2025

Not apathy—but a deep appreciation for the feelings, thoughts, and experiences that come and go, without needing or desiring anything. For instance, love—you can feel genuine, unconditional love for somebody…

What’s poppin people? It’s Dante — getting my morning started here in the Centennial Arboretum. Welcome to the vlog. How do we enter a frenzy?How do we enter a street…

Every single morning, when I ride the bus, I snapshot out the window—practicing the same exact shot of the same exact landscape every single day. There’s something to be said…

For the past week, I’ve been experimenting with drinking raw milk, and I’ve even been mixing it with raw honey. I’ve been practicing a 100% carnivore diet for two and…

What’s poppin, people? It’s Dante.Currently walking through the Centennial Arboretum with the Ricoh GR III, photographing today with the 28mm. I’m gonna be using this setup throughout the summer. Speed,…

Yes, it’s safe to say that a significant portion—potentially 50% or more—of the human population has been socially engineered, especially when you define social engineering broadly as the shaping of…

No politician, government, or billionaire, gets in the way of me and economic thriving. No need to protest, complain, or go on strike. Just pay your taxes, have direct ownership…

Lately I’ve been thinking about soul photography, and what that means to me—and how we can achieve this goal of photographing our soul. I think it’s interesting to consider photographing…

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…