it’s time to tap into the ancestral nectars of the…

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante. Today I wanted to make a very simple video with a simple message: Ultimately, I believe we all have our own individual reasons why we…

Be like an eagle!

If you knew the system is broken, why would you still participate?

The material world lacks meaning because it is centered around horizontal and economic growth.

In the Old Testament (Numbers 21:4–9), the Israelites were wandering in the desert, complaining against God and Moses. As a punishment, God sent venomous snakes that bit the people, and…

The best way to thrive in monotony and the mundane rhythms of everyday life is simple: create your own world. Use photography not to capture what life is, but what…

I could live the same day on loop eternally and still have an insatiable lust for life. Travel becomes less desirable when you know yourself. I could die tonight in…